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We recently bought a position the inverse ETF called Ultra Short Financials ProShares, (AMEX:SKF) in a “Bet Against The Banks”. SKF is designed to rise 20% when the Dow Jones US Financials Index falls 10%.

This is a volatile security and has recently endured a significant pullback and, as we are still bearish on the financial sector, in our opinion this is a great time to buy (read more…)

At times like these it is important to remain calm and keep a clear head in order recognise an opportunity. Precious metals portfolios have just been through a reality check and a serious dose of adjustment has been administered. So what do we do now (read more…)

Silver spent the day in the firing line where another loss was registered of 8.89% during the trading session lowering the price to $16.79 at the close. Now isn’t the time to feel sorry for yourself, now is the time to focus and concentrate on those silver stocks that you wanted to own but did not buy because they where too expensive (read more…)

Its difficult not to get carried away with the euphoria when the precious metals, gold and silver are at all time highs and the next stop appears to be the moon.

The last couple of days of trading has seen our sector of the market take it on the chin (read more…)

Chart of Hecla Mining Company:

Just when we thought that Hecla Mining was looking a little tired she bounces back with a near 8% gain in one day on volume of 8.44 million shares traded in contrast to its average volume of 3.88 million shares traded (read more…)

As regular readers of this web site know our strategy has been to retain a core position in the silver mining camp and also to trade from time to time when the opportunity presents itself. Hecla Mining has provided us with such opportunities in the past which we have taken advantage of, in order to generate profits.

Previous chart dated 29 February 2008:

The chart above records our actions in terms of when we bought and sold, now lets take a look at today’s chart of Hecla Mining to try and ascertain where we are now and what we should do next (read more…)

We predicted a “major rally” in silver that we thought would begin at the end of the summer. Silver has risen more than 70% since the end of the summer, a terrific gain and of course we are pleased that we made a good call.

We have seen $20 silver coming from a long way off as longer term readers of The Silver Prices Newsletter will recall (read more…)

Casey Research organised a get together at the Barbebra Café in Auckland on Wednesday night for International Speculators. Around thirty people attended and a very good night it was too!

Pictured Above: Bob Kirtley, Doug Casey, Sam Kirtley

The subjects covered were wide ranging as each attendee had their own unique area of interest around which debate was built (read more…)

The recent decision by some prominent investment rating agencies to maintain their top quality AAA ratings for some of America’s most troubled bond insurers has worried us to say the least. Although some agencies such as Fitch Ratings have been sensible enough to downgrade bond insurance companies like Ambac Financial, others are still grading these companies as top quality investments.

We view this as a drastic judgement error on the agencies part (read more…)