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ECB MEETING ON THURSDAY COULD IGNITE GOLD, SILVER

July 3, 2012

A potential game changer for gold, silver, euro, and yen is just ahead. The game changer is the meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB). Traditionally the ECB has towed the line of the Bundesbank inflation hawks. Jean-Claude Trichet, the chief of ECB until 2011, kept monetary policy tight and interest rates high even though Europe was melting down and he had an example across the Atlantic of Chairman Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve dramatically easing monetary policy. Mario Draghi, the former governor of the Bank of Italy, followed Trichet as the president of the ECB. Under Draghi, monetary policy has

GOOGLE GIVES IPHONE USERS BROWSER CHOICE FOR PHONE’S FIFTH BIRTHDAY

June 30, 2012

Apple‘s iPhone, the iconic device from that revolutionized smart phones, turned five on Friday, June 29. There has been no other device like iPhone in history. Thousands of developers have written thousands of apps to organize the lives of iPhone users in a manner previously scarcely imaginable. iPhone left its competitors like Research in Motion (RIMM) and Nokia (NOK) in the dust. The mobile platform for Microsoft (MSFT) was not at all competitive. Google (GOOG) came up from nowhere to mount a serious challenge with its Android operating system. There continues to be a bitter rivalry between Apple and Google. The late Steve Jobs accused Google of copying

HOSPITALS ARE BIG WINNERS IN SUPREME OBAMA CARE RULING

June 30, 2012

The Supreme Court ruling on Obama care is certain to produce some winners and losers. Buried in the 196-page opinion of the Supreme Court, there is a surprise. Even though the headlines are that the Supreme Court has upheld Obama care, the Supreme Court has reversed a part of Obama care related to Medicaid expansion. Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Elena Kagan, concluded in Part IV that the Medicaid expansion violates the Constitution by threatening states with the loss of their existing Medicaid funding if they decline to comply with the expansion. Here is

INSURANCE AGENTS LOSE JOB SECURITY WITH OBAMACARE RULING

June 29, 2012

Much has been discussed in the media about most of the aspects of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.” I have not seen much about the plight of more than 100,000 insurance agents and brokers. The floodgates are about to open for the mass firing of healthcare insurance agents. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act dictates that health insurers must spend at least $0.80 of every $1.00 in premiums collected on health care in the individual and small group markets, and $0.85 in the large group market. Insurance agents represented by National Association of Health Underwriters

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: 300 POINT MOVE IN DJIA PREDICTED ON WEDNESDAY

June 29, 2012

(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) MARKETS SPIKE ON EUROPEAN BANKING DEAL June 29, 2012 Italy’s Mario Monti led the charge to convince Merkel of Germany to radically restructure bank aid. It was not long ago when there was hardly even a whisper in the media on the subject, we alerted you that the bank deal in Europe was in the works. Now the first positive step has become reality. Knowing that this deal was in the works, we have been cautioning

GOOGLE JELLY BEAN MAY CREAM AMAZON KINDLE, LITTLE THREAT TO APPLE

June 28, 2012

Google has a tradition of naming its operating systems after desserts. Jelly Bean is an incremental upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The biggest improvement in Jelly Bean is in its search function and now presents information in a fashion similar to Apple Siri. Google has also introduced Nexus 7, a Google branded tablet. Steve Jobs called Android a stolen product, as he believed Android was copied from Apple (AAPL) iOS. If Steve Jobs was alive today, he would be aghast at Google copying another feature from Apple. Specifications of Nexus 7 come nowhere close to iPad. Nexus 7 has 1280 x 800 display

MORE ON THC

June 28, 2012

This post was just published on ZYX BuyChange Alert THC is a hospital chain. Under Obama Care hospitals are prime beneficiaries as they will start receiving payments from more patients who are now indigent. Some hospitals do not collect as much as 30% of their billing. Moreover, THC is an acquisition candidate. Those who acted quickly should have had fills before the halt. Those who acted after the halt should also have fills. Those still contemplating, we do not recommend buying higher than $5.30 preferably closer to $5.10. This will be a long-term position with a target of $11 to $13.