CANCELING GPS OPEN ORDER
March 18, 2012
Since GPS has not filled, the open order is now being cancelled.
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Since GPS has not filled, the open order is now being cancelled.
Thursday morning started with rampant rumors that Warren Buffett will invest in coal by orchestrating a Berkshire Hathaway buyout of an big coal miner. Friday the rumors picked up steam. It is no secret that coal is dirty and that generating electricity from coal causes pollution. It is also no secret that natural gas is a lot cleaner than coal. With such an abundance of natural gas in the United States, supply vastly exceeds demand and prices are cheap. In the United States power generation industry, the switching from coal to natural gas is in full swing and likely to accelerate over the coming years.
The battle is about to begin between those who in one form or another end up following the leading indicators and those who in one fashion or another end up following the lagging indicators. Time has proven that the ZYX Global Multi Asset Allocation Model was spot on when it declared the end of the old cycle in August 2011 and identified characteristics of the new cycle in Oct, 2011. Now the new cycle has reached a stage where early adopters have exhausted their firepower and doubters are ready to take a stand. The battle is about to begin. The battles
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The recent swoon in gold and silver prices has dramatically increased the number of emails I receive from investors trying to figure what to do now. There is no shortage of advice on the Internet. An investor can easily find contradictory advice from gurus. Instead of listening to gurus, astute investors may want to take a simple common sense approach. A sharp reader may ask, “Why should I listen to you?” The answer is that you should not blindly follow anyone including me, but focus on learning how to find the right data and letting the data speak for itself