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Support is support until it collapses but if the 10-year support line for the HUI Index is breached it is a loooong way down!!!

If you aren’t certain that you understand and can value your business far better than Mr. Market, you don’t belong in the game. As they say in poker, “If you’ve been in the game 30 minutes and you don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.”

History clearly shows that stocks don't fall during periods of rising interest rates. Sure, they might fall a little when a rate hike is announced - maybe for a week or so - but they usually bounce back quickly - and then they go higher.

Stocks have generally performed very well in rising-rate environments but the current rate cycle is unlike any other of the past 40 years, keeping investors on edge. A lot will depend on how inflation behaves.

The European economy and stock markets have even more pain coming. If you're invested in U.S. companies with a lot of business in Europe ... watch out. Their overall global tax rates could double ... maybe triple ... and crush profits. Here's why. Words:580

The Eurozone economy (and currency) – which was once on the brink of complete and utter disaster – is finally on the road to recovery....[Here is] a safe way for skittish investors (i.e. – the non-contrarians) to take advantage of the opportunity in Europe before it disappears. Words: 503; Charts: 1

One look at the chart below clearly illustrates that owners of Government bonds need all the help they can get right now!

Very few investors know about the potential benefits via the additional leverage that warrants can offer but they are substantial if you follow the 4 rules I present in the article below. Words: 766

The Dow has begun a major rally 13 times over the past 112 years which equates to an average of one rally every 8.6 years so, as it stands right now, the current Dow rally that began in March 2009 would be classified as well below average in both duration and magnitude.

We have NEVER been this overextended above this line at any point in the last 20 years. Indeed, if you compare where the S&P 500 is relative to this line, we're even MORE overbought that we were going into the 2007 peak at the top of the housing bubble.