Paulson recommends investing in gold. He placed more than $4 billion on his firm’s assets in metal

World’s richest & most successful speculator warns of great inflation

This is it. This is your last wake-up call… At a recent breakfast, John Paulson, the most successful speculator of the last 20 years, explained exactly how the great inflation will come to pass. Says Paulson: The banks will resume regular lending – thereby releasing all of the excess money supply into the system – within six to 24 months. Two or three years after that, we will see 12% annual inflation.
Paulson is recommending investing in gold. He’s already placed more than $4 billion of his firm’s assets in the metal. Why is Paulson building his position so early if he doesn’t expect inflation to kick in for four years? Scarcity. Paulson notes, of the $200 trillion of investable assets in the world, only $800 billion is gold. You won’t be able to get much of that $200 trillion into gold at any reasonable price. But that won’t stop people from trying.
Here’s the part that sent a chill down my spine. At this breakfast, Paulson also gave a rare insight into what he’s doing with his personal money. Apparently, his fund offers a special option whereby you can invest using gold. According to someone at the breakfast table, you convert your cash into gold and buy into the fund using bullion. When you cash out, you are paid in gold at the value it is worth that day. Paulson is 100% invested in this style.
When the world’s most successful speculator would rather be invested in his own fund via bullion instead of dollars… you gotta wonder why you’re still carrying greenbacks in your wallet.

Source: The DailyCrux

This is it. This is your last wake-up call… At a recent breakfast, John Paulson, the most successful speculator of the last 20 years, explained (more)

15 Hot Dividend Increases

Companies increasing dividends

Dividends from a quality, well-diversified portfolio are much more predictable than capital gains and best of all, they are passive. You don’t have to do anything, they just show up in your brokerage account each quarter. Inflation? Not to worry, the good companies routinely raise their dividends well in excess of the inflation rate.
This week as the weather turns cold the dividend increases heat up.  Below are several companies heating up their yields with increased cash dividends:
PPG Industries (PPG) is a global supplier of protective and decorative coatings. October 16th the company increased its dividend 2% to $0.54/share. The dividend is payable on Dec. 11 to shareholders of record Nov. 10. The ex-dividend date is November 6. PPG is a Dividend Aristocrat and has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years. The yield based on the new payout is 3.62%.

Dividends from a quality, well-diversified portfolio are much more predictable than capital gains and best of all, they are passive. You don’t have to do anything, they just show up in your brokerage account each quarter. Inflation? Not to worry, the good companies routinely raise their dividends well in excess of the inflation rate. (more)

Most mutual funds have minimums in the thousands

How to invest when you’re flat broke

For all the great strides Wall Street has made in making investing easy and affordable for the average person over the past few decades, investing still costs money.
Most mutual funds have minimums in the thousands of dollars (not hundreds), and brokerage commissions make buying individual stocks prohibitively expensive if you only have a little to invest. Even so, the power of compounding makes it imperative that you start investing as early as possible, even if you don’t have a lot of spare cash.
So, how to invest when you don’t have much cash?

Source: Amature Asset Allocator

For all the great strides Wall Street has made in making investing easy and affordable for the average person over the past few decades, investing still costs money. (more)

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This Asset Is Like Gold, Only Better

In the past few years, there’s been an explosion of investor interest in “hedges.”
Investors want to own foreign real estate for a hedge against a big depression in the United States. They want to own gold for a hedge against a dollar crisis. They want to own oil for a hedge against inflation.
But consider this “hedge factor”…

Source: Daily Wealth

In the past few years, there’s been an explosion of investor interest in “hedges.”

Investors want to own foreign real estate for a hedge against a big depression in the United States. They want to own gold for a hedge against a dollar crisis. They want to own oil for a hedge against inflation.

But consider this “hedge factor”… (more)

These commodity stocks are about to be crushed

Investors in natural gas stocks have lost their minds. They’re about to lose their wallets, too…
There’s a major wipeout coming in the natural gas business. North America has too many natural gas producers. The industry needs a major cleaning out. The most inefficient, high-cost producers must fold. This will bring supply and demand back into balance.
In the last two years, the price of natural gas has fallen almost 70%, yet natural gas stocks are still trading at almost the same prices. In other words, investors in natural gas stocks have totally ignored the huge collapse in natural gas prices.

Source: DailyWealth

Investors in natural gas stocks have lost their minds. They’re about to lose their wallets, too… (more)

Why the conventional wisdom on interest rates is wrong

The consensus is almost always wrong, which is why today’s conventional wisdom that interest rates will drift higher merits examination.
If the consensus is wrong this time, too, it means one of two things:
* Interest rates will scream higher, clobbering adjustable-rate debtors and killing the economy.
* Interest rates will continue to drift lower, as deflation takes hold.

Source:  BusinessInsider

The consensus is almost always wrong, which is why today’s conventional wisdom that interest rates will drift higher merits examination.

If the consensus is wrong this time, too, it means one of two things:

* Interest rates will scream higher, clobbering adjustable-rate debtors and killing the economy.

* Interest rates will continue to drift lower, as deflation takes hold.

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World Bank president: U.S. dollar reserve status in jeopardy

World Bank President Robert Zoellick said the United States should not take the dollar’s status as the world’s key reserve currency for granted because other options are emerging.
In excerpts released on Sunday from a speech that he is to deliver on Monday, Zoellick said global economic forces were shifting and it was time now to prepare for the fact that growth will come from multiple sources.
“The United States would be mistaken to take for granted the dollar’s place as the world’s predominant reserve currency,” he said. “Looking forward, there will increasingly be other options.”

Source: NewsMax

World Bank President Robert Zoellick said the United States should not take the dollar’s status as the world’s key reserve currency for granted because other options are emerging.

In excerpts released on Sunday from a speech that he is to deliver on Monday, Zoellick said global economic forces were shifting and it was time now to prepare for the fact that growth will come from multiple sources.

“The United States would be mistaken to take for granted the dollar’s place as the world’s predominant reserve currency,” he said. “Looking forward, there will increasingly be other options.”

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This class of stocks will get destroyed in a market correction

Just like the government’s “cash for clunkers” program, investors are ready to cash in junk stock holdings for sounder equities, analysts say.

The stock market is up 57 percent since March 9, led by so-called junk stocks — or badly beaten names with hazy growth prospects. Many of have been in the financial sector, which has lifted the S&P Financial index by 146 percent since the March lows.

But few believe the junk rally can be sustained. Analysts say the mantle will need to be passed from financials and other high fliers to underperformers that actually have stronger growth potential in the coming quarters.

Obama: G-20 saves economy from brink

World leaders set a course from recession to what they hope will be long-term recovery Friday by agreeing to seek a better balance between exporting and importing countries.
At the same time, they failed to take bold action on climate change or executive compensation — two issues that are viewed more urgently in Europe than the United States.

Source: USAToday

World leaders set a course from recession to what they hope will be long-term recovery Friday by agreeing to seek a better balance between exporting and importing countries.

At the same time, they failed to take bold action on climate change or executive compensation — two issues that are viewed more urgently in Europe than the United States.

President Obama pronounced the Group of 20 economic summit that he hosted a success, particularly since the nations acted cooperatively to sustain recovery efforts, tighten financial regulations and phase out nearly $300 billion in subsidies for fossil fuels that pollute the environment.

“We laid the groundwork today for long-term prosperity,” Obama said after a meeting that was overshadowed by revelations of Iran’s newest nuclear facility. “On issue after issue, we see that the international community is beginning to move forward together.”

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Pop Candy: Unwrapping pop culture’s hip and hidden treasures

You’ve got questions! I hope I have answers! Let’s dive into the mailbag before we kick off our shoes and start the weekend.
Here we go:
My girlfriend started watching the A&E reality show Rookies about new police officers on the job.  Season 1 ended last year, but we have not been able to find ANYTHING about if it has been canceled or if there is going to be a Season 2. Have you heard anything about this, and would you be able to help us out? — Patrick W. in Atlanta
I contacted A&E and can confirm that it’s not returning for another season. Sorry! But you can relive the magic on its website, which offers full episodes.

Source: USAToday

You’ve got questions! I hope I have answers! Let’s dive into the mailbag before we kick off our shoes and start the weekend.

Here we go:

My girlfriend started watching the A&E reality show Rookies about new police officers on the job.  Season 1 ended last year, but we have not been able to find ANYTHING about if it has been canceled or if there is going to be a Season 2. Have you heard anything about this, and would you be able to help us out? — Patrick W. in Atlanta

I contacted A&E and can confirm that it’s not returning for another season. Sorry! But you can relive the magic on its website, which offers full episodes.

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Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins dies

Source: USAToday

Susan Atkins, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson whose remorseless witness stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, has died. She was 61 and had been suffering from brain cancer.
Atkins’ death comes less than a month after a parole board turned down the terminally ill woman’s last chance at freedom on Sept. 2. She was brought to the hearing on a gurney and slept through most of it.
California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said that Atkins died late Thursday night. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2008, had a leg amputated and was given only a few months to live.
She underwent brain surgery, and in her last months was paralyzed and had difficulty speaking. But she managed to speak briefly at the Sept. 2 hearing, reciting religious verse with the help of her husband, attorney James Whitehouse.

Susan Atkins, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson whose remorseless witness stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, has died. She was 61 and had been suffering from brain cancer.

Atkins’ death comes less than a month after a parole board turned down the terminally ill woman’s last chance at freedom on Sept. 2. She was brought to the hearing on a gurney and slept through most of it.

California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said that Atkins died late Thursday night. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2008, had a leg amputated and was given only a few months to live.

She underwent brain surgery, and in her last months was paralyzed and had difficulty speaking. But she managed to speak briefly at the Sept. 2 hearing, reciting religious verse with the help of her husband, attorney James Whitehouse.

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Eat twice a day and live longer

So what does the world’s oldest man eat? The answer is not much, at least not too much.
Walter Breuning, who turned 113 on Monday, eats just two meals a day and has done so for the past 35 years.
“I think you should push back from the table when you’re still hungry,” Breuning said.
At 5 foot 8, (”I shrunk a little,” he admitted) and 125 pounds, Breuning limits himself to a big breakfast and lunch every day and no supper.
“I have weighed the same for about 35 years,” Breuning said. “Well, that’s the way it should be.”
“You get in the habit of not eating at night, and you realize how good you feel. If you could just tell people not to eat so darn much.”

Source: USAToday

So what does the world’s oldest man eat? The answer is not much, at least not too much.Walter Breuning, who turned 113 on Monday, eats just two meals a day and has done so for the past 35 years.

“I think you should push back from the table when you’re still hungry,” Breuning said.At 5 foot 8, (”I shrunk a little,” he admitted) and 125 pounds, Breuning limits himself to a big breakfast and lunch every day and no supper.

“I have weighed the same for about 35 years,” Breuning said. “Well, that’s the way it should be.”

“You get in the habit of not eating at night, and you realize how good you feel. If you could just tell people not to eat so darn much.”

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This class of stocks will get destroyed in a market correction

Just like the government’s “cash for clunkers” program, investors are ready to cash in junk stock holdings for sounder equities, analysts say.
The stock market is up 57 percent since March 9, led by so-called junk stocks — or badly beaten names with hazy growth prospects. Many of have been in the financial sector, which has lifted the S&P Financial index by 146 percent since the March lows.
But few believe the junk rally can be sustained. Analysts say the mantle will need to be passed from financials and other high fliers to underperformers that actually have stronger growth potential in the coming quarters.

Source: Newsmax

Just like the government’s “cash for clunkers” program, investors are ready to cash in junk stock holdings for sounder equities, analysts say.

The stock market is up 57 percent since March 9, led by so-called junk stocks — or badly beaten names with hazy growth prospects. Many of have been in the financial sector, which has lifted the S&P Financial index by 146 percent since the March lows.

But few believe the junk rally can be sustained. Analysts say the mantle will need to be passed from financials and other high fliers to underperformers that actually have stronger growth potential in the coming quarters.

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WSJ: Delayed Foreclosures and “Shadow” Inventory

Millions of foreclosed homeowners are attempting to delay the foreclosure process and, in turn, creating a “shadow” inventory of foreclosed homes.
As of July, an estimated 1.2 million homes that had not yet been foreclosed upon were considered seriously delinquent – more than 90 days past due on payments. Additionally, 1.5 million homes were in the foreclosure process but had not yet been seized by the lender.
The build-up in foreclosed homes is sure to hit the market in the future and drive prices farther south. Ivy Zelman, chief executive of research firm Zelman & Associates, estimates 3 to 4 million foreclosed homes will hit the market in the coming years. The question now is whether the future supply will mimic “a fire hose or a garden hose or a drip.”

Source: Caculate Drisk Blog

Millions of foreclosed homeowners are attempting to delay the foreclosure process and, in turn, creating a “shadow” inventory of foreclosed homes.

As of July, an estimated 1.2 million homes that had not yet been foreclosed upon were considered seriously delinquent – more than 90 days past due on payments. Additionally, 1.5 million homes were in the foreclosure process but had not yet been seized by the lender.

The build-up in foreclosed homes is sure to hit the market in the future and drive prices farther south. Ivy Zelman, chief executive of research firm Zelman & Associates, estimates 3 to 4 million foreclosed homes will hit the market in the coming years. The question now is whether the future supply will mimic “a fire hose or a garden hose or a drip.”

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A 73% One-Year Return on Your Cash

Exactly one year ago, I told my True Wealth subscribers to buy shares of Hatteras Financial (HTS). As I write, the total return on that recommendation (including dividends) is 73%. Over the same period, the stock market is down about 10%.
The reality is, virtual banks are in their “sweet spot” right now, thanks to the government artificially cutting interest rates to such low levels.
You want to be OUT of virtual banks before the Fed starts hiking interest rates again – because the big profits are typically over by then.
The odds are the Fed won’t hike rates until the end of April 2010. So virtual banks are worth owning until, say, February 2010. That gives you about six months to earn a huge dividend on your cash – and make some healthy capital gains, too.

Source: DailyWealth

Exactly one year ago, I told my True Wealth subscribers to buy shares of Hatteras Financial (HTS). As I write, the total return on that recommendation (including dividends) is 73%. Over the same period, the stock market is down about 10%.

The reality is, virtual banks are in their “sweet spot” right now, thanks to the government artificially cutting interest rates to such low levels.

You want to be OUT of virtual banks before the Fed starts hiking interest rates again – because the big profits are typically over by then.

The odds are the Fed won’t hike rates until the end of April 2010. So virtual banks are worth owning until, say, February 2010. That gives you about six months to earn a huge dividend on your cash – and make some healthy capital gains, too.

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Better than a Ferrari?

Source: Casey Research

After college, I bought Ferraris in Europe and sold them for 100% gains to Americans. Later, I bought real estate in Spain and Aspen… which eventually increased about 500% in value.

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S&A’s 6 best research services, for just $1

Source: Stansberry Research

For the next 30 days, you can get full access to some of S&A’s best paid research. It will cost just $1. No catches or hidden fees. PLUS: When you sign up, you will receive a FREE sneak preview of S&A’s newest letter, Penny Stock Specialist.

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How to collect Social Security at ANY AGE

Source: Stansberry Research

Millions of Americans have figured out how to “rig” the system to boost their retirement benefits by an extra $700 or more per month. Full report explains how these Social Security “loopholes” work…

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This 5-letter code* could pay you $100,000 by October 7

Source: Taipan Publishing group

*HURRY: We can only give the code to the first 1,000 people who respond – any more than that would tip off the hedge funds to this sensitive opportunity. One maverick analyst reveals everything – including your 5-letter code – FREE.

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How one CEO’s news release just changed the future…

Source: Agrofinancial Report

And made you richer than you ever dared to dream. You have less than one week to act on what the rest of the world will learn on Wednesday, September 23.

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The mining stock mania no one is talking about

You won’t hear about it in the mainstream media, but there is a budding mining stock mania happening right now… and it has nothing to do with gold, silver, iron ore, or uranium. It’s the budding mania in “rare earth minerals.”
Put simply, rare earth minerals are crucial to manufacturers of gadgets we use every day… like televisions, lasers, magnets, and hybrid cars. China is the world’s major producer of these minerals… which are shooting higher in price right now. This price increase is creating a mania in the tiny sector of rare earth minerals.
This article provides a good overview of what’s happening. It contains a ton of interesting facts and charts… and mentions several names in the space.

You won’t hear about it in the mainstream media, but there is a budding mining stock mania happening right now… and it has nothing to do with gold, silver, iron ore, or uranium. It’s the budding mania in “rare earth minerals.”

Put simply, rare earth minerals are crucial to manufacturers of gadgets we use every day… like televisions, lasers, magnets, and hybrid cars. China is the world’s major producer of these minerals… which are shooting higher in price right now. This price increase is creating a mania in the tiny sector of rare earth minerals.

This article provides a good overview of what’s happening. It contains a ton of interesting facts and charts… and mentions several names in the space.

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