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We look at the market this morning, and what do we see?
Oh mamma, we see trouble a-brewing!
Quite frankly we don’t get why others can’t see the same problems.
To us it seems obvious. But anyway, seeing as no-one else is game to show you, if we’ve got space today we’ll reveal all. If not, [...]

I know it’s the 2nd August, but your editor is still scurrying to finish the July issue of Australian Small-Cap Investigator.
We had hoped to have it flying out the door by Friday afternoon, but that didn’t happen. But a weekend of reading, research and ‘riting – interrupted only by attempts to help the Sayce [...]

Yesterday we quoted an article in the Australian Financial Review which said the proposed cash for clunkers scheme would:
“[C]ut carbon dioxide emissions by 1 million tonnes and save $344 million in fuel costs in the next 10 years”.

We then wrote, “But when you compare it to Australia’s total CO2 emissions as of 2007 of 374 [...]

On Tuesday, the S&P/ASX 200 ended the day only 11 points higher, closing at 4,497.40.
Coming out today is the consumer price index (CPI) data for June. Economists are expecting figures to increase 1% for the quarter, which would mean annual increases have risen 3.4% for the year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 12 [...]

Why did BP’s leak take so long to fix?
As the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico looks to slowly coming under control, thanks to a temporary plug, I thought we might take a quick look at something that was only brought to our attention this week.
While it’s been kept pretty quiet in the mainstream [...]

The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 29 points yesterday, closing at 4,380.30. The Aussie index has opened over 60 points higher this morning thanks to the strong lead in from the overseas markets.
Last night the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 146 points (1.44%), ending the session at 10,363.02. Alcoa [NYSE: AA] kicked off the second [...]

The media is at again.
And yesterday, ‘inflation’ reached it’s highest annual level since October 2008, supposedly ’smashing’ through the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) own self imposed target inflation rate of 2 – 3%.
However, the media were quick to point out that smokers were at fault – again! You see, the new 25% tax on [...]

As Kris sets off to work on the next issue of Australian Small-Cap Investigator, I’ve got to be honest, I was scratching my head this morning wondering what to write about.
I thought about tackling property (again), but I’ve only just emptied the Money Morning mailbag from yesterday and so didn’t want to create more work [...]

“At the end of the day Im just a mug punter but even I with my limited intelligence know the definition of “super” I mean imagine if Super mans powers were slightly greater than that of the average man….. he wouldnt really be “Super man” now would he, he’d be “Slightly better than average man” [...]

Where to start this week’s wrap? It’s been a fairly slow news week, but a few crucial things have come through.
And what would the week be without a comment on property?
Steve Keen, the loser of the now famous bet about the prices of Australian housing, is preparing for his 224 kilometer from Canberra to Mount [...]