Dear CSA Reader,
How much longer can this rally go on? That’s the biggest question that keeps me up at night.
In the meantime, I think this latest swing higher is over with. So I want you to immediately sell your GLD December 92 call option (GLD LN) and lock-in a 46% gain.
I also want you to [...]

Dear CSA Reader,
Imagine owning shares of Coca-Cola in 1970…
After splits and reinvesting dividends, a $500 investment in Coca-Cola back in 1970 would have yielded $45,315.20 cents today.
That’s 89 times your money in 39 years.
This is how real money is made. But you can’t think in days or months if you plan on making it. You [...]

We meant to send this update this morning, but when we got up the price of gold had hit a new all-time high. So we have decided to put a trade in to allow you to capitalize on gold’s steady march higher.
Action to take: Immediately buy the GLD 92 December Call option (GLDLN) for no [...]

Dear CSA Reader,
I’ve been getting into a funny routine over the past week.
Honestly, it makes me feel like I’m a kid again. But it really makes a difference in how I perceive the market.
It takes about five minutes of my time an hour after the market close. Reason I wait so long is because I [...]

Yesterday, I had an awkward moment.
I got the following note from my publisher, Will Bonner: “I don’t know if you got it from him or not, but Doug Casey wants a hat tip for the “Greater Depression” term…”
This was awkward, in part, because I don’t wear a hat.
It also made me feel bad because Doug [...]

Could This Be the Best Trade of the Summer?
In the June issue of Crisis Strategy Alert, I forecast that the trade of the summer will be shorting oil.
This is what I told CSA members:
Peak gasoline demand is typically established on the July 4 weekend. I see a very limited prospect that summer driving will surprise [...]

Sell Alert
1) Place a market order to sell PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund II (NYSE:PCK) and Van Kampen CA Value Muni (NYSE:VCV).
2) Place a market order to sell 50% of Petroleo Brasileiro [Petrobras] (NYSE:PBR)
Why We’re Selling
There are simply too many problems going on in California for us to remain comfortable [...]

Dear CSA Reader,
Despite rising unemployment, a contracting manufacturing sector, and a broke consumer, the stock market has found a way to continue pushing higher.
Since March 6th, the Dow Jones has climbed 35.38%.
But let’s put things into perspective for a second.
After the crash of 1929, the Dow Jones went on [...]

Dear Crisis Strategy Alert member
The “green shoots” Team Obama and the mainstream media tell us are behind the rally in US stocks are withering fast.
Here is a sampling of the economic news that hit the wires this week.

Continued jobless claims came in at 637,000 – 27,000 worse than [...]

“Every fool aspired to be a knave” and Other Lessons from 1720

[*From “A South Sea Ballad” or “Merry Remarks Upon Exchange Alley Bubbles,” to a new tune “The Grand Elixir” or “The Philosopher's Stone Discovered”.]
You have no doubt heard the famous quip attributed to Karl Marx that “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as [...]