Those of you who have any interest in this blog probably have some level of interest in Ron Paul and his 2008 Presidential campaign. Doug Casey recently interviewed Dr. Ron Paul and even though this originally appeared in the December issue of International Speculator, the good folks at Casey Research have released it for general [...]

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Not a day goes by anymore without another startling revelation about this sub prime mortgage banking mess. Treasury Secretary Paulson seems to think he has answers, but what was his involvement while at Goldman Sachs? We may never know. What we do know is that housing prices are falling, banks are taking HUGE write offs [...]

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The U.S. Dollar is just now bouncing off of historic lows. This bear rally may last a bit, but Casey Research founder Doug Casey knows the dollar is ultimately doomed. In fact, all fiat currencies will ultimately reach their intrinsic value – nothing. What are you going to do about it? Let the powers that [...]

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John Darwin, the man from England said to have died in a canoing accident five years ago in the North Sea, has turned up alive; and it appears he was enjoying life in Panama in the interim. Apparently John is aware of the excitement going on in Panama, as is the company Move To Panama [...]

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I saw this article on Yahoo! today about people retiring young so I had to read it. Most of these people really didn’t have that much money; mostly less than US$500,000 or so. So how can they retire in their 30′s or 40′s? Easy, if you keep your spending down. Easier said than done, right? [...]

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