- National Post: ‘Fukashima 50′ on suicide mission to prevent Nuclear Meltdown
- New York Times: Radioactive plume could hit US by Friday
- USA Today: Japanese government hiding extent of radiation at ground zero
- MarketWatch: G7 discuss more intervention as Japanese Yen rallies, hits high value against USD since WWII
- CNBC: Euro Zone Debt Agreement a Ponzi Scheme
- Daily Mail: Nasa to shoot lasers at space junk around Earth to prevent collisions with satellites
- MarketWatch: No apparent fundamental reason for gold’s drop
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Mar 11
Morning Roundup – March 17, 2011
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Mar 11
Morning Roundup – March 16, 2011
News Items
- Daily Mail: French claim Japan is hiding full scale of nuclear disaster
- Yahoo/AP: Wholesale prices up 1.6 pct, biggest jump in 36 years
- Big Government: California Moves Closer Toward Default
- Investor’s Business Daily: Who Will Buy Treasuries After Fed Halts Printing Press?
- CNN Money: Building permits fall to all-time low
Markets
Silver, gold and other commodities hit hard yesterday, recovering this morning. Equity Markets down yesterday and today.
| Asset | Price | Change |
| Dow Jones | 11,787.00 | -68.42 |
| S&P 500 | 1,276.97 | -4.90 |
| NASDAQ | 2,662.04 | -5.29 |
| USD Index | 76.535 | +0.128 |
| 10-Yr Bond % | 3.2720% | -0.0510 |
| Gold | 1404.00 | +7.30 |
| Silver | 34.90 | +0.64 |
| Oil | 99.23 | +2.05 |
* Market prices are snapshot from around 10am EDT
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Mar 11
Morning Roundup – March 15, 2011
Top Story
The crisis in Japan continue to be the leading story.
- BBC: Japan earthquake: Meltdown alert at Fukushima reactor
- Wall Street Journal: Tokyo Shares End Day Down 11%
- AP/Yahoo: Stocks plunge as Japan nuclear crisis worsens
- CNBC: If Market Keeps Falling, Fed Will Keep Printing: ‘Dr. Doom’
Other Items
The Street: Disinformation and Silver Confiscation: Opinion – A guest commentary discusses the manipulation in the silver market and possibility of silver confiscation by the US government.
Michael Pento: Interest Rates Are on the Launch Pad
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Mar 11
Morning Roundup – March 14, 2011
Top Story
Japan continues to face potential nuclear and humanitarian disasters, and more quakes.
- BBC: Meltdown alert at Japan reactor
- Financial Times: Crowded shelters expose scale of disaster
- Guardian: Japan tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa found 10 miles out at sea
Other News
Bloomberg: Japan Adds $183 Billion to Stabilize Markets After Quake – Ah, a central bank’s solution to all problems … print money. Financial crisis … print money. Deflation … print money. Inflation … print money. Natural disaster … print money. Man made disaster … print money. Slow news day … what should we do?!? Oh, I know … let’s print some more money. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
WorldNetDaily: Utah lawmakers recognize gold as legal tender – The measure only needs the signature of Gov Herbert, who has not yet indicated his position publicly.
Reuters: Lawmakers confident on short-term budget deal – And so, as I predicted two weeks ago, the can will be kicked down the road again. This time is for another 3 weeks.
