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On The Road – Toronto to Sharon, CT

Posted on: Saturday, February 28th, 2009 in: General Editorial

Dear CIGAs,
As a pilot myself, I do not like flying connector airlines. Generally they use low hour pilots that look to me as if they might just be out of grade school.
The recent and terrible accident in Buffalo, NY, wherein the commuter aircraft did a total pratfall (belly first, straight down) means their ship stalled [...]

Monthly Gold Charts From Trader Dan

Posted on: Friday, February 27th, 2009 in: Trader Dan Norcini

Click here to view Monthly Gold Closing and Inflation Adjusted Gold charts with commentary from Trader Dan Norcini

Vlad the Impaler is in World Markets Today

Posted on: Friday, February 27th, 2009 in: General Editorial

My Dear Friends,
“Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Ţepeş in Romanian), also known as Vlad Dracula, or simply Dracula (1431 – December 1476), was a Wallachian (present-day southern Romania) voivode. His three reigns were in 1448, 1456–1462, and 1476. Vlad the Impaler is known for the exceedingly cruel [...]

Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan

Posted on: Friday, February 27th, 2009 in: Trader Dan Norcini

Dear CIGAs,
News that the Feds were converting their preferred shares of Citi into common shares was enough to knock the snot out of that stock and that served to drag the financials down lower. Citi was whacked for 28% as I pen this. If you want to see a genuine horror story, pull up a [...]

In The News Today

Posted on: Friday, February 27th, 2009 in: In The News

Dear CIGAs,
The following is the nature of all the beasts.
2 Money Managers Held in New Wall St. Fraud Case By ZACHERY KOUWE February 26, 2009
For two decades, Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh looked like Wall Street wizards.
Their supposed investment prowess lured hundreds of millions of dollars from [...]