After a layoff, a family learns to cope

After a layoff, a family learns to cope Posted by Charles Cooper Editors note: This is part of a series of stories about the recession's effect on the tech industry. The...

Voting locations for election

Here is a list by precinct of Election Day voting locations in Denton County. Voters must cast their ballots at their precinct’s designated polling site. Polls are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. "100 — Pilot Point Senior Center, 310 S. Washington St. 101 — Savannah...

Marc Faber see the Fed as a drug dealer! « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"In this recent CNBC broadcast forecasting legend Dr Marc Faber put the spotlight on the Federal Reserve as the cause of the global financial crisis and accused it of behaving like a drug dealer in making liquidity available."

Banks are the new Hunts: highly bullish short position for silver! « Peter J...

"Silver investors owe a serious debt of gratitude to Theodore Butler for alerting the US regulators to the manipulation of the silver market in August by two major banks in one of the most blatant actions since the days of the Hunt Brothers in the 1970s. "

Is there still a Wall Street Crash to come? « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" The Dow Jones last hit bottom at 7,000 points in 2003 and it is not unreasonable in current economic circumstances – which are surely very much worse than 2003 – to expect at least a return to those levels."

Inflation will push precious metal prices much higher « Peter J. Cooper’s ...

" Once this obvious truth becomes generally accepted then we can expect a sudden shift by retail investors into gold and silver for protection against inflation. Both are very small markets by comparison to global equities, real estate or bonds - particularly silver, so the...

Dow slumps 7% on Black Monday, gold, dollar up « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" But on Black Monday only one section of the stock market showed positive results: precious metal shares which had a leveraged gain on the gold price. In the choppy waters of financial markets this week there may be a chance for late-comers to the precious metals ball to...

Dubai house prices continue to head up and up! « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" My rough calculation is 15-20 per cent in the past four months. That comes after Colliers International reported a 78 per cent gain in the 12 months to the start of summer. "