Hedge funds loans to break the banks « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" It might look amusing to think of the hedge funds who had been shorting the bank stocks suddenly getting shafted. But whose money were they playing with? Yes, it came from their subscribers but who else? Well, the banks of course - and given the massively geared nature of...

Gold and silver junior explorers set for a major bounce this week « Peter J....

" Jim Sinclair, the doyenne of gold analysts, was first to spot how the change in sentiment against shorting stocks also might be the turning point for juniors, quite apart from the sensational change in direction for gold itself. As it now emerges the summer fall in gold...