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Intrade Future Markets Predict 2008 Elections

Intrade is a website that allows you to bet on the outcomes on a variety of international events, from political elections and finance, to “Will Elliot Spitzer be Indicted on Felony Charges on or before June 30th”.

The traders on the website are currently betting with 89% odds that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee. They’re also placing a 37.9% chance that John McCain will win the presidential election in November. And, the chances of the US going into a recession in 2008 have fallen to 28% from a high of 76% back in early April.

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London Times Attacks Peak Oil ‘Myth’

It’s a peak oil ‘myth’ that we’re running out of oil, according to the London Times.

The article, titled “It’s a myth that the world’s oil is running out,” is written by Irwin Stelzer, a director of economic policy studies at US think tank the Hudson Institute, and raises interesting questions about peak oil theory.

Stelzer insists that although what he calls the peak oil myth is pervasive, it’s ultimately untrue.

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One Oil Prediction That’s Right On Track as Oil Passes $126

With the price of oil surging above $126, one oil price prediction, which puts oil past $187 a barrel, is right on track.

Last December, Money Morning’s Keith Fitz-Gerald publicly made the oil price prediction that oil would reach $187 a barrel within three years. In mid-March, he reiterated this price prediction.

Keith says: “We are burning through supplies at a rate that’s four times to five times faster than we’re discovering new reserves.

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The 10 Hottest Global Profit Opportunities to Follow for the Next 18 Months

For the first time in modern history, the US economy finds itself back with the masses, flying coach instead of first class. These shocking facts say it all:

  • From 2005 to 2010 alone, worldwide wealth will soar from $118 trillion to more than $200 trillion — with the newly capitalist markets of Asia and Europe accounting for the biggest share.
  • Over the next 25 years, America’s share of the worldwide economic pie will slip from 28% to 24%…

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Americans Still Asking ‘Where Is My Stimulus Check?’

“Where is my stimulus check?” continues to be one of the most searched for phrases on Google, despite US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s recent assurances that the government will have send out almost $50 worth of economic stimulus checks by the end of the month.

This from Forbes.com:

The first $7 bln of economic stimulus payments went out by electronic deposit last week to 7.7 mln people, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday. The average payment was $920.

Almost $50 bln will have been sent out by the end of this month and another $50 bln by early July to a total of about 130 mln households, he said after touring a plant printing stimulus checks in Kansas City.

For American tax payers…

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And then there’s this…Saturday, May 10th, 2008

By Ed Steer | Gold & Resources | Casey Research

Gold started making an upwards move at precisely midnight on Thursday night. It, and silver, rose until shortly before 6:00 a.m. New York time, when both mysteriously started to sell off.

Resource Stock Roundup: Saturday, May 10th, 2008

By Doug Casey | Gold & Resources | Casey Research

The junior bourse continued to show signs of life while the bigger board took a breather during Friday trading on the Canadian markets.

Base Metals in the Crapper

By Doug Casey | Gold & Resources | Casey Research

The base metals were down again on Friday. Copper plummeted for a third straight day, dropping from the open to past noon, after which it did bump up at the end to finish at $3.7796/lb., down 6½ cents.

Crude, of Course, Smashes Record Again

By Doug Casey | Oil & Energy | Casey Research

In the energy market Friday, crude for June delivery capped a week in which it rose 8.3% by smashing its closing record once again at $125.96/barrel, up $2.27. June reformulated gasoline gained 6.22 cents, to $3.20/gallon.

Dollars Falls Further Against Euro

By Doug Casey | Dollar & Forex | Casey Research

In the currency market, the dollar continued to backtrack after its recent runup against the euro. Late Friday, the euro was trading at $1.5473 vs. $1.5396 on Thursday.

Precious Metals Mixed

By Doug Casey | Gold & Resources | Casey Research

Gold was steady to higher through the first hour of the New York session on Friday, then declined sharply to lose nearly $15, but then turned around and regained all the lost ground, before cruising sideways through the Globex to finish at $884.00, up $1.00.

The Coming Boom in Australian Resource Stocks

By Dan Denning | Gold & Resources | The Daily Reckoning Australia

It takes nearly five hours by plane to get from my new hometown of Melbourne, Australia to the Timor Sea, the body of water that lies off Australia’s northwest coast.

When to Buy My Favorite Asian Stock Market

By Ian Davis | International | The Growth Stock Wire

In April 2007, the stock market of the tiny island nation of Taiwan had just about everything going for it.

The Best of the S&A Digest Saturday, May 10, 2008

By Porter Stansberry | Politics & Economics | The Growth Stock Wire

The surest sign of a civilization in decline is inflation. Governments throughout history have resorted to debasing their currencies to meet their expenditures beyond tax receipts. We hardly think twice about inflation anymore. After 70 years of this kind of cheating, we’ve come to expect it.

Stop Thief!

By Andy Carpenter | Politics & Economics | Investor's Daily Edge

You know the old saying about teaching a man to fish, as opposed to just giving him a fish. Well, the state of the US Social Security system has led me to propose to you a new version of the fish proverb: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a politician to fish and he’ll steal your pole”.

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