The most profitable business in the world isn’t big oil. It’s organized crime. And the global financial crisis has unleashed more opportunity for the kings of crime than ever before…

The fate of the global equity market rally now comes down to China. Will it continue to stockpile hard assets? Will the data points continue to soothe and impress? Much is at stake either way…  

Suddenly, and with little warning, geopolitical risk is back. With all the thundering force of an underground nuclear explosion, our heads are turned to the globe’s unstable flashpoints once again… Suddenly, and with little warning, geopolitical risk is back.

What’s the true cause of inflation? Jimmy Carter underrated? Really? And what makes Von Mises right after all these years? Read on to find out…Thank you (once again) for all your excellent responses on the Obama-Carter connection. When your thoughts and comments roll in, my only lament is a lack of space in which to reply.

Could America be headed for a replay of the 1970s? More specifically, could America’s much-feted president wind up as the next Jimmy Carter?

Mr. Market has begun to show clear signs of split personality disorder in recent weeks. Now that investors have exhaled in relief that a deflationary apocalypse has been avoided, the new reality of reflation and stagnation is sinking in…

Get up, stand up… stand up for your rights…Get up, stand up… don’t give up the fight…– Bob Marley & The Wailers. Thanks to you, dearly beloved reader, Jim Amrhein and I have a friendly Taipan Daily rivalry going. It seems Jim’s time spent basking in the glory of an all-time reader response record (for “A Kind Word and a Gun“) was all too short.

As the markets would tell it, the swine flu epidemic is little more than a tempest in a teacup. But, sad to say, the danger here remains far greater than it seems…

On close inspection, there are only two possibilities for the Geithner “Rescue Plan”: It’s an honest effort doomed to fail… or a blatant scam that just might work.