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Welcome to the Fantasyland issue of The 5…“Shouldn’t worry about the deficit,” assures Barack Obama… “yes we can” keep spending. Can’t balance the budget of your dreams? Call the Treasury… Atlanta’s doing it. Gold still suffering… Ed Bugos’ future fantasies for precious metals stocks. Plus, no one immune to the great housing illusion… the infamous Neverland Ranch shuts its doors.

It was all about the gold miners during Wednesday trading on the Canadian markets as the global financial meltdown had investors running for the safety of bullion.

Brian Hunt says there’s a rally coming for gold stocks. Despite a softening in spot gold prices today, Brian says gold prices are on a upward trend. Add to this increased cash flow in gold producers and you have a great profit play setting up…

Despite oil hitting record highs and gold making a nice move, the resource-rich Canadian markets made little headway against the bears during Friday trading as financial concerns south of the border sparked a liquidation of equities.

Editor’s Note: Gold is back. The yellow metal traded at a 10-week high today. Gold for immediate delivery hit $941.35 an ounce at 1:25 p.m. in Singapore, after reaching $946.08 yesterday. Silver for immediate delivery added 0.2 percent to $18.14 an ounce. But Russel McDougal from Investor’s Daily Edge notes that junior mining companies have not seen soaring commodity prices feed into stock gains. This, he says, means a big chance to make big money.

It’s a quick task to keep an eye on large-cap gold mining. Just a handful of companies sport market values above $10 billion. Near the top is Goldcorp.