Bill Bonner (The Daily Reckoning)
In the short run, it might have enough life in it to bite investors on the derrière

Brian Hunt (The Right Side):
In the past three months, there’s been a very popular – and very wrong – thing to say about owning gold.

I hear it a lot from inexperienced Wall Street analysts, bloggers, and money managers who spend little time living in the “real world”.

Baltimore — (TFN): How efficient are the markets? It is like asking how smart is the human race We all know the answer, but few of us are willing to suck in our pride and admit there are a few dim bulbs among us.

Judging by the sudden rise in fame of Levi Johnson or Balloon Boy’s antics, the human brain is far feebler than we give credit.

And so are the markets.

Baltimore (TFN): Welcome to Notes version 2.0. As Will moves on to his next successful endeavor at the family office, I could not be more pleased and nervous to be at the helm. After all, he set the bar high.

“Stocks are clearly having trouble extending their gains,” reports today’s Wall Street Journal. And that a number of key market health indicators are flashing red right now.  When were these indicators flashing green? We don’t recall.

If you’re like many investors, you are probably sitting on the sidelines right now, unsure of what to do. If you want to buy, you may be thinking “let’s wait a little longer.” If you want to sell, you might be concerned about “missing out.”

Here we go again…The market had its best week since November. And just like that, there is chatter of light at the end of the tunnel.

Emotions still rule the market. The equities market is soaring today thanks to one CEO’s “memo” that promises this whole financial mess is overdone. Why should we believe him now?

How many times have you heard, “the economy won’t turn around until banks start lending?” It’s so damn obvious…

Karim Rahemtulla of the Smart Profits Report is on a mission. He is here to rescue you out of the darkness, doom and gloom and into the light on investing in the “brutal bear” market.