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If you can help it, don’t buy US Treasuries. The main reason is that you’ll lose real value by doing so.

Herman is probably the most interesting candidate so far for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Gold’s decline last week provides a good opportunity for investors to buy on the dip.

The Japanese yen has been on a wild ride ever since the 2011 T?hoku earthquake. Now, as USD/JPY hovers around 80, it’s time to sell the yen (by buying USD/JPY), stated a Credit Agricole report.

BrandZ has published its list of the most valuable global brands in 2011.

The US housing market has continued its process of double-dipping in 2011.

Apple now has the world’s most valuable corporate brand, valued at $153.3 billion, according to a BrandZ report. This puts the value of the brand at a little under half of the entire worth of Apple Inc’s $320-billion market capitalization.

Jens Nordvig and his team at Nomura International Securities have shorted EUR/SEK in their model portfolio.

There are three reasons to believe that the silver bubble has burst with last week's tremendous 30-percent crash.

Gold and silver have rebounded on Monday after last week’s big drop. Gold is trading above $1,500 per ounce and silver recovered to $36 per ounce

It’s official. The euro currency is no longer immune to the euro zone peripheral debt crisis.

S&P downgraded Greece on Monday to ‘B’ on increased risks that Greece will have to restructure its sovereign debt. Furthermore, the ‘B’ rating has been put on negative watch.

Commodities plunged across the board last week. As a broad asset class, it hasn't dropped like that for quite some time.

Most people know Jon Huntsman, Jr. as a possible Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential race and the former ambassador to China.

The Lakers are down a shocking 0-3 against the Mavericks. No expert – even the biggest Lakers skeptics or Mavericks believers – had predicted this. They are now staring at elimination (or even a sweep).

AT&T’s data cap has been in effect for a week and public interest groups are asking questions.

An Asian leopard attacked a 1st grader on Friday in a Wichita, Kansas zoo, reported CNN.

Before this past week, the COT report and the high correlation among unrelated commodities already point to the financialization of commodities as a financial asset class.

USD/JPY is trading at 80 again, which begs the question of whether or not it’s time to buy the pair.

Economists have varying estimates as to what levels of non-farm payrolls gains it takes to heal the jobs market. Their number is usually between 100,000 and 200,000 per month.

Burdened with harsh austerity measures, Greece is considering leaving the euro, unnamed Germany government officials told Germany publication SPIEGEL ONLINE.

Economic forecasts are rarely correct, whether it’s the consensus forecast or forecasts by individuals. Moreover, they’re often the product of simple arithmetic calculations.

Non-farm payroll jumped by 244,000 for the month of April, reported the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Pakistan knew of the US Navy SEALs raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound, unnamed Pakistani officials told the Global Post.

‘Deathers’ are questioning the validity of Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of US Navy SEALs on May 1, 2011.

Several families of 9/11 victims have come out in support of releasing Osama bin Laden’s dead pictures.

Osama bin Laden’s dead pictures shouldn’t be released because it’ll incite violence and be used as a recruitment tool by al-Qaeda.

US officials initially said the Navy SEALs team who killed Osama bin Laden did so because he resisted capture. They also said bin Laden did not surrender when offered the opportunity to do so. However, later accounts admitted that bin Laden wasn’t armed.

Osama bin Laden may get his shrine after all as visitors flock to his compound.