Kicking Off the Weekend With More Good Reading
* Where to place your stops and why;
* What ideal coaching for traders would look like;
* Gold timers are bullish, plus more excellent reading;
* Very worthwhile video perspectives on the market;

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Avoid Budget Busters by Curbing Your Worst Impulses
The following is a guest post from Marotta Wealth Management.
Frugality is the new status symbol, or at least it ought to be. It is green. It is compassionate. And it brings with it a financial margin for when life colors outside the lines. It helps bring us the priceless gift of serenity and contentment.

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Greek Bailout - Arrives with Bells On
US banks, Fannie, Freddie, AIG, Dubai, Greece... let us keep this moral hazard party going. It's official.
If you are following along at home...
UAE stands behind Dubai
EU stands behind Greece (as they will behind Portugal and Spain)
Japan stands behind itself
The IMF will stand behind the UK
Federal Government stands behind US banks, Fannie, Freddie, AIG
Federal Reserve stands behind Federal Government

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U.S. Retail Sales Beats Street Predictions
U.S. Retail Sales increased more than expected in February. According to the Commerce Department, consumers pushed sales higher by 0.3 percent, while sales excluding automobiles, rose 0.8 percent.
“There is slow re-engagement from consumers,” Ethan Harris, head of North America economics at Bank of America- Merrill Lynch Global Research in New York, said before the report. “As the economy slowly improves and the labor market stabilizes, people get a little less conservative in their spending.”
How to Survive Financial Collapse Right Now
L: Doug, last time we spoke, you said quite a bit about debt, in the context of your expectation that the euro is on its way out. At the end of that conversation, you mentioned, of course, that the problem is not limited to Greece, nor the eurozone. America as a country has become a world-class debtor, and many Americans seem to think a maxed-out credit card is a reason to get a higher credit limit, not to economize. It’s like a global epidemic. Let’s talk about debt.

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US Dollar Takes a Hit as Janet Yellen Leaked to be Nominee to Replace Donald Kohn as Federal Reserve VP
The US dollar is suffering some damage this morning, as Donald Kohn is set to retire as Federal Reserve Vice President, and word leaked out last night that easy money Kohn [Sep 12, 2009: Federal Reserve's Kohn: We Plan to Keep Throwing Kerosene on the Fire] is being replaced by easier money Janet Yellen.

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Yen Carry Trade is Back!
I can’t remember how long it’s been since I was hyping the Yen carry trade (though a browsing of the ForexBlog archives indicates 2 years). Upon the outset of the credit crisis, forex markets went haywire, and one of the main “beneficiaries” was the Yen, which soared as carry trades were unwound. Now, however, a similar set of circumstances that made the Yen carry trade attractive from 2006-2008 have re-appeared, and it looks like the trade could be on the verge of making a big comeback.
Thursday links: really soft commodities
The Risk Assets Index is showing a bit too much enthusiasm. (TraderFeed)
The Russell 2000 has retraced some two-thirds of its bear market move. (Barron’s)

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Collateral Damage in the War on Depression
“Just allow it…just admit it. It doesn’t matter where the inflation comes from. Just let it stay…”
SLASHING the Bank of England’s base interest rate to an historic low of 0.5% was supposed to “rebalance” the economy…tipping it away from galloping consumption towards an export-led recovery.
But all that the Pound’s slump since rates began sinking in March 2008 has done so far, however, is gift a 50% gain to UK gold owners.

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As Markets Print New Highs David Rosenberg Is More Pessimistic
From Breakfst With Dave 11 March:
- concerns have shifted to an overheating Chinese economy and increased market chatter that more policy moves to restrain the expansion is coming. China’s inflation rate hit a 16-month high of 2.7% in February.

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