Where oh where are we to put our hard earned shekels? What about the world's 'other' currencies?

Early indications are that Obama's job speech last night failed to impress. Europe is down, or essentially flat. Gold is rallying for a second straight day ..

I´m taking a contrarian position on this recession we're supposedly heading into.

I'm calling our current economic malaise 'Financial Crisis: Part deux' because it is simply too ludicrous to take seriously. It's comedy. Farce. Monty Python meets Benny Hill. The system is upside down, the boat is listing, the jig is up. Choose your own metaphor. They all fit.

Marcus Noland of the Peterson Institute for International Economics said, “This is a Keynesian stimulus program that nobody can argue with: just rebuilding the city of Sendai. Rebuilding Sendai could actually be an opportunity to try to create a growth pole in northern Japan".

I'm watching Canada's Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) these days, since the exchange is heavily weighted in and materials.

Folks, further to my last edition (published here March 9th), I've attached a rather good multi year chart compliments of Richard Rhodes and Stockcharts.com.

I haven't been buying gold, even though I know I should.

I've been predicting a cat fight over Lundin Mining's copper assets since HudBay's aborted takeover bid of the formerly cash-strapped miner in 2009.

Here's one I like: Cardero Resources Corp. (CDU.TSXV).

I've discovered that the Fed's concept of 'quantitative easing' is not new, or even particularly innovative.

Jittery investors sold in earnest this week on speculation that China is going on some kind of austerity kick, destined no doubt to wreak havoc on the civilized world.