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  1. Updates on Foot Locker, Sugar, & More… • May 19, 2006

    Dear Capital & Crisis Investor, The stock market has been rough over the past week or so. If you’ve been watching your stocks’ prices carefully, you’re probably a quivering bundle of nerves on the fringes of sanity. Well, don’t be. I’m actually feeling better about this market as it goes lower. See, a lot of stocks that were borderline cases [...]

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  2. The Asphalt Jungle • May 12, 2006

    “‘Tall, aren’t you?’ she said. ‘I didn’t mean to be.’ Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.” –The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler Dear Capital & Crisis Investor, What do you think of when you think of Los Angeles? I think [...]

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  3. Omaha or Bust! • May 5, 2006

    “Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose.” –Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road Dear Capital & Crisis Investor, “I read your e-mail the other day about going to Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting,” my dad said good-naturedly, “and I notice [...]

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  4. Shadow Stats Reveal a Coming Crisis – and Where to Invest Today • May 1, 2006

    “Listen,” I interrupted, “what nationality are you?” “I’m English,” she replied. “That is, I was born in Poland, but my father is Irish.” “That makes you English?” “Yes,” she said… - Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer Ben Bernanke, Fed chairman, recently delivered an upbeat view of the U.S. economy. It was cheerful, optimistic… and delusional. The official government statistics hide many [...]

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