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The lie: that Europeans are undergoing the hardship of austerity.

I realize that it might seem like nitpicking – but let’s go back to what austerity is supposed to mean.

Gold prices are down in 2012. But that doesn't mean the yellow metal is going to stay down.

Greek debt is too high and the population will be unable to bring it down. The likely outcome is a departure from the EU, which will remove Greece from the euro system and bring about the formation of a currency that will likely be 50% lower than current levels.

AIG (NYSE: AIG) is in a great bullish trend, but that could have ended two weeks ago. The shares are set up in a flag formation that could result in another decline to $28 this month.

Five companies went public in a week that was overshadowed by next Friday’s long-anticipated Facebook IPO.

EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) has taken it on the chin this week thanks to a tepid earnings forecast from Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO). But is the selling now wrung out of the shares?

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) just lost $2 billion on bad trades. Today investors are taking it out on the big bank's stock.

Silver, the Dow/gold ratio and the possibility of another recession are among the topics discussed in "Part 2" of a recent conversation between Kevin McElroy and Chris Preston.

High yields are hard to come by these days, so it's best for income investors not to reach for it.

Natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) just found itself saddled with an extra $1.4 billion in liabilities.