72 Hour Call for April 15, 2011

Today’s Call: USD Index to Fall. Currently 74.84

Rationale – Money paying taxes in US on the 18th will create excess dollars in circulation relative to other currencies in the USD Index.

Result of Call for April 12, 2011: Oil price per barrel to fall. Was $105.78. Currently $109.68. Bad Call

Calls to Date: Good Calls: 3, Bad Calls: 6, Batting .333

72 Hour Call for April 14, 2011

Today’s Call: US Treasury 10 Yr Bond Yield to rise. Currently 3.485%

Rationale – Money buying Gold must sell Longer Term Treasury Bonds to cover.

Result of Call for April 11, 2011: Gold price per oz to fall. Was $1,464. Currently $1,476. Bad Call

Calls to Date: Good Calls: 3, Bad Calls: 5, Batting .375

Jeld-Wen Field prepares for Timbers MLS Home Opener

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Jeld-Wen field, formerly PGE Park, stands ready to welcome the throngs of Timber faithful who have anxiously awaited this glorious day. GO TIMBERS!!!

The Mint Coin Shop

You have no doubt noticed that flying high above The Mint is a red tab that says “Coin Shop.” This is not a bug! Rather, it is an opportunity to be embraced.

At The Mint, we believe that the best way to protect worldly wealth over an extended period of time is to store it in the form of silver and gold coins. We have a limited amount of silver coins at the moment that we are making available and hope to slowly but surely expand our inventory and capacity to be able to provide this much needed wealth protection to the free people in American and throughout the World.

Please click the red tab and have a look around. If the red tab is simply too elusive to be clicked, then please follow one of the following links:

http://silver.davidmint.com or http://moderntunics.wazala.com to be directed to The Mint’s Coin Shop.

At the shop, we operate on two simple principles:

1. We do not sell coins that we do not actually have (in other words, we are not short silver and floating on your funds).

and

2. We will not ship until we have received your payment.

Simple enough? We hope so! Thank you for checking out our coin shop, our affiliates page, and for reading The Mint!

Stay Fresh!

David Mint

davidminteconomics@gmail.com

72 Hour Call for April 13, 2011

Today’s Call: December 2011 Corn Contract price to rise. Currently $6.45

Result of Call for April 8, 2011: US Treasury 10 Yr Bond Yield to rise. Was 3.57%. Currently 3.47%. Bad Call

Calls to Date: Good Calls: 3, Bad Calls: 4, Batting .429

Oregon Legislature Singing “Never Gonna Give You Up!” in Harmony

A rare and courageous show of bi-partisanship by the Oregon Legislature in 2010.  Read the whole story courtesy of the StatesmanJournal.com at:

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201104121338/UPDATE/110412025

and enjoy the video!

The 72 Hour Call for April 12, 2011

Today’s Call:  Oil price per barrel to fall.  Currently $105.78

Result of Call for April 7, 2011:  Japan’s NIKKEI Index to rise.  Was 9,591. Currently 9,555.  Bad Call

Calls to Date:  Good Calls: 3, Bad Calls: 3, Batting .500

Communist Candy!

Luxury Communist Candy
A Luxury from Communist Poland

A piece of candy that our colleague brought in.  A living remnant of communist Poland!

The 72 Hour Call for April 11, 2011

Today’s Call:  Gold Price per ounce to Fall.  Currently $1,464

Result of Call for April 6, 2011:  Copper Price per lb to Fall. Was 4.33.  April 11, 4.42.  Bad Call

Calls to Date: Good Calls: 3, Bad Calls: 2, Batting .600

Skippy Jon Jones

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The new sensation!

A Tree with Flaming Branches!

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Beaverton city park

Pudgy rock statue@ 5th & Glisan MAX

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Why?

The 72 Hour Call for April 8, 2011

Today’s Call: US Treasury 10 Yr Bond Yield to rise. Currently 3.57%

Result of Call for April 5, 2011: USD Index to Fall. Was 75.89. April 8, 74.88. Good Cal

Calls to Date: Good Calls: 3, Bad Calls: 1, Batting .750

The 72 Hour Call for April 7, 2011

Today’s Call:  Japan’s NIKKEI Index to rise.  Currently 9,591

Result of Call for April 4, 2011:  Nordic American Tanker NAT to rise. Was $24.51.  Close April 7, $24.70.  Good Call

Calls to Date: Good Calls: 2, Bad Calls: 1, Batting .667

The 72 Hour Call for April 6, 2011

Today’s Call: Copper Price per lb to Fall.  Currently 4.33

Result of Call for April 3, 2011:  NO CALL, Weekend

Calls to Date:  Good Calls: 1, Bad Calls: 1, Batting .500

The memorial of the Great Jefferson Duke

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Tonight@GSM Beaverton

The 72 Hour Call for April 5, 2011

Today’s Call: USD Index to Fall. Currently 75.89

Result of Call for April 2, 2011: NO CALL, Weekend

Calls to Date:

Good Calls: 1
Bad Calls: 1

Batting .500

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