Here's a NYTimes article regarding Fed Paulson's take on China's trade policy. It contained the following paragraph which I found to be quite bad advice considering scarily low savings rates and the heavily debt laden US consumer.

Excerpt:
Mr. Paulson said the United States would not “heed the siren songs of protectionism and isolationism,� but that China had to do its part by changing its heavily subsidized industries and farms, allowing capital to flow freely and guiding Chinese to spend more and save less — a step that economists say would increase imports.

Link to full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/business/14paulson.html?_r=1&ref=business

SLW has been discussed here before. Found this positive article yesterday...

http://www.321gold.com/editorials/damberger/damberger090806.html

U.S. stock futures steady before data
Xilinx in focus after cutting revenue forecast; GE, Boeing downgraded

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?column=Indications&siteid=

Record clip of metals mergers: chasing fool's gold?
Miners draw fire for putting hefty premiums on bids to buy out rivals

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BFA572A2E%2D4D6D%2D4298%2DA6B8%2DEBEB88BD73A3%7D&siteid=

Empty pockets
U.S. consumers are second-most cash-strapped in the world

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BC7644331%2D33A4%2D4FE8%2DB46A%2D8126789DC9B8%7D&siteid=

Gold consultancy GFMS forecasts $700 gold
Price climb would follow first-half slump in jewelry, investment demand

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/B43jRmx9pdxFmkmSszp55GR?siteid=mktw&dist=TNMostRead

China suspends foreign bids for brokers

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/zFGXwh5Cl9G6ZqzrdVNShn?siteid=mktw&dist=TNMKTW

U.S. home sales, prices seen stagnating

http://washtimes.com/business/20060913-100851-7234r.htm

PETER BRIMELOW
Are the bears finally treed? They've seen worse
Commentary: Dow Theory's Richard Russell still in gold and cash, for now

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/1LHpnH5QjVKLbfWdghxXx37?siteid=mktw&dist=TNMostRead

U.S. MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Rose 3.2% Last Week

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a1ookWPE3CZc&refer=us

DAVID CALLAWAY
Oil decline could set year-end rally
Commentary: Third time's a charm for Dow with record high

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B5F07705A%2D56F0%2D4DED%2DA2A7%2D2E99B67042C4%7D&siteid=

Potential crude oil enough to power world for 140 years: Saudi official

http://english.people.com.cn/200609/14/eng20060914_302869.html

Dr. Gloom-Boom-Doom

"a nice crash should not entirely be ruled out"

http://www.ameinfo.com/96271.html

FWIW--Observations:

Trend of Central Banks rebalancing their reserves and reducing dollars continues: Ukraine raising the Euro component of their reserves.

Russian Central Bank Deputy assassinated last night--Kozlov headed bank reforms in Russia, fighting corruption and regulating shaky financial system.

From Everbank--research by Deutsche Bank regarding Corporations using currencies to help overcome the huge black holes in their pension funding

If you are looking for "reasons" that stocks or markets make large directional moves, I can tell you that you will probably never know for certain. Large institutional investors and well capitalized players move markets for reasons known only to them. Since we are dealing with perception of markets-not necessarily reality, you are wasting your time looking for the many reasons markets move.

A huge mistake most investors make is assuming that markets are rational or that they are capable of ascertaining why markets do anything. To make a profit trading, it is only necessary to know that markets are moving-not why they are moving. The most profitable traders only care about direction and duration, while market losers are obsessed with the whys.

More here:
http://canslim.blogspot.com/2006/09/trading-insights.html

Microsoft takes wraps off of Zune

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B3601D379%2D8AD3%2D42B1%2DA71F%2D509A0C830531%7D&siteid=

the end of crude's fall?

http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/pearce/2006/0914.html

the end of crude's fall?

http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/pearce/2006/0914.html

How Big Is the Click Fraud Problem?

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2011714,00.asp?kc=EWSTEEMNL091406EOAD

Trend in uranium prices:

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Jan $9.70 $10.15 $15.55 $21.10 $37.50
Feb $9.93 $10.15 $16.63 $21.75 $38.63
Mar $9.83 $10.10 $17.63 $22.55 $40.75
Apr $9.90 $10.88 $17.68 $25.00 $41.50
May $9.90 $10.95 $17.80 $29.00 $43.00
Jun $9.90 $10.90 $18.50 $29.00 $45.75
Jul $9.85 $11.05 $18.50 $29.50 $47.38
Aug $9.85 $11.30 $19.63 $30.10 $50.25
Sep $9.75 $12.23 $20.00 $31.63
Oct $9.90 $12.73 $20.23 $33.25
Nov $9.88 $13.75 $20.50 $34.75
Dec $10.20 $14.45 $20.60 $36.38

Bill,

Do you have entry targets for the following mining companies (PAAS, SLW, GG, NEM)?