Top Picks ~ Week of December 11, 2006

Gold is Cheap, Yamada, Banks Assert as Sales Pared (Update4)
By Pham-Duy Nguyen – Bloomberg (Dec 11, 2006)

US Dollar Facing Imminent Collapse?
By Jerone R. Corsi – WorldNetDaily.com (Dec 10, 2006)

Oil Producers Shun Dollar
ByHaig Simonian – Financial Times (Dec 10, 2006)

US Warns of Threat to Satellites
By Barry Schweid – AP-Forbes.com (Dec 13, 2006)

US Mortgage Delinquency Rate Rises Sharply
Late Mortgage Payments Jump in Summer
By Jeannine Aversa – AP (Dec 13, 2006)

Mortgage Delinquencies Threatening US Borrowers and Banks
By March Gordon – AP (Dec 11, 2006)

Inflation is Four Times Higher Than CPI, US Economist Says
By Jonathan Chevreau – National Post, Toronto (Dec 13, 2006)

Leading Asian Economist Urges Joint Action on Dollar
By Keith Bradsher – NY Times (Dec 7, 2006)