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Top American Stocks For 2011: iShares Silver (SLV)

By Gene Arensberg

As you know from watching Viral Investing: Turning Market Chaos Into Cash, I have been predicting a sizable downturn in American top stocks for 2011. The depressants are manifold, not the least of which is the onset of the next leg of the "Great Recession" that began in 2007.

But more important than any singular piece of information is the way in which investors understand and act on available data. And the rate and fashion of memetic uptake is cyclic and predictable.

WaveStrength attempts to combine both sides of the equation. It establishes large groups of investors' predisposing cyclic framework, and then tracks the pool of existing information as it enters that framework.

Right now, the central bundle of memes that I have been tracking could be labeled as "Investors' Lost Faith." The core idea is that most every investor out there has known for months that this last bullish cycle would end in the same fashion as the previous two.

However, anticipation of a third massive crash has accelerated the rate at which we would arrive at the next crisis. Indeed, I believe that we are already past that critical point.

"What is your favorite government agency, and why?"

"What are the two largest holdings in your own personal wealth?"

"What is your trade of the new decade [best long and short idea for the next ten years]?"

"Where will the Dow and gold be a year from now...and what is your favorite chilled beverage?"

The questions came on thick and fast at last night's "rough and tumble" Whiskey Bar Debate here in Vancouver. If you've attended our little shindig before, you'll know what it's all about. If you haven't yet partaken in the feistiest chapter of our annual symposium, we basically get our most outspoken, controversial contrarians liquored-up and hit them with a slew of attendee-penned questions.

Here's a taste of what went down when the Trade of the (New) Decade question popped up, as relayed by our mates over at The 5-Minute Forecast:

I doubt the average person has any idea what the Pinks Sheets are, much less anything about its reputation. But the average investor probably has very few positive things to say about this over-the-counter stalwart.

It’s the “Wild West” of investing…

You can’t find anything on the Pinks that isn’t a sub-penny or shell company…

Stock promoters and scam artists – and their helpless victims – are the only forms of life inhabiting the Pink Sheets…

However, the Pink Sheets landscape is changing dramatically. And these changes could mean a more investor-friendly environment is finally making its way to the once-murky waters of bulletin boards. In fact, you might already be relying on the Pink Sheets for all of your over-the-counter trades – even if you’ve never put your money in a Pink Sheets stock before.

I’ll explain how it all works in a minute. First, it’s important to see how the Pinks have evolved into a major player in the listing game.