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Jeff Clark of Casey Research recently wrote an amusing yet instructive article about buying gold. His point is a simple one. Gold prices rise and fall based almost purely on investor psychology. For the last few years, gold has been rising as a relative handful of investors have bid it up. Lately, gold has been in a bit of a funk. So the question really becomes: when is the next wave of psychological panic going to hit?

The news that Google may be admitting that their $1 billion advertising investment in AOL might not be panning out is leading analysts to revisit and reevaluate their recommendations of Google stock.

At the time of Google's deal with AOL, it made many believe that AOL's market value was in the $20 billion range, but given the admission in Google's latest quarterly financial reports, that value may now be below $10 billion.

We're in the midst of a housing recession, and hardest hit of all is commercial real estate. Nothing is selling in this sector. Nothing is renting in this sector. Yet, MSNBC has it all figured out. Their suggestion? Invest in commercial real estate.

Now, I certainly favor the idea of buying low, then selling high. And there's certainly no better time to buy than when "blood is running in the streets" as the old saying goes. But there's also something to be said for waiting for the flow of blood to slow to a trickle.