March 25, 2010 · 4 comments
in Asia, BRIC, China, GDP, Jim Rogers, currencies, economics, emerging markets, exchange rates, financial planning, foreign investment, international economy, investing, news and updates, world order, world reserve currency
Last week, it wasn’t only Jim Rogers who was suggesting that the Chinese yuan (renminbi) will likely become a major reserve currency, if not eventually the world reserve currency.
Later in the week none other than Goldman Sachs projected that the yuan is set to become a major reserve currency.
There are good reasons for this: number [...]
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March 23, 2010
in Federal Reserve, US Treasury, US debt, US economy, USD, bonds, credit, currencies, debt, deficits, economy, inflation, interest rates, market trends, money supply, news and updates, risk, technical analysis, world reserve currency, yield
This is the news in US debt catching our eye early this week following the passing of the health care reform bill late Sunday night: charts of yields on US Treasuries are showing a spike in short-term, two-year treasury yields – a spike that lifts them above the yields on corporate bonds for the same [...]
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March 22, 2010 · 6 comments
in DRIPs, books, cashflow, discipline, dividends, education, financial education, financial fitness, financial planning, investing (general), investment tools, money management, portfolio, purchases, stocks, wealthbuilding
I’ve been an individual stock investor for almost a decade now (starting out very small, while still an undergrad), but it’s taken me some time to revise my methods and learn what’s most important in terms of record keeping. When I first started out, all I cared about was the excitement of the purchase itself [...]
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March 18, 2010 · 8 comments
in bonds, currencies, debt, emerging markets, financial education, foreign investment, forex, government, international economy, money supply, networth, world order, world reserve currency
The entire world officially owes itself more money than it can produce in the form of equity assets. Of course, the calculation might be meaningless, since the numbers are an aggregate of the nations involved, and it doesn’t make sense to imagine the world not being able to pay itself back.
But it’s still a thought-provoking [...]
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March 17, 2010
in CAD, Canadian, DJIA, S&P 500, currencies, diversification, dividends, financial planning, foreign investment, hedging, market timing, risk, stocks, wealth protection
Now that the loonie is flying high again, many Canadians are considering US expenditures, which become cheaper as the loonie moves higher. Some of these purchases might be in the form of US stocks through your online brokerage.
But before you hit the trigger and jump on a position in Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) [...]
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March 15, 2010 · 3 comments
in CAD, Canadian, NYSE, S&P 500, US economy, exchange rates, foreign investment, hedging, international stock market, investing, stock picks, technology, telcos
Last week I looked at what would be my top three picks for Canadian stocks that Americans would do well to start out with, especially if they would like to diversify their currency risk.
At a reader’s suggestion I thought I should look across the border in the other direction at U.S. stocks that still hold [...]
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March 8, 2010 · 11 comments
in CAD, Canadian, Canadian economy, S&P/TSX, TSX, US debt, US economy, USD, commodities, currencies, depression, diversification, economy, energy, financial planning, foreign investment, forex, gold, hedging, international economy, international stock market, investing, mining, oil, precious metals, preparedness, recession, stock picks, wealth protection
With the US dollar increasingly perceived to be walking on shakier ground, and no significant signs in sight that the US will be able to pay off its debts without radical quantitative easing (i.e., effective devaluation of the dollar); continued unemployment levels near 10% and no short-term fix in the ongoing housing slump (more foreclosures [...]
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