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Junior Gold Miners ETF, the Bubble in Gold and What You Should Worry About Over the Weekend

November 13, 2009 · 5 comments

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Is there a bubble in gold? Liz Weston thinks so.  And if you talk to Matt at Steadfast Finances, he’ll be quick to agree.
I’d concede there’s definitely a boom or “bandwagon” effect happening with money flowing into gold right now, but I’m not convinced it can be called a bubble in the same way that [...]

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Second Half of the Year: Portfolio CheckUps, The Congressional Effect and Markets Going Forward

August 1, 2009 · 4 comments

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Welcome to 2009 part two. Now’s a good time to look back over the first half of 2009 and see how far we’ve come – economically, fiscally, personally.  In the past I’ve done portfolio checkups just once a year, but this year I’m starting mid-year checkups as well.  I check in regularly throughout the year, [...]

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In Case You Missed It: G8 on the Global Economy and Other Good Tidbits

July 11, 2009 · 3 comments

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This past week the G8 met in L’Aquila, Italy to discuss the global economy but also climate change and reducing carbon emissions.  According to the Telegraph, Gordon Brown warned “that sharp and unpredictable rises in oil prices risk “choking off” the global economy and pushing the world into a [...]

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May Success Summary and Link Roundup

May 30, 2009 · 9 comments

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So here are a few updates from the past two weeks or so around here.  May’s activities have not been as immediately stellar as April, but a good, consistent follow-up. Two major points of note: I made the switch to the Thesis theme after searching long and hard several times for another free theme, but [...]

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