May 31, 2012
in 2012, Africa, GoldMoney, Jim Rogers, May, US debt, US economy, USD, bubble, bull market, commodities, gold, hyperinflation, indicators, market timing, metals, mining, precious metals, predictions, rare metals, resources, seasonal investing, silver
It’s a great time to buy gold. It’s always a good time to buy gold, of course, but right now you get a little bit of a dip. Gold is off 17% from highs it saw last August 2011. Right now it sits at just $1572 an ounce.
If you’re looking to do something a bit [...]
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May 30, 2012
in G20, G8, economy, education, emerging markets, energy, environment, financial planning, food, forecasts, frontier markets, future, government, health, healthcare, indicators, inflation, infrastructure, international economy, investing, market timing, market trends, precious metals, predictions, preparedness, resources, sectors, technology, trends, world order, world reserve currency
In some sense, economics itself is about predicting the future. It makes forecasts based on past performance and behaviours. Statistics, quarterly reports and other numerical data facilitate this process. In order to plan your own life out another 5 years or more, in order to achieve goals you’ve set, you adopt budgets and you might [...]
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May 30, 2012
in 2012, IPOs, NASDAQ, earnings, forecasts, investing, market reports, market timing, media, news and updates, predictions, prices, risk, social media
Today, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) shares plunged below $30 for the first time. Speculators are now running wild with “I-told-you-so” arguments (and I told you so, too) and dismal proclamations about Facebook’s future (or “faceplant”) from here.
The question now that Facebook has broke through a new floor is how low Facebook shares can sink from here? [...]
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May 14, 2012
in 2012, Greece, bailout, bankruptcy, central banks, collapse, currencies, europe, international economy, predictions, preparedness, sovereign debt
Europe closed down on more Greek fears Monday, as commentary seemed to agree that it is time for Greece to prepare an exit from the Euro. Spiegel Online reported that “it is time to admit” that the EU/IMF bailout plan has failed. Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece’s radical left party, proposes Greece cancel the [...]
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May 14, 2012
in 2012, Federal Reserve, bull market, commodities, dividends, earnings, exchange rates, forecasts, indicators, inflation, interest rates, market reports, news and updates, predictions
It has been a while since we have provided an update on the state of global financial affairs. Looking back one year, however, we are forced to ask ourselves how much has really changed at the level of the news headline. Most of the headlines we see now are quite similar to what we saw [...]
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No truly comprehensive environmental cost analysis can afford any longer to ignore the growing impact of global data and systems for organizing and storing it. Not only does more data require more storage, but storage and processing require energy supplies of their own. And this doesn’t even get at the issue of “data exhaust” or [...]
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