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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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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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In Case You Missed It: Alaskan Independence Day and Other Good Tidbits

July 4, 2009 · 2 comments

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Happy Independence Day weekend to all my American friends… lots of fireworks in the neighborhood on Friday night, although I couldn’t see any of them, strangely enough.  The big news this week: a Canadian think tank is trying to push to raise the retirement age to 70 in order to offset our ageing demographics; Sarah [...]

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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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Spring Cleaning, Money Makeovers – Weekend Reading Recommendations for April 25

April 25, 2009 · 1 comment

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Spring is finally here with the weather to prove it.  This weekend I need to get out and about – lots of errands and cleaning and catching-up to do, starting with getting to the gym first thing in the morning.  I’ll be back on Monday, but in the meantime look through my “Recent Posts” and [...]

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