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The End of Influence: What Happens When Other Countries Have the Money

January 25, 2010 · 5 comments

in Asia, China, G20, Latin America, US economy, capitalism, central banks, economics, economy, emerging markets, foreign investment, future, international economy, politics, preparedness, protectionism, reviews, wealth transfer, world order

As soon as I saw this title on the bookshelf, it caught my eye.  Since I’ve been trying to curb my spending, I just skimmed it and put it back.  Well, I returned a week later and decided to buy it after skimming it again.
I’m not finished with the book yet (although it’s just a [...]

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6 Reasons Why The Price Of Gold Is Going Up

November 10, 2009 · 15 comments

in US debt, US dollar, US economy, gold, international economy, investing, wealth protection

It wasn’t surprising at $1000/oz, but even at $1100/oz this week, the naysayers are still in full force.  What’s to deny about the trend in gold prices?  You don’t have to be a gold bug to see what’s happening.
Here are the six main factors causing the price of gold to continue to rise.  In some [...]

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What I Learned About the Economy From Watching Food, Inc. (dir. Robert Kenner, 2009)

June 30, 2009 · 17 comments

in agriculture, business, capitalism, commodities, economy, films, health, infrastructure, nutrition, survival

NB: As you can imagine from watching a film like Food, Inc., it can be hard to separate the emotion and just report “calmly” on the plain facts presented by the film.  Originally I wrote this the same day I saw it, but I’ve since gone back and edited it to try to tone down [...]

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The Real Costs of Graduate School

May 18, 2009 · 18 comments

in economy, education, financial planning, grad school

So, we’re in a prolonged recession.  Jobs for this year’s college graduates are supposedly all going to be at a standstill, causing new grads to have to settle for working in a field other than the one they did their Bachelor’s in or — gasp! — even taking a pay cut to work in their [...]

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You Really Have To Watch This New Perspective On the Economic Crisis

February 5, 2009 · 2 comments

in US economy, stimulus, video

Watch the first five minutes of this video clip from BNN (Canada’s all-business channel).  Peter Gibson is Vice-Chair of Desjardins Securities, and he uses the D-word.  In fact he says he still believes there’s a 30% chance we can fall into a Depression if measures aren’t put in place to avoid a “second-wave” collapse in [...]

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List of Companies That Have Laid Off Workers

January 25, 2009 · 4 comments

in US economy, layoffs

Here’s one way to track the growth of the recession, including hopefully when it will be over.  Keep in mind that “earnings trail the market” and that layoffs tend to happen in the final down-turn of an economy.  So these layoffs, unpleasant as they are, might actually be the signs of an approaching end to [...]

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Earnings Trail Market By About One Year

January 13, 2009 · 1 comment

in earnings, market timing

Here’s a little “tip” or “tidbit” that I learned today watching BNN (Canada’s CNBC).  Generally speaking, company earnings lag the markets by about one year.  This means that since experts are generally agreeing now that November 20, 2008 represented the overall market bottom (unless, of course, we retest that bottom), that it will take until [...]

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