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China’s massive foreign exchange reserves are the largest in the world, comprising a total of $2,132 billion or $2.1 trillion dollars’ worth.  Of this amount, $1.5 trillion are held in US Dollar-denominated assets such as cash, bonds and treasuries.  When you do the math, about 71% of China’s total foreign reserves are in US Dollars.  [...]

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China was the first to open the floor for discussion on the continued viability of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency a couple of months ago.  With good reason, since they are now the largest foreign holder of US debt instruments (that’s the paper money the Fed prints out of thin air).  Just [...]

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So, we’re finishing up the eighth straight week of the bear market rally of March-April 2009.  Everyone’s asking how long it will last.  Last week, Schiff mentioned the rally in passing, but this week he addressed it head on.  Simply put:

both some bears and some bulls are wrong going ahead
stocks are up in nominal [...]

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If you’re a U.S. citizen and you’ve been wanting to get into the Canadian markets but things were too expensive a year ago, or maybe you just don’t know enough about what’s available, I’ve got good news for you!  This is a list of five income trusts that trade on the NYSE and which are [...]

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The Philippines, which is officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is located in Southeast Asia. It comprises 3 big islands, namely: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Because of its geographic location, a variety of crops can be produced. The main exports of the Philippines come from the agriculture sector. Certain products like palay, [...]

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In a previous post, I discussed the benefit of investing in stocks directly using dividend reinvestment plans (also known as direct purchase plans, direct reinvestment plans, or direct stock purchase plans – there are some slight pragmatic differences here, but nothing that should prevent you from getting started and enrolling). In this post [...]

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