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Making Money In a Deflationary Environment

March 1, 2010 · 4 comments

in Federal Reserve, US dollar, US economy, consumers, deflation, depression, economy, financial planning, interest rates, investing, market trends, money supply, recession, stimulus, unemployment, wealth protection, wealthbuilding

The rally has been over for a good two months, and the markets have been stuck in a trading range since the New Year.  Recent concerns over the potential of sovereign debt crises, however, show that we’re not out of the woods yet.
Just consider some of the following areas for potential setbacks in the markets: [...]

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China’s Biggest One-Day Loss of the Year

August 18, 2009 · 6 comments

in BNN, Canadian economy, China, VIX volatility, economy, indexes, international economy, investing, market reports, recession, seasonal investing

Yesterday, August 17, 2009, China’s Shanghai Index posted the single biggest one-day loss so far for 2009 (and in fact since November 2008), dropping about 6% on concerns about the resiliency of China’s GDP numbers and consumer activity going forward.
Global Markets Sell-Off
This was the catalyst that sent oil down below $66 from a stable two-week [...]

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