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What To Expect in Stock Markets for February

February 1, 2010 · 6 comments

in 2010, February, S&P 500, international stock market, investing, market reports, market trends, seasonal investing, stock exchanges, stocks

Predicting where the stock market will go in February might be a lesson in futility more than futurity, but that doesn’t mean we can’t pay close attention to what the analysts are looking out for – and other key pieces of market news such as earnings, announcements from the Fed, levels of consumer credit card [...]

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Market Jitters: Are We About to See the End of the Risk Rally and Bear Market Bubble?

January 20, 2010 · 13 comments

in 2010, Federal Reserve, US economy, bull market, central banks, economy, exchange rates, financial planning, forex, hedging, inflation, interest rates, international economy, market crash, market reports, market timing, recession, risk

Highest ever one-month inflation rise in the UK for December, fiscal imbalances in Greece, weakened macro-economics in Germany, a Canadian housing market bubble, higher than 50% gains in the commodity currencies since last March (2009), and the return of hubris and risk-taking in the U.S. investment banks… what do these all have in common?
Is it [...]

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U.S. Dollar Must Be Replaced As The World’s Reserve Currency: UN (Breaking News)

September 8, 2009 · 7 comments

in US dollar, currencies, international economy, news and updates, world reserve currency

In a report published Monday, September 7, 2009, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development acknowledged that the U.S. dollar must be replaced as the world’s reserve currency.
According to this article by Stephen Webster, Heiner Flassbeck, director of the conference, said that the changes currently demanded by the world’s financial systems “rival the scope [...]

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