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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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Market Risks and Challenges That Lay Ahead in the Second Half of 2010

January 12, 2010 · 0 comments

in 2010, DJIA, Financial New Year, Q3, Q4, S&P 500, bull market, earnings, economy, indexes, market bottom, market crash, market timing, market trends, recession, risk, technical analysis, wealth protection

Increasingly, analysts seem to agree that the first half (and the first quarter, especially) of stock markets in 2010 will look robust and promising, but stock markets in the second half of the year leave much to be desired.
The possibility of a double-dip recession still remains for some, while others mitigate this prediction about the [...]

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Supracurrency Coin Proposed as United World Reserve Currency

July 12, 2009 · 10 comments

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

Is the supranational currency proposed by Russian President Medvedev for real?  At the G8 meeting in L’Aquila, Italy (July 8-10, 2009), Medvedev is reported to have brought a sample of a new “united future world currency” coin minted in Belgium and bearing the words “unity in diversity.”
According to Bloomberg, Medvedev said “the question of a [...]

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10 Fast Facts About the Declining World Oil Supply

July 7, 2009 · 14 comments

in commodities, energy, international economy, oil

You’ve heard of peak oil theory and have a vague idea of what it is, and you know much of the world economy runs on oil, but how specific is your knowledge?  If you invest in individual oil stocks/trusts as I do, you’ll want to know as much as you can about the oil industry.  [...]

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Jim Flaherty’s Interview with BNN’s Amanda Lang at the Conference of Montreal

June 11, 2009 · 2 comments

in Canadian, Canadian economy, G20, business, international economy, stimulus

The International Economic Forum of the Americas’ Conference of Montreal was covered this week by BNN’s Amanda Lang, who interviewed the World Bank President (Robert Zoellick), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (Dominique Strauss-Kahn), former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright and the CEO of General Electric (Jeffrey Immelt).
I’ll provide a brief overview [...]

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U.S. Hyperinflation A Real Risk – China Proposes Alternative Reserve Currency

March 29, 2009 · 2 comments

in China, G20, US dollar, currencies, hyperinflation

Can hyperinflation happen in the U.S.? You bet it can!  Will it happen?  Depends on what else goes on behind closed doors at the upcoming G20 meeting in London on April 2.
An increasing number of media institutions are reporting on the explicit possibility of hyperinflation in the USA: MSNBC; Global Research; ShadowStats; Economic Populist; Democratic [...]

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Diane Francis’ Financial Post Column: “America Still Doesn’t Get It”

March 23, 2009 · 0 comments

in Diane Francis, G20, George Soros, US economy, dividends, international economy

Diane Francis is a writer/editor/blogger over at the Financial Post (Canada), known for some slightly polemical articles and their sometimes sharply left-wing bent.  I’ve seen her attack the Bush administration, Stephen Harper and others – comments left on her blog are always strongly for or against her views.
Her most recent set of posts are catching [...]

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