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Every few months I draw the spotlight on long-term US interest rates as they approach a long held barrier. Thirty year treasury yields have not been above 4.8% since the fall of 2007 but have...
Since the fundamental outlook from a top-line revenue perspective still does not look great, companies turn to three alternatives to expansion: 1) share buybacks; 2) higher dividends; and 3)...
How do you position your portfolio for such a dichotomy of economic outcomes?
As long as inflation is kept under control (sub 5% annually) and China continues to somewhat peg their currency, then treasury rates can rise and these “yield hunters” will start buying...
I've seen many people worry that we'll soon be seeing high inflation and perhaps even hyperinflation. But it's no sure thing. This article makes a case that it won't happen. Even though the Fed is...
Robert Prechter, the market forecaster who told investors to sell their stocks weeks before the October 1987 crash, is back in the news. Prechter, head of market-forecasting firm Elliot Wave...
Another Mish commentary on why we'll see many years of bad stock market performance and little inflation. From the post:
Think the US stock market is going to come roaring back if consumer...
Noted economists Gregory Mankiw, former White House adviser, and Kenneth Rogoff, former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund believe the US needs a bit more inflation to get the...
This inflationist view of the world seems to rely on two general propositions. First, the unprecedented increases in the Fed’s balance sheet are, by definition, inflationary. The Fed has to print...
Many people think the U.S. is headed for high inflation, but there are arguments that say it won't be an issue. This post shows how deflation is spreading, and why we're more likely to experience...
The Labor Department released the CPI numbers for March. We saw the first 12-month period of deflation (as measured by the CPI-U) since 1955. Most of the deflation was in the last quarter of 2008....
The Series I Savings Bond currently has a composite rate of 5.64%, and it's available through April 2009. This rate is much higher than you can get now with any CDs, but it's not really that good...
Is gold really a hedge against inflation? The conventional wisdom says yes but the data seems to suggest otherwise. Indeed, the data suggestions that gold is not a hedge against inflation as it is...
Article | Mar 19, 2009 | Views: 560 | Comments: 0
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