Will We or Won’t We Have Another Recession Soon – The Case For and Against a Second Dip
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There has been so much talk about gold and so little understanding of the reality behind the move in the price of the yellow metal over the last 90 plus days that I…
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Nov 16 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »I am worried about the possibility of a second dip - of a new recession beginning sometime in the next year or so - before the current recovery has had a chance to produce much improvement. Verbally-intuitively, the case for a second dip still seems pretty overwhelming to me. I take comfort in the knowledge…
Jun 21 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »I am worried about the possibility of a second dip - of a new recession beginning sometime in the next year or so - before the current recovery has had a chance to produce much improvement. Verbally-intuitively, the case for a second dip still seems pretty overwhelming to me. I take comfort in the knowledge…
Jun 21 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »Canada has the lowest total debt-to-GDP ratio of the world's 10 largest economies (Australia is 2nd best, Germany 3rd and the U.S 4th) while the U.K. and Japan are 9th and 10th but when such debt is broken down by sectors the findings are quite different. Let's take a look. Words: 800…
Jan 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »I am worried about the possibility of a second dip - of a new recession beginning sometime in the next year or so - before the current recovery has had a chance to produce much improvement. Verbally-intuitively, the case for a second dip still seems pretty overwhelming to me. I take comfort in the knowledge…
Jun 21 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »I am worried about the possibility of a second dip - of a new recession beginning sometime in the next year or so - before the current recovery has had…
Jun 21 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »The market basically doesn't want a recovery right now. It loves high unemployment and a bad economy because it allows the Fed…
Jun 15 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »The key concern for analyzing trading/investing opportunities for the rest of 2010 is whether we are facing a major pullback or 'crash…
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Constructing a portfolio for the retirement years requires one to focus on portfolio risk or uncertainty while not neglecting return. If the…
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The average annual equity return for individual investors has been 60-65% less ( 6-7 percentage points less), over a twenty year period,…
Oct 27 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »Out of the 7,500 separate mutual funds available, and with 22,000 shares classes to choose from, only 1 fund - just ONE fund - actually managed to achieve a greater…
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