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Central Bankers’ Global Race to the Bottom
Well, that pretty much seals the deal. I’m talking about the latest, lousy batch of employment data……
How to Put a Stronger Yuan to Work for You
This “management” has given China’s exporters an unfair advantage over other export-driven countries….
Biggest Ever Yen Intervention – and What It Means for You!
Last week, I pointed to the challenges facing Switzerland and Japan’s currencies……
Government Defaults and Inflation Are the Norm, Not the Exception
Never before, aside from times of major war efforts, have governments amassed as much debt as during the past years. And this debt binge comes atop a decades-long trend of ever higher indebtedness…..
Bernanke Hallucinating
If Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke honestly believes what he said at Jackson Hole on Friday…..
Three Defensive Plays for the Next Market Sell-off
by Mike Burnick 03-27-10 Mike Burnick, Director of Research and Client Communications — Weiss Capital Management Since Bryan is on vacation this week, Martin asked me to pinch-hit as a guest editor today. And it couldn’t come at a better time, because at present, the Weiss Capital Management† investment team is on high alert for a [...]
Another Challenge for Bonds?
Another Challenge for Bonds?
The Economy Is Not Always the Stock Market Driver
In the long run, economic development and — especially — corporate earnings are the main drivers of stock market performance. But this relationship is very loose. It becomes tight only if your time horizon is measured in decades. Shorter term, economic development and corporate earnings are often relatively inconsequential for the stock market. Why? Economic [...]
The Great Credit Squeeze
If you think that the sovereign debt crisis is mostly behind us … that America’s federal deficit is turning into a non-issue … or that we can just go back to business as usual … you’d better consider the drama now unfolding in the hard numbers just released last week:
February deficit: In February alone, the official U.S. federal deficit was a monstrous $221 billion, far greater than anything we have ever experienced in history.
The Four Stages of the Prospective Dollar Bull Market
Since last November, the dollar has climbed steadily against a basket of currencies — most notably against the euro. And based on my analysis, I think it’s just the early stages of this trend.
In fact, for many of the reasons I’ve discussed in past Money and Markets columns, the weight of evidence suggests that we’ve likely seen the bottom in the dollar, with a multi-year bull market ahead.
