Deflation Arrives in the UK but “Avoided” in US?
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Deflation Arrives in the UK but “Avoided” in US?
September 9, 2009 – 1:05 pm | No Comment

Two contrasting statements are hitting the front pages today.  On one side of the Atlantic, deflation has arrived in the U.K. High Streets. A report from British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Nielsen Shop Price Index shows that …

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Don’t miss out on the looming gold bubble – Stockhouse
November 24, 2009 – 2:59 am | No Comment

Don’t miss out on the looming gold bubbleStockhouse… much of the entire 2003-2007 bull cycle was fueled by buybacks and mergers, as the public was still largely in shock over the 2000-2002 bear market. …
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You Buy Gold When the Government is Making a Mess of the Monetary Situation (The Daily Reckoning)
November 23, 2009 – 11:59 pm | No Comment

Are the feds making a mess of the monetary situation? Oh dear, dear reader…please ask us something harder. Trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see…

Good news for baby boomers (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
November 23, 2009 – 11:59 pm | No Comment

We Baby Boomers have all heard this refrain, and perhaps uttered it ourselves: If the stock market doesn’t recover, I may never be able to retire. A new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, …

Live long and prosper – Northern News Services (subscription)
November 23, 2009 – 8:59 pm | No Comment

Live long and prosperNorthern News Services (subscription)The rest of us might be a bit anxious after last year’s bear market mauling that devastated the retirement prospects for many Canadians. …

Good news, Boomers: You only have to work a little longer – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 23, 2009 – 8:59 pm | No Comment

Good news, Boomers: You only have to work a little longerSt. Louis Post-DispatchSo, how much longer will the typical Baby Boomer have to work because of the recent bear market? Only about a month and …