Earnings to Drive Stocks, Bonds Dollar Friday

Earnings reports from General Electric and Bank of America are the big numbers for markets Friday, and they matter nearly as much in the foreign exchange and Treasury markets as they do in the stock market. Klik her for at læse hele nyheden

A Flawed Theory on How to Manage an Economy During a Recession

Quick! Get more sour cream and butter for the fat guy, stat! And bring some guacamole and extra cheese too! Nothing broke in the world economy over night. The Aussie market is at a 12-month high. The dollar is marching on the greenback with parity (and beyond) the ultimate objective. But we're going to put all the bullishness from the fake balance sheet recovery aside for a moment and talk about bad medicine. Your editor spent last night in a discussion with a querulous and drunk Aussie ov

Review: The Little Book of Main Street Money

Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book. This is the eighth book in the “Little Books” series on investment topics, and I’ve reviewed all of the previous ones ( … of Bull Moves in Bear Markets , … of Common Sense Investing , … of Value Investing , … That Beats the Market , … That Builds Wealth , … That Makes You Rich , and … That Saves Your Assets – all links to my earlier reviews of these titles). For the most part, each one provides solid coverage

The Economic Bounce Is Aging, But The Depression Is Young

Bob Prechter Aug 20, 2009 On February 23, EWT called for the SP to bottom in the 600s and then begin a sharp rally, the biggest since the 2007 high. The SP bottomed at 667 on March 6. Then the stock market and commodities went almost straight up for three months as the dollar fell. On March 18, Treasury bonds had their biggest up day ever, thanks to the Fed’s initiating its T-bond buying program. The next day, EWT reiterated our bearish stance on Treasury bonds. T-bond future

The Bounce Is Aging, But The Depression Is Young

By Bob Prechter The following is an excerpt from Robert Prechter’s Elliott Wave Theorist. Elliott Wave International is currently offering Bob’s recent Elliott Wave Theorist , free. On February 23, EWT called for the SP to bottom in the 600s and then begin a sharp rally, the biggest since the 2007 high. The SP bottomed at 667 on March 6. Then the stock market and commodities went almost straight up for three months as the dollar fell. On March 18, Treasury bonds had their bigg

The First Worldwide Bubble in Everything

Marc Faber the Swiss fund manager and Gloom Boom Doom editor said the US Federal Reserve managed, through stimulus, to do something that had never before been done – create a worldwide bubble in just about everything – stocks, bonds , housing and art. The only thing that didn’t go up was the dollar, according to Faber. Speaking to the 10th Annual Agora Financial Investment Symposium in Vancouver this week, Faber said: “You cannot create prosperity through money printing and debt growth

Scams And Bailouts The Cause of World Depression

Source Economic destruction of America a real threat, debts too massive for paper to absorb, mysteries still surround Madoff, the Goldman scam, 57 banks have now gone under this year, families struggle to pay college bills, TARP a mystery to taxpayers, no stability at AIG, jobless benefits drying up for workers The US Illuminists are gambling big. This is the most dangerous part of their strategy, namely, how to take down America and the dollar without destroying themselves

6 Investing Rules Revisited Part 4: Gold Goes Up When Stock Markets Go Down

Before I was born, gold was used as the reference value for our monetary system. Each country had their dollar linked to gold and depending on the fluctuation; they had to purchase more gold to maintain their economy. Since history is written, gold always played an important role in the economy. It was once used as a payment method but we now prefer credit cards… they are lighter This would probably explain our unconditional faith in gold. When the world is about to fall apart, we al

In The News Today

Dear CIGAs, Management of Perspective Economic (MOPE) in action is demonstrated below. The strength in gold has to do with the dollar slipping to and below USDX .7940. The type of inflation that is on the horizon is worse than the writer below understands. It is not an economic event as this article wants you to believe. It is a currency event. When the currency event is a Reserve Currency it is worldwide problem. That is why gold is rising. It might even be part of the reasons equities

With Every Dollar You Save, You Are Becoming Richer

by Shaun TullyA million dollars is just that — one million individual dollars. Every dollar you save now brings you one dollar closer to being a millionaire.It’s a popular myth that becoming rich happens overnight or after a few big payouts. This is simply not true, and this belief discourages people from pursuing the real way to build wealth: one dollar at a time.Wealth is a relative concept. One single dollar more or less than you had yesterday makes you richer or poorer than you were yesterda

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