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Diversify Into Gold As An “Insurance Policy” Against Geopolitical Risk
Diversify Into Gold As An “Insurance Policy” Against Geopolitical Risk “Investors could be forgiven for heading for the hills given the tumultuous start to 2016,” so writes Andrew Oxlade in The Telegraph today who advises investors to diversify into gold as an “insurance policy”: We have long been advocates of exposure to gold as an insurance policy. […]
New Rules for the Monetary Game
New Rules for the Monetary Game NEW DELHI – Our world is facing an increasingly dangerous situation. Both advanced and emerging economies need to grow in order to ease domestic political tensions. And yet few are. If governments respond by enacting policies that divert growth from other countries, this “beggar my neighbor” tactic will simply […]
Ed Butowsky: Calculating The True Cost of Living
Ed Butowsky: Calculating The True Cost of Living Why it’s much higher than we’re told/sold Over the past decade, we’ve been told that inflation has been tame — actually below the target the Federal Reserve would like to see. But if that’s true, then why does the average household find it harder and harder to […]
Canada’s inflation rate cools to 1.4% in February
Canada’s inflation rate cools to 1.4% in February If gasoline prices aren’t factored in, cost of living would have increased by 1.9 per cent Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.4 per cent in February, thanks to lower pump prices. (Seth Perlman/Associated Press) The cost of living in Canada increased at an annual rate of 1.4 […]
Growth Is the Answer to Everything
Growth Is the Answer to Everything The Solution to Every Problem Little Changes Add Up Restoring Growth From Carrot to Stick Newport Beach, New York, and an SIC Conference Update “Growth is never by mere chance. It is the result of forces working together.” – James Cash Penney In this business we spend a lot […]
Ryan McMaken: The European Central Bank Finally Throws in the Kitchen Sink
RYAN MCMAKEN: THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK FINALLY THROWS IN THE KITCHEN SINK Back in January, ECB President Mario Draghi doubled down on his earlier commitment to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the European economy with easy money.” “There are no limits to how far we’re willing to deploy our instruments,” Draghi swore in January. He […]
Mr. MORE!
Mr. MORE! The Man with the Inflation Plan Proving beyond a shadow of doubt that Keynesian absurdity knows no bounds, Larry Summers has graced the FT – one of the West’s premier establishment propaganda mouthpieces advocating central economic planning as practiced by modern-day regulatory democracies – with yet another cringe-worthy editorial. Larry Summers – it […]
2008 Revisited?
2008 Revisited? NEW YORK – The question I am asked most often nowadays is this: Are we back to 2008 and another global financial crisis and recession? My answer is a straightforward no, but that the recent episode of global financial market turmoil is likely to be more serious than any period of volatility and […]
The Economic Collapse Of South America Is Well Underway
The Economic Collapse Of South America Is Well Underway The 7th largest economy on the entire planet is completely imploding. I have written previously about the economic depression that is plaguing Brazil, but since my last article it has gotten much, much worse. During 2015, Brazil’s economy shrank by 3.8 percent, but for the most recent […]
The Economic Collapse Of South America Is Well Underway
The Economic Collapse Of South America Is Well Underway The 7th largest economy on the entire planet is completely imploding. I have written previously about the economic depression that is plaguing Brazil, but since my last article it has gotten much, much worse. During 2015, Brazil’s economy shrank by 3.8 percent, but for the most recent […]
Venezuela Could Be The Future of Western Civilization
Venezuela Could Be The Future of Western Civilization If anyone wants to see where western civilization is headed they need only to look at Venezuela today. The Bolivar has gone from 6.3 per dollar to 1,000 per dollar in the past few years. Last year farmers were ordered to turn over certain crops to the government […]
The Follies and Fallacies of Keynesian Economics
THE FOLLIES AND FALLACIES OF KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS Eighty years go, on February 4, 1936, one of the most influential books of the last one hundred years was published, British economist, John Maynard Keynes’s The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. With it was born what has become known as Keynesian Economics. Within less than a […]
My letter to the WSJ re: Inflation is not indicative of an expanding economy
My letter to the WSJ re: Inflation is not indicative of an expanding economy Re: US Consumer Prices Flat in January, but Offer Glimmer of Inflation Dear Sirs: This quote from Ms. Davidson’s article perfectly illustrates the fallacy that higher prices are desirable: ”Broad-based price growth is signalling that the wage and price pressures are building, an […]
It was not a Merry Christmas for Canadian retailers
It was not a Merry Christmas for Canadian retailers December’s retail sales slump was the worst in seven years, however, the weak demand from consumers didn’t stop retailers from raising prices again (up +2% the past year). I think retailers are adjusting prices to reflect higher import costs, courtesy of a much depreciated Canadian dollar. […]
Fruit and vegetable prices hike overall food costs
Fruit and vegetable prices hike overall food costs Food prices increased by four per cent over the year, largely because of the low loonie According to the Consumer Price Index, food prices increased by four per cent from Jan. 2015 to Jan. 2016. But fresh vegetables alone were up 18 per cent. For example, just […]
