Since technology has become cheaper and cheaper over the years but with increased capabilities, you’d think that it would migrate over to health care as well. Daley and Hornig of Casey Research explain why this isn’t so. ~ editor “Why Your Health Care Is so Darn Expensive”… By Alex Daley and Doug Hornig, Senior Editors, […]
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Buying Gold In the present economy, interest in gold ownership is growing. Financial uncertainty in recent years has convinced many that precious metals – namely gold – are an economic refuge and solid hedge against inflation. As a consequence, the airwaves and cyberspace are filled with advertisements by gold dealers and traders. Yet investing in
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Home Buyers- With the housing industry still shaken and weak from the sub-prime mortgage collapse of 2008, it’s no surprise that buyers are erring on the side of caution. A young family that might have purchased a home in 2005 may now choose to rent, and home-ownership rates have fallen over three percent in just
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The 3-Year Rally: It Doesn’t Have to End This Way – Or Does It? The market’s trend is set to accelerate By Elliott Wave International Is it wise to forecast financial markets based on what central bankers say? Look no further than a chart of long-term stock market prices for the answer: No major trend
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One of the first oil pipelines originated in the 1860s, when the Oil Transport Association constructed a wrought iron pipeline from an oil field in Pennsylvania to a railroad station 6 miles away. The pipeline was only 2 inches in diameter. Pipelines are generally more economical than shipping by railroad. But they have more regulatory hurdles. With the recent problems with getting approval for the Keystone XL pipeline, rail transportation has been growing.
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Risk Management Trading the financial markets can be a great way to generate income and grow your wealth. At the same time, it can also cost you a lot of money if you make the wrong choice or if you don’t know what you’re doing. The key to being able to keep the balance in your
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By Dr. Lacy Hunt for Casey Research In the early 1960s, when JFK was in the White House and William McChesney Martin was Fed chairman, Keynesian economics was in full bloom. One of its major tenets is the Phillips Curve, which posits a stable inverse relationship between the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate.
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Risk Management Risk management is a vital part of planning for any business expansion or change. It is intended to minimize if not totally eliminate events that might give negative impact on a business. A sensible risk management process involves precise identification, careful evaluation and prioritization of all elements involved. Whatever the nature of your
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Conflicting Forces at Play with Oil Prices An Interview with Mike Shedlock As markets continue to yo-yo and commentators deliver mixed forecasts, investors are faced with some tough decisions and have a number of important questions that need answering. OilPrice.com was fortunate enough to speak with the award winning economic commentator Mike “Mish” Shedlock. His blog: Mish’s
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By Elliott Wave International Financial markets always have always posed two basic questions that investors seek to answer: What’s the direction of the main trend? How far will it go? Systematic approaches to these questions commonly belong to either fundamental or technical analysis. Let’s consider each one briefly. Fundamental analysis studies how a market behaves in response
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