Investors have been told for years that diversification lowers risk. While that may be true in certain instances, it certainly isn’t true in the current world equity market. Let me give you an example: Using five ETF’s as a proxy for “BRICA” the five supposedly up and coming economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and […]
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Historically whenever the 10-year Treasury yield drops 1.2% over a short period of time a bear market for stocks resulted within two months . This signal presaged steep market crashes in 1990, 2000, and 2007.
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Technical analysis commentary by Adam Hewison of Ino.com about the current condition of gold.
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(Reuters Life!) – A Spanish precious metals trading company bought the world’s largest gold coin for 3.27 million euros ($4.02 million), its exact material worth, from the estate of an insolvent investment firm at a rare auction in Vienna on Friday. The 100 kg (220.5 lb) piece, one of only five Canadian $1,000,000 Maple Leaf
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The world’s money has lost almost 75% of its value against gold in the last 10 years… We’ve SAID IT BEFORE, but we’ll say it again. The bull market in gold starting 10 years ago is about much more than the Dollar – a fact that investors and savers worldwide might want to consider in 2010 if the US currency continues to rally.
With Gold over $1000 and at all time nominal high prices many are wondering if Gold is overpriced. If we look at the inflation adjusted price of Gold we see that even at $1000 it is still only about half-way to its all time highs. For more information see Inflation Adjusted Gold Price . But
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From the end of 1999 through the end of 2009, all of the popular Wall Street market performance measurement tools were in the red. The average bloodletting level of the DJIA, the S & P 500, and the NASDAQ was a disturbing-to-some minus nineteen percent. The Media has dubbed it “The Dismal Decade”.
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I recently was talking to a fellow investor at a conference and I mentioned that we carried quite a few articles from Elliott Wave International on this site. The gentleman I was speaking with commented that he had the impression that Bob Precter founder of Elliott Wave International was permanently bearish and so “eventually he would be right”.
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Unless you have been living under a rock you have probably noticed that the government has mandated that the gasoline you are pumping into your car these days has Ethanol in it now. You have probably also heard that it is good for farmers and the environment but lets look at all those factors and
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