Economic Trends

Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.

Oil Prices- Where Now?

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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The Drop Like a Rock Scenario for U.S. Markets

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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A Brief Introduction to High Yield Bonds

Often governments and corporations need to raise capital for a multitude of reasons. To do this they have several channels available. They can borrow from banks, issue stock or borrow from investors or they can issue debt securities in the form of bonds. Many investors (called bond holders) purchase these bonds and in return, the company gets a lump

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Government Roadblocks to Prosperity

Editor’s Note: Anyone who has ever taken Economics 101 knows that the free market is more efficient than top down governmental planning at efficiently distributing goods and services at the lowest possible price. But often governmental bureaucrats have their own agenda that doesn’t include efficiency (or low price) as a priority. How would you feel if some government

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Tax Deferred Retirement- 401k, IRAs and More

Tax Deferred Retirement Income Being able to live a comfortable life once you retire is easier said than done in today’s economy. Many people who thought they were going to be able to retire were caught off-guard when the financial markets took a turn for the worse. While there are many different investing strategies that

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