In this article Susan Walker explores a question we have touched on before… conventional wisdom and hedging against bad times like inflation and recession. Editor Gold, the Dow, T-Notes: Which Does Best During Recessions? By Susan C. Walker, Elliott Wave International Each year, the NCAA college basketball tournament winnows its starting field of 64 teams […]
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You know they are trying to accomplish this ignominious feat. The goal is to keep Americans in an economic stupor. It is working.
Lies and deceit are pervasive. Newspapers, magazines, TV broadcasts, economic analysis and official prognostications are all based on shady statistics. Junk in… junk out.
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The old saying is that during a deflation cash is king. This is because as prices fall money becomes more valuable (i.e. it buys more). So it makes sense to hold onto it as long as possible and wait for it to increase in value. Because people hold onto their money it becomes scarce and harder to come by.
During a deflationary recession people also hold onto their money because they are uncertain about the continued supply of money (will they lose their job due to the recession, etc) so they in addition to holding money for appreciation, they are also “saving for a rainy day”.
Conversely during inflationary times money is becoming less valuable (buys less over time) so people want to get rid of it before it loses too much purchasing power and they even borrow as much as possible so they can pay it back with less valuable dollars. Keep that in mind as you read Andy Gordon’s excellent article on why bailing out the banks won’t help the economy. ~ Tim McMahon
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In this article Susan Walker explores a question we have touched on before… conventional wisdom and hedging against bad times like inflation and recession. ~ Tim McMahon, Editor Gold, the Dow, T-Notes: Which Does Best During Recessions? By Susan C. Walker, Elliott Wave International Each year, the NCAA college basketball tournament winnows its starting field
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On November 6, 2002, The Wall Street Journal, in a front-page article entitled “Inside the FED, Deflation draws a closer look”, stated that the FED was discussing the possibility of deflation at a country inn in Woodstock, VT. It said “central bank officials” attended this ominous-sounding meeting. But wait, when was this meeting? A careful
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