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Jim Walker, founder and CEO of Asianomics, believes China needs to hike interest rates by another 250–500 points to battle surging inflation. [...] 
“Real GDP of the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.8% in the first quarter of 2011, after a 3.1% increase in the prior quarter. Of the seven quarters of economic growth recorded in the current recovery, the first quarter’s performance is one of the three readings which have been below 2.0%,” said Asha Bangalore in this guest post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The GDP Just Dropped and That’s… Good? (Learn Mining News, 5/3/11) No Surprise: Japan Lowers GDP Growth Forecast (Wall Street Daily, 4/13/11) Consumption, Investment Contribution to China’s GDP Growth (Top Foreign Stocks, 5/6/11)
S&P has downgraded the outlook for U.S. debt to negative, but in reality the deficit reduction plan has been given an F rating! [...]
Stock market movements since the start of the credit crisis have been characterised by relatively high volatility as uncertainty became paramount. And as new pieces of the economic recovery puzzle are added every day, investors are increasingly struggling to make sense of the most likely direction of stock prices. It seems to be a case of so many pundits, so many views. Has the market started topping out and is a primary bear market about to resume, or will the secular bull market merely be correcting the strong rally that commenced in March 2009, before moving higher? Or is a “muddle-through” trading range in store? [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Money Morning's Fitz-Gerald Talks Market Volatility and Key Factors of a Winning Stock (Money Morning, 3/9/11) Depressing Stock Market Statistics (Learn Mining News, 3/3/11) How to Invest in Volatile Markets (Learn Mining News, 10/16/11)
This week on Wealthtrack, Consuelo Mack talks to James Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. He explains why he believes the Federal Reserve’s easy money policies will wreak havoc on the economy and markets. Grant discusses the dangers of inflation creep and how to protect portfolios against is [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The 15 Best and the 15 Worst Mining Jurisdictions in the World (the Underground Investor, 4/14/11) How to Win Bernanke's War on Savers with a 19% Yield (Money Morning, 1/18/12) Inflation Rate (Learn Mining News, 2/22/11)
This post reviews yesterday’s FOMC announcement and Fed Chairman Bernanke’s historic press conference. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Fed Says They’ll Finish the “Quantitative Easing” Round (Learn Mining News, 4/28/11) How Will the Fed’s Meeting Impact Silver Prices? (Learn Mining News, 4/25/11) Out of Answers, Federal Reserve Can Only Offer Empty Rhetoric (Money Morning, 12/13/11) |
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