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The election went according to prediction; gridlock is the most likely outcome for the next two years.  President Obama is faced with a choice to either move more to the center on domestic iss

In the world of stock, commodities, and real estate investing, it is common knowledge that capital flows to where inflation exceeds the cost of borrowing.  Clearly, if you can borrow at 4% and

It is an extraordinary measure for a central bank, particularly the purchase of financial assets to encourage the decline in risk premiums.  To be explicit on that point and to extensively inf

Stocks, gold, commodities.... they are all going up in lock step.

The US stock market is rallying, and the US dollar is slowly declining in value relative to a basket of other currencies.  Although inflation may not occur for another six to twelve months, an

The following chart was published on Clusterstock yesterday with commentary explaining how this proved that stocks were no longer a good place to invest…

India’s GDP is growing rapidly and is expected to rival China’s GDP growth for the next few years.  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government has done an exceptional job.&nb

While the media circus is focusing on Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain, commodity traders should be mo

The developed world is de-leveraging and Europe is moving toward deflation and depression.  Meanwhile, the Chinese, Southeast Asian, and Indian-led developing world is growing and experiencing

Greek debt has been rated as junk quality, Spanish and Portuguese debt has undergone downgrades and there are rumors circulating of a possible Italian debt downgrade.