inflation

The start of 2011 has been a very rough one for most of the world’s major emerging markets as they have seen their share prices fall across the board.

Thanks to Ben Bernanke’s $600 billion foray into the U.S.

Privately we have been increasingly bearish on the prospects for long-term bonds for many months.

For investors with vision, opportunities abound in times like these.

Our political leaders tell us that there is little to no inflation and that we face ‘deflationary’ pressures.

The implication of this graph is that past experience has not seen major 1-, 2-, and 3-year downside risk for holding the indexes plotted after this point in time, although the 1932 Dow rally

If (when?) the dollar’s purchasing power starts its inevitable serious decline due to out of control deficits what could protect us from keeping good nominal wealth while seeing our inflation

Currently, there is fierce debate raging over the future of the economy.

Americans have enjoyed nearly three decades of declining credit costs.

India raised interest rates in a surprise move on Friday, March 19, 2010.  This followed recent interest rate increases by Australia and Malaysia, all three countries are experiencing strong e