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Inflation Also Rises
Inflation has been a big fear in the investment community for a few years now, but so far nothing has happened. An article at AdvisorOne suggests that the onset of inflation can sometimes be rapid and...
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Par For The Pathological Course
Economic policymakers are like children in that they are held only partially accountable for their mistakes and misdeeds. And just as children learn to selectively deny responsibility to get away with...
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Seven Varieties of Deflation
A Little Chronic Deflation John Mauldin October 13, 2012 One of the questions I (and other analysts) get...
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Media Filled With Fearmongers, but Have no Fear, the Fed is Here
This site has featured evidence of economic weakness in the U.S. for some time, basically since last spring. Now that the Fed agrees so heartily as to add QE on top of Operation Twist, I start looking...
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India’s stubborn inflation trend puts RBI in a bind – rate likely on hold
India continues to struggle with stubbornly high inflation levels. In spite of slower economic growth, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) clocked at 7.81% in September, putting the RBI in a real bind. The...
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Vanguard Launches Short Term TIPS ETF
Vanguard made an addition to its fixed income ETF lineup this week, rolling out a new fund that targets inflation-protected Treasuries with five years or less remaining to maturity. The new Vanguard...
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Misery Index Analysis
Bloomberg Brief points to this report from Carl J. Riccadonna, senior U.S. Economist at Deutsche Bank, looking at the misery index — Inflation + Unemployment. Riccadonna took the usual analysis one...
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Cost of Living Varies Widely
via Mercer: click for ginormous graphic Infographic by Mercer Insights
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A Second Look at P/E Ratios (Part II)
Price-to-earnings (P/E) is probably the most often used bellwether for stock market valuation, yet it is often misunderstood because of distortions. In my first article, I introduced the concept of...
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When Will the Fed Raise Interest Rates?
The topic of interest rates is of concern to investors for a couple of reasons. Savers are interested in finding out when interest rates might rise and they might earn more ...
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