Inflation Investing – A Historical Perspective on What To Do

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On Friday I was having a discussion with my friend about inflation, speculating about what may happen to stock prices if inflation were to take hold. Both of us are big fans of Marc Faber, so we were discussing the scenario that Faber has been predicting – that if cash is about to become trash […]

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Is the Chinese stock market. Gold is hitting record highs, oil is breaking through to yearly highs, the DOW and S&P are hitting recent highs – but the Shanghai Composite languishes… China: Taking a breather, or rolling over? Source: Yahoo Finance Do Chinese investors know something we don’t? You may recall that Chinese markets turned […]

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This gold bull market is starting to get a little overheated… The Telegraph reports that famed UK luxury department store Harrods, starting today, will be able to purchase the “ultimate luxury accessory” – gold bars. Chris Hall, head of Harrods Gold Bullion, said: “The financial environment has kindled a new demand for physical gold among […]

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The New York Times reports that chicken wing prices are – pardon me – flying high! Reason being, restaurants have cut back on their orders for higher priced chicken breasts in favor of wings, which are more perceived as a “cheap luxury”, according to the article. Higher demand, coupled with falling supply…you know what that […]

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According to the Associated Press, Colorado will become the first state to reduce its minimum wage due to a “falling cost of living.” Colorado is one of 10 states where the minimum wage is tied to inflation. The indexing is thought to protect low-wage workers from having flat wages as the cost of living goes […]

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OK, maybe a bit of a sensationalist headline, I’ll admit 🙂 I used to be a fundamental only kind of guy, leaving the technicals and chart reading to the spooks and mystics…only to become a wannabe chart reader myself 🙂 In truth, I see great value in both types of analysis, so I don’t want […]

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To say that consumer credit is contracting in the United States may be a bit of an understatement! Can you spot the trend in consumer credit? Contracting credit is the crux of Robert Prechter’s deflationary thesis – something we’ve been discussing at length in this space. How about another haiku to summarize? Credit’s going poof […]

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Gold Featured on…Saturday Night Live!? The latest sign that the gold market may be a little overheated right now…Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update featured investment analysis from Scrooge McDuck! http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/update-scrooge-mcduck/1165594/ Shout out and thanks to my good buddy Super Joe for sending this one along! New Reports of the Dollar’s Demise: Greatly Exaggerated? From London’s […]

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We’ve been discussing market and societal cycles in great detail this year, as we try to uncover clues as to how this current mess is going to continue to unfold. History may not always repeat, but to quote Mark Twain, it certainly rhymes. Nothing like a little history reading to shed some light…earlier this year […]

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