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Felix Zulauf – one-half of the nucleus of the Barron’s Roundtable – was tracked down for his mid-year take. He believes European markets are cheap – but not necessarily good buys… Adjusted for inflation, Italy trades at levels last seen in Mussolini’s era. Greece trades at 1.5 times the Shiller P/E ratio [the market’s current […]
Yesterday I had the great honor and opportunity to sit courtside for a live one-hour presentation from our favorite contrarian, irreverent hedge fund manager – Hugh Hendry himself. What a thrill! Hendry, as you may know, is partner and Chief Investment Officer at Eclectica Asset Management. While his claims to fame are numerous, his two […]
Here’s a very interesting inflation vs disinflation vs deflation debate between money managers John Brynjolfsson and Robert Kessler. THE debate of the last four years in the financial world – it’s gotten a lot of play, but both guys here make some great points. Hat tip to astute reader and roving correspondent Gary, who sent […]
David Galland interviews Terry Coxon, The Casey Report Terry Coxon worked side by side with best-selling author Harry Browne for years and is a rare expert in the arcane study of monetary systems. His remarks at this juncture in time, a time that might end up labeled in the history books as “Money Runs Wild,” are […]
Gary Shilling weighed in with his recommendations for 2011 in John Mauldin’s latest Outside the Box newsletter. Since the early 2000’s, Shilling has been one of very few financial commentators staunchly in the deflation camp – and his 2011 picks reflect his belief that deflation, not inflation, will rule the years ahead. We look for […]
In Jeremy Grantham’s latest quarterly newsletter (which is always a must-read, IMHO), he says he’s throwing his hat in the deflation camp for the near future, at least: Well, I, for one, am more or less willing to throw in the towel on behalf of Inflation. For the near future at least, his adversary in […]
This headline is starting to become a recurring theme. US consumer credit is in freefall – because, as we all know, the American consumer is FLAT BROKE! BusinessWeek reports: Consumer borrowing in the U.S. dropped in May more than forecast, a sign Americans are less willing to take on debt without an improvement in the […]
Robert Prechter was Jim Puplava’s guest this week on the Financial Sense Newshour. You can listen to the entire interview here – it’s almost an hour long, and it’s fantastic. Ed. Note: You can also read a full transcript of the interview here, courtesy of our friends at Elliott Wave International. Prechter last chatted with […]
Zacks Investment Research reports: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.2% in May, which was a greater decline than the 0.1% decline expected and the 0.1% decline in April. Year over year, headline inflation is up 2.0%, but almost all of that came in 2009, not in 2010. Over the last three months, the CPI […]
Astute reader Legrand posted an insightful comment below our article about shorting the S&P 500 that I wanted to call attention to. I believe he’s onto something very important: Back to my father’s generation- the boomers. They really have only seen inflation during their adult lives. Deflation isn’t something that seems plausible. Their entire adult […]
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