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Japan: The Next Sovereign Debt Domino
Steve Wilson, March 8th, 2012
It’s looking increasingly likely that the next country to experience a serious sovereign debt crisis will be Japan. Here’s why… Among the ten largest developed economies Japan is the most indebted with total debt as a percentage of GDP of 512% – only narrowly higher than Britain, but far higher
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The Best Case Scenario Is That We Begin A New Cycle Of Prosperity In About 6 Or 7 Years
Ben Mountifield, March 7th, 2012
In January 2010 the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) published a study entitled “Debt and deleveraging: The global credit bubble and its economic consequences”. The study examined the global credit bubble and looked at 32 episodes in which countries had significantly reduced their debt (or deleveraged) after a financial crisis. The
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In Real Terms UK Property Has Fallen 25% Since The 2007 Market Peak
Ben Mountifield, March 6th, 2012
In nominal terms the price of the average UK home has only fallen 10.5% since peaking in Q3 2007 at £184,131. In real terms however, i.e. adjusted for inflation (RPI), the price of the average UK home has fallen 25%. The chart below shows average UK house prices in nominal
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Deflation Is Not The Poison They’d Have You Believe, In Fact, It’s The Cure
Ben Mountifield, March 2nd, 2012
It is widely accepted that inflation is a “good thing” for the economy, and that deflation is very bad indeed. In truth however, deflation is just what we need right now. Here’s why… Let’s get the definitions out of the way… As I’ve written about before, most people define inflation
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Gold Falls 3.2% In Less Than An Hour On Bernanke Testimony
Steve Wilson, March 1st, 2012
The price of gold fell 3.2% in less than an hour yesterday as Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, gave testimony in front of the House Committee in Washington. A 3 Day Chart Of Gold In US DollarsChart courtesy of goldprice.org Bernanke stated that, “The unemployment rate remains elevated, long-term unemployment
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Greek Bailout: Greece Will Stay In A Depression Until It Defaults & Devalues
Ben Mountifield, February 29th, 2012
Though there is no agreed definition of the term depression, several have been proposed. These include: A decline in real GDP of at least 10% A recession (economic contraction) lasting two or more years An unemployment rate that reaches or exceeds 20% By any of these definitions Greece is now
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Silver Miner Looks Set For 50% Gain
Adam Tremaine, February 28th, 2012
Mexican silver miner, Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK, TSX: EDR), has traced out a multi-week symmetrical triangle pattern, something which is potentially very bullish and could lead to a 50% rise in the stock. A symmetrical triangle pattern is typically formed after a big move up or down, when neither the
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Uncertain Outlook Makes Companies Hoard Cash. Can You Blame Them?
Ben Mountifield, February 27th, 2012
Business Spending Falls As Companies Hoard Cash (Can you blame them?) Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday showed that business spending in the final quarter of 2011 fell 5.6% to £28.7 billion. Rather than invest in new projects, staff, or plant and equipment, companies are
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Silver ETF Poised For Major Move Higher
Ben Mountifield, February 24th, 2012
The popular silver ETF SLV looks to be poised for a major move higher. SLV has already risen 34% since the end of December 2011 following the precious metal higher on strong demand and tight supply. As the chart below shows, SLV has just broken out above the blue downtrend
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How Much Higher Will The Dow Go?
Ben Mountifield, February 23rd, 2012
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 5.9% already this year and it has hardly paused for breath. The question is, how much higher will it go? The Trend Is Your Friend Market participants, particularly those adopting a trend following strategy, often use the expression “the trend is your friend”
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