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Britons Cost Of Living Will Double Over The Next 10 Years
Ben Mountifield, March 13th, 2012
The government underreports the rate of inflation. The true rate is running at around 7% a year, which means your cost of living will double over the next 10 years, which is just another way of saying that your wealth will be cut in half over that time if you
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Why Warren Buffet Doesn’t Like Gold
Ben Mountifield, March 12th, 2012
Last month Warren Buffett published his annual shareholder letter in which he explained why he doesn’t like gold: “What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow. During the past decade that belief has proved correct. Beyond that, the rising price has on
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Potential Trade: Profiting From A Possible Decline In The Yen
Adam Tremaine, March 9th, 2012
As the chart below shows, since April 2009 the US Dollar has been in a long downtrend versus the Japanese Yen. Between the high on 6 April 2009 at 101.46, and the low on 28 October 2011 at 75.61, the USD fell 25% vs. the JPY. However since the BoJ
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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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In The Late 80’s UK Property Prices Fell 37% & Anyone Who Thinks That Can’t Happen Again Is Deluding Themselves.
Ben Mountifield, March 5th, 2012
How many times have you heard someone say “property prices never go down”? Well here’s the truth. Between the second quarter of 1989 and the final quarter of 1995 property prices in the UK fell 18%. But that was in nominal terms, i.e. the average price of a UK home
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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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