Unrest and turmoil = rising oil prices
How to navigate a turbulent business environment affected by political upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa and the twin disasters in Japan.
Inflation: Say goodbye to buying power
How to protect your investments against the decreasing value of the U.S dollar.
Regime change — a global domino effect?
Tunisia. Now Egypt. The cabinet fired in Jordan. Who is next and where? Nobody…
Those who hold U.S. dollars as their home currency have many attractive investment options
Over the last several years, we have pointed out in our commentaries many times that the U.S. dollar is due for long-term decline in price
Europe will be the next region to create liquidity for the world
The coming European bailout of Ireland and Portugal will have to include some method of quantitative easing (QE), or the printing of new money.
Liqudity flowing into Asia and western Latin America
Last week, the Merrill Lynch economics team wrote a good paper about liquidity flowing into Asia
Where inflation is higher than interest rates, liquidity will flow
In the world of stock, commodities, and real estate investing, it is common knowledge that capital flows to where inflation exceeds the cost of borrowing.
The U.S. hopes to lower the value of the dollar to improve exports
Please notice the chart reflecting the trends in the holdings of U.S. treasury debt by Japan, China, and the U.S.
The U.S. has been successful in devaluing its currency.
In our opinion, the U.S. intends to devalue the dollar by at least another 10% in the coming months.
Sell long-term bonds: Guild and Danaher
Privately we have been increasingly bearish on the prospects for long-term bonds for many months.