What’s Causing Market Volatility and What Can We Do? I read an interesting short article this morning on Seeking Alpha in which Todd Campbell discussed the rising stock market volatility that has been happening since the 1970s. The article entitled “Volatility Across the Decades: It’s No Wonder We’re Edgy” (click here to view) included the …
Forget Peak Oil, Time To Worry About Peak Oil Labor (via Market Shadows) Courtesy of www.econmatters.com. By EconMatters In a recent working paper, researchers at the the IMF (International Monetary Fund) attempt to reconcile the Peak Oil debate that whether resource constraints will dictate the future of oil output and prices, or advance in technology …
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Myanmar could boom if it sticks to reforms: IMF (via AFP) The International Monetary Fund said Monday that Myanmar could be Asia’s next boom economy if the country sticks to its new path of political and economic reforms. In its first-ever “Article IV” review of the economy, the IMF praised the initial moves to free …
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By Holly A. Bell By now we have all accepted that we live in a global community. Globalization means we have to think about competition in all areas on a global basis including education, tax structures, and legal environments. Businesses are competing globally for locations, employees, and customers. While there has been a lot of …
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Does Sweden Have The Right Model? By Holly A. Bell While the economies of the U.S. and most of Europe have continued to struggle under Keynesian style stimulus, Sweden has taken the opposite approach enacting supply side tax and spending cuts. The result? Over the last two years (2010 to 2011) Sweden’s real GDP growth …
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On Gold As An Inflation Hedge “A recurring theme gold [(GLD)(IAU)] speculators use to justify their positions, is that gold, over time, works as an inflation hedge. This argument has severe problems. Over the very long term, gold can indeed act as an inflation hedge. But as with any other asset, it matters greatly at …
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Obama must reset relations with Russia along economic lines (via The Christian Science Monitor) By Frances G. Burwell and Svante Cornell posted April 4, 2012 at 8:55 am EDT Washington As Vladimir Putin prepares for his May inauguration and return to the Russian presidency, the United States must design a new relationship with this often …
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US-China trade disputes likely to rage on (via AFP) The recent bumper consignment of US-China trade disputes will be followed by boatload after boatload of new problems in coming years, experts predict, but that may be little cause for concern. The sheer range of products fought over by the world’s two largest economies is imposing, …
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Trade Battle Brewing Over Rare Minerals (via redOrbit) A battle is brewing over the global supply of 17 rare earth minerals reports the Associated Press this week. The United States, the European Union and Japan filed complaints on Tuesday with the World Trade Organization claiming that China has set limits on the export of rare …
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