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A Full Week of Economic and Earnings Reports
The economic calendar is light in number this week, but it is not without important reports to point out. Christian Hill in Investor’s Daily Edge has the details…
The Return of ’70s Inflation or ’30s Deflation?
Editor’s Note: Bill Bonner wore a brown polyester shirt in the ’70s. The polyester shirt is gone, but ’70s-style inflation is back. So is ‘30-style deflation, says Bill. The Fed is doing it’s best to combat deflation by juicing up the markets with more easy money. But in doing so they’re pushing the price of commodities through the roof…
Global Investing Roundups: Friday, June 6th, 2008
Continental’s Cost Cuts; Possible Eurozone Telecom Merger; Rising Tide of Foreclosures; Jobless Claims Drop; Inflation Controls Threaten China Stocks; Honeywell Shot Full of Holes; Dupont’s Bumper Crop; Novartis on the Guard Against Influenza.
Global Investing Roundups: Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Deere’s Bountiful Harvest; Dupont Teams Up with Danisco; Miller Takes Over Grolsch Distribution; China Quake May Pause Interest Rate Hike; Aluminum Corp. of China May Nab BHP Stake; Whole Food Drops on Disappointing Sales Gain; Food Costs Sink Jack in the Box; Freddie Mac Gets Creative with the Books.
Food Crisis: Six Ways to Protect Yourself
When the leader of the United Nation’s World Food Programme warned that a “silent tsunami” of hunger is sweeping the globe because of soaring food prices, a lot of folks probably viewed it as just another clever sound bite tossed off by a bureaucrat.
With the Energy Department’s Prediction for Gasoline Prices, the ‘Experts’ Get it Wrong Yet Again
How does the prospect of $4 a gallon gasoline sound to you? Undoubtedly, it doesn’t sound all that great. But what if I said that gasoline prices were headed for the $4 a gallon level, but once they got there, they’d head no higher?
Conglomerates Offer Protection in Rocky Markets
The conglomerate sector was down 8.85% for the first quarter of 2008. That might not seem like an argument in favor of conglomerate investing, but when you consider that the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 10.05% for the same period it seems a bit better.
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