online.wsj.com - 6/29/2009
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Insurance is often most worth having when it seems least necessary. Right now, you might feel you don't need any insurance against a rise in the cost of living. Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, is running at negative-1.3% over the past 12 months; with oil and real estate down ...
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 6/23/2009
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bespokeinvest.typepad.com —
For those interested, below we highlight a big
bar chart showing the most recent inflation rates for...
77 countries. The average unweighted inflation rate for all of the countries is 4.11%. Fifty-nine countries are currently seeing prices rise versus a ...
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Country Inflation Rates
moneynews.newsmax.com - 6/26/2009
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moneynews.newsmax.com —
Contrarian guru Marc Faber predicts we'll soon see
inflation of 10 to 20 percent. The numbers will...
rise so fast because the government "massively" understates the country's inflation rate, Faber said. To get a true reading he advises ditching core ...
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Faber: 20 Percent Inflation Coming
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VIX in the mid-20’s here we come. (VIX and More)
Why do investors continue to bet on the stocks of bankrupt companies? (NYTimes)
Five reasons why buy-and-hold investing is dead. (Minyanville)
Why TIPS funds are a hot commodity at the moment. (WSJ)
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Gold Slips as Deflation Bites, But "Unlikely to Persist" as Central Banks Stay Too Loose, Too Long
GoldSeek.com —
... legal tender in 2000 for the first time since 2001. Eurozone investors now Ready to Buy Gold saw the price unmoved at 666 an ounce by lunchtime Tuesday in Frankfurt , more than 140% above its level when the single currency was introduced. Today's M3 data showed annual growth in new lending to Eurozone governments rising to 8.3%, up from 8.0% in April. "History suggests that deflation is highly unlikely to persist in the long run," says the Intelligent Investor column at the Wall Street Journal , noting that the Great Depression only saw prices fall from 1930 to 1932. ...
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