Give War a Chance
Let’s hope Barry Eichengreen doesn’t see this Yahoo article: Japan has set the stage for a potential global currency war, announcing plans to create money...
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Overvaluation Is the One Market Inefficiency That Investors Will Always Be Able to Exploit
My good friend Mike Piper has written an article (“Investing Based on Market Valuation”) at his Oblivious Investor blog exploring my finding that the Old...
Rio Tinto Production Massively Higher Than Expectations
The world’s second largest miner – Rio Tinto (RIO, quote) fourth-quarter iron ore output beats estimates by nearly a million tons. RIO reported iron ore...
Big Rise in Stock-Buying, But What’s Selling May Surprise You!
Investors are pouring a mountain of money into the stock market this year. After our dysfunctional politicians in Washington, D.C., forged a Fiscal Cliff agreement...
12 Cognitive Biases That Prevent You From Being Rational
I like this article that’s been floating around on cognitive biases. As I liked to say, it’s in being wrong that we can learn to...
Iran Removes Euro and Dollar From Trade Exchanges; More Symptoms of Iranian Hyperinflation
Inquiring minds note that Iran removes euro and dollar from its trade exchanges. Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Shamseddin Hosseini said Monday that Iran...
Dear President Obama: The Greek Politicians Also Won Elections
Let me first state that I am not a Republican or a Democrat, or a Tea Party advocate; I just look at individual issues based...
6 Considerations Shaping the Macro Investment Landscape
The underlying trends seen this year have continued, but after strong follow through in Asia, a more subdued tone has been seen in Europe. The...
Hussman: Who’s Who of Awful Times to Invest
Last year John Hussman posted an article describing the March period as “an awful time to invest”. He described some unusual confluence of events that...
A Trillion Dollar T-bill ?
Warning: a thought just came to me. It might be totally wrong. A little knowledge of the law is dangerous. The idea is that the...