It’s the trend that has Wall Street abuzz. For the first few weeks of the year, investors put more money into stock mutual funds than they took out, a trend…
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Posted in Investing
Tagged gold, investment portfolio, investors, mutual funds, risk, Treasuries
Japan has recently elected a new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. He comes in on a platform of reflation. Japan has battled a deflationary slump of 23 years now. However, things…
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Tagged fiscal policy, Japan, On Investing, stocks
Debt ceiling! Fiscal Cliff! Sequester! After a few years of news focusing on little else than our nation’s political dysfunction, investors can be forgiven if they have a case of…
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Posted in U.S. Policy & Politics
Tagged debt ceiling, fiscal cliff, U.S. budget, U.S. policy
As Sara Zervos previously discussed on January 22, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced it would raise its inflation target to 2% from 1%. In doing so, it pledged to…
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Posted in Global Economy
Tagged currency, euro, foreign currencies, monetary policy
Although the fiscal cliff debate is now behind us, the first several months of 2013 will see three additional, related confrontations in Washington over spending and taxation. In each case,…
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Posted in U.S. Policy & Politics
Tagged fiscal cliff, fiscal policy, investors