The populist trend of Latin American governments to repatriate and nationalize their resources continues, most recently with Argentina’s nationalization of the country’s largest oil company and, on May Day, Bolivia’s nationalization of its largest elect ...
Tag: Investor Confidence
Feature - May 9th, 2012
All terms: Bonds, commodities, Current Analysis, Demand, gold prices, Investor Confidence, Oil Price, Resources, Risk
Blog Post - March 20th, 2012
Here at WealthCycles we frequently speak of silver and gold. The topic is becoming quite popular in the wholly owned mainstream media, with CNBC running hour-long specials on gold in prime time slots.
"The man who never looks into a newspaper is bet ...
All terms: Alan Greenspan, Central Banks, Currency, currency inflation, Debt, Deflation, ECB, Federal Reserve, Government, Investor Confidence
Feature - February 15th, 2012
Oftentimes, gold and silver investors are accused of being stuck in what we call the “permabear echo chamber,” a mental state in which someone only looks for news and information that complements or confirms their natural leanings. Investopedia describe ...
Blog Post - February 13th, 2012
During July of last year we went though the details about the manipulation of the rate of unemployment. We showed how the decrease in the quantity of the people considered “in the labor force” leads to a lower rate of unemployed than is in fact ...
Feature - April 13th, 2011
From gas-powered road trips, to summer cookouts and inexpensive plastic goods, cheap oil isn’t just a commodity, it's part of the American way of life. With 256 million motor vehicles on United States roads, even the slightest bump in oil prices can sen ...
Feature - April 13th, 2011
Global currency and debt bubbles continue to swell to alarming proportions. A growing chorus of observers are predicting the fall of the dollar and a desperate response from the U.S. government and Federal Reserve should an event appear imminent. The Go ...
Feature - April 6th, 2011
Many of the world’s woes can be attributed to our global fiat currency system—price inflation, food shortages, political instability, and speculative booms and busts. But perhaps the most devastating and horrible of the consequences of our fiat currency ...
Blog Post - December 10th, 2010
It seems that everyone is talking about sentiment these days. Buzzwords like consumer sentiment and investor sentiment have been thrown around as pundits and reporters try to gauge the pulse of our economies in flux. Sentiment functions like a barometer ...