While the pundits hash over the putative causes of rising gasoline prices—Mideast tension, refinery shutdowns, speculation—the harsh reality is that pump prices are going to continue climbing because they still have a long way to go. In reality, what Am ...
Tag: economic cycles
Feature - February 29th, 2012
All terms: Ben Bernanke, central bank, Current Analysis, Dollar, economic cycles, global economy, Inflation, Money, Oil Price, Stagflation, U.S. economy
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 ...
Feature - February 8th, 2012
For the past several years, central bankers have remained dead-set, and united pretty much world-wide, on an insistence that dirt-cheap or free interest rates was the ticket to spurring economic growth. Down, down, down went the Fed market rate, finally ...
Feature - September 28th, 2011
“Perseverance furthers.”
--I Ching (Book of Changes)
The past couple of weeks have required of those invested in gold and silver faith, nerves of steel and a solid foundati ...
All terms: Bull Market, commodities, Current Analysis, economic cycles, fiat currency, Gold, Wealth Cycles
Blog Post - September 1st, 2011
“Four hundred years ago, Francis Bacon warned that our minds are wired to deceive us. ‘Beware the fallacies into which undisciplined thinkers most easily fall—they are the real distorting prisms of human nature.’ Chief among them: ‘Assuming more order ...
Feature - August 24th, 2011
It’s no secret that the U.S. population is aging. The cusp of the great wave of Baby Boomers already has reached retirement age, and successive generations have yet to match its size. What’s less understood is the impact an aging population will have on ...
Feature - August 10th, 2011
"I never walk into a place I don’t know how to walk out of."
-Robert DeNiro in Ronin
We at WealthCycles.com believe the current economic cycle favors precious metals, in particular gold and silver. You can check out our mo ...
All terms: cycles investing, economic cycles, Gold, Silver, How To
Blog Post - July 28th, 2011
Back in the days of the Mongol and Roman empires, the process of stealing wealth from the peasants and savers wasn’t very difficult. A little extra bronze in the treasury’s crucibles meant that you could create a few extra denarii (plural for the Roman ...
Feature - July 27th, 2011
Is the “Golden Age” of money behind us or does it lie in our near future? As our modern fiat currency system turns 40 years old, is it drawing its final breaths, or is the current state of debasement and devaluation merely a midlife crisis?
Wood ...
All terms: cycles, economic cycles, fiat currency, Free Market, U.S. Dollar, Fundamentals
Feature - July 13th, 2011
Even in the middle of summer here in the United States, the economy is feeling the chill of winter—as unemployment continues to plague, restlessness builds, and the recovery slows below escape velocity. A look abroad reveals that no market or country is ...
All terms: cycles investing, economic cycles, economic history, U.S. economy, Fundamentals