Alex Floum

The Stock Market Is Just Mirroring the Strength of the Dollar

Stock Markets Just Mirroring the Strength of the Dollar Seeking Alpha contributing writer Karl Denninger has posted a series of graphs over the last week demonstrating the relationship between the dollar and the stock market. Specifically, Denninger shows...

Merrill Lynch confirms that gold does well during deflation

Merrill Lynch Confirms That Gold Does Well During Deflation I have previously argued at some length that gold does well during periods of deflation.Merrill Lynch agrees.Specifically, PhD economist Nouriel Roubini paraphrases a report from Merill...

Can Alternative Energy Really Create A Lot of New Jobs?

Can Alternative Energy Really Create A Lot of New Jobs? President Obama has promoted alternative energy as a means of job creation.It is true that some studies find that alternative energy produces more jobs than oil, coal...

Saving the big banks is not necessary to prevent a depression

Saving the Big Banks is NOT Necessary to Prevant a Depression President Obama's economic team argues that one of the main lessons from the Great Depression is that we have to save the banking system and restore...

Population age affects economic growth

The Age of the Population Affects Economic Growth Financial analysts who study demography like popular author Harry Dent argue that one of the main drivers of a country's economic growth is the number of people in the...

Could Gold Perform Well In a Deflation, Contrary to Commonly-Accepted Wisdom?

Could Gold Perform Well In a Deflation, Contrary to Commonly-Accepted Wisdom? Absolute Return Partners wrote in their July letter: The most important investment decision you will have to make this year and possibly for years to come...

Mark-to-Market Accounting Essential, According to Nobel Prize Economists

2 Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Say Mark-to-Market Accounting Essential Yesterday, Nobel laureate Robert Merton and 2 other economists wrote in the Financial Times: Banks and other financial institutions are lobbying against fair-value accounting for their...

Inflation, deflation, stagflation or hyperinflation?

Some Experts Say We're Going to Have Inflation Very Soon . . . Maybe Even Hyperinflation. Some Say We're Going to Have Extended Deflation. Or Stagflation? Who's Right? Virtually all investors want to know whether we...

Will China pull America out of the recession?

Many people - including me - hope that China's economic recovery will pull America out of the recession.Will it work?There are, indeed, many positive and bullish signs coming out of China. For example, China has just announced a...

Is the Federal Reserve really a federal agency?

Bloomberg news provides an overview of the Federal Reserve system: The Federal Reserve, consisting of seven governors in Washington and 12 regional banks, was established in 1913 and charged by Congress with ensuring low inflation, maximum employment and a...

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