Yesterday in our article about gold’s price going down we discussed gold and the shadow banking system. Today we’ll explain how it all fits together and what it means for the markets and your investments.
December 16th, 2011 | Greg Canavan | 2 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "pension funds"
Is Your Money What You Think It Is?
The paper we use today is a medium of exchange – it got that way because governments made it illegal not to accept it – but it’s not a good store of value.
March 19th, 2010 | Doug Casey | 2 comments | Continued
Pension Plans are Selling Stocks
The principal is actually very simple: pension plans behave like long- term momentum investors. So they tend to buy into rising markets…until after those markets have peaked and begun a major decline.
October 16th, 2009 | Eric J. Fry | 2 comments | Continued
The New Capitalists Were Not Real Capitalists
Of course, as long as stocks went up, the new capitalists didn’t mind or notice that the financial industry took advantage of them. They completely misunderstood what they had gotten into.
May 5th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
