So far the bet has gone their way. Copper has doubled. Gold is up 20%. Stocks markets all over the world are up 60%. Foreign currencies, too, have beaten the dollar.
October 27th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "stocks"
Dollar is Merely Retreating in Good Order
Remember the famous German general von Kluck, from whom we get the expression, ‘you dumb kluck?’ Von Kluck was chasing the French down the Marne in 1914. Victory looked like it was close at hand. The French were pulling back.
October 22nd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 39 comments | Continued
Stocks Better than Bonds When Inflation is a Big Threat
What we make of it is that dividends used to account for a much larger percentage of your total return in stocks than they have in the last twenty years. Times change. There’s no rule that says the future has to be just like the past. But if stocks beat inflation, should you invest in stocks for income or capital appreciation? That’s the second question.
October 19th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 4 comments | Continued
Warren Buffett: People Do Not Make Money by Betting Against the US Economy
What we saw was an over-stretched empire getting ready to snap. But we were also allowing ourselves to be lazy. Rather than deconstruct the capital structure of the world’s largest economy, we decided to sell the whole damned thing.
October 12th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 5 comments | Continued
Aussie Dollar Ready to Storm Past US Dollar
Yesterday’s episode of the Daily Reckoning left off with the question of whether 5,000 was in sight on the ASX 200. The answer today is that it is just over the horizon. The index closed up 2.3% to 4,695. The more investors thought about the recovery/China/demise of the dollar story, the more they liked buying stocks (especially gold stocks).
October 8th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 26 comments | Continued
Gold Doesn’t Always Need Inflation to Rise
If the feds succeed at inspiring growth without also causing higher levels of inflation, gold will be a bad place for your money – relative to stocks.
September 28th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 5 comments | Continued
What Evil Sends Investors Running to the Protection of Gold?
The press attributed this week’s rise in gold to benign causes. The end of the world seems to have been postponed – indefinitely. Bloomberg reported that a clear majority of those polled thought the world economy was recovering.
September 14th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Important Financial Anniversary: Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Tomorrow is one of the most important financial anniversaries of the last 100 years. But how will investors celebrate? Or will they mourn? Or will even more of them start to buy gold, which traded at around US$1,006 in the futures markets?
September 14th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 0 comments | Continued
Feds Want to Increase the Money Supply and Induce People to Spend Money
The question is when. Our view is that they’ll get more than they expect, but later than they want it. We’re looking for another crack in stocks…followed by more fear and loathing in the economy. This will have two major effects…
September 11th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Should You Buy Gold Now?
The Trade of the Decade is still buy gold/sell stocks. And the decade isn’t over. If you have US stocks, this is a good time to sell. The Dow went up 63 points yesterday – a weak bounce after several days of losses.
September 7th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued