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When Emerging Markets Shape the Developed World

Bill Bonner — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:56 +0000

“America is back,” said the President of all the Americans, “Anyone who tells you America is in decline or that our influence has waned, doesn’t know what they’re talking about.” Well, Dear Reader, we’re here to tell you: America is in decline. We can give it to you straight because we’re not running for public [...]

When Emerging Markets Shape the Developed World originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, published by Agora Financial provides over 400,000 global readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

How China Will Defeat America

Bill Bonner — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:00:01 +0000

Don’t expect spending on the pentagon to decrease. Not with our nation’s security at stake. And not with China posing an ever-greater threat. An article by Yan Xuetong, translated from mandarin, tells “How China can defeat America.” The gist of Mr. Xuetong’s thought is that rising hegemons are a lot nicer than declining ones. Besides [...]

How China Will Defeat America originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning provides over 400,000 readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

Declining Positive Sentiment on the Future of the US Economy

Addison Wiggin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:29:56 +0000

Since we’re in the mood, let’s begin today with a question: Do you think your kids or grandkids will be worse off than you? We’ll give you a moment to think about it. [One moment] Fifty-seven percent of Americans responding to a similar question posed by The Hill predict today’s young people won’t live better [...]

Declining Positive Sentiment on the Future of the US Economy originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning provides over 400,000 readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

Correcting America’s Position in the Global Economy

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:17:23 +0000

Baltimore is a great town. It has more liquor stores than churches. But it is being taken over by zombies. More below… Yesterday, the Dow went up 44 points. Gold rose $16. Just noise. Pay no attention. Both stocks and gold are moving against what we think SHOULD they should be doing. Of course, Mr. [...]

Correcting America’s Position in the Global Economy originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning provides 400,000+ readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas. The 5 Best Ways to Invest in Gold was previously featured in the Daily Reckoning.

Traveling at the Speed of China

Tue, 17 May 2011 17:32:10 +0000

Last night… We’re racing to the airport at Pudong. We don’t know why we are racing; there is plenty of time. But the driver seems to want to set a new land speed record for a taxicab. He’s rocketing along at 100 mph. The cab weaves flawlessly through the traffic. But what’s this? The cab [...]

Traveling at the Speed of China originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning provides over half a million subscribers with literary economic perspective, global market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

Making the Chicken Run

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:10:18 +0000

With the US government’s ever-increasing stranglehold on Americans’ assets, smart investors are now taking their wealth abroad. “Making the chicken run” is what Rhodesians used to say about neighbors who packed up and got out during the ’60s and ’70s, before the place became Zimbabwe. It was considered “unpatriotic” to leave Rhodesia. But it was [...]

Making the Chicken Run originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning has published articles on the impact of quantitative easing, bakken oil, and hyperinflation.

The Sinking Ship that Is the US Economy

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:00:41 +0000

Poor Mr. Obama. The man who ran on a campaign promise of “change,” is striving to achieve his stated goal by implementing a slew of conspicuously “same” policies, one after the other. Admittedly, your editor doesn’t know much about drafting empty campaign promises, but he suspects that two sames don’t make a change. We’ll see. [...]

The Sinking Ship that Is the US Economy originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning has published articles on the impact of quantitative easing, bakken oil, and hyperinflation.

Sinking Prices; Sinking Ships

Bill Bonner — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:00:33 +0000

Imagine the face of Lt. George Morris. On March 8, 1862, his ship, the USS Cumberland, found itself a victim of what the economist Joseph Schumpeter called ‘creative destruction.' The creativity came in the form of a revolutionary new technology, iron-clad ships. The destruction came in the form of cannonballs, which were smashing the poor [...]

Sinking Prices; Sinking Ships originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."

Why an Empire that Borrows from its Rivals is Doomed to Fail

Bill Bonner — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:00:11 +0000

Wall Street suffered its first reversal in eight days yesterday. The Dow dropped a modest 7 points. For its part, gold rose $1.30 and the dollar fell. More importantly, the latest news is that inflation rates continue to fall. Producer prices went down 0.8% in the last two months – and the rate of decline is accelerating. [...]

Why an Empire that Borrows from its Rivals is Doomed to Fail originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."

The Undeniable Wealth Potential of Emerging Markets

Joel Bowman — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:00:26 +0000

A cool breeze blew in over our little island late this afternoon. The temperature is forecast to drop from a high of 90 degrees today to only 60 tomorrow. How quickly things can change… But we�re here to talk markets… If you took Friday off, you didn�t miss much. The Dow nudged higher by a fraction [...]

The Undeniable Wealth Potential of Emerging Markets originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."