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Voters: Get Your Heads Straight on Money ASAP … Please!

by Art Patten, Symmetry Capital Management From Bloomberg: A Bloomberg National Poll, conducted June 17-20, found voters choosing jobs over the deficit or federal spending as their top concern by 42 percent to 30 percent. Yet 74 percent of Americans … Continue reading

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China, Gold, and the Fiat Currencies

Conventional wisdom says the continuing Chinese trade surplus should cause the Renminbi (aka RMB, Yuan, or CNY) to rise or float to a higher level.  This logic would appear to be true if you sold the dollars and bought RMB.  … Continue reading

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A Case for Divesting Dollars

Weekly review of economic data with emphasis on trade imbalnces, gold and currency valuations. Continue reading

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Did France Cause the Great Depression?

Both the U.S. and France started the deflationary ball rolling but by 1932 it was only France affecting money supply by hoarding gold. Continue reading

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