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Did Bernanke Go Far Enough?
Fox Business Network's Expert Fed Panel weighs in on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech on economic growth.
What does it mean for the US economy and the world after Bernanke said they will do whatever it takes to prevent another meltdown. Watch as experts discuss the implications of Bernanke's recent speech.
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Dear Members,
No one is sure where our market is going. Not even Federal
Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
This Friday, Bernanke gave a small boost to the market by vowing
to do whatever it takes to revive the shaky economy. He reassured Wall Street that
the central bank will act if "unexpected developments" cause the
recovery to falter. This brought the Dow back above 10,000.
You can find the full speech by clicking HERE.
Bernanke confirmed again that the deep economic contraction
had ended, and that we are seeing broad stabilization in global economic
activity and the beginnings of a recovery.
Although the markets took a sigh of relief, albeit a very
small sigh, this isn't the first time Bernanke has made reassuring statements
about the economy. So while he sees no double dip, let's not forget that he
also didn't see a housing bubble before it popped.
But we can't blame him. We have to
remember that his words play an extremely powerful role in the reactions of the
market. If his talks are overly negative and pessimistic, his words alone have the ability
to cause another economic collapse. And no one wants that.
So let's cut the guy some slack. Bernanke is a genius. While we can all talk
about how to make things better, let's be real. The majority of us are not as
smart as he is (this guy scored 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT.) Despite his smarts, being
the Federal Reserve Chairman is not an easy task. He has to find a way
to tell the truth, without telling the truth.
But the truth is simple: We are
still very close and playing a very tough balancing act to another market
downturn.
The Double Take
Just days before Bernanke's speech, gold climbed once again
while our favourite precious metal, silver, ended the week climbing over 5%. But
what's interesting is the fact that gold started to retreat after Bernanke' s
statement about the economy.
Investors' perception of gold relies heavily on the economic
outlook of the US. While, for the most part, a strong economy should mean that
gold prices should falter, that may no longer be the case.
We are in a completely different world now.
Gold and precious metals, such as silver, have been a safe
haven for investors during times of economic uncertainty. It has been a preserver of wealth for thousands of years.
But wealth is about how much money someone has. It's about how much Dollar,
Yuan, Euro, or Rupees you own. Ultimately, it's about how much it's all worth.
So even if a slow recovery has begun, as Bernanke has
mentioned, that doesn't mean gold should fall and the Dollar should rise. Even
if the US Dollar eventually strengthens, it should only strengthen amongst
other currencies (see the Human Metal).
You see, the US still has a lot of debt. More than it ever
has. Just take a look at the rising US debt by keeping track of the US Debt Clock like we have over the past year (see the Human Metal, Another Shot at Glory, and It's Bigger Than Ever)
With that kind of debt, gold should have an even stronger
place in preserving wealth. Even if the economy roars over the next five years,
the US will still be busy paying back the trillions of dollars they borrowed
from the Fed and from countries around the world.
That's why gold, and other precious metals, shouldn't really
fall that sharply on strong US economic numbers. Not this soon into the
so-called "recovery" anyway.
In fact, if you look into Bernanke's recent
statement, he insured that:
"Regardless of the risks of deflation, the
FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will do all that it can to ensure
continuation of the economic recovery. Consistent with our mandate, the Federal Reserve is committed to
promoting growth in employment and reducing resource slack more generally."
In short, Bernanke said that the central banks will act if "unexpected
developments" cause the recovery to falter. That means the spending of
even more dollars. More borrowed dollars, that is.
Either way, we are confident that the US economy is being
held together through generous spending of borrowed money. So if we don't go
into a double dip, its more than likely that this spending of borrowed money played
a big role in preventing another downturn.
At the pace interest accrues on
these trillion dollar loans, precious metals should move even higher when pegged against
the US Dollar.
Now, if we do go into a double-dip, we already know that
means precious metals will continue to climb. So either way, there is strong
evidence to support that precious metals will continue their run, regardless of
the economic outlook.
So the next time your parent's tell you that money doesn't
grow on trees, you can tell them they're wrong. The US does it everyday...
Until next time,
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You'll Buy Gold Now and Like It!
 By Jeff Clark, Casey's Gold & Resource Report
I get this question a lot: "Should I buy gold now, or wait for a pullback?"
It's a valid question. For nearly two years, gold hasn't had a
serious decline. There have been pullbacks, of course, but nothing
assumption-challenging. In fact, since October 2008, gold's largest
price drop is 10.6% (based on London PM fix prices), and yet the
average of all declines since 2001 is 13% (of those greater than 5%).
The biggest pullback we've seen this summer is 8.2%. Technically the
summer's not over, but I'll admit I'm surprised we haven't had a better
buying opportunity.
So, is now the time to buy? It depends on your honest answer to
another question: "Do you own enough gold?" By "enough" I mean an
amount that lends meaningful protection on your assets. By
"meaningful" I mean that no matter what happens next - another
financial blow-up, accelerating inflation, crushing deflation, war, a
plummeting dollar, more reckless government spending - you won't worry
about your investments.
Whether you should buy now is almost irrelevant if you don't
already own a meaningful amount of gold. If you earn $50,000 a year,
how is one gold Eagle coin going to protect you if the dollar plummets
and sends inflation soaring? If your investable assets total
$100,000, is your nest egg sufficiently protected owning two gold Maple
Leafs? This is all akin to buying a $50,000 insurance policy for a
$500,000 home.
Today we face the prospect of prolonged economic stagnation,
and most governments are administering grossly abusive monetary policy
as a remedy. While some of the consequences are already being felt,
the full ramifications have not hit your wallet yet. But they will.
If you don't have at least 10% of your investable assets in
physical gold, or at least two months of living expenses, you have
your answer: Buy. Don't use leverage, don't borrow money, and don't
buy with reckless abandon, but yes, get your asset insurance policy
and tuck it away. And then start working toward 20% (we recommend a
third of assets be in various forms of gold in Casey's Gold &
Resource Report).
Back to the original question: should we buy now, or wait for a pullback?
The answer comes when you look at the big picture. If you pull
up a 9-year chart of gold, what sticks out is that the price is near
its all-time nominal high. One could be forgiven for thinking it looks
toppy or at least ripe for a pullback. But I assert that the highs for
gold have yet to be charted.
What will a gold chart look like after adding five years to it?
When projecting gold's potential price peak, there are many
ways to measure it. Conservatively, gold reaching its
inflation-adjusted 1980 high would have it topping around $2,400 an
ounce. More radically, if the U.S. tried to...
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With our new Embed feature enabled, you can now upload and embed any object or video into your blog post. Many of our users are already embedding videos from Fox, Youtube, and CNBC and sharing them with our users.
Embedding is simple. Just copy and paste the embed codes from another website ino the main blog section of your post (not the exceprt).
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Embed codes for videos are usually right beside a video.
Here is an example of where the code is on Youtube, highlighted in yellow:
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Equedia Tips - The Markets Tab
Using the search function at the top right corner of the website, search for any company. Let's use Research in Motion as an example. Once you reach their profile page, click on the MARKETS TAB. You should now see 12 seperate tabs underneath their logo. Try clicking on them and you will find in-depth information such as:
Detailed Quotes - Depth/Level II - Options - Java Charts - News - Profile - Financials - Insiders trades - Filings - Analyst Consensus - Earnings - Historical Data (Highs/Lows, Volumes, Closing/Opening Prices) |
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Hotmail, Live, Yahoo! Mail, AOL mail, Gmail, msn, and many more!
or
You can manually add your friends' email addresses by typing them in (or copy and pasting from any text documents)
Just log in with your username and password and click here:
So whether you are a media user or investor, invite your friends now and build your network of investment traders and professionals. Here are some obvious benefits to having a large network:
- Improved credibility to your work and news feeds - the more friends and people you have in your investment network, the more likely you will attract new friends and followers
- Media users with a large network will gain more exposure for their services and attract more potential investors or corporations to their services
- Access more knowledge and information through your feeds
- See your friend's buy, sell, and hold ratings and the companies they have an interest in
Of course, there are many more benefits to inviting your friends but should you give it a try yourself.
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Tagging companies to videos and images: Did you know that all of your videos and images can be tagged to public companies? Do you have a video about Google? How about a blog with an image? How about just a blog? Tag it to Google in your blog post, so that anyone searching for Google's quotes and finances can find your coverage!
Buy, Sell, and Hold Ratings: Once you log in, you can submit your buy, sell and hold ratings on the ratings tab so that other shareholders can see what YOU think. You may also access your associates' ratings and see what they think of the shares you hold.
Blog feed subscriptions: Once you add someone as an associate, you will have access to all of their blog posts through your blog feeds. Simply go to your "blog feeds" tab once you log in!
Search function: By far one of the most overlooked but important functions on Equedia. Using the top right hand corner search function, you can find and add any corporations, media users, or investors to your network.
Markets Tab: Under any corporate profile, you will find this tab. Under this tab, you can find the company's news, level 2 depth (delayed), options, charts, profile, financials, insider trades, filings, analyst overviews, earnings, and historical data (these may not be available for all companies)
There are many more useful features on Equedia.com but we think its better if you experience them for yourself. The more associates you have, the more useful Equedia will become for you. So use the new "invite my contacts" function and get started!
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assume that
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economically or
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