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Bernanke: Fed Could Begin To Roll Back QE Soon
Between the Lines by Gary D. Halbert Fed chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress yesterday and confirmed that the Fed Open Market Committee (FOMC) is considering reducing its monthly bond and mortgage purchases – known as “quantitative easing” (QE) – over the next few weeks or months. This is no surprise to…
Health Insurance Premiums To Soar 100%-400%
Between the Lines by Gary D. Halbert The US House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee recently sent letters to 17 of the nation’s largest insurance companies regarding health insurance premiums when Obamacare is fully implemented in 2014. The 17 companies include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Kaiser Foundation and others….
The Spot Price of Precious Metals Is Becoming Irrelevant
In light of the recent violent down-and-up action in the precious metals, we invited the executives behind the Hard Assets Alliance (HAA) on to discuss the impacts they’re seeing recent developments have on the balance of buying and selling for gold and silver. The HAA is a large precious metals…
Obama’s Great Sequester Plan
By Charles Krakoff This issue is courtesy of Charles Krakoff, publisher and principal author of “Emerging Market Outlook,” as well as Founder and Managing Partner of Koios Associates, LLC, a firm specialized in investment, trade, and financial strategy in emerging markets. I am not a great fan of Jeffrey Sachs,…
David Petraeus, John Allen, and the Real Housewives of Tampa
By Charles Krakoff This issue is courtesy of Charles Krakoff, publisher and principal author of “Emerging Market Outlook,” as well as Founder and Managing Partner of Koios Associates, LLC, a firm specialized in investment, trade, and financial strategy in emerging markets. “In theory, there is no difference between theory and…
The “Magnetism” Of Fundamental Values
In This Issue: Investors Pause For The Election Events, Not Politics, Will Dictate Policy Many Investments Are Politically Neutral These Stocks Look Particularly Promising Most Blue Chip Stocks Are Still Attractive The “Magnetism” Of Fundamental Values With Blue Chips, Size Also Matters The Bottom Line This month the stock market…