A popular prescription in the personal finance domain is to increase or maximize annual contributions to 401(k)s or similar retirement plans. However, one of the best financial decisions I’ve m

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“Inside the Global Gold Frenzy” is the title of an article that appeared last week in The New York Times. It seems the mainstream media has finally caught on to what we’ve known for

1. Two Economies, One Outcome: DeflationMost people mistake inflation and deflation as the simple idea that inflation means rising prices and deflation means falling prices. The problem is, those are

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Gold broke out to a new high yesterday of $1084, and the yellow metal is glittering again today.More impressively, strategists note, gold prices moved higher on Tuesday even as the S&P 500 ticked

The precious metals market is correcting, as I mentioned it in "How Long Will the Dollar Keep Drowning Metals", when I summarized that it seems that gold, silver, and corresponding equities

Rio Tinto, Show Me the Money Rio Tinto (RTP) said its capital expenditure forecast for 2010 will more than double to at least $5 billion, a clear sign that the mining giant is expecting more improvem

There are bull markets and bear markets, but do we now have a schizophrenic market?Caterpillar (CAT), the world’s largest maker of construction equipment, offered an upbeat earnings outlook Tue

Although some investors argue that deflation is in the cards, I believe there’s one step that should be taken just in case the massive amount of capital that’s been pumped into the slidin