Post tagged with recession

  • It's back-to-basics time

    November 20th, 200911:43 AM ET
    By Austin Pryor
    Allow me to repeat part of what I wrote in my October editorial: The past two years we've been dealing with [a recession], and some seasoned observers fear the worst is far from over. They advise avoiding the stock market and building your cash stockpile. Another group believes it's likely the economy has turned the corner and the market is lo...

  • World Bank, IMF warn of new bubbles

    November 11th, 200909:55 AM ET
    By Joseph Slife
    The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are concerned that artificially low interest rates combined with huge sums of money sloshing around from "stimulus" programs and central bank coffers could lead to another round of asset bubbles, especially in Asia. The Wall Street Journal has the story: The World Bank warned Tuesday that the sud...

  • Where does gold go from here?

    November 09th, 200901:53 PM ET
    By Mark Biller
    It took many SMI readers by surprise when we started writing positively about gold in our May cover article, then came right out and suggested buying it in August. Some believed it was too late to buy at that point, having seen gold rally from roughly $250 at the beginning of the decade all the way to nearly $900 at that time. Now, with gold u...

  • Fed starting to pull money out of economy

    September 10th, 200907:30 AM ET
    By Joseph Slife
    In three recent SMI cover articles (May, August, September), we've noted our concern that current fiscal and monetary policy - including an unprecedented increase in the money supply orchestrated by the Fed - is likely to create significant inflationary pressures. Of course, no one can accurately predict exactly when an inflationary surge will be...

  • Weak recovery = strong stock gains?

    September 09th, 200909:32 AM ET
    By Mark Biller
    According to columnist Jon Markman, up is down and down is up: Investors who are worried that the economy won't advance fast enough or far enough to justify a 15% rise in the stock market this year have it all wrong. Stocks have actually been rising because the coming recovery from last year's wipeout is expected to be slow and weak, rather th...
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