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The McDonalds Falling Dollar Menu

May 30, 2008 at 00:00

McDonalds Corp (MCD) held its annual meeting last Thursday, May 22nd, and stated it has no plans to tamper with its highly successful dollar menu, which accounts for 14% of…

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Inflation Leaves Investors Little Choice

May 30, 2008 at 00:00

The peaceful co-existence between commodity-related investments and most sectors which comprise the broader US Stock indices, is drawing to a close. As inflation tightens its grip over the world economy,…

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The True Cost of a Pool

May 30, 2008 at 00:00

...So what's not to love about an inflationary boom...?

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Revolution and Market Cycles

May 30, 2008 at 00:00

In the aftermath of the credit crisis, real estate deflation and stock market correction, there has been a startling rise in the talk of revolution among many Internet chat rooms…

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Don't Be Afraid, Buy Gold

May 30, 2008 at 00:00

As the price of gold has taken some lumps since it crashed into the symbolically significant $1,000 per ounce mark back in March, those on Wall Street who had consistently…

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Commodity Market Summary

May 29, 2008 at 00:00

Rice gained 2.1-percent today, with the July contract settling 40 cents higher at $18.85 per hundredweight. Commercials and bottom-fishers were active buyers today, after rice plunged limit-down the previous 3…

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Pictures du Jour: Banks to Indicate Direction for Stock Market

May 29, 2008 at 00:00

Global stock markets topped out on the back of the sub-prime/credit debacle in October 2007. Prices subsequently moved lower until reaching climatic bottoms in January/March this year, triggering rallies throughout…

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The Geopolitics of $130 Oil

May 29, 2008 at 00:00

The greyhairs among us remember the Arab Oil Embargo in 1973 and that economists of the time called it an "exogenous" shock to the system. For the first time, geopolitical…

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The Crack Up Boom

May 29, 2008 at 00:00

For decades public servants and socialists in the G7 have quietly been socializing the economies in which they reside, destroying the wealth creation of the formerly capitalist economies in which…

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The Statistical Battleground

May 29, 2008 at 00:00

With consumer confidence now testing generational lows, our politicians are never the less continuously assuring us that the economy is strong, and that there is no cause for worry.