Addison Wiggin
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When Rising Food and Energy Prices Begin to Wreak Havoc
This morning, we see Britain’s consumer price index grew in December to an annualized 3.7%. Fuel prices are growing at their fastest pace since July, and food... Read »
Why 2011 Won’t be Much Better for the Housing Market
Home prices have now fallen farther from their peak than happened during the Great Depression. Sorting through the news this morning, we detect a common thread:... Read »
How Much is Facebook Really Worth?
Welcome to 2011… Early this morning, we learned Goldman Sachs and a Russian firm called Digital Sky Technologies have pumped $500 million into Facebook. The... Read »
Global Economic Growth Doubles in 10 Years
Here’s an interesting thought for you to chew on during your Christmas dinner. The world economy, following the global recession and financial crisis, is almost... Read »
The Government’s Inflation… and Yours
Consumer prices rose 0.1% in November…and less than a percent over the past year. If you strip out food and energy – which government number crunchers do,... Read »
Two Possible Reasons for the Rise in 10-Year Treasury Notes
Somehow, we don’t think this is what Ben Bernanke had in mind when he launched another round of easy money five weeks ago. Indeed, he promised us lower long-term... Read »
Income Investor Red Alert
Yesterday was a “risk off” day. The dollar index floated above 79. Stocks and commodities got hammered. Still, since our mind tends to wander away from the herd,... Read »
Stocks Back at Pre-Lehman Levels
So… This is what life after “QE2” looks like: Record gold prices Stocks back at pre-Lehman levels And a dollar cruising toward its 2008 lows. Everything... Read »
The Truth Behind the Chinese Rare Earths Embargo
“It makes logical sense: Whenever you have a shortage of raw materials in the world, it historically has led to war.” So said investment biker and Vancouver... Read »
If You Don’t Revalue, I’m Gonna Get… Really Angry!
Well, that was a whole lot of nothing. Bigwigs from the International Monetary Fund met over the weekend in Washington to “tackle global imbalances,” as the... Read »







