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• The Interest Rate Argument Against Gold

  
  Wall St. Cheat Sheet — Authority: 653
  This is a guest post by Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT at The Daily Gold . This is a typical argument that many mainstream gold bears make. It goes like this…. “As soon as the Fed raises rates, it will pop the Gold bubble and the US$ will bottom” This is totally ridiculous. First, it is real interest rates that ...
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• A Primer On Balance Sheet Recessions

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 768
  Lately, much of the economic debate has been force-shifted by the economic pundits to observations of a financial rebound framed merely as a consequence of a manufacturing recession, when the core of the issue is and continues to revolve in a balance sheet recession context. As the later has a unique set of ...
  22 hours ago

• Bonds look ugly

  
  FP Trading Desk — Authority: 570
  Andrew Smithers, the British economist and former investment banker who heads Smithers & Co. in London, isn’t afraid of ruffling feathers. Back in 1999, at the height of the dotcom bubble, he was a lonely voice warning that stocks in general were overvalued and that the U.S. stock market in particular would not ...
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• Fred "Iceman" Mishkin Attempts To Generate A Logical Defense To Fed Secrecy, Fails Miserably

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 768
  When even the poster child for Fed hubris, the man who better than anyone embodies the complete policy disaster of the Fed, Fred "Iceman" [Ice is for Iceland] Mishkin, is unable to phrase one coherent sentence to none other than Steve Liesman as to why an audit of the Fed is equivalent to control of Wall Streets money ...
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• Frontrunning: November 24

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 768
  The Goldman "leak" was right all along : Q3 preliminary GDP at 2.8% ( Hatzius had it at 2.7% ), massive drop from previous fudged number of 3.5% ( Bloomberg ), ex CfC and other stimuli Q3 GDP was negative More central bank secrecy: HBOS and RBS bailed out with secret last minute emergency financing ( FT ) Russian ...
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• Russia Cuts Rates to Record Low to Stimulate Lending

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 912
  The central bank, in its ninth rate reduction since April, is seeking to deter speculative bets on the ruble and ease credit flows to households and businesses.
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• Gold Jumps to Record as Slumping Dollar Spurs Investment Demand

  
  SDB Benchmark Real Estate — Authority: 138
  Gold jumped to a record price as the slumping dollar boosted bullion’s appeal as an alternative asset. Silver also gained. Gold futures touched an all-time high of $1,174 an ounce in New York, after the dollar fell as much as 0.9 percent against the euro. Gold has posted records during nine sessions this ...
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• Credit vs. Debit: Use Through the Years (PIC)

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  While a lack of credit card interest rates might be a nice change of pace, debit cards come with their own set of risks. The following graphic weighs the risks of both and details card usage over time.
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• Lending rates drop as economy stabilises

  
  SDB Benchmark Real Estate — Authority: 138
  STANDARD Chartered Bank has reduced its Kwacha base-lending rate from 24 per cent to 21 per cent with effect from next month because of stability in the economy. Standard Chartered Bank managing director ,Mizinga Melu said the reduction in the base-lending rate by three per cent was a result of the drop in the ...
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• Things You Should Know Before Bad Credit Mortgage Refinancing

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 450
  If you are caught up in a situation of bad credit, mortgage refinance is one best option available to you. You just have to select the right lender which may be ready to lend at sub prime rates. You can also opt for cashing out a fraction or whole of your equity to clear your other high interest rates debt. Source: ...
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• Personal finance excellence is now a required Cubicle Warrior skill

  
  Cube Rules — Authority: 511
  Part of having resiliency in your career is having your financial house in order. The reason is that good personal finances keep desperation away when you are laid off and allows you to make job and career choices because they are right for you, not because you are overwhelmed with bills. Right now, credit card ...
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• RBC latest report Economy has turned the corner

  
  Mississauga Real Estate, Homes, TREB & MLS Blog by Mark Argentino — Authority: 131
  RBC reports that we have turned the corner and are out of the recession. This will come as good news to most, lets hope it continues! All the best, Mark The turning point The tide has turned for the global economy with U.S. real GDP posting a stronger-than-expected increase and ...
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• A Guide to Credit Card Interest Rates

  
  MindMasteryConvention — Authority: 115
  Buy The idea of “now and pay later” at the forefront of the debt of our nation. With this intelligent mechanism may ultimately, etc. with benefits like cash back, airline miles or bonus points and ends with a good credit history also. It is ideal if you have a rule to pay the entire balance at the end of the ...
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• Interest rates, home values compel even single income households

  
  FP Trading Desk — Authority: 570
  Unemployment in the United States may be on the rise, but low interest rates and more affordable housing appears to be encouraging households with only one income to jump into the market, says Stéfane Marion, the chief economist at National Bank Financial. Home resales in the United States rose 0.3% in September to ...
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• First-Time Homebuyer Credit Continues to Drive Home Sales

  
  Mortgage 101 Blog — Authority: 118
  Sales of existing U.S. home sales rose for the seventh time in eight months in October, largely spurred by the first-time homebuyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors. “Many buyers have been rushing to beat the deadline for the first-time buyer tax credit that was scheduled to expire at ...
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• SBI Reduced Term Deposit Interest Rates

  
  Plan Your Investment — Authority: 130
  SBI Reduced Term Deposit Interest RatesSBI has reduced the term deposits interest rates effective from 9th November, 2009. The difference from the previous rates are varied from 0.25% – 0.50%.Interest Rates for Deposits below Rs. One Crore(% p.a.)TenorsExisting w.e.f. 05.10.2009 (% p.a.) Revised w.e.f. 09.11.2009 ...
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• Home Refinance Interest Rates – Things To Consider

  
  REFINANCE-BLOG.INFO — Authority: 158
  Obviously when deliberating home refinance seductiveness rates, a lowest rate would suspicion to be a best, though in being it is a multiple of things which count. If a home refinance seductiveness rate is low though a conditions have been not good than …
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• More Quantitative Easing by Fed has Markets Spooked About Inflation

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 569
  Well that was a short dollar rally. December gold futures hit $1,174 in intraday trading before settling down $1,164.80. That was still up nearly two percent. And gold is now up almost 32% on the year. Copper, silver, and oil were up as well. But then everything is up this year, at least since the markets started ...
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• Falling for Teasers and Not Squirreling Away Our Nuts

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 513
  I like Ed Andrews’ New York Times article on how we’re running out of ways to cheaply finance our federal debt.  Ed explains: The White House estimates that the government will have to borrow about $3.5 trillion more over the next three years. On top of that, the Treasury has to refinance, or roll over, a ...
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• Citi’s Offer: Ditch Interest Rate Hike If You Spend More

  
  Credit and Personal Finance Blog | Credit Karma — Authority: 495
  Citibank is offering a “catch-22” for credit cardholders: dodge the bank’s impending interest rate hikes if you meet a monthly spending requirement. Citi customers who meet the spending minimum, and pay on time, qualify for a rebate on their total interest rate charges for that month. Citi reports that the ...
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