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Last summer, I wrote here about the impending fiscal cliff (“Fiscal Cliffhanger”, July 28, 2012) and explored the issues surrounding America’s steadily escalating policy uncertainty which had already begun to impact economic growth. And now with jus...

Despite its reputation as a perennial long shot in the race for investment performance, gold has once again come through with a respectable return this year. At the time of this writing the price of gold has increased by 12.3 percent so far this year...

By Nathan Kowalski Investors have focused on China for some time. What is amazing is how difficult it continues to be to get a real read on what is happening. Recently I was in Hong Kong and I attempted to get a feel for what is really going on whil...

In today’s world of excessive market volatility amid a seemingly endless credit crisis, investors are seeking two things: yield and safety. But with capital markets constantly in flux, no investments are completely safe and the ones that appear safe...

Greece might leave the Euro but it won’t be such a huge disaster, argues Clem Chambers, CEO of ADVFN.com and author of financial titles including A Beginner’s Guide to Value Investing. Be prepared for stealth inflation, and a future that will punish ...

Risk markets seem to be back to their old tricks. After a few months of what appeared to be much steadier forward progress during the first quarter of this year, equity markets have seen a noticeable increase in volatility. Last Tuesday, the Dow Jon...

Here we go again. Europe is about to go through the mangle one more. The finger of Euro doom is no longer pointing at Greece, however, it’s locked on Spain. This was always going to be the risk. Fix Greece and the focus will shift. Keep Greece at th...