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A slight acceleration in Chinese economic growth at the end of last year is reinforcing the common narrative that China’s expansion is a threat to other nations, including the US.
The bigger danger over the medium term, however, may be a slowdown in ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2013
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Personal Finance
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Fifteen years ago, China was ecstatic to regain control of Hong Kong and all it represented: freshly minted billionaires, a culture in which corporate chieftains outshine movie stars, and splashy initial public offerings that rival New York and Londo...
DATE: Jan 19, 2013
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Personal Finance
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China and the US are recovering, Europe is stabilised and Japan’s new government aims to take control of the Japanese economy from the Bank of Japan, setting off what could be a new boom; at least in Japan and perhaps Asia and just maybe the world.
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DATE: Jan 12, 2013
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Personal Finance
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Over the fourth quarter of 2012, global capital markets saw heightened volatility but with minimal forward progress as securities prices reacted to news surrounding America’s “fiscal cliff” negotiations.
Since last summer, the potentially lethal $60...
DATE: Jan 12, 2013
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Personal Finance
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The beaten-down shares of 2012's summer slump have come roaring back.
The “great recession" is dead and the “great reflation” is about to begin.
In January, I wrote an article declaring the euro crisis dead. You might now be thinking I was way too ea...
DATE: Dec 29, 2012
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Personal Finance
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With politicians in Washington still wrangling over possible solutions for averting the so-called “fiscal cliff” in the last few days before year-end, the major credit rating agencies may be loading their guns to take another shot at downgrading Amer...
DATE: Dec 29, 2012
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Personal Finance
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The so-called 'fiscal cliff' is really a much-needed change of economic course.
If you took a sizeable pay cut and then continued living it up as you did on your old income, you'd be considered financially negligent — most probably delusional.
The ...
DATE: Dec 15, 2012
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Personal Finance
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If I were to learn on December 31 that my taxes are going up next year, I would do ... absolutely nothing. Granted, I’m a salaried employee, not an entrepreneur or small-business owner. I don’t have the option to adjust my hours and take more leisure...
DATE: Dec 08, 2012
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Personal Finance
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The world needs to find the ‘Global Economic Reset’ button. Japan could be first to find it, while the rest of us follow.
Japan may be on the edge of a massive change.
The Bank of Japan effectively rules Japan because it controls the purse strings ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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Personal Finance
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With thousands of people facing retirement each day, they are challenged with how to manage their income. Investing in bonds and living off income had been the common wisdom.
However, with interest rates on most bonds at historic lows, they provide ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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AUTHOR:
Patrice Horner