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The Fed Will Blink

By Bill Bonner This post The Fed Will Blink appeared first on Daily Reckoning. There was a time when central banking was an honest profession. Central bankers provided financing for the government. They backed the banking system, too, by holding savings as reserves, which they lent to solvent member banks in emergencies. They were tight-lipped,

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What Are Mutual Funds, Index Funds and ETFs? A Guide for the Confused

By Samuel Taube What are mutual funds, ETFs and index funds? You may know that they’re all investment vehicles containing a basket of stocks, bonds or other assets. But do you know the differences between them? The three fund types serve similar purposes, fundamentally. They allow you to invest in a diversified portfolio of assets

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BELAZ hoping to make inroads into North American mining truck market

By analyst By Andrew Topf Breaking into the North American heavy equipment market isn’t easy, especially for offshore companies without the vast dealer networks offered by some of the bigger players like Komatsu, John Deere and Caterpillar. Having dealers in place gives customers the security of knowing that if there are problems with the main

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Did the “Plunge Protection Team” Save the Market?

By Brian Maher This post Did the “Plunge Protection Team” Save the Market? appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Notorious vulture investor Asher Edelman raised a gale this week when he argued the “Plunge Protection Team” is responsible for the post-election Trump rally: We have seen the most extraordinary lack of volatility… since Trump has been

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