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26. November 2011 by Jim Sutliff.
The Federal Reserve may provide another round of quantitative easing. The breakdown of the budget negotiations between Republicans and Democrats are one factor that could lead to QE3. Quantitative easing may lower long term interest rates and help with the recovery of the housing market.
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14. November 2011 by Jim Sutliff.
A paper released by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco indicates that the crisis in Europe could trigger a 2012 recession in America. According to the paper, the chances of a recession in the first six months of 2012 have increased to 50%.
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9. July 2011 by Jim Sutliff.
The biggest financial market in the world is Forex with $4 trillion traded daily. Retail trading is steadily increasing with daily trading volume over $300 billion. A recent Wall Street Journal article discusses the basics of FX trading and the reasons for the rise in trading volume.
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27. October 2010 by Jim Sutliff.
Senator Maria Cantwell has proposed a plan that would allow taxpayers to prepay estate taxes. The Democratic Senator is expected to have some level of support for the plan from Republicans and fellow Democrats. The prepayment proposal would create an increase in near term federal tax revenue as well as estate planning activity.
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6. August 2010 by Jim Sutliff.
The Wall Street Journal has an article that discusses investing strategies for sideways markets. This is an interesting article to read even if you disagree with some of the trading strategies. Sliding sideways is common for some stocks in a back and forth market.
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4. August 2010 by Jim Sutliff.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance is a central hub for news, data, and research on the new energy market. Biofuels, power storage, solar and wind, are just some of the energy sectors covered on the website. The industry intelligence link provides a wealth of information for investors and analysts.
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7. July 2010 by Jim Sutliff.
All Index Funds are not the same and it is important to take notice of the differences. Forbes has a well-written article on the hidden differences between index funds. Some of the differences discussed in the article are the cover, fees, and the tracking error of funds.
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2. February 2009 by Jim Sutliff.
The Financial Times is a great source of information for economic news. The world news coverage is outstanding and currency related matters are addressed. There are only a few newspapers with a strong circulation that incorporate geopolitical effects in their columns and the Financial Times is one of them.
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7. August 2008 by Jim Sutliff.
Researchers have made an important discovery in the field of solar power. Further development is needed but the findings indicate that it may be possible to better store solar power so that it can be used at night as well as during the day. This could alter the energy markets and the structure of world power.
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http://www.forbes.com/energy/2008/07/30/nocera-solar-power-biz-energy-cz_jf_0731solar.html
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22. November 2007 by Jim Sutliff.
National Futures Association: : Investor Learning Center
http://www.nfa.futures.org/investor/investorLearningCenter.asp
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