There are plenty of reasons the dollar is near all-time lows: the Federal Reserve printing money like mad; huge budget and trade deficits; large unfunded liabilities for Social Security and Medicare; and short term rates close to zero. These have all weighed on the price of the dollar. But all these problems are well known [...]
Entries Tagged as 'budget deficits'
The Short-Term Case for a Higher Dollar
January 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Portfolio Management, Specific Investment Ideas
Tags: AAAMP·Arbor Asset Allocation Model Portfolio·Arbor Investment Planner·british pound·budget deficits·canadian dollar·dollar·etf·euro·federal reserve·investor senitment·japan·japanese yen·medicare·pound·powershares db us dollar indes bullish etf·printing money·short term rates·social security·swedish krona·swiss franc·trade deficits·unfunded liablilities·uup·western europe·world currencies·yen
Obamanomics: How Policy Affects Investment Management
July 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Economics, Political
By Ken Faulkenberry
The American people voted for change in 2008, not realizing they were going to get more of the same policies of the previous administration. More government spending, more and greater deficits, more government bailouts and ownership of previously private businesses, more regulation, and more government interference are being continued on a much grander [...]
Tags: Asset Allocation·budget deficits·corporate welfare·free enterprise capitalism·free markets·government bailouts·health care·health care reform·housing·Investment Management·moral hazard·Obamanomics·stimulus plan
