BY JIM RICKARDS All the talk right now is about recession. Are we in one right now? The spinmeisters in the Biden administration and the media are of course trying to redefine a recession in an attempt to get ahead of the...
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Investing When The Market Is Overvalued
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The China-Taiwan Conflict
BY JIM RICKARDS A critical hotspot engaging strategic thinkers today is the potential for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Of course, China has the world’s largest population, the world’s second-largest economy, and the world’s...
2022 Dividend Aristocrats List
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BY JIM RICKARDS Right now, it’s basically a case of the Fed versus the economy. You might say, “Wait a second. Isn’t the Fed supposed to help the economy?” Well, not exactly. They may want to help the economy, but helping the...
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BY JIM RICKARDS I began studying complexity theory as a consequence of my involvement with Long Term Capital Management, LTCM, the hedge fund that collapsed in 1998 after derivatives trading strategies went catastrophically...
2022 High Dividend Stocks List
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The 8 Rules Of Dividend Investing
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Two “Recession Insurance” Plays Safe from a Hawkish Fed
Last Thursday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell roiled markets with a hawkish outlook. “It is appropriate in my view to be moving a little more quickly,” said Mr. Powell in a meeting with the IMF. “I also think there’s something in the...