Barron's: Its Back to the '60s As Central Banks Embrace Gold

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Big changes are afoot in the gold market. The short take: The new environment will favor long-term investors who buy and hold for years over speculators who try to trade day-to-day gyrations.

For one thing, central bankers are back buying gold. Think it's no big deal? The last time we saw the so-called official sector as such a consistent and major buyer was in 1965. See original post here.

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WSJ: Beyond the Tried-and-True: Generating Cash in Later Life

By SIMON CONSTABLE

These days trying to find high-quality income-producing stocks or bonds—ones yielding better than a measly 2% or 3%—can be as frustrating as trying to tie your shoelaces with one hand.

Don't despair: There are ways to boost income in retirement that go beyond the usual suspects—sometimes way beyond. Here are five ideas.

WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators Now Available in Japanese!

Here's a link to Amazon in Japan

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Our new studio, and me doing the first broadcast from it. May 18, 2012

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WSJ: Lax Regulation Not to Blame for J.P. Morgan Loss

By SIMON CONSTABLE

By now you must have heard about J.P. Morgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss. You’ll also have heard the screams of outrage and the calls for more banking regulation. Maybe the regulation is part of the problem. But it’s not all of it: Not by a long way.

What you may not know is that at least part of the problem comes from what economists call “agency cost.” That’s the cost of having someone run the business who doesn’t own it.


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