Higher Inflation Is a Lousy Cure for Meltdowns: Caroline Baum

Policy makers are looking for measures to avert the next financial crisis. Most of the proposed solutions involve enhanced regulation. Economists at the International Monetary Fund have a better idea: higher inflation.

Hedging against inflation: Precious Metals investing in your IRA

When investing and planning for retirement, it is important to diversify into different asset classes in order to minimize financial risk.

Dollar to be Worth Zero, Faber Predicts

Dr. Marc Faber was interviewed on Bloomberg TV yesterday. Calling Fed Chairman Bernanke nothing else but “a money printer,” Faber is bracing himself for a disaster “The dollar will become worthless when people eventually realize the fiscal situation in the US is a disaster. It will go to a value of zero eventually, but not [...]