Mark Twain once said, “History does not repeat itself, but often rhymes.” Ed Yardeni, chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research, applies those words to what, for most observers, should feel like a unique climate for playing the market these days. But that is not necessarily the case, according to Yardeni. …
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It does not make much sense for the dollar to be used as widely as it is. Sure, the U.S. economy is the largest in the world, but the dollar is on one side of 88% of all currency trades, despite the US accounting for about a quarter of global …
Read More »The dollar has weakened. Here’s the reason why this is actually undermining its role as the world’s reserve currency
It does not make much sense for the dollar to be used as widely as it is. Sure, the U.S. economy is the largest in the world, but the dollar is on one side of 88% of all currency trades, despite the US accounting for about a quarter of global …
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The numbers: The cost of many goods and services such as gas, cars, clothing and aircraft elevation rose in July in a rebound of pandemic lows, but inflation is still barely visible in the wake of a recession caused by coronavirus, which putting the demand too much into the whole …
Read More »Shares run despite inflation news, Stimulus fear
Text size Getty Images U.S. equities stand despite the lack of progress in efforts to negotiate another stimulus package and further data showing strengthening inflation. Shortly after the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average averaged 263 points, or 1%, up 27,950. The S&P 500 also advanced 1%, while the Nasdaq …
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