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Hyperinflation has become a buzzword this year. Are you prepared if it strikes? Many commodities like crude oil, gasoline and sugar are already on the move. Or, will the recession make deflation a bigger concern? We posed the following questions to Lind Plus Senior Market Strategists Jeff Friedman, Dennis Cajigas and Mike Sabo, who share [...]

House Passes Auto Bailout – New York Times Crude Oil Surges Most in 5 Weeks – Bloomberg Jobless Claims Surge – RealClearMarkets Gold Rises to Eight-Week High – Bloomberg Change is Coming to the World of Finance – BusinessWeek We Need a Bailout Exit Strategy – Wall Street Journal Is the Bear Market Finally Over? [...]

Economic Bailout Fallout: Hyperinflation? By Matt Roma “The main cause of hyperinflation is a massive and rapid increase in the amount of money, which is not supported by growth in the output of goods and services. This results in an imbalance between the supply and demand for the money…” –Wikipedia We have to step back [...]

The Labor Department reported early this morning that the unemployment rate hit a 4-year high of 5.7 percent in July and non-farm payrolls declined 51,000, and given other ills in the economy, market participants don’t expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its policy meeting next week on August 5. CME Group Fed [...]