This is a guest post from Simit Patel over at Informed Trades, a Web site that offers free courses for aspiring and professional traders. Patel is a currency trader, and he specializes in the U.S. dollar. He has worked as a Series 3 licensed currency broker, and has helped others learn currency trading online.
While I’m not a straight-up free market person, I do agree that the current bailout business is going to affect out economy — and the sort of buying power you have. Patel’s analysis is informative and interesting. And he offers a way for you to hedge (at …read more

Okay, I about died laughing when I saw this!

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I have a few people that email me every now and again wondering about the state of the U.S. dollar. These are folks that are interested in it for investing purposes, because they expect to travel overseas in the next year or so, or are just concerned about the dollar’s standing in the world.
Lately, I’ve been getting questions about how the $700 billion bailout is likely to affect the U.S. dollar. In the near term, the bailout has been helpful, since the dollar has been rallying on the assumption that the economy is likely to recover as a result of …read more

When we think of inflation, we often think of rising prices. But Natural News offers an interesting alternative look at inflation:
Most people think the word inflation means rising prices. But the precise definition of inflation is an increasing supply of money which results in the appearance of rising prices. In real terms, prices have not gone up. It is only that the value of the currency has depreciated so that it takes more and more of it to buy something. 
Natural News uses the example of gold prices. Gold prices have remained stable, the writer argues, but the US dollar has …read more

In case you haven’t noticed, the Canadian dollar is worth more than the U.S. dollar. We expect such things from the pound and the euro, but from the loonie? And what happens when the dollar tanks? Well, gold becomes the safe haven. If you chose to invest in gold a couple of months ago, you’re probably very happy right now.
But it is a good time to start a plan to invest in gold? There’s the question. The gold bulls will tell you it’s always a good time to invest in a safe haven rooted in something represents something you can …read more