http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/conventional-wisdom-010609/ Musings on the markets for the individual investor Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:06:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/conventional-wisdom-010609/comment-page-1/#comment-12336 BMB Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:36:18 +0000 http://www.bearmountainbull.com/?p=9119#comment-12336 Zentrader.ca has <a href="http://zentrader.ca/blog/?p=785" rel="nofollow">a couple of charts</a> of what has happened to the purchasing power of a couple of the world's 'strongest' currencies over time. Zentrader.ca has a couple of charts of what has happened to the purchasing power of a couple of the world’s ’strongest’ currencies over time.

]]> http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/conventional-wisdom-010609/comment-page-1/#comment-12334 G-Man Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:04:30 +0000 http://www.bearmountainbull.com/?p=9119#comment-12334 We've heard this rhetoric repeatedly and all I can say is, "it ain't gonna happen." Governments only grow until they are forced into collapse. We’ve heard this rhetoric repeatedly and all I can say is, “it ain’t gonna happen.” Governments only grow until they are forced into collapse.

]]> http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/conventional-wisdom-010609/comment-page-1/#comment-12328 BMB Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:18:09 +0000 http://www.bearmountainbull.com/?p=9119#comment-12328 I'm not sure that cash is even a contrarian play these days. It's pretty mainstream for me. I’m not sure that cash is even a contrarian play these days. It’s pretty mainstream for me.

]]> http://www.bearmountainbull.com/home/conventional-wisdom-010609/comment-page-1/#comment-12327 Fred Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:06:40 +0000 http://www.bearmountainbull.com/?p=9119#comment-12327 The contrarian investment is cash. The contrarian investment is cash.

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