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Kondratieff Cycles and Long Term Interest Rates

Posted on 2011/05/24 by Ray Tomes

Kondratieff is perhaps the best known economic cycles researcher, having given his name to a cycle of around 54 years in prices and interest rates. The following graph, taken from “Cycles” magazine in August 1980, shows Kondratieff’s interest rate chart … Continue reading →

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Bull’s Eye Investing

Posted on 2011/05/16 by Ray Tomes

Bull’s Eye Investing is a book by John Mauldin. When I found it in the local library I was impressed by the amount of useful information it provides. The byline “Targeting Real returns in a Smoke and Mirrors Market” is … Continue reading →

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Dow Jones versus Gold – Long Waves

Posted on 2010/07/27 by Ray Tomes

In the Long Wave Group Report of a couple of days ago, a comparison is made between stock prices and gold prices by plotting the ratio of the two over the last 125 years. The Long Wave Group have several … Continue reading →

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Is the Kondratiev wave still relevant?

Posted on 2010/07/24 by Ray Tomes

This question is asked on Interactive investor yesterday at http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/articledisplay.jsp?article_id=10105568&special_id=10060887 where Peter temple states: Why should an obscure economist liquidated as part of Stalin’s purges in the 1930s be relevant to today’s generation of stockmarket investors? To get the answer … Continue reading →

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