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Silver outshining gold is old story, technicals project

Silver and Gold/Silver Ratio - 1994-2010 Nov
A study on charts shows that silver may not continue to enjoy the status of being better investment alternative over gold in the short-to-medium-term period. And not only that, any correction in both the metals will happen with the white metal falling much steeper than its yellow counterpart.

QE2 officially begins

New York Fed president William Dudley
The much anticipated, talked about, and at times criticized program of the second round of quantitative easing has begun.
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US trade deficit narrows, but stays high with China

Goods and services trade deficit in the U.S. narrowed in the month of September from the previous month, but still remained high with China, according to a report released by the U.S. Commerce Department.
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China not too happy with Fed's QE2

China is not too pleased with America's plan to inject more capital into its economy in the form of a second round of quantitative easing.
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Odds stacked against peripheral Europe

Peripheral Europe faces waning public demand because of austerity measures, conditions that make exports difficult, and a banking sector that has not recovered well from the financial crisis. All this comes at a time when recovery is still fragile and the risks of a double-dip recession are real.

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