Best of Backstage: June 2009

We're still building Kapitall, and hope to be ready by the end of the summer. Here is a brief summary of what's been going on Backstage over the last month.

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How To Trade Deflation

You might be thinking that falling prices sound like good news, but think again. Deflation can inflict some serious damage on an economy. Here are four ways to protect your portfolio against a deflationary spiral.

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U.S. National Debt Clock

Our national debt is growing at an alarming rate. While the number may seem surprising at first, you also should consider that the United States has the largest economy in the world with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of nearly 14 trillion dollars. A common way of looking at a country's national debt as a ratio to it's GDP. The ratio of the United State's public debt to it's GDP is roughly 61%, putting it at 27th of 125 countries in the world in terms of debt burden.

1933 Film Explains Why Inflation is Salvation

The U.S. government had to print vast sums of money to prevent the economy from slipping into a deflationary spiral of falling asset prices. But this isn't the first time the Fed used inflation as a solution to a financial crisis, as this 1933 propaganda film explains:

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