<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:55:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@hedgehog/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Company pensions on life support]]></title><description><![CDATA[An interesting article in the telegraph that uk company pension defecit is now £549 billion pounds, add to that an article tonight that annuities are at a 15 year low with pensioners barely able to get]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pension/@hedgehog/company-pensions-on-life-support</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pension/@hedgehog/company-pensions-on-life-support</guid><category><![CDATA[pension]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hedgehog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:25:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time for rate rises]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interest rates at almost zero % for the last 7 years have not driven growth, nor has the billions in QE. They did save the banks, but now the lower they go and the longer they stay the more they risk]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@hedgehog/time-for-rate-rises</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@hedgehog/time-for-rate-rises</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hedgehog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 20:22:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold gold]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer initially saw a rise to $1370 in gold prices and then a small fall to $1310 in late August whilst people were on holiday, returning from holidays volumes were light. Of course the Fed has also been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gold/@hedgehog/hold-gold</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gold/@hedgehog/hold-gold</guid><category><![CDATA[gold]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hedgehog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2016 23:07:06 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>