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Ben Bernanke a Bit Confused on Economics
Forbes.com: "The great economist Henry Hazlitt once observed that ‘Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man.’ Were Hazlitt alive…
4Nov2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedBanks Biggest Buyers of U.S. Treasury Securities: Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC)
Bloomberg.com: “U.S. banks are buying Treasuries at the fastest pace since just after the last recession, helping shore up demand now that the Federal Reserve…
3Nov2009 | The Real Deal | 1 comment | ContinuedHow a Middle Class Disappears
Whiskey & Gunpowder: Many people write of the imminent destruction of the U.S. middle class (of which I consider myself a member) but few have…
30Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedIs America a Failed State?
321 gold: The US has every characteristic of a failed state.
The US government’s current operating budget is dependent on foreign financing and money creation.
Too politically weak…
27Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedIraq Sweetens Terms for Oilfield Development
Rigzone: Iraq is sweetening the terms for companies bidding for its prized oil fields as it attempts to avoid the failure of the first bidding round…
22Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedState Tax Revenue Continues to Plunge
Bloomberg: U.S. state tax collections tumbled the most in almost half a century in the second quarter as the economic recession curbed levies on incomes and…
19Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedIraq Lowers Taxes to Lure in Oil Companies
Reuters: Iraq has lured big oil firms into new service contracts on some of its giant oilfields by cutting taxes and sweetening terms to make the…
15Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedJim Rogers: Gold Will Trade Over $2000
Tech Ticker: Famed investor Jim Rogers is "quite sure gold will go over $2000 per ounce during this bull market."
Rogers’ confidence gold will continue to…
14Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedFleckenstien on U.S. Dollar Daze
MSN Money: Let’s face it. Dollars — the things we call money — are simply pieces of green paper. They are just a state of mind.…
14Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedChina Moving to Exit U.S. Dollar
Telegraph UK: You can date the end of dollar hegemony from China’s decision last month to sell its first batch of sovereign bonds in Chinese yuan…
8Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedGold to Continue Higher if U.S. Pursues Weak Dollar
Forbes: Gold hit fresh highs on Tuesday as it continued to take its cues from a weak U.S. dollar. The greenback tumbled as uncertainty over its…
7Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedFun and Games at the FDIC
Time: On Tuesday, the cash-depleted FDIC hatched a plan to require banks to prepay three years of quarterly fees. The FDIC expects to quickly generate $45…
5Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedAs Predicted Cash for Clunkers Ends, Cars Sales Crash
Yahoo: “It was a more difficult month than we anticipated,” Mark LaNeve, GM’s vice president of U.S. sales, told reporters during a conference call.”
The September slump…
2Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 1 comment | ContinuedChicago PMI Indicates Contracting Economy
The sugar high may be wearing off sooner then I expected.
A measure of U.S. business activity unexpectedly shrank in September, indicating companies are likely to…
1Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedGetting a New Job Will Get More Difficult
Despite signs that the economy has resumed growing, unemployed Americans now confront a job market that is bleaker than ever in the current…
28Sep2009 | The Real Deal | 1 comment | ContinuedHow Capital Controls Work
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Foreigners are continuing to lose confidence in the US economy at a record pace and are finding better places for their money. This would…
25Sep2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | Continued
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