All Posts Tagged With: "great depression"

George Soros: Investing Legend Predicts Worst is Yet to Come

Renowned investor George Soros said Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, and there’s no near-term bottom to this financial crisis in sight.

Speaking at…

23Feb2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Study of Great Depression Shows Intervention Postpones Foreclosures, But Causes Mortgage Rates to Spike

It was January 1934. The Great Depression was five years old – but still had another five years to run.

The carnage was horrific: From 1929…

6Nov2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued

As the Credit Crisis Deepens, There Are Still Many More Questions Than Answers

Is there any end in sight?  Will the G7 provide strong actions (or statements of confidence) to support the global markets?  Are these efforts by…

13Oct2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued

Bailouts, bubbles, and bear markets

The bailouts have not halted financial institution failures, but have quickened the pace of failures.

As the stock market bubble was bursting in 2000 I…

30Sep2008 | Street Smart Report | 2 comments | Continued

Big Bailout: What The Fed’s Decision Means For Stocks – And For You – And How To Profit From It Anyway

The bailout made it official: Other than the week of September 11, 2001, last week was the most memorable of my career.

By the time the…

25Sep2008 | Smart Profits Report | Comments Off | Continued

The Credit Crisis and the Real Story Behind the Collapse of AIG

There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with the core insurance business units of American International Group Inc. (AIG). Nothing at all. What imploded the venerable insurance giant…

22Sep2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued

Crisis Breeds Opportunity

Glass Half Full

When you have a lot of problems you also have a lot of opportunity. I want to start with some wise words from…

15Aug2008 | Whiskey and Gunpowder | Comments Off | Continued

Presidential Economic Policy

Economic Tectonics

Some of the greatest economic shifts in history are associated with big political swings, if not with politicians by name. Think of Hooverism, Roosevelt’s…

13Aug2008 | Whiskey and Gunpowder | Comments Off | Continued

Economic Schools of Thought

Two Schools of Thought

There are two ways of studying economic theory. One approach is mathematical, and has been much enhanced by the computing power available…

18Jul2008 | Whiskey and Gunpowder | Comments Off | Continued

GRAND THEFT SOCIETY

A core problem with government is that its managers believe that all reality will conform to their wishes if they issue the right orders, pass…

4Jul2008 | Daily Reckoning | Comments Off | Continued

A SERIOUS WORD ABOUT MR. DUNG’S DONG

“I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do declare that said national emergency still continues to exist and pursuant to said…”

With…

30Jun2008 | Daily Reckoning | Comments Off | Continued

Energy Recession or Energy Depression

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor, go the words to a sturdy old Anglican hymn.

Well, at $138+ per barrel of oil, I…

17Jun2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | Continued

House of Cards

Economic theory tries to deal with a limited number of factors and the mechanisms by which they interact. The main factors are population, food, energy, property,…

14Jun2008 | Whiskey and Gunpowder | Comments Off | Continued

THE DECLINING QUALITY OF DOLLAR MENUS

Speaking of inflation, Michael Pento of Delta Global Advisors reported that McDonald’s, the fast-food giant, “stated it has no plans to tamper with its highly…

10Jun2008 | Daily Reckoning | Comments Off | Continued
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