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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 | ContinuedStudy 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 | ContinuedAs 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 | ContinuedBailouts, 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 | ContinuedBig 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 | ContinuedThe 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 | ContinuedCrisis 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 | ContinuedPresidential 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 | ContinuedEconomic 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 | ContinuedGRAND 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 | ContinuedA 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 | ContinuedEnergy 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 | ContinuedHouse 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 | ContinuedTHE 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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