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Axel Merk

Axel Merk

SustainableWealth

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

  • Sustainable Tax Policy: Expensing Investments

    Published 07 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

    In what the Wall Street Journal hails as "one of his most dramatic gestures to business," President Obama is proposing companies be allowed to write…

  • Buying a House - A Risky Proposition?

    Published 15 December 2009 | viewed 4,216 times

    After renting four homes in the San Francisco Bay Area this decade, I bought a house last month. I had been a long-time advocate of…

  • Abolishing Risk Destroys America and Your Wealth

    Published 26 October 2009 | viewed 3,049 times

    Our willingness to engage in risks drives our prosperity. We urgently need a public debate on risk, one driven by reason, not emotion. Without risk,…

  • Recognizing a Bubble - Dynamics of Free Money

    Published 20 October 2009 | viewed 4,120 times

    The government has splattered lots of money onto the economy, working hard to reflate the bubble that got us into trouble in the first place.…

  • Japanese Politics and the Yen

    Published 01 October 2009 | viewed 3,586 times

    The U.S. dollar has been getting a beating from all sides, but its woes may be far from over - recent developments in Japan, China,…

  • Fed a Rudderless Ship?

    Published 12 August 2009 | viewed 3,275 times

    How much excitement can a statement by the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) generate? Given that the Fed has been printing over a $1…

  • Credit Crunch Part Deux

    Published 21 July 2009 | viewed 4,759 times

    Green Shoots Everywhere! The credit crisis is over; an economic recovery is just around the corner! Hold your horses - there may not be enough…

  • Regulatory Overhaul = Summers Job Creation Program?

    Published 17 June 2009 | viewed 2,362 times

    Today, the Administration is sharing its vision for the future of the financial system. To us, it seems more like a job creation program for…

  • WANTED: Money for Uncle Sam

    Published 11 June 2009 | viewed 3,310 times

    In our estimate, the U.S. Treasury will have to raise over $2 trillion dollars this year to finance new obligations. In addition, over $2 trillion…

  • Fed Hit by Subpoena - Fasten Your Seatbelt

    Published 11 June 2009 | viewed 5,361 times

    The Federal Reserve was served a subpoena from a Congressional committee Tuesday, as lawmakers demanded documents related to Bank of America' s acquisition of Merrill…