Bob Hoye

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• Pivotal Events

  Published 16 February 2008 | viewed 4,517 times

  The following is part of Pivotal Events that was published for our subscribers February 14, 2008. SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Last Year: "Global investors are…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 12 February 2008 | viewed 4,352 times

  The following is part of Pivotal Events that was published for our subscribers February 7, 2008. SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Last Year: "Economists: Hottest Property…

• Autogyro Money?

  Published 05 February 2008 | viewed 4,330 times

  SIGNS OF THE TIMES: This Year: The blaming of a $7 billion hit to SoGen on one trader seems to be taking our old observation…

• Policymaking and Panics

  Published 25 January 2008 | viewed 4,095 times

  Until this week, each swoon in the stock market was followed by not much more than "three-day wonders" - also there were a few of…

• Signs of the Times

  Published 18 January 2008 | viewed 5,228 times

  "Panics do not destroy capital; they merely reveal the extent to which it has been previously destroyed by its betrayal into hopelessly unproductive works." -…

• Signs of the Times

  Published 12 January 2008 | viewed 4,188 times

  SIGNS OF THE TIMES: From Last Year: "U.K. Sold 395 tonnes of gold at an average price of $274.9 per ounce. The first sale at…

• Intellectual Hysteria

  Published 04 January 2008 | viewed 5,234 times

  The title Intellectual Hysteria may seem like a non-sequiter. Regretably it is not, and starting with Thomas Malthus at the end of the 1700s, there…

• Signs of the Times

  Published 24 December 2007 | viewed 6,715 times

  The following is from our weekly Pivotal Events that was published for our subscribers on December 19, 2007. SIGNS OF THE TIMES: From A Year…

• Tax Rip-Offs And A Remedy For Reckless Central Banking

  Published 23 December 2007 | viewed 4,258 times

  One would have hoped that financial rip-offs committed by medieval princes would have been permanently shelved when liberal enlightenment ended the divine right of kings.…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 15 December 2007 | viewed 5,422 times

  Signs Of The Times: From A Year Ago: "There is a 20% carrying cost [on crude oil] in rolling the front month contract into the…

• Signs of the Times

  Published 08 December 2007 | viewed 5,108 times

  SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Two weeks ago, we reviewed some of the signposts from last December, which was an instructive trip down memory lane. There…

• Senior Central Banks Are Not Publically Traded

  Published 01 December 2007 | viewed 3,780 times

  Signs Of The Times: "The decline of the dollar, symbol of US hegemony for the best part of a century, may have become so entrenched…

• Signs of the Times

  Published 26 November 2007 | viewed 4,574 times

  SIGNS OF THE TIMES: This section will start with a trip down memory lane to visit the signposts of a year ago. "The appetite among…

• Policymaking on the Booze

  Published 21 November 2007 | viewed 4,713 times

  The launch of the party that eventually overwhelmed traditional banking can be said to have started somewhere between the incredible opening chords of Chuck Berry's…

• Central Banking Is Becoming About As Much Fun As A Pub With No Beer

  Published 17 November 2007 | viewed 5,028 times

  Signs Of The Times: On November 5, Times On Line titled a review as "Citigroup: Countdown to Disaster". It ran as follows: "September 15: Citigroup…

• Markets Have Had A Coup de Whiskey

  Published 05 November 2007 | viewed 5,819 times

  Signs Of The Times: "There are risks that an abrupt fall in the dollar could either be triggered by, or itself trigger, a loss of…

• Credit Is Three-Dimensional

  Published 02 November 2007 | viewed 4,506 times

  The Fed has little influence on the curve, or credit spreads, and the concept of a national credit market is nonsense. Overview: The very old…

• Signs of the Times

  Published 19 October 2007 | viewed 4,248 times

  SIGNS OF THE TIMES: "The Existing Home Market is in Freefall" - Bloomberg, October 3 Chief Economist, High Frequency Economics "Exorcising Ghost of Octobers Past"…

• Signs of the Times

  Published 16 October 2007 | viewed 5,082 times

  SIGNS OF THE TIMES: "Manhattan Office Rents at Record" "Rents Soared 37% Over 3Q06" "Financial Firms Largest Driver in the Market" -- Reuters, October 2…

• When did the Greenspan "Put" become the Greenspan "Call"?

  Published 03 October 2007 | viewed 5,031 times

  Generally, the Greenspan "Put" has been the notion that the Fed would flood the money markets to prevent an abysmal decline from excessive highs in…