Brady Willett

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• Hey Delong! Bubble Prices Do Not Justify Bubble Prices!

  Published 12 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The U.S. government bond market is the last of the great asset bubbles. We know this, first and foremost, because no one in any position…

• Until Debt Does Them Part

  Published 06 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Ben Bernanke's machinations since the financial crisis began are widely celebrated as having saved the financial markets from complete ruin. Question is, was preventing the…

• Rating Agencies Hold SEC Hostage

  Published 23 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Less than 24-hours after President Obama signed the historic Wall Street Reform bill into law the SEC suspended the rule that makes the rating agencies…

• Stage Set For Another Bernanke Adventure

  Published 27 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, has been eerily quiet during the recent market storm. To be sure, seemingly oblivious to the happenings in EU-land Mr.…

• U.S. Market's Stub Toes As Greece Fear Spreads

  Published 07 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  I'll be the first to admit that I do not know how the Greece debt crisis/saga will end. What I do know is that when…

• What Isn't Manipulated?

  Published 01 April 2010 | viewed 1,759 times

  News that London trader, Andrew Maguire, has exposed manipulation in the precious metals market has been making the rounds over the last week. This rehashed…

• Fear The New Krugman

  Published 18 March 2010 | viewed 1,194 times

  Such explosive growth in debt can't go on forever, and it won't. Yet our current leaders and their apologists insist that the problem will magically…

• Gold: 'Not A Bad Asset', Indeed

  Published 12 March 2010 | viewed 2,603 times

  On March 20, 2007 China's Central Bank governor, Zhou Zianochuan, had this to say about China's burgeoning reserves: "Many people say that foreign exchange reserves…

• Sack The Regulators

  Published 19 January 2010 | viewed 2,109 times

  The 'Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission' began operations last week and heard testimony from four heads of the financial industry. Not surprisingly, the tone was resoundingly…

• 2010 Preview: The Wonderful Wizard of USD

  Published 07 January 2010 | viewed 4,294 times

  The same day President Richard Nixon closed the "gold window" Ron Paul entered politics. Dr. Paul has been fighting to end the Federal Reserve ever…

• Is Obama Ready To Rumble?

  Published 17 December 2009 | viewed 4,970 times

  When President Obama summoned the heads of the nations 12-largest financial institutions 3 neglected to show up in person and 2 others used the day…

• Bubble Religion

  Published 25 November 2009 | viewed 3,286 times

  The dreaded "L" word - liquidity - has once again become the word to explain every major movement in every major asset class. Don't understand…

• Greenspan Gone Wild (Again)

  Published 16 October 2009 | viewed 3,433 times

  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is the worst Fed boss in history, but boy-oh-boy how we loved to watch him smile. We were so…

• The Fires That Blind

  Published 09 October 2009 | viewed 3,178 times

  "Past performance does not guarantee future results." - Wall Street Mantra While easily grasped, the above adage is not as easily respected. Rather, investors have…

• Bull Market Delusions In Recovery

  Published 17 August 2009 | viewed 2,954 times

  The last major stock market 'recovery' in the U.S. started after the October 9, 2002 'bottom' and lasted 5-years and 2-days. Total gain: 103%. Unfortunately,…

• When will the Budgetary Debate turn into the Budgetary Diktat?

  Published 29 April 2009 | viewed 3,420 times

  Earlier this year, and based upon the observation that his administration had inherited a $1.3 trillion budget deficit, President Obama pledged to cut the budget…

• Poor Greed

  Published 07 April 2009 | viewed 3,808 times

  The Wall Street Journal recently suggested that a 'culture of greed' may be to blame for today's crisis. Billionaire investor Stephen Jarislowsky has said that…

• Greenspan A Glutton For (His Own) Punishment

  Published 11 March 2009 | viewed 4,218 times

  Why Greenspan continues to try and defend his deplorable record as Fed Chairman is unknown. What is known is that the once powerful Sir Alan…

• Bond Bubble Trouble?

  Published 15 January 2009 | viewed 4,630 times

  If you have not yet read about the ominous U.S. Treasury bubble (which has been around for awhile), here is recent a recap: "Risk-free return"…

• 2009 Outlook: Angling For A Recovery

  Published 06 January 2009 | viewed 3,487 times

  Give a man to fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to print money and you feed him for a lifetime?…