Doug Wakefield

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• Sochi Begins, 1929 Crash Warnings Accelerate

  Published 07 February 2014 | viewed 0 times

  "Good evening. This is an extraordinary period for America's economy. Over the past few weeks, many Americans have felt anxiety about their finances and their…

• Who Needs God, We Have Bankers

  Published 30 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The snooze button; what a great invention. When you have awakened from a deep sleep, and know you can get ready in less time, just…

• The Easy Money Addiction Exit Plan

  Published 02 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  On September 13, 2012, the Federal Reserve announced its latest "QE", or "Quick and Easy" money plan for Wall Street banks. If we look at…

• Recognizing Bubbles After Creating Them

  Published 23 August 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Obama Focuses on Risk of New Bubble Undermining Broad Recovery, Bloomberg Businessweek, August 19, 2013 "President Barack Obama, who took office amid the collapse of…

• The Nirvana Trade

  Published 24 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  "What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve" ~ Napoleon Hill When one looks at the US stock markets over the last two…

• Not So Sweet Sixteen

  Published 28 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  "In the spring of 1720, Isaac Newton stated, "I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people." On April…

• The Lost Art of Being Early

  Published 22 March 2013 | viewed 0 times

  On October 27, 2011, I released a public article, Darwin's Deceptive and Dangerous Devices. At the opening of that article, I presented a quote from…

• When Everyone Sees

  Published 23 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  We have all been told that the objective of investors is to buy low and sell high, and that what goes up must come down.…

• Unlimited Means Limited

  Published 14 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  "Yes Virginia, there is a Central Banker Santa Claus" Draghi Gets ECB Backing For Unlimited Bond Buying, Reuters, Sept 6, 2012 Fed Announces Unlimited QE3:…

• Sell the Announcement

  Published 07 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  "By failing to examine the interplay of powerful economic actors in the 'real life' economy, the processes of market rigging, financial manipulation, and fraud, are…

• Powder Kegs and Photo Ops

  Published 19 September 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The following is a portion of an interview I conducted with Dr. Janice Dorn, as found in the December 2006 issue of The Investor's Mind:…

• East Meets West: State Monopolists Unite

  Published 31 July 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Investors and traders are always looking for the NEXT trend. For the high frequency trading platforms, there is no consideration of a trend, since scalping…

• Too Calm: Strength or Seduction

  Published 15 June 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Isn't it nice to have someone bigger than you to look out for your investments? You know, someone who no matter what happens in the…

• Forgetting the Past

  Published 16 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Life is good. Today, Apple's new Ipad went on sale, and yesterday, March 15th, its stock topped $600 a share. The company's market size is…

• Making Our Lives Stable

  Published 02 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Over the last 11 weeks, investors have enjoyed a continuing rising trend in equity markets. If the news pointed to rising tensions in the Middle…

• Coming Off A High

  Published 20 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  "There were two conflicting cultures. One rewarded professionalism, honesty, and entrepreneurship. This culture recognized that without individual investors, the markets could not work. The other…

• Darwin's Deceptive and Dangerous Devices

  Published 27 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  "The film depicts a future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality created by sentient machines to pacify and…

• Peeling Onions

  Published 21 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Have you ever peeled some onions for a dish you were making? Did you have a burning sensation, which brought tears from your eyes? Like…

• The Gallery of Crowd Behavior Returns

  Published 02 May 2011 | viewed 0 times

  " [From an intensive two-year study], I found that market price movements are like people - they have statistically significant life expectancy profiles that can…

• Remember the Past, Remember the Wolf

  Published 08 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  "The so-called 'surprises' of history have emerged not because other countries did not have information, but because they refused to believe it." (pg 919) ~…