James Bibbings

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Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• GDP Manipulation? You Should Consider Getting Short

  Published 11 September 2009 | viewed 4,080 times

  It has taken much longer than I would have liked to get this article out and it's been a few weeks since we last talked…

• GDP Fallacy, Do Governments Willfully Mislead People?

  Published 05 August 2009 | viewed 3,534 times

  Last week I published an article titled: "The 11th Hour, Moments Before A US Economic Meltdown". In my writing I laid out a theory to…

• The 11th Hour, Moments Before A US Economic Meltdown

  Published 28 July 2009 | viewed 6,419 times

  Rather than write one or two lengthy posts this week I'm going to lay out a summary. From there I'm going to support each of…

• Crude Oil's Collapse Is Coming

  Published 21 July 2009 | viewed 5,385 times

  On May 14th I wrote an article called "Oil at $25 a Barrel? Pump Gas $1.50? The Time Is Coming Soon" in it I made…

• America's Sick Part II, A Solution To Obama's Purely Political Policy

  Published 17 July 2009 | viewed 3,373 times

  In my first article "America's Sick - Part I" I wrote about the health care reform bill being proposed by Barack Obama. Through that writing…

• America's Sick- Part I

  Published 09 July 2009 | viewed 3,410 times

  The Obama administration is currently working to push healthcare reform down the pipeline at an alarming rate. The reason for this is that President Obama…

• China. Iran. Nigeria. Oil

  Published 26 June 2009 | viewed 3,077 times

  This week (June 22-26) I again fielded a ton of questions from several media sources on oil. This is my recollection of what I was…

• Oil's Running, How Strong Are It's legs?

  Published 12 June 2009 | viewed 3,697 times

  This week (June 8-12) I was interviewed by several media sources regarding my thoughts on oil and the direction of gas prices at the pump.…

• Believe None of What You Hear, Half What You See

  Published 11 June 2009 | viewed 4,075 times

  June 11, 2009 - Some good news hit the wire this morning; Jobless Claims Drop to 601,000; Retail Sales Rise says the Associated Press. Really?…

• Barack's Financial Quagmire: The New Iraq

  Published 05 June 2009 | viewed 3,750 times

  Another Government Bailout... On Monday General Motors Corporation officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This should have come as no surprise to the financial community…

• We're Out Of Money; Says Barack Obama

  Published 28 May 2009 | viewed 4,512 times

  Last week, Standard and Poor's released a statement suggesting that the United Kingdom's sovereign credit rating was being reviewed. The statement was made on expectations…

• Crude Oil, OPEC, and Super Contango

  Published 20 May 2009 | viewed 4,338 times

  On May 28th, OPEC will be meeting for the 153rd time in Vienna, Austria. During this meeting, much of the world will look to OPEC…

• Oil At $25 Barrel? Gas $1.50? The Time Is Coming Soon

  Published 17 May 2009 | viewed 6,510 times

  It's nearly Memorial Day and time again to kick off the 2009 summer driving season. Each year just prior to the holiday weekend, the major…

• Wells Fargo Is Broke - Poor Forecasting Slays Another Giant

  Published 11 May 2009 | viewed 5,325 times

  The Financial Times is reporting that Wells Fargo expects [it's] earnings to fill [its stress test] deficit. "Wells Fargo, deemed to need $13.7bn of capital…

• Stressed Out!

  Published 06 May 2009 | viewed 4,575 times

  There are two things you should be paying very close attention to: 1. The stress test results 2. The way the government allows banks to…

• Hog Heaven

  Published 28 April 2009 | viewed 4,716 times

  It was about 5 years ago to the day when the world learned in February 2004 about H5N1; Avian Bird flu. "Bird Flu, The Next…

• Setting The Scene

  Published 24 April 2009 | viewed 4,446 times

  This is a reprint of sorts from an article that I wrote in January of 2009. I am republishing it in response to the headlines…

• Hyperinflation Is Not Coming Soon...Here's Why

  Published 23 April 2009 | viewed 6,558 times

  Over the past several months the idea that hyperinflation will hit the United States in the near future has become increasingly commonplace. From mainstream economists…