John Rubino

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• Europe's Turn Again

  Published 10 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Europe has been pretty quiet lately. But apparently that was an illusion. The Eurozone's slide down the slippery slope continues, but because the current stage…

• Time to Short the Restaurant Chains?

  Published 21 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Over the past year I've suggested shorting the for-profit education stocks, muni bonds, US Treasury bonds, and junk bonds. And so far, not so good.…

• Parabolic Inflation and 'Deficit Hysteria'

  Published 16 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  One of the disturbing things about trying to understand the US economy is the sense that official statistics don't match personal experience. They seem to…

• Inflation's Real Victims: Quality, Honesty, Character

  Published 26 January 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Bloomberg reports that China Fines Wal-Mart, Carrefour for Misleading Prices China's top economic planner ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Carrefour SA to be fined for…

• 'Bring us Sugar!' US Inflation and the Rest of the World

  Published 08 January 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Yesterday I set up a Google alert for "inflation," expecting to turn up the occasional article on monetary policy and such. Instead I got deluged…

• One Last Look at State and Local Finances

  Published 04 January 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The slow-motion state and local train wreck is becoming old news before it even happens. So this is our last look at the subject for…

• The Politics of the Blue State Bankruptcy

  Published 13 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Today's Wall Street Journal has a short piece by American Interest editor Walter Russell Mead on how November's election changed things for California, Illinois, and…

• Fed Critics Go Mainstream

  Published 03 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  It's suddenly fashionable in the mainstream media not just to criticize the Federal Reserve but to question its reason for existing. Watch Bloomberg's clearly sympathetic…

• How to Short Munis

  Published 22 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  From Saturday's Wall Street Journal, more on the federal government's ongoing stealth bailout of US states: States Raise Payroll Taxes to Repay Loans Thirty one…

• Maybe Politics Does Matter

  Published 17 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  It's been easy to tune out the chatter of the past couple of elections because the outcome seemed irrelevant. Whoever wins, their hands are tied…

• Now Start Watching Interest Rates, Part 3

  Published 12 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  In the US, perception management is now the key to public policy. Which means the latest round of money creation and bond buying will only…

• Competitive Devaluation, Stage One: Friends Bickering

  Published 09 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  This is what the early stage of a currency war looks like: Japan's Leader Bemoans Impact of U.S. Economic Policy TOKYO -- Prime Minister Naoto…

• The Coming Non-Linear World

  Published 07 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  With the election over, there's no political rationale for the Fed printing another $600 billion. Which can mean only one thing: What they're seeing must…

• Will Bailing Out the States Tank the Dollar?

  Published 03 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Back in 2006 Meredith Whitney was an obscure Wall Street analyst who bit the hand that fed her by declaring housing a bubble and the…

• Mainstream Money Manager Sees $10,000 Gold

  Published 01 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  I've been planning to post a review of Shayne McGuire's new book, Hard Money. It's coming, but in the meantime, here's a profile from today's…

• Book Review: Boomergeddon

  Published 25 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The trouble began in the early 1980s, when we baby boomers entered our 30s and began molding the world in our own image. You can…

• Art of the Collapse

  Published 21 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  These just hit my mailbox. They're from the extensive portfolio of illustrator David Dees, and pretty much speak for themselves:  

• Now Start Watching Interest Rates, Part 2

  Published 06 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Back in April I posted what seemed like an obvious little article noting that soaring commodity prices would probably send interest rates higher. Here's an…

• Pensions: Even Worse Than They Seem

  Published 18 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  An article in today's Wall Street Journal illustrates yet another lie we're being told. It seems that pension funds, despite plunging interest rates and negative…

• Junk Bond ETFs: Another Big Short

  Published 22 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Sometimes the market makes it too easy. Check this out: Desire for income drives high-yield bond ETFs' popularity BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Investors fed up with…