Mike Shedlock

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• The Education Gap

  Published 08 November 2005 | viewed 4,147 times

  A CNN article is asking Is the U.S. becoming hostile to science? Let's take a look at a few snips: A bitter debate about how…

• The Kids Have Spoken

  Published 01 November 2005 | viewed 6,414 times

  The voting is finished, the ballots have been cast, and the kids have spoken. Mish is pleased to announce the winner of this year's Halloween…

• Playing Hardball With Softwood

  Published 27 October 2005 | viewed 4,908 times

  The New York Times Op-Ed contribution Lost in the Woods summarizes nicely the dispute between Canada and the US over lumber. Following are the key…

• Totally Out of Touch with Reality

  Published 25 October 2005 | viewed 6,646 times

  Congress is totally out of touch with reality. Now most people have long been aware of that for quite some time, but following are a…

• Ben Bernanke Inflation Fighter

  Published 18 October 2005 | viewed 11,170 times

  Some ideas are just too stupid to not comment on. Hyping $Ben Bernanke as an inflation fighter is one of those ideas. It's not just…

• Personal Bankruptcy Followup

  Published 17 October 2005 | viewed 7,546 times

  I received some interesting Emails regarding Personal Bankruptcies Soar. I would like to share a few of them with you. From Rich: It's actually worse…

• Personal Bankruptcies Soar

  Published 14 October 2005 | viewed 6,474 times

  Personal bankruptcies have skyrocketed lately. Is anyone surprised? The primary reason is not Katrina or Rita as some might think, although I am sure hurricane…

• Faith Based Financing

  Published 03 October 2005 | viewed 6,072 times

  Bill Fleckenstein is reporting Empty houses, falling prices, and the end of a boom. For one homebuilder it seems that "Faith Based Financing" has gone…

• Thoughts on the Davis Bacon Act

  Published 29 September 2005 | viewed 5,589 times

  CNN Money is reporting President Bush used Katrina to suspend the Davis Bacon Act. President signs executive order allowing contractors to pay below prevailing wage…

• Focus on the UK Consumer

  Published 22 September 2005 | viewed 4,944 times

  According to the UK Guardian Remortgaging pushes lending figures to new high. A boom in remortgaging boosted August's mortgage lending figures to the highest level…

• Thoughts on Savings - Part 2

  Published 16 September 2005 | viewed 4,828 times

  Following is part two in a two part discussion about savings. This part will take a look at Ben Bernanke's viewpoint that there is a…

• Thoughts on Savings - Part 1

  Published 15 September 2005 | viewed 3,417 times

  Following is part one in a two part discussion about savings. This part will take a look at what savings are, some charts and other…

• A Just in the Nick of Time Downgrade

  Published 14 September 2005 | viewed 6,411 times

  I would like to thank the analysts at JP Morgan today for coming up with a very timely downgrade of Delta Airlines today. I fail…

• Competition is Killing Subprime Margins as Risk Skyrockets

  Published 13 September 2005 | viewed 6,723 times

  With consumers being increasingly stressed as evidenced by rising defaults and delinquencies on Primary Mortgage Insurance, one might think that margin spreads on subprime mortgages…

• Renminbi Trading Ranges to Widen

  Published 09 September 2005 | viewed 3,351 times

  China daily is reporting that China's exchange rate will fluctuate more widely in time, so authorities do not plan another one-off revaluation like the one…

• The Train They Call The City of New Orleans (Part 1)

  Published 02 September 2005 | viewed 7,018 times

  It's time to discuss the good, bad, ugly, and the just plain stupid about what happened in New Orleans. We also need to look ahead…

• Reflections on Central Banking

  Published 27 August 2005 | viewed 4,128 times

  Following are some comments made by Greenspan at a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming August 26, 2005.…

• Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom? (part 2)

  Published 24 August 2005 | viewed 8,873 times

  On August 11 2005 Reuters reported that Moody's affirms Fannie Mae 'AAA' senior debt rating. Moody's Investors Service on Thursday affirmed the 'AAA' senior debt…

• A Sign of the Times

  Published 20 August 2005 | viewed 5,641 times

  The Sacramento Bee reports 'For Sale' signs mushroom, stay up longer. Jim Eggleston, owner of Sacramento's biggest residential "For Sale" sign installer, predicts this will…

• Gold's Honest Discipline

  Published 17 August 2005 | viewed 4,513 times

  I just finished reading a copy of a book entitled "The Monetary Elite vs. Gold's Honest Discipline" by Vincent R. LoCascio. LoCascio makes a compelling…