Paul Lamont

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• The Haughty Bond

  Published 05 January 2009 | viewed 3,746 times

  ***More For Clients and Subscribers*** As Treasury Bill yields fell during the early 1930's, Treasury Bonds moved in the opposite direction. As you can see…

• How Low Can It Go?

  Published 04 November 2008 | viewed 6,773 times

  As we stated last October (the month of the stock market's peak); "the stock market is a sideshow, it can adjust to the economic reality…

• Crash Opportunities, Part Two

  Published 29 September 2008 | viewed 5,154 times

  In part one of this series, we addressed a few speculative investments that might rise over the next few years. We would like to stress…

• Three Steps To Protect Your Funds Now Redux

  Published 17 September 2008 | viewed 4,111 times

  As we stated last November: "In A Short History of Financial Euphoria, John Kenneth Galbraith observes: "All crises have involved debt that, in one fashion…

• Crash Opportunities, Part One

  Published 03 September 2008 | viewed 5,396 times

  The Printing Presses Are Broken As we mentioned two months ago, a speculative commodity bust would fit with the onset of a deflationary collapse. During…

• Auction-Rate Debt Buyback, Now What?

  Published 08 August 2008 | viewed 2,569 times

  With news of UBS' $19 Billion dollar buyback of frozen auction-rate debt, we expect former clients of UBS (Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Wachovia and Bank of…

• We Prefer A More Secure Financial Institution

  Published 29 July 2008 | viewed 3,895 times

  *** We caution that this is not legal advice, so please consult your own legal representative and your own account agreement. *** As we referenced…

• Investment Flash: Bear Market Insanity

  Published 01 July 2008 | viewed 5,258 times

  As we forecast last month in our Investment Analysis Report, the regional banks have quickly brought about the next round of financial troubles. We expect…

• A Smarter Alternative To Money Market Funds

  Published 10 June 2008 | viewed 4,080 times

  Investors are rushing into cash as the financial system is deleveraging. But what form of cash will preserve investor's wealth? 'Cash-like' instruments, such as adjustable…

• Preservation of Principal Is Paramount

  Published 02 June 2008 | viewed 3,699 times

  We hope you have a chance to read our rebuttal to CNNMoney.com's recent Great Depression article. While we have described the 1930 peak before (all…

• CNNMoney.com's 'Depression Comparisons Misguided' Shows It's Imminent

  Published 30 May 2008 | viewed 5,350 times

  After reading CNNMoney.com Editor Paul La Monica's piece on the comparisons to the Great Depression, we felt compelled to respond. Unfortunately for Mr. La Monica,…

• Investment Flash: Taxes - A Good Reason To Sell

  Published 30 April 2008 | viewed 2,820 times

  Last month we stated: "we should expect rocket-launched (oh they've saved us) bear market rallies." Since that time, the DJIA has had two separate blastoffs.…

• Investment Flash: Beware of Money Substitutes

  Published 31 March 2008 | viewed 4,493 times

  The panic we suggested would occur in our report last month has enveloped the credit markets. "When the house of (credit) cards begins to fall…

• Investment Flash: They Can Sell Faster Than You

  Published 29 February 2008 | viewed 4,198 times

  As Charles Kindleberger asks in the investment classic Manias, Panics and Crashes; "the essence of financial distress is loss of confidence. What comes next -…

• Two Billionaires Describe Our Outlook

  Published 30 January 2008 | viewed 25,435 times

  Financial speculator and billionaire, George Soros states in his FT.com commentary: "the current crisis is the culmination of a super-boom that has lasted for more…

• Three Steps To Protect Your Funds Now

  Published 19 November 2007 | viewed 6,870 times

  In A Short History of Financial Euphoria, John Kenneth Galbraith observes: "All crises have involved debt that, in one fashion or another, has become dangerously…

• Investment Flash: Hyper-Bearish

  Published 24 September 2007 | viewed 6,929 times

  What we think of as 'money' has been tremendously expanded by the use of debt. Now that fear has entered the credit market, money has…

• Investment Flash: Bull Market in Cash

  Published 23 August 2007 | viewed 3,982 times

  It looks as if the Summer of 1929, has finally past. We are now experiencing "forced selling and unwinding of leverage on assets" that we…

• Investment Flash: Ah, The Summer of 1929!

  Published 23 July 2007 | viewed 8,510 times

  "As the advertisements in the Ladies Home Journal declare, "This is a sun-worshipping year....all the world has gone in for sun-tan." (Since Yesterday by Fredrick…

• Higher Rates Reflect Default Risk

  Published 14 June 2007 | viewed 3,757 times

  From our last report on the Panic of 1837, titled 'May 10th Credit Collapse': "In late 1836, the Bank of England concerned with inflation raised…