Todd Alway

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• The Man

  Published 08 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  An earlier version of this article originally appeared in the Introduction to the 2013 Wish List.   Thanks to a series of colossal failures that…

• Fiscally Spaced

  Published 06 July 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Central bank printing and excessive government borrowing are two themes that need no introduction. The U.S. consumer could become a source of stability for the…

• Hey Delong! Bubble Prices Do Not Justify Bubble Prices!

  Published 12 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The U.S. government bond market is the last of the great asset bubbles. We know this, first and foremost, because no one in any position…

• Until Debt Does Them Part

  Published 06 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Ben Bernanke's machinations since the financial crisis began are widely celebrated as having saved the financial markets from complete ruin. Question is, was preventing the…

• 2010 Preview: The Wonderful Wizard of USD

  Published 07 January 2010 | viewed 4,294 times

  The same day President Richard Nixon closed the "gold window" Ron Paul entered politics. Dr. Paul has been fighting to end the Federal Reserve ever…

• The Fires That Blind

  Published 09 October 2009 | viewed 3,178 times

  "Past performance does not guarantee future results." - Wall Street Mantra While easily grasped, the above adage is not as easily respected. Rather, investors have…

• When will the Budgetary Debate turn into the Budgetary Diktat?

  Published 29 April 2009 | viewed 3,420 times

  Earlier this year, and based upon the observation that his administration had inherited a $1.3 trillion budget deficit, President Obama pledged to cut the budget…

• Poor Greed

  Published 07 April 2009 | viewed 3,808 times

  The Wall Street Journal recently suggested that a 'culture of greed' may be to blame for today's crisis. Billionaire investor Stephen Jarislowsky has said that…

• 2009 Outlook: Angling For A Recovery

  Published 06 January 2009 | viewed 3,487 times

  Give a man to fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to print money and you feed him for a lifetime?…

• He Did It His Way (Unfortunately)

  Published 14 April 2008 | viewed 3,678 times

  Greenspan did another media tour last week, this time defending his legacy in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and on CNBC Television. Unfortunately the…

• Popeye-Paulson Needs More Than Plain Spinach

  Published 03 December 2007 | viewed 4,378 times

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was trying to strong-arm the supposedly free markets again last week, this time catching headlines for his fronting of the government's…

• Precious Points: Notes from the Maestro

  Published 02 September 2007 | viewed 3,754 times

  "An important support for gold rallies... the $667/74 range will have to hold for a serious attempt at higher levels to be considered. The resistance…

• Forget Peak Oil, Peak Net Worth is the Real Danger

  Published 21 August 2007 | viewed 5,652 times

  Is the proverbial 'peak' in consumer borrowing upon us? With the 1990s stock market mania about to go bust, it was easy to conclude that…

• Where Are All The Homebuilder Bargains?

  Published 12 July 2007 | viewed 5,524 times

  With U.S. homebuilder confidence slipping to a 16-year low in June and subprime contagion fears omnipresent, no one seemed to notice when Toll Brothers reported…

• Utility Futility

  Published 24 May 2007 | viewed 4,319 times

  With S&P 500 bank/financial stocks the worst performing sectors so far in 2007, it is becoming clear that the inverted yield curve has damaged investor…

• Nero Fiddle Me This...

  Published 01 March 2007 | viewed 5,020 times

  Is The Dow Jones Index Playing Second String games as Wall Street Burns? Late Tuesday afternoon, Dow Jones Indexes made a seemingly minor confession about…

• The Long-Term Consequences of The Long-Term Bailout

  Published 15 August 2006 | viewed 3,216 times

  As the horse of 'innovation' leaps miles ahead of the mule that is regulation, the path for the average investor grows treacherous. After the collapse…

• Whats New with the Accounting Shell Game? More Shells

  Published 14 March 2006 | viewed 5,670 times

  Following the collapse of Enron, Worldcom and others, regulators were temporarily given the power to dramatically improve US accounting standards. To be sure, and as…

• One Good(K)Night does not a Sweet Prince Make

  Published 01 February 2006 | viewed 5,185 times

  One of the many themes coursing through Shakespeare's Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark's transformation from a man of thought into a man of action.…

• 2006 Preview: Something Happened on The Way to Hell

  Published 11 January 2006 | viewed 7,674 times

  Our misgivings about toying with Milton's contrast notwithstanding, you cannot help but wonder what has gone wrong since the US stock market mania hit its…