Warren Pollock

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• Occams Razor and Delta V

  Published 08 July 2005 | viewed 6,229 times

  The drama of London's terror attack yesterday was clearly evident. The event itself factually illustrates that relationships between people and governments are in a state…

• Creative Credit; The World Trade Center

  Published 31 May 2005 | viewed 5,258 times

  Starting in 1986, General Motors Acceptance Corporation began aggregating car loans into asset-backed securities and bonds. Innovations in creative credit were effectually transferred from the…

• The White Noise of Democracy and the Markets

  Published 13 May 2005 | viewed 4,693 times

  The purpose of this newsletter is to provide you with an analytical observation of markets, politics, events, business and economics. This work and writing takes…

• Gold In USD

  Published 27 April 2005 | viewed 5,318 times

  Once again, Gold advisory services are in cheer leading mode. However, It looks to me that gold is in an unresolved wedge (green lines). A…

• The Prelude to Default

  Published 22 March 2005 | viewed 6,155 times

  A working man, it seems, has nowhere to hide from the dislocations now embedded in the system. A gardener, for instance, might not be able…

• 2005 and 2006 Forecast - Part Two

  Published 28 December 2004 | viewed 5,467 times

  4.1. Oil Without considering the current market price of oil, I am fully confident in drawing the conclusion that an oil shock did in fact…

• 2005 and 2006 Forecast - Part One

  Published 28 December 2004 | viewed 6,173 times

  Index 1.0. Coping Skills 1.1. The bottom line 1.2. Labor Deflation 1.3. Duck Diving The Wave 1.4. Embracing Stoic Paradoxes 1.5. When and How the…

• Low Rates and Deflation

  Published 16 January 2004 | viewed 3,054 times

  Over the last few days Central bankers have been making statements to firm the dollar. There are also signs that they are taking less visible,…

• Before and After

  Published 17 October 2004 | viewed 3,412 times

  Periodically and with unwanted regularity I am asked to provide specific financial counsel to casual acquaintances who are invariably facing some economic challenge, frustration or…

• A Piece of the Action

  Published 03 September 2004 | viewed 3,797 times

  Japan Sells 1.9 Trillion Yen of 1.6% 10-Year Bonds --(Bloomberg, September 2, 2004.) Editor: The US sells 10-Year bonds to Japan at 4.11 per cent.…

• Discounting War and Terror Risk

  Published 03 August 2004 | viewed 3,152 times

  Captive over-reliance on the United States means that international markets are hesitant to accurately discount the future costs of war, natural resource shortfall, lost manufacturing…

• Money in the Bank

  Published 12 July 2004 | viewed 4,541 times

  Russia and Argentina are not the only places where savings deposits are lost. In the US, savers lose money in banks all the time. A…

• Mirror:Mirror - The Command Economy Takes Hold

  Published 27 June 2004 | viewed 6,309 times

  Working from a very low economic baseline, the Chinese command economy accomplished some very incredible things. Scarce resources were centrally allocated by the government into…

• Stick Figure Theater, aka Observations in Parallax

  Published 17 June 2004 | viewed 3,601 times

  The majority of the people in the financial media are concerned with the business of marketing stocks, mutual funds, and bonds. We also know that…

• "Pax Hegemon"

  Published 24 February 2004 | viewed 4,139 times

  Selective rather than common interest would better describe the present global economic resource allocation system. The quest for selective interest can historically be traced back…