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Warning: "What You Dont Report in Your Balance Sheet Can Screw the Average Iinvestor"!

Apr 21, 2009 at 00:00

This is your daily dose of the Goldman Sachs Stress Test Scenario Analysis, Professional edition. I will be releasing the Stress Tests for Wells Fargo, PNC, Sun Trust, Morgan Stanley…

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Problems in the U.S. Banking System Resurface

Apr 21, 2009 at 00:00

The general theme this week could be risk aversion as problems in the U.S. banking system resurfaced after several weeks of hibernation and triggered a massive migration to safe havens…

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Economist Mankiw Defends Policy of Theft

Apr 21, 2009 at 00:00

And who is Mankiw (or any economist) to decide what is best for anyone else? That Mankiw thinks that he or the Fed can decide that it is "irrational" for…

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Agri-Food Thoughts

Apr 21, 2009 at 00:00

Commodities is an asset class that actually includes three sectors. Each of these sectors has different dynamics and economic drivers.

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Call This Deflation?

Apr 21, 2009 at 00:00

So money-supply growth of 18% plus consumer prices inflation half-as-great again as the official target now equals deflation. Right...?

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Bad, Worse, or Worst?

Apr 21, 2009 at 00:00

Be extremely skeptical when you hear some pundit pronouncing that this piece of short-term good news or another is an "all clear" signal. Until we start seeing a systematic improvement…

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Has Stock Market Rally Run its Course?

Apr 21, 2009 at 00:00

The stock market will tell its own story over the next few days, but it is crucial that the lows of March 9 hold in order for base formation development…

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Obama: the Grand Illusionist

Apr 21, 2009 at 00:00

... he uses the magician's tactic of deflection to sell his economic gimmickry. First Obama directs your attention towards his promise of removing Bush's budget tricks and repudiating his fiscal…

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First Shot

Apr 20, 2009 at 00:00

We remain in Buy Mode, looking for the market to move higher into the end of the month. That being said, today's action was weak - but we've already seen…

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Quarterly Review and Outlook: First Quarter 2009

Apr 20, 2009 at 00:00

Over the next decade, the critical element in any investment portfolio will be the correct call regarding inflation or its antipode, deflation. Despite near term deflation risks, the overwhelming consensus…