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Two Billionaires Describe Our Outlook

Jan 30, 2008 at 00:00

According to the Federal Reserve Board website, U.S. non-borrowed bank reserves have gone from $37B to $199M (nope, that's not a typo) in the last month.

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The Absent-Minded Doctor

Jan 30, 2008 at 00:00

Should Paulson & Co. repeat this performance in 2008, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan may join his new boss in the Forbes 400. The research department at Forbes might…

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The Double Whammy of Geopolitical Gold Games

Jan 30, 2008 at 00:00

Even the most rabid silver bugs admit the possibility that the Chinese are the Big Silver Shorts. This suggests that the Big Gold Shorts are also governments. Neither are naked…

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The Ex Ante Factor: Bizarro World

Jan 30, 2008 at 00:00

If inflation is so high, why are bond yields so low? ... This is further evidence that our recent growth hasn't been real. When bond yields and credit spreads were…

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Is this the Breaking of the Bear? Part 2

Jan 30, 2008 at 00:00

Bear Stearns will soon be, if not already, in a fight for its life. It is beset with the possibility of a criminal indictment (no Wall Street firm has ever…

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Is this the Breaking of the Bear?

Jan 30, 2008 at 00:00

Bear Stearns will soon be, if not already, in a fight for its life. It is beset with the possibility of a criminal indictment (no Wall Street firm has ever…

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The Failure of Inflation Targeting

Jan 30, 2008 at 00:00

Inflation targeting is yet to be formally adopted by the Federal Reserve (Fed), but recent market and Fed actions already prove that it is a failure. At the whim of…

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Usury

Jan 30, 2008 at 00:00

A system of feudal debt usury has been created by Wall Street and the City Of London over the last few years for most of the inhabitants of the western…

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An Indication the Economy is Lagging

Jan 29, 2008 at 00:00

And, worse, the Lagging Indicator has been outdistancing both the Leading and Coincident indicators for months and months, too, indicating that costs are going up. And they were. And they…

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TedBits

Jan 29, 2008 at 00:00

This is the master thread to which all economic analysis must be held up due to the fiat monetary systems practiced UNIVERSALLY around the world. Just like a game of…