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Markets

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Seizing Your Assets To Cover Retirement Promises: How The Government May Do It

Sep 19, 2007 at 00:00

The higher the rate of future inflation - the more of your current net worth belongs to the government. Many investors do not realize the powerful financial incentives the government…

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Bernanke Abolishes Corrections and Bank Losses

Sep 19, 2007 at 00:00

Just about everyone expected the Fed to lower rates by a .25 basis points yesterday. To me this seemed like the logical thing to do. This way the Fed would…

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Stock Market Behavior Following Fed Rate Cuts

Sep 19, 2007 at 00:00

With the Federal Reserve (Fed) lowering its target discount rate (interest rate) by 0.50% on September 18, 2007, it is prudent to examine how stocks behaved in the year following…

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Dollar Suffers Fed's Appetite Injection

Sep 19, 2007 at 00:00

Just as former Fed Chairman Greenspan was shadowing Chairman Bernanke with his autobiography, Mr. Bernanke stole the show back by delivering an unlikely 50-bp rate cut in today's meeting. The…

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Boiling a Frog

Sep 19, 2007 at 00:00

In a falling market, the smart move is to take your losses and get out. The unprofessional investor, as are most homeowners, can't drop the emotional baggage and they hang…

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Summer of Fear Coming to a Close

Sep 18, 2007 at 00:00

It was a hot summer in 2007 - one of the hottest on record. But the summer heat was totally eclipsed by the record amount of fear and panic felt…

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The Paradox of Interest Revisited

Sep 18, 2007 at 00:00

In this note I propose to solve the paradox by suggesting that the exchange of wealth and income should be made the cornerstone of the theory of interest, replacing the…

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US Dollar Update

Sep 18, 2007 at 00:00

US$: Numerous Fibonacci time extensions of various waves are shown on the chart, with dates clustering around early November and various dates in December. The USD can be expected to…

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What's Under Your Mattress?

Sep 18, 2007 at 00:00

I'm not trying to get personal here, I don't' care about your magazines, or other objects you may keep under your mattress. But we ask, how frequently do you here…

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PEAK GOLD! -- A Primer on True Hedging, Part Three

Sep 17, 2007 at 00:00

This is in answer to Mike Mish Shedlock's rejoinder Double Standard in Gold Hedging? http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com (September 11, 2007) to my Peak Gold! -- Part Two (September 10, 2007).