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Markets

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Why Do We Trade "Paper Receipts" with Each Other?

Aug 28, 2007 at 00:00

Looking at how the stock market "bubble" imploded and now looking at the same situation in housing. It sure makes you wonder how the banking system really works.

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Subprime's New Song: The Worst Is Yet To Come

Aug 28, 2007 at 00:00

The Fed can try to calm such fears all it wants by lowering the discount rate and giving banks more time to pay back loans (from overnight to 30 days),…

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The Meltdown

Aug 28, 2007 at 00:00

Over the last few weeks we've experienced extreme volatility, and fear, in the financial markets. The event itself wasn't unexpected around here. After all, we're on record as expecting to…

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Blitzkrieg of Bad News

Aug 28, 2007 at 00:00

The asset backed commercial paper market is basically frozen currently as no one will trust these securitized vehicles because of the potential bombs they contain. This crisis in confidence is…

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A Recipe For Disaster

Aug 28, 2007 at 00:00

Deflation scare - what if this turns out to be more than just a deflation scare? Of course this could always be the case, but I don't think our banker…

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Thoughts on Currencies and the Gold/Silver Ratio

Aug 28, 2007 at 00:00

Nobody knows the total extent of the Yen carry trade, but it is probably at least US$500B and could be as much as US$1T. At least, these are the sorts…

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Economic Enemy #1

Aug 27, 2007 at 00:00

Alan Greenspan is guilty, guilty, guilty of letting the banks create all that excess money and credit, which distorted the hell out of the mal-invested economy and caused crippling inflation…

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Value of Gold vs. the Dollar

Aug 27, 2007 at 00:00

The biggest moves in the gold price occur when the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar is stable. Did you get that? It may initially sound counterintuitive, but after…

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Elliott Wave 101 of the AMEX Gold BUGS Index

Aug 27, 2007 at 00:00

After publishing the HUI last week, I have had a number of questions about my count. Surprisingly, out of 50 emails received, some 20 were wondering how valid the count…

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It's Different This Time, I Swear

Aug 27, 2007 at 00:00

"There is always something different," former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan said with regard to market turmoil, "something that does not look like all the previous ones. There…