Category Archives: MN Gordon

Amplified Losses

Federal Open Market Committee meetings are always a spectacle.  The forthcoming FOMC meeting, scheduled for September 16 and 17, should be particularly endearing.  For despite the Fed’s claim to provide transparency the upcoming policy announcement is cloudier than pollywog stew. … Continue reading

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This is War

Exactly 20-years ago this month we got our first email address.  We were entering freshman year of college.  Along with a student identification card we received an email account. The World Wide Web was a Wild West frontier at the … Continue reading

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Good Riddance

High-risk investing is rewarded with higher returns when the financial tide is rising.  The vast sea of liquidity hides the hazards and perils of a rock bottom reef.  Madmen and lunatics get rich.  But when the tide turns…watch out… “You … Continue reading

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The Chinese Fiasco

The twilight receded into the vista of the glowing port lights.  Docked container ships melded into the profusion of overhead cranes.  Sporadic refinery flares overtook the final sparkles of dusk. The sun slipped beyond the far side of the Palos … Continue reading

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