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Everything that’s Wrong with Everything

Is the economy improving or stagnating?  Are businesses hiring or firing?  Is the stock market a buy or a sell?  Will monetary inflation prevail over debt deflation? Quite honestly, we don’t know the answers to these questions.  Nonetheless, we have … Continue reading

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False Booms

Consumers are borrowing money again…and they’re borrowing a lot of it.  Last week the Federal Reserve reported that consumer credit increased $19.3 billion in December.  This increase dwarfed the $7 billion median forecast of a Bloomberg News survey of economists. … Continue reading

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How the Stock Market Doubled

Things keep on moving forward as they must.  Some things seem obvious and predictable…like Greek insolvency.  Others, like the escalating potential for an attack on Iran, are just coming into focus.  Still, what we see, and what we know, is … Continue reading

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Warning Signs of a Financial Vesuvius

The Day Mount Vesuvius Blew “Injustice, swift, erect, and unconfin’d, Sweeps the wide earth, and tramples o’er mankind” – Homer, The Iliad Everything was just the way it was supposed to be in Pompeii on August 24, 79 A.D.  The … Continue reading

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