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The End of Carte Blanche Bailouts

There’s a forthcoming crisis developing.  Stocks have run up over the last five years to new highs.  Many find this cause for celebration…we find it cause for alarm. Somewhere along their travels, stocks drifted out of orbit from the real … Continue reading

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Duct Tape Economics

The Labor Department laid a sulfurous egg last Friday.  By their calculations, just 74,000 jobs were created in December.  The pros thought it would be 200,000.  What do they know? This marks the slightest increase since January 2011.  Somehow, even … Continue reading

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Fantasy Stocks for a Fantasy Market

Fantasy Stocks for a Fantasy Market By Doug French, Contributing Editor, Casey Research They don’t ring bells at the top, but when a company called Fantex Holdings plans to sell shares in professional athletes and possibly actors and musicians, a … Continue reading

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Digital Tulipomania?

“Quis furor, o cives!” – Lucan. What a Hoot! Can you recall a time in living memory when public life was so comically ignoble?  Everyday we’re greeted with a rib-tickling revelation about the nation’s number one man.  We don’t know … Continue reading

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