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Meet Your New Stimulus Allocation Czar

The march towards midnight is both stirring and foreboding.  Like a death row inmate sitting down to savor his last meal, a grim excitement greets the reality of impending doom.  Thoughts of imminent mortality haunt each bite. As far as … Continue reading

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How to Maximize Economic Potential

Problems, as people commonly perceive them, require solutions.  Broken shoelaces must get fixed.  Regrettably, in today’s democracy this means the candidate who offers the most fixes – in the form of goodies – to the most people wins the election. … Continue reading

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China’s Exercise in Futility

At the moment, it appears the Chinese government has forestalled a full stock market meltdown.  To do so, the People’s Bank of China made direct purchases of stocks trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.  What type of chimera is this? … Continue reading

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What a Correction Feels Like

What a Correction Feels Like By Jared Dillian, Editor, Bull’s Eye Investor Back in the summer of 2007, when I was working for Lehman Brothers, I had a vacation to the Bahamas planned.  This was unusual for me.  Up until … Continue reading

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