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Fleckenstein Pins High Prices on the Fed
Here’s a great video in which Bill Fleckenstein explains the root cause of soaring prices in practically everything to Dylan Ratigan . Not surprisingly,...
NEWSFLASH: The Meltdown Didn’t Have to Happen
Watching the government do practically anything is often akin to watching molasses run down the hill in January. But like that slow running ooze, even the government...
In Praise of Anarchy
Left alone, good people tend to do good things. And, when unobstructed by coercion, force, violence or any other tool employed by the state in order to foster and...
Market Wrap-Up for Jan.6 (TGT, GPS, MON, POT, MOS, HSY, more)
Many pundits talk about the significance of the first week of January in the markets. The old saying goes, “How goes the first week of January, goes the rest...
Freedom and Opportunity Await Those with the Courage to Leave the U.S.
Freedom, independence, and awareness are undoubtedly in decline in the western world, particularly the U.S. In the last 10-days, Homeland Security has started seizing...
Skeptic paper on Antarctica accepted – rebuts Steig et al
In a blow to the Real Climate “hockey team” one team member’s paper, Steig et al Nature, Jan 22, 2009 (seen at left) has been shown lacking. Once...
Human Nature and the GRA, Part I
A very bright reader extrapolated from two very different recent articles and asked, “Linda…? Have you considered what can happen when forced GRAs are...
Why a Bottom in Housing Is a Long Way Off
(One of the sharpest investors we know, a local stockbroker who is also a close friend and collaborator of economist David Rosenberg, thinks the housing market...
The Ostrich Effect, Do You Suffer From It?
A letter just arrived at your doorstep. It’s your financial statement. What do you do? Before you answer, imagine that the market has been on a massive bull run...
Why You Should Be Thrilled About Australia Right Now
If Henry David Thoreau was right when he wrote, “That government is best which governs least,” then Australia got itself the best government in the world on...
TKO: Ron Paul Pummels Bernanke
Here’s another classic exchange between Ron Paul and Ben Bernanke just one day after the Fed chief told Congress that the economic outlook was “unusually...
Secret Plan To Undermine The EU Parliaments Authority?
Recently released documents, confiscated from the DAS by the Colombian Attorney General’s office, highlight the nature of “Operation Europe.” Its...
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