18 May 2008

Leap 2020 We are done, then?

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Sorcerer's apprentices are doomed to repeat the same mistakes on and on. In 2007, the authorities' and large financial institutions...

'Where We Have Been and Where We are Going'

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Rasputin August 12, 2007 Yesterday evening I posted a long-winded missive on the events of the last few years that have led us to this prese...
17 May 2008

Peak Gold

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According to MineWeb, Peter Munk, the somewhat unpopular chairman and acting CEO of Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold producer, sta...
16 May 2008

China and India back to the future

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From a long-term perspective, the prospect of China becoming the world’s largest economy, and India the third largest, within the next 10-15...
14 May 2008

Bank of America Sees Higher Losses; Banks Have "Enormous Unrecognized Losses"

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More losses at Bank of America. How unusual. The only bottom we are seeing is the bottom of the barrel which we as a nation are scraping to ...
13 May 2008

commodities still cheap

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12 May 2008

The problem with capitalism

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This piece is intended to be an overview on the end of Capitalism as we know it. It claims to be an analysis of the end of mass economies of...

The global slump has begun as poison spreads

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: The global slump has begun as poison spreads Submitted by cpowell on 07:53PM ET Sunday, May 11, 2008. Section: Dail...

Buy Gold Now

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With foreign-financed U.S. debt levels continuing to soar, an intensifying real estate bust, and other signs of economic exhaustion followin...
10 May 2008

Jokers Down Under - avarice and greed for four pilliars

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“Greed and avarice, avarice and greed” intones Dr Fell, the new persona of Hannibal Lecter as Anthony Hopkins again brings this wonderful ch...
4 May 2008

Revisting Financial Arbitrage Capitalism

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I’ll admit to occasionally being annoyed by the clan over at Pimco. Clearly, there’s more than a little envy at work here. They are extrem...
3 May 2008

Credit crisis far from over: expert

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Geoffrey Newman | May 02, 2008 A DERIVATIVES expert who two years ago warned of a potential meltdown in global credit markets has cautioned ...

Abandoning the USS Titanic

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By Chan Akya Yes, I know that the Titanic was not registered as a United States ship. The title though refers to the startling comparisons t...

GDP and Jobs Data Appear Rigged

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FLASH UPDATE May 2, 2008 __________ Chances of Economic Rebound Now Are Nil GDP and Jobs Data Appear Rigged Other Numbers Confirm Intensifyi...
2 May 2008

Search only for the very best opportunities

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THURSDAY, MAY 01, 2008 Trading Lessons From Nicolas Darvas Nicolas Darvas has inspired traders for many generations. His book, "How I M...

Irreparable Cracks in the Financial System

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A well-respected independent economist and strategist with a bearish trait told me recently that he wished he could be bearish, but that he ...