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- Global Market Roundup: Will the Bailout Work? [view article]
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- Who's Going to Bailout the U.S. Government? [view article]
- Bond Expert: Monday Wrap [view article]
- Yawning from the Market Sidelines, ETFs in Hand [view article]
- Pimco's Bill Gross: Bailout Plan Benefits Main Street [view article]
- Can the Fed Maintain Its Fight Against Inflation? [view article]
- An Endowment Portfolio From Publicly-Traded Vehicles [view article]
- Bond Expert: Friday Wrap [view article]
- Liquidity for the Government, But What About Anybody Else? [view article]
- Seven Reasons Inflation Won't Vanish [view article]
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Who's Going to Bailout the U.S. Government? [view article]
Thanks for thoughfully delineating he abject failure of the United States government to conduct its affairs on behalf of the American people.Or is it the failure of the American people to demand a responsible government?
These quasi-elected people have financed an invasion / and costly occupation with bonds largely sold to foreign governments, and don't have the moral fortitude to raise taxes to pay the bills? Talk about a welfare state. They pacify the citizens by not even telling them the bills will come due, in some form -- either through taxes (are we grown up enough to handle that?), inflation, lower growth accompanied by lower real wages ... economic forces will extract the cost whether we like it or not.
Our government has chosen to let hundreds of billions fly out the door each year to flood the coffers of other governments, mostly unfriendly ones. That's real wealth leaving out country. We're thirty years behind in heading off that mess, which could have been solved by now with intelligent use of resources and responsible actions, along with foresight and real leadership.
The Roman state lasted much longer before it collapsed under its own weight. We stilll have choices. The American people could still learn to act like grown-up responsible people. Instead we demand our leaders treat us like soft, spoiled brats. Will we continue the slide? Reply
Seven Reasons Inflation Won't Vanish [view article]
1. Dollar is being manipulated - pre-election ploy2. Hedges are selling selling selling to cover Mortgage bond losses - soon to be buying buying again.
3. Poster sez deflation - he must be a hermit - hasn't bought a thing in 2 yrs . PRICES at everyplace I go are up up up - i.e- at local restaurant - two eggs ,toast , links and fried taters and coffee $7.80 , was 6.50 ,6 months ago - no there is no inflation - here have another cup of koolaid . We are also under the largest socialist duping this country has ever seen . Again have another cup of thier koolaid - and hope your hallucinations last another decade .
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Who's Going to Bailout the U.S. Government? [view article]
Not who but what will save the gov...wwiii...wait for the Asian bubble to burst, I think I may add to my gold position while it's down. ReplyWho's Going to Bailout the U.S. Government? [view article]
This stuff is wrong.The BRIC countries will be very lucky if they can avoid large, stagflation crises.
The arrogance of the notion that Goldman Sachs - which depends on the ability to borrow at the risk-free GOVERNMENT rate is somehow going to bail out the government which supplies it with fiat capital is absurd.
What are they going to use for money? Gold?
Don't make me laugh.
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TIPS Tipoffs on Inflation [view article]
you cant believe the gov. on anything especially CPI. the inflation rate of the 5 daily basic needs is app.15-16% plus who counts the shortage of weights & measures in the products we buy? how are tips helping? ReplyTIPS Tipoffs on Inflation [view article]
Let's see...Oil is still 40% higher than this time last year, and production was just cut.
Interest rates are at a very inflationary 2% for the foreseeable future.
The national debt just doubled.
One would think TIPS would be the investment of choice for the next couple of years. I'm looking forward to everyone being surprised by numbers that are double these expectations. Reply
TIPS Tipoffs on Inflation [view article]
CPI? You must be joking.Reply
TIPS Tipoffs on Inflation [view article]
Will if you like the CPI as you benchmark it is doubtful that you have a good feel for inflation currently. As for the future, look at the effects of the energy repricing and compare that to required money supply to service the recent policy changes. I think you reach the wrong conclusion. Overly simplistic. ReplySeven Reasons Inflation Won't Vanish [view article]
In response to deflationists:Consider the following economy. Person A, Person B, and a bank.
Time 1: Bank has $0, Person A has $100 and a sandwich, Person B has $0 but a decent credit rating.
Time 2: Person A deposits $100 in Bank. Person B borrows $100 from Bank and buys sandwich from A with $100 and eats it. Now Person A has $100 plus $100 demand deposit in the bank, Person B has nothing, and the bank has a loan to B.
Time 3: Person A deposits $100 in Bank for a total of $200 deposited. Bank has $100 plus a loan to B. B has nothing. B defaults on loan because he has no job. The world is one sandwich poorer.
Time 4: Ben Bernanke gives Bank $100 for nothing so Person A gets his deposits back. Now Person A has $200, Bank $0, and Person B $0.
No sandwiches.
Net result? Twice the money and no sandwiches. Lesson? Inflation doesn't need wage growth and it isn't an equal opportunity virus. The bankers are getting free money and we're running out of sandwiches. Reply
the State
Seven Reasons Inflation Won't Vanish [view article]
This is ignorance at its finest......"Beca... gold is not money, it's a commodity that is traded in dollars and the value of the dollar is exploding as the number of dollars extant implodes. "FIAT is FIAT and will always be FIAT...until it is no more...history may not exactly repeat...but it rhymes...
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Seven Reasons Inflation Won't Vanish [view article]
If I can buy gold for $600, I'll give you my last dollar for another 1/600th of an ounce. Point is, the Fed will cut further and Ben's helicopter speech may well turn into literal truth before this is over. Do not underestimate the indebted's desire to print. Whether prices of good X or service Y rise in dollar terms is irrelevant. Gold is my functional unit of value and in gold I trust. Dollars are paper assets and therefore by definition somewhat speculative. You may win, you may lose, but mostly you will pay. ReplySeven Reasons Inflation Won't Vanish [view article]
TIPS? Are you kidding me! Just another money making machine for the US gov't to steal our wealth! Buying Gold and SILVER and Shorting the US Dollar is your best protection! Replyt
Seven Reasons Inflation Won't Vanish [view article]
What the fed is trying to do is pretty obvious:PREVENT A RECESSION FROM HAPPENING BEFORE THE COMING ELECTION.
After the election... that's another story. I think inflation will accelerate and the government will officially acknowledge the recession. By intervening in recent bailouts, the fed has seriously compromised the free market economy. Reply
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Seven Reasons Inflation Won't Vanish [view article]
Prices of Gold and Silver are artificially suppressed.... Which means every time I buy silver and gold, I close my eyes, smile and thank whoever is suppressing precious metals prices.Thank you anonymous suppressor! Reply
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Seven Reasons Inflation Won't Vanish [view article]
@dlaw: right wing ideologues?? who are you calling an ideologue - the way you apparently disdain the right...its clear who is the ideologue! back to the economy though: deflation is only a function of money supply, and last i checked, the Fed has not yet raised rates...in fact, Fed futures are starting to point at another cut. meanwhile, the dollar is strengthening *only* because the rest of the world has finally caught the contagion...*not* because the U.S. economy has bottomed! stagflation is alive and well once the rate of decline in the world levels off and we're all riding bottoms together! Reply