Ames Tiedeman

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    • Sat Aug 2nd 10:48 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      U.S. Trade Deficit: Not as Ominous as it Sounds
      The U.S. Trade Deficit is a huge problem. We will either end up being owned by foreigners or we will simply fade away. Both prospects are quite un-
      American. Some basic facts: The U.S. has not had a trade surplus with the world since 1974. We have not had a trade surplus with Japan since April of 1976. We stopped having trade surpluses with Eurpoe in 1983. Fifteen years ago we did not have a trade deficit with China. Now we have a 250 Billion a year deficit with the People’s Republic. A nation that does not make anything is a worthless nation. Worse, the longer we go without making the needed investments in our manufacturing infrastructure, the more knowledge we lose. We will either forget how to manufacture or we will simply not be good at it. Our creative energy fades away if we do not use it. Also, it is innate to want to make things. Kids play in sand boxes, youg men build tree forts. This is human nature. All of this is being taken away from the American people by idiots in Washington who do not know how to make trade deals. I may write a book on this topic.
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    • Sat Aug 2nd 10:42 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks: Good or Bad?
      The U.S. Trade Deficit is a huge problem. We will either end up being owned by foreigners or we will simply fade away. Both prospects are quite un-
      American. Some basic facts: The U.S. has not had a trade surplus with the world since 1974. We have not had a trade surplus with Japan since April of 1976. We stopped having trade surpluses with Eurpoe in 1983. Fifteen years ago we did not have a trade deficit with China. Now we have a 250 Billion a year deficit with the People’s Republic. A nation that does not make anything is a worthless nation. Worse, the longer we go without making the needed investments in our manufacturing infrastructure, the more knowledge we lose. We will either forget how to manufacture or we will simply not be good at it. Our creative energy fades away if we do not use it. Also, it is innate to want to make things. Kids play in sand boxes, youg men build tree forts. This is human nature. All of this is being taken away from the American people by idiots in Washington who do not know how to make trade deals. I may write a book on this topic.
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    • Sat Aug 2nd 10:41 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks; GDP Outlook Bright
      The U.S. Trade Deficit is a huge problem. We will either end up being owned by foreigners or we will simply fade away. Both prospects are quite un-
      American. Some basic facts: The U.S. has not had a trade surplus with the world since 1974. We have not had a trade surplus with Japan since April of 1976. We stopped having trade surpluses with Eurpoe in 1983. Fifteen years ago we did not have a trade deficit with China. Now we have a 250 Billion a year deficit with the People’s Republic. A nation that does not make anything is a worthless nation. Worse, the longer we go without making the needed investments in our manufacturing infrastructure, the more knowledge we lose. We will either forget how to manufacture or we will simply not be good at it. Our creative energy fades away if we do not use it. Also, it is innate to want to make things. Kids play in sand boxes, youg men build tree forts. This is human nature. All of this is being taken away from the American people by idiots in Washington who do not know how to make trade deals. I may write a book on this topic.
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    • Sat Aug 2nd 10:40 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      U.S. Exporters Benefit As Dollar, Trade Deficit Declines

      We cannot sustain 800 bilion a year trade deficits. We cannot export our way out of this mess. The only answer is a sharply lower dollar to drive manufactruing home and to lower the trade deficit. The dollar has much farther to fall. What you are seeing is a long term effort (it will take 20 years) to get the trade deficit back under 1% of GDP. We are currently running a trade imbalance of nearly 6% of GDP. No nation can do this. The IMF would be stepping in to help any nation if its trade imbalance went to 6% of GDP becuase its currency would collapse! The U.S. is different, but still, we cannot sustain a trade deficit of this magnitude. People must understand that when we buy an item from say China, we pay in dollars. The Chinese company we just bought from them goes to an Exchange Bank in China and converts those dollars to Yuan. The Chinese banking system (Chinese Government) is now sitting on those dollars. They can either 1, buy oil, 2, buy Treasuries, 3. buy U.S goods, 4. buy U.S. Corporations, 5. other. Over time if we (the U.S. ) continue to run a trade deficit we could simply be completely bought and controlled by foreigners. Warren Buffet has explained the situation as being like a rich Texas farmer who loses a small piece of his land year after year and never notices for a while. When he then notices, tragedy sets in because he no longer controls his land. So in sum, we need to get the trade deficit way down. This is why the Fed has abandoned the dollar. It wil be going down for the next 20 years. That is how long it is going to take to correct this imbalance mess.
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    • Thu Jul 31st 20:20 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      ETF Update: Leveraged and Inverse ETFs, Short ETFs, Microcaps
      UYG is the single best way to invest in the beaten down financials. I have very expectation that this ETF will outperform the market by a wide margin over the next 24 months. This ETF must not be missed by the serious investor.
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    • Thu Jul 31st 05:51 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      High-Yield Canadian Royalty Trusts: What's the Catch?
      Donald, I think HTE at under 19 two days ago was a gift. I was surprised someone asked only 18.90. Not many shares went at that price and you can see we are back over 20 already. What is keeping these issues down is the proposed tax changes that look to be coming in 2011. This will create additional tax revenue for the Canadian Government at the expense of the Oil Trusts. If the legislation is changed or amended you could see a 50% rise in the value of the Trusts. Monthly dividends are great. The compounding affect is fantastic too.
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    • Tue Jul 29th 22:08 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Is the Dollar Rallying on Realigned Expectations?
      Good points Richmond.
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    • Tue Jul 29th 21:17 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      SCE Contracts Push First Solar Ahead
      Solar is going to be one element of the new energy nation America must build.
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    • Tue Jul 29th 21:16 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Obama's Misguided Ethanol Policy
      It is not just Obama. Ethanol is not the answer. Too many people think it is. They are wrong.
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    • Tue Jul 29th 21:14 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Risk Management in Trending Markets
      Someone liked MER today.
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    • Tue Jul 29th 21:14 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      T. Boone Pickens Dumps His Yahoo Shares
      The man has a hell of a track record. You can bank on that.
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    • Tue Jul 29th 21:13 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      10 Signs of a Recession
      Oil is now dropping. We may miss the great recession of 2008.
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    • Tue Jul 29th 21:12 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Economic Recession, Consumer Depression
      I am not certain we will have two quarters of negative GDP growth. I think things are staying above water. The economy is actually not falling apart as one might suspect given housing and autos are in the tank.
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    • Tue Jul 29th 21:10 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Bring Back the Old GM
      I think the 2010 Camaro will make you happy with GM again. Not that this model will save the company, but it is exciting to see GM build one like this.
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    • Tue Jul 29th 07:18 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Financials Have Bottomed? Readers Say We're Nuts
      I say anyone claiming this should be institutionalized for no less than 6 months.
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