CNBC: Marc Faber, The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, explains why he believes U.S. markets have far more downside risk than is perceived by investors. [expand title="Click here to read more."] [/expand] … [Read more...]
What We’re Reading 5-31-13
A roundup of articles we found interesting this week. [expand title="Click here to read more."] The Emperor Creates No Jobs, Review & Outlook, The Wall Street Journal The New ‘New Paradigm’ for Equities, Alen Mattich, MoneyBeat Web Courses Woo Professors, Belkin and Korn, The Wall Street Journal Monterey Shale Shakes Up California's Energy Future, Josie Garthwaite, National Geographic Fed Policy Is a Drag on Recovery, David Malpass, The Wall Street Journal [/expand] … [Read more...]
This Can’t Be Healthy: Monetary Base Increases Over 260% in less than 5 Years!
The newest monetary base estimate was released by the Fed today. Many investors and analysts have become desensitized to ever increasing amounts of money in the economy, perhaps it’s time to take a step back and look at just how bad it’s gotten. [expand title="Click here to read more."] The Fed reported that today’s monetary base is roughly $3.2 trillion. That’s up more than 260% since November 2008. At that point, the monetary base had never breached $1 trillion, and was still only $0.875 trillion. As you can see on the chart below, monetary base expansion has happened slow and … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Cramer: You’re Right to Worry About Rates!
CNBC's Jim Cramer on the bad is good, good is bad mentality ruling markets today. [expand title="Click here to read more."] [/expand] … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Why Deficits Matter
Rick Santelli interviews David Stockman about budgets, deficits, taxes and more. [expand title="Click here to read more."] [/expand] … [Read more...]
What We’re Reading 5-24-13
A roundup of articles we found interesting this week. [expand title="Click here to read more."] Defining Moments in So-Called Currency War, David Wessel, The Wall Street Journal Move into ‘junk’ stocks powers bull run, Mackenzie and Massoudi, Financial Times The Apple Tax Diversion, Review & Outlook, The Wall Street Journal How North Korea Could Cripple the U.S., Woolsey and Pry, The Wall Street Journal The Truth About Elizabeth Warren’s Student Loan Crusade, Jason Delisle, Yahoo! Finance Phoney QE peace masks rising risk of instability, Gillian Tett, Financial … [Read more...]
Apple, Corporate Taxes and Congress
Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, invited Apple CEO Tim Cook up to Capitol Hill to testify on what the senator called Apple’s “Holy Grail of tax avoidance.” So what is Apple guilty of that required special testimony before a Senate subcommittee? Apparently the company used perfectly legal means to avoid paying the United States’ corporate tax rate—the highest among OECD members. [expand title="Click here to read more."] Rather than wasting taxpayer dollars on fishing expeditions targeting one of America’s most successful companies, … [Read more...]
Is this Rally all about the Fed?
The relentless rise in the U.S. stock market over recent months has emboldened the perma-bulls. The business news cable networks are parading out this crowd in all of their glory to gloat over the market’s rise.[expand title="Click here to read more."]Never mind that many of these pundits are the very same cheerleaders who led investors astray right before the last two stock market collapses. True to their colors, the perma-bulls are as exuberant as ever—yes even after a 140%+ rise off the 2009 low. Before the last crash we were hearing some of the same hollow arguments that we hear today. … [Read more...]
What We’re Reading 5-17-13
Read some of the articles we found interesting this week. Why Fund Managers May Be Right About the Fed, Jesse Eisinger, The New York Times Why the Fed’s Policy Approach Bothers Financial Types Like Me, Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Wait for Your Pitch in Today's Market, John West, Research Affiliates Hedge Funds Bet on Freddie, Fannie Rise, Nick Timiraos, The Wall Street Journal Going Active, Brendan Conway, Barron’s … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Plosser: Holding MBS Not Good for Fed
May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser comments on Fed monetary policy and the U.S. economy. He speaks in an interview with Manus Cranny on Bloomberg Television's "Countdown." (Source: Bloomberg) [expand title="Click here to see the video."] [/expand] … [Read more...]
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