June 3, 2011
in DJIA, QE, S&P 500, deflation, earnings, economy, holidays, indicators, market reports, news and updates, recession, seasonal investing
The U.S. economic “recovery” is showing signs of officially slowing down at the ripe old age of two years. This is threatening to look like the end of a bull market (and it would be happening at a seasonally appropriate time for it, too). Bull nor bear, we’re likely to be in a trading range [...]
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With the U.S. debt ceiling becoming an ongoing economic issue for American politics, you may be confused about some of the terms you hear and read in the news – or worse, maybe you don’t even question them and you talk about “debt” and “deficits” interchangeably.
Taxes and spending sound equally bad too, but there are [...]
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May 4, 2011
in Timothy Geithner, US Treasury, US debt, USD, central banks, debt, financing, forecasts, money management, money supply, sovereign debt, special dates
The U.S. Treasury still expects it will hit its debt ceiling limit on May 16. This week, Congress continues to debate the terms of any potential increase in the debt ceiling, while Geithner has taken action to initiate emergency measures by Friday in order to maintain current government spending levels below the debt ceiling.
These emergency [...]
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May 3, 2011
in Federal Reserve, US Treasury, USD, currencies, exchange rates, forex, inflation, international economy, market reports, market trends, sovereign debt, technical analysis, world reserve currency
The US Dollar has sunk to 2.5 year lows. This is a significant time frame, as currently, Brent oil futures are also at 2.5 year highs. Outdoing both of these, gold is at all-time nominal highs, having closed April 2011 at $1563/oz.
Bernanke keeps saying that a strong dollar is in the U.S.’ best interests, and [...]
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February 9, 2011 · 3 comments
in Obama, Obama Effect, US economy, bailout, bankruptcy, debt, government, news and updates, politics, stimulus, unemployment
Now we know that a whopping 32 states are officially bankrupt, and that apparently, the US government has been engaged in shadow bailouts of these states, i.e., “giving them money under the table.”
In addition, all that money that states borrowed from the Federal government in order to continue to pay unemployment benefits? Now they won’t [...]
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February 9, 2011 · 1 comment
in 2011, US debt, US economy, bailout, bankruptcy, collapse, debt, living in US, market reports, moving to U.S., news and updates, unemployment
The Economic Policy Journal recently released a list of U.S. States that are officially bankrupt (i.e., insolvent). These states are receiving SHADOW BAILOUTS from the federal government. As Zero Hedge puts it, “one can only wonder how many other shadow programs are currently in operation to fund states under the table with federal money.” He [...]
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January 18, 2011 · 8 comments
in FOMC, Federal Reserve, Niall Ferguson, QE, US Treasury, US debt, US economy, USD, bubble, capitalism, collapse, currencies, debt, deficits, emergencies, forecasts, future, indicators, inflation, infrastructure, risk, sovereign debt, spending, theories, world order, world reserve currency
So, like many people, maybe you’re sick of the so-called “doom and gloom” crowd – that’s too bad. Because reality doesn’t depend on fashion and it isn’t going to wait for you to agree with it before basic cause and effect takes hold and serves you up a dish you don’t like.
Niall Ferguson is different [...]
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