Recent Content by ptunic

  1. Bombshell •China Faces `Unprecedented Difficulties' in Attracting Foreign Investment

    I'm with asiaprop on this. First off, let's tackle the issue of Chinese consumption. Yes, since Chinese consumers save 45% of income compared...
    Post by: ptunic, Jul 2, 2009 in forum: Economics

  2. Iterative Refinement

    Thanks for the help. Great chart Romanus too :)
    Post by: ptunic, May 27, 2009 in forum: Journals

  3. Iterative Refinement

    5/12/2009 attached. Generally speaking I felt I understood this day better than most though still have difficulty when things get to the goat/FFT...
    Post by: ptunic, May 25, 2009 in forum: Journals

  4. The Federal Reserve is neglecting the economy’s biggest problem, Alan Meltzer writes

    100% with Alan Meltzer. The trillions of dollars of spending/bailouts have to get paid from someone, sometime. The only variables are: who...
    Post by: ptunic, May 4, 2009 in forum: Wall St. News

  5. Keynesian report card 2007-09 - at what point do they admit it's not working?

    I propose the following metrics just as one (probably over-simplified) possibility. Pick 2 "start dates", perhaps July 2007 and Aug 2008....
    Post by: ptunic, Apr 8, 2009 in forum: Economics

  6. Why I think this will be worse than the Great Depression

    I think I probably worded by post very poorly. I absolutely agree with you that the Fed printing money helped cause this mess and would cause...
    Post by: ptunic, Feb 19, 2009 in forum: Economics

  7. Why I think this will be worse than the Great Depression

    To be clear I agree with you and think it's a terrible situation. Printing money is not a solution, it is only marginally better than switching...
    Post by: ptunic, Feb 19, 2009 in forum: Economics

  8. Why I think this will be worse than the Great Depression

    The Fed is easily capable, willing, and has already begun to address aggregate demand for money (money supply * money velocity). They brought...
    Post by: ptunic, Feb 19, 2009 in forum: Economics

  9. Why Gold has to go down...

    I'm with AMT4SWA on this long term. We're looking at a potential "perfect storm" upside on gold. * Fed doubled net assets; biggest increase...
    Post by: ptunic, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Commodity Futures

  10. Iterative Refinement

    Special thanks to Spydertrader! Also Tums for some help on stuff :) Best wishes to everyone for 2009!
    Post by: ptunic, Dec 31, 2008 in forum: Journals

  11. Iterative Refinement

    Today's chart.
    Post by: ptunic, Dec 3, 2008 in forum: Journals

  12. Keynsian economics is dead

    Great post, 100% agree. Personally I think what is coming the next 10 years is a Japanese style rolling recession/depression but with a more...
    Post by: ptunic, Dec 1, 2008 in forum: Economics

  13. Iterative Refinement

    Yes, that helps a lot. Thanks!!
    Post by: ptunic, Nov 8, 2008 in forum: Journals

  14. Iterative Refinement

    Spyder, your charts from last year I believe showed FTT's, but I don't think I've seen them as much or at all in some cases this year. (My guess...
    Post by: ptunic, Nov 8, 2008 in forum: Journals

  15. American Savings Rate IS NOT ZERO

    Yup. The system is a pay-go system. Current taxpayers pay for current retirees. Thus there is zero savings and zero investment. This is one...
    Post by: ptunic, Oct 30, 2008 in forum: Economics