I kind of agree with you. Nowadays, it appears that much of the extra "printed money" ends up in assets and not necessarily in commodities or...
One sign of this is that they have been growing M2 at a 9-12% annual increase per year since 97 at least....
I agree. I was hoping to get some more commentary on this, but the impression that I'm getting is that the Fed has opened the door and nobody is...
What was interesting to me was that a few weeks ago, my systems started losing money for a couple of days. I realized that this was a bad sign...
I probably should have worded it a different way. We're clearly in a deflationary period right now. But how long will it last? Is it a 3 month...
This guy is calling inflation, saying the Fed is pumping too much money - in fact a hideously monstrous amount of money - into the system along...
For those interested, here's another link that gives some additional information on Lahde(da). He waxes philosophic on everything from capitalism...
Can you go half and half?
Btw, this AP article said it went belly up because of the fall in the stock market. Does that make sense all you insurance experts out there??...
This is an interesting case: a blogger actually started this rumor and got in significant trouble for it:...
I agree that we were in inflation before this started and that we'll probably head there afterwards. But right now we're headed toward deflation...
Most politicians are like McCain and have a minimal understanding of even basic economics much less central banking...
What would you have wanted him to do differently? React more quickly or actually implement different solutions?
Quite a few people on this site love to debate the gold standard and see the Fed as a sort of Rothchild antichrist. And I'm no lover of the Fed....
Okay, here's the rest of the story - apparently, hedge funds are a 2 trillion dollar industry. Brrr......
Is the hedge fund industry going the way of Wall Street? Who is going to keep their money in a fund with significantly greater risk levels...
Guys, I can't help but ask, "What Wall Street?" Shouldn't we change the name of this forum?
It's all about competition - period. Resources is just one component of this...
It was "something" for millenia actually! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China China was an incredible economic force...
Why do you say you'd still be the same? You just don't think India will change?
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