Does anyone know where to find consolidated M3 data (or better graphs) for major currencies?
Great topic and discussion. Too bad nobody in the general public seems to understand. But then, I guess that is why they are all broke wage...
Just hoping someone may have advice for me. Since moving into the futures market 2 years ago I've averaged around a 45% annual rate of return....
There's one other element people don't seem to be getting. True, if the Saudis cut back too far they would eventually hurt themselves, but I...
"The Fed's mandate is price stability" that's got to be one of the boldest lies in history. Welcome to the Orwellian world of central banking. Now...
Quote from gnome: All that was needed was federal regulation which prohibited the mortgage writer on conforming loans from disposing of the...
People will put up with quite a bit of crap and blame whoever the media tells them is at fault. Just don't outlaw American Idol and salty cheese...
Called me an idiot eh? I get a cushy job handing out billions in free money to all my rich banking and industry friends. The middle class and...
Great question. Guess if you are young, losing 7 years is worth a life of ease afterwards. When you think about it, almost everyone loses 90% of...
Yeah, Argentina at least had a strong export sector allowing an eventual recovery each time they debased THEIR currency. But no, nothing can...
You beat me to that comment. - Landis must be wallowing in profits from all his commodity shorts. :D Gee if only the rest of us had been as...
In case anyone missed it, Russia passed SA as the world's leading oil producer. China is now the top gold producer in addition to owning enough US...
Greenspan, Bernanke - they are just doing what the Fed will always do. Inflate so that banks can screw up as much as they want and generally keep...
I must be missing something here - can someone please educate me? From what I understand, banks used to be prohibited from trading commodities...
Prices going up? Must be those damn speculators. Couldn't have anything to do with the Fed. Maybe one day Joe Sixpack will wake up to the banking...
Maxpi - unless you have over $200K in a joint account your money is "run proof" in any FDIC insured bank. The Fed will just print up some more...
Just my 2 cents - people always forget that societies have empirically developed diets over 1000s of years. If you want to know what works, a good...
Not that I care if you all short commodities.... but deflation is an almost impossible scenario IMO. How do you pay off our massive and growing...
Interesting posts - as usual traders are a lot more ethical than most people. In real estate everyone is more than happy to take out loans, shift...
Speculation almost exclusively affects the futures prices (which have been in backwardation for years now by the way). The spot price is...
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