"very few countries which has invested in a credible security apparatus (e.g. military) and I believe that in the long run lead trumps gold and...
Governments need a standard in order to prevent complete currency debasement. Right now the world is in all out print-a-thon to see who can...
The next financial crisis will have the distinction of being the first to resonate in financial markets around the world. I wonder how long we'll...
The only way a market can function is when private investors are putting there own money at risk. Once governments get involved any ability to...
I guess I should clarify. I said the yen because it is largest of the carry trade currency and would therefore have the largest impact if it were...
Do I get credit for my call that a yen rally would stop the market?
You would think that a slow housing market would slow down the demand for credit, but so far it hasn't. LBO's, mergers, sharebuy backs,...
Its a bifurcated economy. The lower end and middle class is not doing as well and are worried about the future. It certainly showed up in the...
Every major spread across the world is so compressed that stocks are the only place left to grab any kind of return. Interest rate spreads non...
I know exactly what you are talking about. I think a hidden downside to electronic trading especially in the futures is the instant access lto...
Good luck, considering vol in every asset class in the world is the lowest on record. Interest vol is non existent. Its as if time has stopped.
I wasn't alive when the gold standard was still in place and I realize that it is not perfect either, however it is perfectly clear why it...
I meant not in a panic
Im talking about a panic. I'm just saying that gold would continue to outperform the major averages just like this year.
Thats why gold it the way to go for the longterm. They will print until there is something on the order of Weimar Germany. The pabst idea that...
Remember housing still has the benefit of good employment and a great interest rate environment.
You can always print money. The fed has said it numerous times. True nobody ever wins, but you can do it and in desperate times they will print...
Then I assume that in some of the hot markets there is a long way to go?
Maybe there is a problem in housing, but the point is how will the government respond. They will print money like they have never printed before....
The only caveat to the home vs gold arguement is that there is a much smaller supply of gold and precious metals. In chicago supply for houses...
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