Gee, have you noticed that there is a debt bubble collapsing. Do ya' think irresponsible BORROWING and lending has something to do with it?...
Are you for real? Credit card debt is a HUGE problem. If people are reneging on their mortgages, they are not going to think twice about...
Monetary policy is asymmetric. It works well to slow things down via interest rate increases but it doesn't work as well to get things going. As...
Then it's agreed. The Fed should print more money and make more speeches!
A few weeks ago Nouriel Roubini called for the Fed to lower the Fed Funds to 0. While he used to be on the fringes, people are now listening to...
What's the thinking on this? I'm thinking they let things fall today and assess the damage over the weekend. If it's bad, I wouldn't be...
Does anyone know where I can find the statistics for the velocity of money in the U.S.? I've searched through the Federal Reserve stats and am...
Surfer, it's possible as you've shown above, but it's fleeting at best. The panic to escape bank deposits led to the above instance. However I...
The answer is no. Nominal interest rates do not go negative. Only the real rate can go negative (nominal - rate of inflation = real rate)....
Not quite. Let's say you are a bank holding bonds in Corporation A. To protect yourself, you purchased a credit default swap on the underlying...
Say, aren't you the guy that said the S&P would NEVER go below 1200 again? Aren't you the guy who bought commodity stocks back in January?...
It would seem that they are indeed robbing from future generations, but they are screwing themselves even worse. 2007 marked the first year that...
After watching the video you can see how out of touch and DEAD WRONG that Art Laffer was on the economy. It's sad that guys like that have the...
Hi Art. Just wondering if the calendar biases for the indices turn negative next week. Thanks.
Shhh, big secret. Me make so much much money. So easy do this. Bang on drum, then buy yankee dollar. Yabba, dabba, doo!
"IB's as well as other brokerages safeguards are for their benefit and theirs only." I agree 100% in this case. IB (and other brokers) have...
A couple of points: 1. Other brokers are reducing margin for the same stocks. It's prudent for all of them to do so. 2. It's at the...
TD Waterhouse posted this gem for their clients today: FYI: Reduced Loan Value for Select US Securities SUMMARY: This information...
You're saying my grammy was lying to me all these years. Eww! I feel so dirty now.
Sorry Edge, you got it all wrong. As I type, their bodies are being loaded on the Spruce Goose and will be flown to a secret lab somewhere in...
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