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Investors often seek safety from financial market turbulence in US government bonds since they offer virtually no risk of default and, unlike cash or gold, provide a yield. At the same time, sovereign debt default concerns outside the US, e.g., Iceland , Dubai , and Greece , have been linked to short...
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http://libertyisnow.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-deflation-better.html Subscribe by Email Is Deflation Better? by Alex Merced I constantly speak about the dangers of inflation (increase in the money supply), and inflationary pressures of a growing government. Inflation destroys our purchasing power, causes...
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http://libertyisnow.blogspot.com/2010/04/treasuries-investment-interest-rates.html Subscribe by email Treasuries, Investment, Interest Rates, and Risk by Alex Merced In todays world investment revolves around US Treasury debt cause it's AAA rating. Since the return yielded from treasuries is considered...
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Michael Kinsley’s Intuition is better than “Expert Opinion” By Monty Pelerin , posted March 28th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/28/michael-kinsley%e2%80%99s-intuition-is-better-than-%e2%80%9cexpert-opinion%e2%80%9d/ In an article in Atlantic Monthly entitled My Inflation...
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Government Choices By Monty Pelerin , posted March 24th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/24/government-choices/ This is a visualization of what the Fed is doing: The chart is from a Martin Weiss article dealing with Bernanke and Fed irresponsibility. The current path is unsustainable and must...
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Numbers of the Future By Monty Pelerin , posted March 24th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/24/numbers-of-the-future/ ‘Rithmetic Is Getting Harder Little did Richard Feynman know when he made his humorous observation how bad things were going to get: There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy...
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Inflation or Deflation – Considered Again By Monty Pelerin , posted March 16th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/16/inflation-or-deflation-considered-again/ A reasoned view for high inflation is made on Zerohedge. My opinion is that hyperdeflation (if it is defined as 5% or more) does...
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Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, faces a Sisyphean task because US banks are experiencing debt deflation and, because lending is now at much lower levels, monetary deflation is encumbering the domestic US economy as existing debts continue to be serviced. Government deficit spending...
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Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: march-2-2010 We will be brief today, for nothing of macroeconomic consequence has taken place in the past 24hrs. The action that caught our attention yesterday was in the foreign exchange market (the market that never lies). In particular, we refer...
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Among the many opinions expressed by billionaire investor George Soros over the course of the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland was his statement on January 28 in an interview with Maria Bartiromo , host of CNBC's Closing Bell , that "When interest rates are low we have conditions...
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Bonner on Money By Monty Pelerin , posted January 29th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/01/29/bonner-on-money/ For those who want to understand more about money and inflation, the following piece by Bill Bonner of the Daily Reckoning is good reading. The Descent of Money By Bill Bonner Paris,...
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"Haiti needs doctors. If you are a doctor or a nurse, or have a friend who is a doctor or a nurse who would like to go to volunteer some of their time and skills, please contact me, and I will do all the contact-leg-work for you and spare you the hassle. Please specify what kind of doctor you are...
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Key to Investment Success — Inflation or Deflation? By Monty Pelerin , posted December 31st, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/31/key-to-investment-success-inflation-or-deflation/ Inflation or Deflation? For investors, the critical question is are we headed toward Inflation or Deflation...
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It is often remarked that the existence of unions is proof of the inefficiency and failure of markets to pay workers adequate wages. That workers, as a great multitude with little individual influence, must form socialistic collectives in order to provide a counterweight to the great power wielded by...
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By Monty Pelerin , posted December 4th, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/04/the-false-definition-of-inflation/ W. C. Fields “How is the human race going to survive now that the cost of living has gone up two dollars a quart? “ W. C. Fields “Inflation is when you pay fifteen...