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Zero rates means there is something very, very wrong.

Daniel — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:27:16 PST

Japan has been in a zero rate crisis for over 2 decades during which time it has watched its stock market collapse in price by 80% and real estate fall by around the same amount. Low interest rates...

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Chart Comparison of Depressions

Daniel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:58:32 PST

If you superimpose a graph from the beginning of the 1929 great depression over a graph from the market now, it shows a DOW high of 10,500[now] before the beginning of a big[huge] overdue pullback [...

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Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:

Daniel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:50:21 PST

* 29 have been accused of spousal abuse * 7 have been arrested for fraud * 19 have been accused of writing bad checks * 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses * 3 have done...

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China’s reluctance to shoulder more international responsibilities has several roots.

Daniel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:30:23 PST

The first is Deng Xiaoping’s admonition that China “should adopt a low profile and never take the lead.” Despite China’s meteoric rise to become the world’s third...

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Ha-ha-ha! “Now is a great time to buy!”

Daniel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:47:23 PST

Ron Paul laughed when he explained the stupidity of propping up out of control property prices, rather than let them find their own bottom naturally through the market. It is ridiculous for us to be...

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Important News - Nov. 14

Daniel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:22:29 PST

I Got Suckered By Cash For Clunkers If you see a slate-blue Hyundai redlining at 55mph down the right lane of I-270, feel free to lean out the window and yell, “Thanks, Steve, for being a...

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Obamas lack of experience rises to the surface once again.

Daniel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:59:16 PST

It is disheartening to continually hear our President fly around the world and apologize to everyone for our way of life. He has essentially @#$%&! in the face of every American citizen and...

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It’s hard to see any corner being turned anytime soon….The failures just keep on coming.

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:18:10 PST

Better late than never with the FDIC bank failures story today. The FDIC is getting closer and closer to all of its reserves being wiped out by these bank failures and there are at least 460 more...

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Has the Whole World Gone Enron Mad?

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:08:37 PST

http://economicedge.blogspot.com/2009/11/has-whole-world-gone-enron-mad.html quote: The Chinese, with their unbridled capitalistic expansion propelled by a system they still refer to as “socialism...

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Timed retirement accounts are a ripoff.

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:02:46 PST

I know people who are smart enough to invest for their retirement, yet pay outrageous management fees for say, a 2015 retirement account or a 2025 retirement account. Most people should be able to do...

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The political economics of this situation is pretty straightforward. We have a double deficit problem.

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:59:51 PST

The government deficit has a strange history with the Republicans led by Bush and cheered on by Greenspan worrying over a no-debt economy less tha a decade ago. (Adults, let’s not forget this...

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What would happen when the dollar is weak?

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:56:56 PST

When your currency is weak, people will buy goods from your country especially if their currencies are stronger than yours. This is because this will permit them to ship a larger amount of goods at a...

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The FDIC just released the final rule on the 3 year special upfront assessment fee that must be paid by December 30, 2009.

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:29:59 PST

http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2009/pr09203.html That’s $45B out of the banksters pockets at a time when the large (bad guy) banks cannot afford it. Of course the ruling let’s them...

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The Fed is obviously running the White House and the country…no matter what party is in power.

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:29:00 PST

Obama against Senator Dodds plan to regulate the...

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Job Losses Both Deep and Enduring 2009 - 2012

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:19 PST

The rise in unemployment that has occurred in the current recession has been hardest on young workers, while having a smaller effect on older workers than previous downturns. Women have been more...

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Important News - Nov. 13

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:07:15 PST

Warning: Fed May Cause Next Crisis!! 1) Bair Says Using TARP as Bank Capital Helped Fuel Public Outrage Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said...

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The market is overpriced, but do not force your beliefs against the market.

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:26:05 PST

I thought I’d share a few things which for some reason I want to get off my chest. Most of you will definitely ignore this, but try to understand it… be objective. Remember, whatever YOU...

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Warning: Fed May Cause Next Crisis, Hong Kong’s Tsang Suggests

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:16:28 PST

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a9xbDq__Y7v4 Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve’s policy of keeping interest rates near zero is fueling a wave of speculative...

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Consumer confidence continues low, despite how much the market has rallied.

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:13:06 PST

The wealth effect is not working this time as it has in the past many times. Consumption will only increase now if jobs begin to get created en masse. This doesn’t bode well for the holidays or...

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“No Bank Should Be Considered Too Big to Fail” - Dimon (JPM)

Daniel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:07:47 PST

http://www.cnbc.com/id/33906374 Here is Dimon’s commentary in the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111209924.html Well, at least he says it...

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Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT

60 Seconds to Trim Your Spending
it is time to cut your spending...

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Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Medvedev Shows Off Sample Coin of New ‘World Currency’ at G-8
the beginning of the end: USD

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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Google’s OS Might be the Second Linux.
A great review of upcoming google OS.

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Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

The financial system isn’t (or part of) the economy, it wrecks the economy. | InvestmentWatch
Some of you may confuse the financial system with the economy. They are related but not the same thing. I’ve researched over the internet to find out how are they interact, especially the structure of the U.S financial system. U.S has the biggest economy in the world, that’s why people participate in finance earn the most money: the U.S financial system wrecks the economy because it is sucking the money out of the economy. However, the economy need to help it when it is in trouble. Hilarious, huh?

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Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT

You wonder how Warren got to his billions | InvestmentWatch
u got to read this

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Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST

Job Losses Hit the Tech Sector
awesome info
Ponzi scheme
awesome article

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Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

David Walker: US Government Immorality Will Lead to Bankruptcy
For those of you who do not know of David Walker here is a must see video. This was done in 2007 before David Walker resigned his position. Imagine how much deeper in trouble we are since this video was taken.