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What will austerity look like in America? State and local governments are broke. Pension plans are unfunded. Unemployment is as high as ever. Sovereign debt is a problem. The total debt in the world economy is too high. Entire western world has borrowed excessive amounts in the last few decades. This is not just the… Read more Austerity in America |
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Global Debt Bubble
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Debt Bubble is More Threatening Than Any Single Economic Sector Now History shows that once a financial bubble bursts, it can take a long time to bounce back. We had a crash in 2008 and since then nothing has been fixed other than printing money and handing it out to the failed banks. Now we are doing… Read more Global Debt Bubble |
Public Pension Funds Are In Trouble
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It has been years since the great recession, but unemployment remains stubbornly high. Europe is struggling with the debt problems of it’s members and the debt problem of the US is in check by strong demand to US dollar despite Bernanke’s printing press. But is a bull market ahead of us despite all of our… Read more Public Pension Funds Are In Trouble |
Is the World’s Central Bankers’ Strategy Working?
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Debt is the world’s problem. After decades of credit inflation, deflationary pressures have been forcing central banks to take actions across the globe. The Fed is not the world’s only central bank dealing with debt. Watch as Steve Hochberg, EWI’s chief market analyst, shows what has happened to GDP in countries around the world as… Read more Is the World’s Central Bankers’ Strategy Working? |
Largest US City Bankruptcy is Coming
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As pundits chatter about an economic recovery, 80 miles east of San Francisco you’ll find a city (pop. 292,000) facing bankruptcy: Stockton is on the verge of becoming the largest city in the United States to declare bankruptcy… San Francisco Chronicle (3/4) Bloomberg reports (2/25) that it costs the city $175,000 just to get a… Read more Largest US City Bankruptcy is Coming |
Who is Going To Win the Presidential Elections?
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Is Obama going to win the elections to serve his second term? Can the Republican nominee beat Obama? Does it matter if it is Romney or Santorum or Ron Paul? or Gingrich? Or does Obama’s destiny rests on something else? A recently-published, landmark research paper shows the link between stock market performance and presidential election… Read more Who is Going To Win the Presidential Elections? |
Do Low Interest Rates Move Stocks Higher?
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Many investors think that the Federal Reserve reduces the interest rates and that makes the stock market move higher. But there are two fallacies in this assumption. For one, the Federal Reserve does not set the interest rates, the market does. FED follows. Below we are going to show you a chart of declining interest… Read more Do Low Interest Rates Move Stocks Higher? |
Credit Crisis: Is The Perfect Storm Coming?
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Robert Prechter discusses what’s backing your dollars In this video clip, taken from Robert Prechter’s interview with The Mind of Money, Prechter and host Douglass Lodmell discuss “real” money vs the FIAT money system, and what is backing your dollars under our current system. Enjoy this 4-minute clip and then watch Prechter’s full 45-minute interview… Read more Credit Crisis: Is The Perfect Storm Coming? |
What moves the stock market?
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The widespread idea is that events around the world direct the financial markets. We are told to believe that the market reacts to the news and people’s mood changes accordingly. When the news are good, people feel good and they buy stocks they say. When the news are bad, people sell stocks according to the… Read more What moves the stock market? |
Deflationary Depression Coming?
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Social psychology precipitates economic depressions Don’t blame Martin Van Buren for America’s first deflationary depression. Social mood rode higher in the saddle than did our 8th President, who only stood 5′ 6″. Elected in 1836, by the time Van Buren assumed office in March 1837 a speculative bubble had burst and a banking crisis was… Read more Deflationary Depression Coming? |