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A good doctor will not simply make a diagnosis based on measurements. The symptoms and complaints expressed by the patient…
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Currently, central banks around the world are walking in lock step down a dangerous path of money creation. Led by…
Read ArticleGold Recovers Amidst Uncertainty
The selloff in gold that captured the world's attention in mid-April has revealed some truths about how the market trades…
Read ArticleChanging the Conversation
Don Draper, Mad Men's master advertiser likes to say "when you don't like what they are saying, change the conversation." …
Read ArticleJapan Steps into the Void
In the years following the global financial crisis, economists and investors have gotten very comfortable with very high, and seemingly…
Read ArticleGold in the Crosshairs
In the opening years of the last decade, most mainstream investors sat on the sidelines while "tin hat" goldbugs rode…
Read ArticleCypriot Chaos Assists EU Centralization
Remarks by members of the European Union's elite suggesting that banking deposit seizures may become standard practice appear to have…
Read ArticleThe Stockman Backlash
This week, while economists should have been closely considering the implications of the actual bankruptcy of Stockton, California, they instead…
Read ArticleFlying High on Borrowed Wings
After selling off an astounding 56% between October of 2007 and March 2009, the S&P 500 has staged a rally…
Read ArticleThe Stimulus Trap
For years we have been warned by Keynesian economists to fear the so-called "liquidity trap," an economic cul-de-sac that can…
Read ArticleCyprus Lifts the Curtain
This week financial analysts, economists, politicians, and bank depositors from around the world were outraged that European leaders, more specifically…
Read ArticleSpending Patterns Paint Half Truth
On March 13th, the Commerce Department announced a 1.1 percent increase in food and services retail sales, doubling a prior…
Read ArticleGentlemen, Start Your Presses
In his Congressional testimony last week in Washington, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke took time to downplay the significance of the…
Read ArticleBen’s Balance Sheet Blues
During his testimony before Congress this week, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke made it a priority to dampen the growing concern that…
Read ArticleSingapore A Wise Owl Among Currency Snakes
As China enters the "Year of the Snake," Singapore stands as a beacon of sound currency in a world gone…
Read ArticleThe Pound Gets Pounded
As the global currency war intensifies, the majority of attention has been paid to the 17% fall of the Japanese…
Read ArticleMessing with the Bull
With the announcement this week of its massive $5 billion lawsuit against ratings agency Standard & Poor's, the Federal Government…
Read ArticleInvesting In a World of Make Believe
In recent years, a high degree of economic, financial, and political uncertainty has resulted in acute volatility in stocks, real…
Read ArticleThe Biggest Loser
In Switzerland, it's not just the clocks that are cuckoo. Over the past four years Swiss politicians and central bankers…
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