The G20 Summit is set to happen in the UK on April 20th of that year. The meeting usually goes calmly, the leaders address undoubtful economic and monetary policy issues and soon after they leave and nothing really happens. Except that year. In the midst of a global financial crisis, there’s going to […]

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Tired of Fed speak, yeah me too. Quantitative easing is the most popular phrase on Wall Street right now. Its a pretty word for not so much of a pretty thing – inflation. that is how quantitative easing works and what it means to you.
Let’s break down the phrase “quantitative […]

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Its back, and its here to stay. amidst TARP, Fed lending programs, a stimulus package, and a spending bill, its not hard to track the inflation trail back. We’ve overcorrected and now each of us is going to pay dearly as the grip of inflation tightens its hold on the economy. Worse […]

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Homeowners who are unable to sell their homes, or unwilling to lock in huge paper losses, have begun to trade homes with others. The trend, which is creating huge interest among cash strapped homeowners, involves finding another couple willing to invent the housing switch. What was once a buying spree has now turned […]

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Credit Default Swaps, essentially derivative-based insurance against loss, on US debt surged nearly 600% since the recession began as investors anguish that the US government may default on its Treasury issues. The increase outpaced corporate debt issues which in the same day increased only 30%. Rising costs are the direct outcome of increased […]

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In my short life I had thought I had seen it all. I was a believer in that the stock market finds the best price of a stock pending all of the info that is presently known. Now I stand in disgust after listening to Jim Cramer explain how he, and many other […]

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So you thought TARP was big? certain it was big, $700 Billion, but did it move the market big? To the downside, yes, however mark to market could bring the dead cat bounce we’ve all been waiting for when the House Financial Services Subcommittee reviews the mark-to-market rule on March 12.
The […]

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