It has long been my contention that we are entering an extraordinary period of time in which using historical analogies to plot market behavior is going to become increasingly problematical. In short, the analogies, the past performance if you will, all break down because the underlying economic backdrop...
October 10, 2008 Dear, Dear Reader, In last week's edition of this meandering missive, I mused as follows... "What, I wonder, will the government do when next week, or the week after maybe, the U.S. stock market takes another header for 500 points? Stay tuned. Meanwhile, gold is at $826, down...
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David Galland
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10-10-2008
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Filed under: Credit Crisis, Subprime Loans, Gold, Depression, The Fed, McCain, Obama, Deficit, Bailout, Bud Conrad, British Pound, LIBOR, Iceland, Fascism
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