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IN THIS ISSUE: An Inside Look At The Mortgage Bailout Bill Equity Ownership & Limits On Executive Pay Mortgage Assistance & The Bankruptcy Code Expanded FDIC Limits On Bank Accounts Was The Bailout The Right Thing To Do? The Senate's $150 Billion In Extra Bailout Pork John McCain Blew An...
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Gary D. Halbert
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10-07-2008
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Filed under: Gary D. Halbert, Economic Forecast, U.S. Economy, Congress, Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Bailout, John McCain, Scotia Partners, Henry Paulson
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Latest $700 Billion Bailout Package What Could Go Wrong? Potentially A Lot What Could Go Right, If We're Lucky? What Would Happen To The Profits, If Any? A "Main Street" Backlash To Come? Introduction Like it or not, members of the House and Senate, with the approval...
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Gary D. Halbert
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09-30-2008
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Filed under: Election Issues, Gary D. Halbert, The Fed, Credit Crisis, Subprime, Economic Forecast, Recession, U.S. Economy, Politics, Ben Bernanke, Depression, Bailout, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson
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IN THIS ISSUE: Details Of The Massive $700 Billion Bailout Government Guarantees Money Market Funds Will Congress Pass The Bailout Plan? Should The Government Bail Out Homeowners? Will Uncle Sam Overpay For The Assets? Credit Crisis May Tip The Election To Obama Time To Prepare For A Recession Just Ahead...
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Gary D. Halbert
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09-23-2008
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Filed under: Election Issues, Gary D. Halbert, Subprime, Economic Forecast, Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Oil, Bailout, John McCain, Economy, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson
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IN THIS ISSUE: Largest Budget Deficit In History Coming In 2009 A Sobering Reminder From The Fed's Richard Fisher Deficits To Explode In Coming Decades Conclusions - Why No One Is Talking About This Introduction At the end of July, the White House announced its forecast for the federal budget deficit...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged Again But Will Inflation Really Moderate? Stocks - Stuck In A Long-Term Sideways Pattern? Bad News For Millions Of Baby Boomers A Wall Street Myth About To Be Shattered? Avoiding Big Losses Is The Key, Maybe It's Time You Join Us The Bottom Line...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Latest Economic Numbers On Inflation & The Fed “The Double Dip Supply Shock” Conclusions – What Next? Investing In Today’s Dicey Environment Introduction The major investment markets seem perplexed this year. Questions abound. Are we in a recession? Not according to the textbook...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Economy: Sluggish But No Recession Where Are The Markets Headed? Managing Market Risks The Right Way The Potomac Guardian Program Niemann Capital Management Comparing Performance Conclusions The Economy: Sluggish But No Recession Last Wednesday, the Commerce Department released the...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. The US Economy - What Kind Of Recession? 2. Fed Puts Real Skin (Our Skin) In The Game 3. J.P. Morgan Quintuples The Bear Deal - Why? 4. Market Implications - More Uncertainty 5. Are We There Yet (Market Bottom)? 6. Getting Out Is Easy - When To Get back In? 7. Conclusions - What To...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Revisiting Stratfor's Previous Forecast 2. Stratfor's Latest Economic Outlook 3. Recession, Maybe - But No Depression 4. My Analysis And Conclusions Introduction There is a growing chorus that we are already in a full-blown recession, even though we'll have to wait several...
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03-11-2008
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Filed under: Presidential Race, Gary D. Halbert, Economic Forecast, Recession, Inflation, Politics, Deficit, Depression, Oil, Stratfor, Interest Rates
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The Economy Disappoints In The First Quarter Economic growth was a bit slower than expected in the first three months of this year. The Commerce Department reported last week that GDP rose at an annual rate of 3.1% in the 1Q. Economists had expected a rise of 3.5% or better, so the latest report was...
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Introduction The Bank Credit Analyst is one of the most respected and widely followed forecasting groups in the world. They forecast trends in the US economy (and other major economies around the world), trends in interest rates, inflation, the stock markets, bonds, currencies, oil, gold and at times...
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Introduction This week, we start off by analyzing the latest economic data released last Friday, which was both disappointing and encouraging at the same time. Despite last week’s disappointing GDP report, The Bank Credit Analyst still predicts growth of 3½% this year. Forecasting the economy this year...