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IN THIS ISSUE: The Fed Blinks What's the Outlook for Treasury Bonds Revisiting the Hg Capital Advisors' Long/Short Government Bond Program Performance Evaluation Is This Program Right For You? Introduction The Fed's action last week to raise the discount rate paid by banks that borrow money...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Economic Signs of Improvement Fed Vows to Keep Rates Low Market Comments from John P. Hussman, Ph.D. Conclusions Introduction We have seen some encouraging economic news in recent weeks, and President Obama and his cronies in the mainstream media have declared that the worst recession...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Finally a Little Good News for the Economy Geithner's Latest Toxic Asset Bank Bailout Does the PPIP Have Any Chance of Working? Fed to Buy $300 Billion in Treasuries & a Lot More CBO Assessment of Obama's Record 2010 Budget Conclusions, Market Implications & What to Do...
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03-31-2009
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Filed under: Gary D. Halbert, The Fed, GDP, Credit Crisis, Recession, Barack Obama, Deficit, Bailout, Economy, Timothy Geithner, Profutures, Treasuries, PPIP
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IN THIS ISSUE: Federal Bailouts Surpassing $10 Trillion Government Finance 101 Who Will Buy All This New Debt? Bernanke: Crank Up The Printing Presses Real Storm Clouds On The Horizon Conclusions – Not Many I Can Find Introduction Over the last two weeks, I have discussed at some length President Obama's...
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Gary D. Halbert
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02-24-2009
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Filed under: Gary D. Halbert, The Fed, Recession, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Bailout, Globalization, Deflation, Timothy Geithner, Government Spending, Government Debt
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IN THIS ISSUE: President Obama Gets His “Spendulus” Bill Geithner’s Bank Rescue Plan Short On Details Should The Government Nationalize The Banks? Conclusions - Trillions of Dollars Being Thrown Around Introduction Today, President Obama will sign into law the enormous American Recovery and Reinvestment...
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Gary D. Halbert
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02-17-2009
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Filed under: Gary D. Halbert, The Fed, U.S. Economy, Congress, Barack Obama, Deficit, Bailout, Timothy Geithner, Stimulus, Government Spending, Government Debt, Financial Stability Plan, Nationalization
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Recession Continues To Deepen So, How Deep & How Long? Multi-Trillion Dollar Bailouts In The Works Obama's $825 Billion "Stimulus" Package Obama's Next "Big Bang" Bank Bailout Fed Gearing Up To Buy Treasury Bonds Introduction We are witnessing the most...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Latest Grim Numbers On The US Economy The Latest On The Government Bailouts Fed Announces The Mother Of All Bailouts Troubling Aspects Of The Fed's Latest Bailout Fighting A "Debt-Deflation" At Any Cost Introduction The economy, the financial crisis and government bailouts...
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Gary D. Halbert
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12-09-2008
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Filed under: Gary D. Halbert, The Fed, GDP, Subprime, Recession, Consumer Confidence, Ben Bernanke, Deficit, Depression, Stratfor, Bailout, Economy, Henry Paulson, Deflation
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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: 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: Economy Holding Up Better Than Expected Consumer Spending Remains Strong The Fed In A Policy Box Obama Acts As If He's Already The President John McCain's Electoral Mountain The Vice Presidential Sweepstakes Introduction If you talk to people on the street just about anywhere in...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. The Demise & Bailout Of Bear Stearns 2. How The Bear/Morgan Deal Went Down 3. Right, Wrong Or The ONLY Thing To Do? 4. What Does The Fed Get Out Of This Deal? 5. Congress To The Rescue On Housing Crisis? 6. Conclusions - If Any Introduction The massive Fed bailout of Bear Stearns...
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Market Mayhem & Credit Fears - What's Next? IN THIS ISSUE: 1. The Economy - The News Is Not All Bad 2. Consumer Spending Remains Firm For Now 3. Housing & Subprime - More Bad News 4. Should The Government Come To The Rescue? 5. The Fed Needs To Act On September 18 6. BCA's Latest Analysis...
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Is A Subprime Recession Inevitable? IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Stocks - Correction Or New Bear Market? 2. Consumer Confidence & Spending Remain Key 3. A Look At Previous Credit Crunches 4. How Bad Is The Subprime Mortgage Problem? 5. Crisis In Confidence 6. Are Subprime Fears Overblown? 7. Fed To The Rescue...
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Stock Prices Plunge In The Perfect Storm IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Stocks Make New Record Highs, Then Plummet 2. Forget The Cheese, Just Let Me Out Of The Trap! 3. Unwinding The "Yen Carry Trade" 4. Fed & Central Banks To The Rescue 5. So What Next? - BCA's Latest Analysis 6. Conclusions -...