Assume a Perfect World Objects in the Rear-View Mirror Are Larger An Imaginary Recession Peace in Our Time? Government Spending Per Household Exceeds Median Household Income What Do You Want It to Be? Las Vegas, Singapore, San Francisco, and Carlsbad An engineer, a chemist, and an economist are stranded...
Thoughts on the Statistical Recovery Lies, Damn Lies, and Government Statistics The Problem of Seasonal Adjustments The Job Creation Engine A Double-Dip Recession? Dad Gets a Lively Lesson We are clearly starting to get some better data points here and there. But as I pointed out this summer, it is going...
The End of the Recession? The New Normal Is Still In Our Future The Hidden Problem Within Unemployment Data Was Income Really Up? Tulsa, London, and The Baltics Last week we began a series on data abuse, about how various commentators twist and torture data to make it say what they want, or fail to look...
ECONOMIC VIEW . Rising Inflation Expected . So predicts a whole slew of big names, everyone seems to be jumping on board this train in the last few days. Now Warren Buffett and Bill Gross have joined Marc Faber and Jim Rogers and more in predicting problematic inflation just out there over the horizon...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Obama Pushes His Stimulus Plan Dick Morris -- Tax Exempt Tyranny? More On Obama's Plan From Peter Ferrara It Depends Upon Your Definition Of "Tax Cut" Introduction I had originally planned to write about the Bernie Madoff scandal this week. In fact, I had already written...
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Gary D. Halbert
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01-13-2009
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Richard Schwartz's PRINCIPLES OF THE STOCK MARKET A learning, teaching, always evolving stock market letter and advisory service Eighteenth Consecutive Year of Publication ; Letter #1; September 18 th , 1990 Post Office Box 1236 · New Paltz, New York 12561 - U.S. A. · (845) 255-6894...
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REVIEWING THE 1930s . The Principle of Knowing History . Let me get down on paper a bit about President Hoover (1928 to 1932) and President Roosevelt and the 1930s after nearly finishing up THE FORGOTTEN MAN (2007) by Amity Shlaes. Again, let me recommend you get yourself a copy as today’s happenings...
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11-20-2008
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September 26, 2008 Dear Readers, What a world I have returned to from my cloistered retreat at the beautiful Vivenda Miranda , scenically situated on a cliff outside of the quaint port town of Lagos, Portugal. Everything has changed. Everything is changing. The storm we have so long tried to help you...
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The Room
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09-30-2008
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THE BIG PICTURE Written Monday, September 29th, 2008: 6:30 a.m.. What happened in Congress last Friday – House Republicans refusing to go along with the government’s rescue plan – was caused by political/economic ideology combined with Americans not wanting to bail out Wall Street....
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Caroline Baum is one of my favorite financial columnists, who writes with a voice of calm reason. She writes for Bloomberg, and I encourage you to read her regularly. This week she touches on the problems in the markets and the continuing calls for government intervention. Things are coming loose in...