Yesterday I sent you an Outside the Box from Paul McCulley who supports the government and Fed activity (in general) in the current economic crisis. Today we look at an opposing view from Bennet Sedacca of Atlantic Advisors. He asks some very interesting questions like: Shouldn't the consumer, after...
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John Mauldin
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01-07-2009
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Filed under: Mortgage, Housing, The Fed, Subprime, Interest Rates, Portfolio Diversification, Consumer Debt, Financial Reform, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bank Failures, Corporate Debt, Bennet Sedacca, Bailout, Bear Market, FOMC, Economic Crisis, T-Bills
On Monday, in a CNBC Europe interview, Jim Rogers wondered if the US was “…more communist than China .” He was referring to the Fed’s bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and to a lesser extent, the bailout of Bear Stearns back in March. “Socialism for the rich”...
Inflation, The Fisher King and a Solar Stock And to think, investors cheered the Fed’s decision to hold interest rates unchanged. Today, the Producer Price Index, a popular low-ball measure of wholesale inflation, came in twice as hot as expected at 1.2%. That 8.9% rise is the biggest jump since...
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Ian Wyatt
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08-19-2008
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Filed under: Canadian Solar, FOMC, Fed, inflation, interest rates, Bernanke, PPI, Larrty Kudlow, Richard Fisher, Rogoff, Freddie Mac, Wilbur Ross, IMF, Paul Volcker