Dear Readers, I have woken in the pre-dawn to find our direst predictions coming true, with global stock markets taking yet another pounding and U.S. stock futures limit down. Serving as a proxy for the mindset now gripping governments around the world, French President Sarkozy has announced that the...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Latest Good & Not So Good Economic News Stratfor: "Economic Crisis Brewing In China?" Conclusions - Maybe Lighten Up On China Keep Your Comments Coming - Thanks Introduction As you are well aware, this year's Summer Olympics will be held in China beginning this Friday...
Written: April 11, 2008 Dear Readers, No question about it, we humans like to keep things simple. And no wonder; if the world is anything, it is chaotic. And so we look for our philosophy in un-taxing nuggets, the sort, perhaps, that might grace the back of a cereal box, be squeezed onto a bumper sticker...
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Dear Fellow Global Adventurers , This past week I came across worthy comments from Dr. Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report in which he comments that, by continuing to cut interest rates, Bernanke will eventually "destroy the U.S. dollar." If Bloomberg is reporting accurately, and...