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Leverage Is an 8 Letter Word If Loans Are So Cheap, Why Don't They Sell? Deflation and Helicopters: Time for a Review Commercial Property Loans Start to Haunt the Banks Warren Makes a Bet Thanksgiving, Moving, and New Orleans Leverage is an eight-letter word, which the markets now regard as twice...
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Thoughts From The Frontline
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John Mauldin
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11-21-2008
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Filed under: The Fed, Ben Bernanke, Consumer Price Index, Credit, Warren Buffet, Credit Crisis, Housing Crisis, Deflation, Deleveraging, Commercial Property, Goldman Sachs
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Daily Pfennig
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Chuck Butler
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11-18-2008
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Filed under: Currencies, Dollar, Consumer Confidence, Ben Bernanke, The Fed, Deficit, Consumer Debt, T-Bills, Henry Paulson, Credit Crisis, Consumer Spending, G20, TARP, Personal Bankruptcy
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Can the credit crisis get any worse? In this week's Outside the Box my London partner Niels Jensen shows that it indeed can. Banks, and mainly European banks, have large exposure to emerging market debt of all types through both sovereign, corporate and individual loans. Just as banks have had to...
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John Mauldin's Outside the Box
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John Mauldin
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11-10-2008
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Filed under: The Fed, Credit Crisis, Hedge Funds, Recession, The Dollar, Niels Jensen, Credit Default Swaps, Deleveraging, Absolute Return Partners, Yen, Europe, European Banks, Emerging Economies, Iceland
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Daily Pfennig
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Chuck Butler
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10-15-2008
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Filed under: Dollar, British Pound, Brazilian Real, Bailout, Iceland, Ben Bernanke, Yen, Canada, Trichet, The Fed, Henry Paulson, Credit Crisis
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.........But First, A Word From Our Sponsor.......... The FX University Seminar Series. Learn from foreign currency experts-then invest like one. Plan on attending this enlightening one-day seminar on currency investing, hosted by the Sovereign Society. You'll mingle and learn from experts from:...
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October 10, 2008 Dear, Dear Reader, In last week's edition of this meandering missive, I mused as follows... "What, I wonder, will the government do when next week, or the week after maybe, the U.S. stock market takes another header for 500 points? Stay tuned. Meanwhile, gold is at $826, down...
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The Room
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David Galland
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10-10-2008
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Filed under: Credit Crisis, Subprime Loans, Gold, Depression, The Fed, McCain, Obama, Deficit, Bailout, Bud Conrad, British Pound, LIBOR, Iceland, Fascism
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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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David Galland
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09-30-2008
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Filed under: Economy, Presidential Race, Credit Crisis, Politics, Government, Gold, Ben Bernanke, Recession, The Fed, David Galland, McCain, Economic Forecast, Bailout, Henry Paulson, AIG, Ron Paul, Sara Palin, Donald Grove
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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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Forecasts & Trends
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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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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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Principles of the Stock Market
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Richard Schwartz
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09-29-2008
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Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Seasonal View, US Economy, Socialism, Politics, Global Investing, The Fed, Portfolio Strategy, Historical Perspectve, Perspective, Federal Reserve, Jim Rogers, The Principle of History, Government Intervention, The Big Picture, Recession, Stock Market Lessons, Globalization, Financial Crisis, Economic Common Sense, Spin, History, Stock Market, US Presidential Election, Capitalism, Ben Bernanke, Congress, Big Picture, Henry Paulson, Credit Crisis, Sell in May & Go Away, The Principle of Crowd Psychology, Bear Markets, America, Culture, Government, Business, US Housing Crisis, Real Economy
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It's All About the Spread The Coming Bank Credit Crunch More Thoughts on Fannie and Freddie Who Is Holding the Old Maid? Baltimore, La Jolla, South Africa, and London When is the credit crisis going to end? How will we know? The credit crisis is getting ready to enter its second phase. This week...
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It is indeed a very interesting time in which to live, especially watching the financial markets. The disconnect among authorities, regulators, companies and investors is almost too much to comprehend. There are no precedents for the turmoil we are in. This week we read an essay by a name familiar to...
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UPDATE ON THE STOCK MARKET . Written Wednesday, June 11th, 2008: 6:30 a.m. Today’s stock market has no real leadership. The Dow’s up, the Dow’s down, all day long. Yesterday it was more of the same. No real trend except for in ENERGY and GOLD , both selling off big time, sort of reversing...
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Principles of the Stock Market
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Richard Schwartz
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06-11-2008
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Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Gold, Alan Greenspan, Inflation, US Dollar, The Principle of Primary Trend, The Fed, Update On The Stock Market, Daily Update, Macroeconomics, Portfolio Strategy, Federal Reserve, The Big Picture, Recession, Economic Common Sense, Stock Market, Ben Bernanke, Credit Crunch, Energy, Henry Paulson, Group of Eight, Credit Crisis, G-8
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This week in Outside the Box we take up a topic that should be on the top of the agenda of every regulatory authority, executives at financial services firms of all types, and average investors: How do we fix the credit markets to make sure we do not have such a crisis again? Good friend Michael Lewitt...
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Thoughts on the Continuing Crisis Margin Clerks of the World, Unite! Where Do We Find New Sources of Credit? In Defense of Alan Greenspan What Now for Gold, Oil, Etc? Baseball, Mexico, and Travel Costs My essay in Outside the Box last Monday seemed to ignite a lot of response in the blogosphere. My basic...
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How Do You Spell Stagflation? Memo from the Fed: Inflation? What Inflation? The Fed Will Cut and Cut Again Damn the Inflation Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead! Apple, Sprint, AT&T, and Going to the Dark Side This week's topic was inspired by a discussion I had with George Friedman of Stratfor fame...