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Daily Pfennig
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Chuck Butler
on
11-14-2008
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Filed under: Australia, Trade Deficit, Oil, Recession, Euro, GDP, Jobs, Consumer Debt, Credit Crisis, European Union, Consumer Spending
Thoughts on the Continuing Crisis If the Rules are Inconvenient, Change the Rules Let's Re-arrange the Deck Chairs Regulations Coming to a Hedge Fund Near You More Fun in the Unemployment Numbers A Muddle Through Recession How Much do we Borrow for a $1 growth in GDP? London, Switzerland and South...
This week's Outside the Box is going to be a little different. I am going to write about the extraordinary action by the NY Fed to foster the Bear Stearns deal with JP Morgan, and give you three brief notes from Michael Lewitt of Harch Capital Management and Bob Eisenbeis (former executive vice-president...
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John Mauldin's Outside the Box
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John Mauldin
on
03-17-2008
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Filed under: Inflation, Credit Crisis, Liquidity Crisis, Michael Lewitt, Economic Forecast, Recession, Interest Rates, Consumer Debt, Economy, Depression, JP Morgan, Bear Sterns
The subprime problem, we were told, would not spread to other markets. It would be "contained." And it has, according to Jim Grant. He quipped last week that it has been contained on planet Earth. The risks coming from rising defaults in the US (now above 600,000 and rising from just 200,000...
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John Mauldin's Outside the Box
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John Mauldin
on
11-26-2007
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Filed under: Credit Crisis, Housing Crisis, Credit Markets, Subprime, Ben Bernadke, Recession, Interest Rates, Consumer Debt, Counterparty Risk, Jim Grant, Credit Default Swap
In this issue: A Confidence Credit Crunch Credit Crisis How Much is That Dog in Your Net Capitalization? King Dollar Faces the Guillotine The Euro-Yen Cross The Consumer is Getting Tired New York, Philadelphia, Switzerland and Phoenix Just when it felt like it was safe to get back in the water, a second...