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The problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are one other example of how the old financial system is collapsing. The result will be higher rates for everyone and sinking home prices.
"We have a deadly combination of commodity price inflation and credit contraction," said University of Maryland economics professor Peter Morici. "It's tough to imagine a worse combination. In a...
Next time you get change for a dollar, look at the coins. Unlike any other currency, there is something decidely different about our coins. And, ask anyone and they will not have noticed.
Still a lot of things are not adding up here. First, it remains remarkable that a single trader could have put down $73 billion - SocGen claims that he was a computer expert, but that doesn't...
Audio of my interview with Chuck Butler covering the dollar, the economy, attractive foreign currencies, and an easy way to invest in foreign currency.
In this Wall Street Journal interview, a foreign currency analyst discusses why he thinks the dollar will bounce between 7-10% in the short term. The bottom line: weaker oversees growth.
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A lot of multinational businesses in Europe are finding it very difficult to compete on the global marketplace with such a strong Euro. Lawmakers are therefore urging Jean-Claude Trichet to...
In this stunning video, Cramer accuses Alan Greenspan of excess self-promotion (talk about the pot calling the kettle black). He also says that Greenspan is incorrect in calling for a correction...
Have you ever even stopped to think about why dimes and qauarters (and fifty and one dollar coins) have ridges all around their edge? And, for that matter, why pennies and nickels do not?
An interesting article on the long road back in Thailand and the four other Asian countries affected by the 1997 meltdown. Leads reader to think about potential for meltdown in today's Asian...
Article | Submitted Jun 27, 2007 | Views: 207 | Comments: 0
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