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Greenspan Says Global Savings Glut Led to Housing Bubble and Crisis
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Allan Greenspan has just published a paper which serves as a defense of his economic stewardship during the bubble years. The thesis of the paper is that a global...

Article | Mar 19, 2010 | Views: 133 | Comments: 0
Tags: housing bubble, greenspan, taylor rule

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UK-Type Public-Private Partnerships: A Disaster About to Be Brought to Your Doorstep by Obama
Submitted by AronLiv  (bestcashcow.com)

The Democrats are starting to give some clues as to their plan for our debt crisis, and it involves Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).

Article | Mar 19, 2010 | Views: 160 | Comments: 5
Tags: obama, public-private partnerships

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Dow Jones Industrials Crash Analysis - Great Depression Versus Today
Submitted by Sol Nasisi  (bestcashcow.com)

I've wondering how the performance of the Dow in 2008 compares to the drop during the Great Depression. To find out, I graphed both and set them side by side. The results are interesting...

Article | Nov 19, 2008 | Views: 41581 | Comments: 41
Tags: dow jones, stock market, depression, crash

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TheStreet.com Being Probed by the SEC: I Hope Jim Cramer Is Next
Submitted by AronLiv  (bestcashcow.com)

The SEC announced yesterday that they are probing TheStreet.com.

Article | Mar 18, 2010 | Views: 158 | Comments: 0
Tags: jim cramer, palm

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How Bank Failures in 2008 Compare to Tough Times in 1980's
Submitted by Sol Nasisi  (bestcashcow.com)

We've now had five bank failures in 2008 and I wanted to see how we are doing compared to the real estate downturn in the 1980s and savings and loan crisis it precipitated. The results are...

Article | Jul 14, 2008 | Views: 4638 | Comments: 5
Tags: bank failures, bank failure average

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Is Inflation Good or Bad for You?
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The conventional wisdom says that inflation is very bad. It makes everything we buy more expensive and decreases the value of our currency. But there are times when inflation is good for you.

Article | Oct 9, 2007 | Views: 8094 | Comments: 11
Tags: inflation

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Marc Faber Says US Treasuries Are Junk
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

Marc Faber, the editor of a newsletter called the Gloom, Boom, Doom Report did an interview with Bloomberg in which he called US Treasuries junk. Well, what can you expect from someone who writes...

Article | Feb 10, 2010 | Views: 522 | Comments: 1
Tags: treasury bonds, inflation, marc faber

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August Payroll Numbers Terrible
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The payroll numbers are out and they looked pretty dreadful. Instead of a gain in payrolls, employment actually fell by 4,000, the first time the number has dropped in four years. I took a stand...

Article | Sep 7, 2007 | Views: 506 | Comments: 2
Tags: economy, jobs, payroll, payroll numbers, august payroll numbers

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Government's Trial and Error Helped Stem Financial Panic
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

With a modicum of hindsight now available, do governments and central banks deserve credit for preventing catastrophe? The early verdict from most scholars, executives and government insiders is...

Article | Sep 15, 2009 | Views: 201 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, federal reserve, banks, recession, treasury, money market funds, great depression, financial crisis, fiscal policy, monetary policy

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US Economy Outlook and Forecast in 2010
Submitted by andys2i  (www.savingtoinvest.com)

Where is the US economy headed in 2010

Article | Dec 29, 2009 | Views: 189 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, us

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Could Interest Rates Stay Low Despite Growing US Debt - Look at Japan
Submitted by Sol Nasisi  (bestcashcow.com)

The prevailing wisdom today amongst analysts and those “in the know” is that interest rates are poised to go higher, partly because of massive government borrowing/spending. Yet, Japan's...

Article | Feb 23, 2010 | Views: 391 | Comments: 0
Tags: japan, interest rates, debt gdp

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Asia resumes record-setting run, led by Hong Kong
Submitted by PhilR  (www.marketwatch.com)

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets were trading higher on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index up on gains in automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., while the Hong Kong...

Article | Jun 20, 2007 | Views: 408 | Comments: 3 
Tags: asian markets, japan, nikkei, nissan, toyota

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PAUL B. FARRELL's 30 Reasons Why We'll Be in a Great Depression by 2011
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

Marketwatch writer Paul Farrell brings up some interesting points but I find things are never as bad as they seem, or as good. I also look at articles like this as a marker to a bottom in the...

Article | Nov 18, 2008 | Views: 1433 | Comments: 1
Tags: capitalism, great depression, paul farrell

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How Bank Failures in 2008 Compare to Tough Times in 1980's - Updated
Submitted by Sol Nasisi  (bestcashcow.com)

Last July I compared bank failures in 2008 to bank failures during the S&L Crisis in the 1980s. At the time, Indymac has just failed and many hoped the banking system would stabilize. Then came...

Article | Dec 23, 2008 | Views: 997 | Comments: 1
Tags: bank failures, failed banks, failed bank assets

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GDP Revised Down to 2.2 Percent - Auto Sales Lead Way
Submitted by Sol Nasisi  (bestcashcow.com)

GDP for the third quarter of 2009 was revised down from 2.8% to 2.2% today. That was a greater drop than many economists forecast (aren't economists like meteorologists?). As the graphs below show,...

Article | Dec 22, 2009 | Views: 217 | Comments: 0
Tags: personal consumption, gdp, economic growth



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