Friday, November 20th, 2009

About Justice Litle

Justice LitleJustice Litle is Editorial Director for Taipan Publishing Group. He is also a regular contributor to Taipan Daily, a free investing and trading e-letter, and Editor of Taipan's Safe Haven Investor and newly introduced research advisory service, Macro Trader.

All entries by Justice Litle

The Catastrophe Conundrum – Healthcare Revisited

Aug 13th, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Featured, Politics & Economics

Good news, Canadians – the president does not think you are scary. You have become a bit of a “bogeyman,” however, in regard to the growing din over U.S. healthcare reform. And a Canadian style government-run system wouldn’t fly in the United States.



The Seven Myths of U.S. Healthcare Reform

Jul 29th, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Featured, Politics & Economics

When it comes to healthcare reform, people believe some very strange things. Or so says Cliff Asness, founder of AQR Capital Management. Today, the seven biggest “myths” are exposed…



A Bonus Too Far (Bankers on Borrowed Time)

Jul 21st, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Financial News

Did Goldman Sachs get too greedy this time? If so, the gravy train could be coming to an end…



The Zombies That Ate Japan’s Recovery

Jul 17th, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: International Investing

For two decades, the Japanese economy has been dead as a doornail – in spite of hefty Japanese consumer savings. Why?



The Unconscionable Muzzling of Paul Volcker

Jul 15th, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Featured, Politics & Economics

If there’s anyone worth listening to in Washington these days, it’s Paul Volcker. So why is the great man nowhere to be found? When it comes to the ups and downs of the economy, there is only one man who can claim to have seen it all – Paul Volcker. At six-foot-seven, Volcker towers over all other policy makers in both the literal and figurative sense.



Guess What Really Brought Us out of the Great Depression?

Jul 14th, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Politics & Economics

Does “stimulus” really work? Does quantitative easing work? The historical record suggests not. So what brought us out of the Great Depression? The answer might surprise, even though it shouldn’t…  A grumpy President Obama says that the $787 billion dollar stimulus package “has worked as intended.”



Why I Don’t Care About Fixing the World (and Neither Should You)

Jul 7th, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Featured

If you’ll forgive the indulgence, today I’d like to respond to an interesting – and personal – reader inquiry. The question may not have been intended as personal, but it wound up inspiring a fair bit of reflection. Here it is:



Commodity Bulls Snared by China Stimulus Snafu

Jun 25th, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Emerging Markets

Some of China’s stockpiling may well have been due to speculative excess, rather than any rational plan on the ground. That realization played a role in the market carnage seen this week.



A Raging Bull Market in Organized Crime

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Politics & Economics

The most profitable business in the world isn’t big oil. It’s organized crime. And the global financial crisis has unleashed more opportunity for the kings of crime than ever before…