All Posts Tagged With: "Alan Greenspan"

And Then There’s This…Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

In Far East trading on Tuesday morning, both silver and gold got sold off. The bottom was in shortly before London opened…and a spirited rally commenced until about 6:30 a.m. New York time when both metals got sold off again…with some help on the Comex open.

The Elusive Bottom

In this weekend’s Thoughts from the Frontlines, I quoted from part of a very thoughtful, right-on-target analysis by David A. Rosenberg entitled “The Elusive Bottom.” Over the weekend, I decided that you should read the whole piece, as Rosenberg makes some very solid points about how the markets and the economy may play out over the next few years.

Unemployment Survival Guide

All of this unemployment must be impacting demand for goods and services, which may be what prompted Jim Sinclair of jsmineset.com to ask a lot of questions, including ‘Do you really believe that present inflation is demand driven?’

How the Cheap Money Era Led to the War in Georgia

It’s time to sell Russia. The end of the easy money era and the war in Georgia don’t, at first glance, seem to have an obvious connection. But they are linked. Bear with me, and I’ll explain why.

No End In Sight for Housing Market Slump

There is no end in sight for the housing market slump, says Alexander Green at InvestmentU.com.

The housing boom of the past few years was caused by cheap credit and tax breaks, not by sound fundamentals. Now, consumer confidence is low, credit is tight, and home inventories are piling up.

Alex says we will only reach the housing bottom when supply and demand come back into balance. And that is a long way off yet…

Why We Should be Worrying about Deflation

Who’s to blame for the collapse of house prices? Now that the housing market is clearly collapsing, many of the pundits who said that soaring prices were perfectly justified, are now scrabbling to find reasons why the current slump is a unique, unforeseeable and entirely new phenomenon.

Inflation-Indexed Bonds Hurt by Data Manipulation

Editor’s Note: In Argentina, everyone knows about the rising threat from inflation. Everyone except the Argentine government. For over a year, official data has vastly underestimated the true increase in prices. The Daily Reckoning’s Mogambo Guru says that Argentina isn’t the only country meddling with inflation numbers. The US method for measuring price increases is deeply flawed, he argues, making inflation-indexed Treasury bonds (TIPS) a poor investment.

Is Inflation the New Credit Crunch?

Editor’s Note: The Mogambo Guru doesn’t have a very high opinion of the Fed. He thinks you can lay the blame for inflation squarely at Alan Greenspan’s door for producing too much money. He also advises to stick with gold if you want to play it safe…

Investing Made Simple

Suddenly I think, ‘Ahhh! I see! Demand is more than supply, meaning price will go up until demand equals supply!’, at which point I think, ‘Whee! Investing is easy when you know to avoid stocks and bonds and buy gold, silver and oil.

On the Soapbox Again

Big Ben signaled to the markets that he was ‘uncomfortable’ with the weakness of the dollar, and the ramifications that a weak dollar has on inflation. He actually blamed the weak dollar on inflation! Whoa there partner! You’re barking up the wrong tree!

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