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Nov 18th, 2009 |
By Puru Saxena |
Category: Featured, Financial News
The 19th century belonged to Britain, the 20th century belonged to America and in the 21st century, China will rule the business world. Whether you like it or not, this transition is already underway and it will intensify over the coming decades.
Tags: 19th Century, 20th Century, American Leaders, Budget Deficit, Business World, Compelling Evidence, credit crisis, Daily Reckoning, day of reckoning, Demographics, Economic Balance, Economic World, Federal Debt, Financial Corporations, No Doubt, Puru Saxena, Spectacular Collapse, Terminal Decline, Trillion, US government
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Sep 11th, 2009 |
By Shah Gilani |
Category: Politics & Economics
When it comes to the U.S. credit crisis, we’ve all heard the numbers. The stock market decline wiped out $7 trillion in shareholder wealth. It forced the federal government to commit to $11.6 trillion in bailout programs and stimulus spending. And it’s led to the longest U.S. downturn since the Great Depression.
Tags: Berkshire Hathaway, credit crisis, Shah Gilani, Stock Market Decline, Subprime Mortgages
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Sep 9th, 2009 |
By Bill Bonner |
Category: Politics & Economics
This recovery is wonderful in every way, except the important ones. It is like a shiny new airplane. It has glossy aluminum wings. It has plush seats in the first class section. Trim stewardesses serve drinks. Movies are available on demand in all sections…
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Bill Bonner, consumer spending, credit crisis, debt, dollar, Federal Reserve, unemployment crisis, US economy, US recession
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Aug 25th, 2009 |
By Ian Mathias |
Category: Politics & Economics
Here’s an interesting credit crisis byproduct: The 50 million current Social Security recipients probably won’t see any extra SS income until 2012. In fact, millions on the government dime might see their monthly checks shrink.
Tags: 50 Million, Automatic Increases, Beneficiaries, Byproduct, Checks, Cost Of Living Adjustment, credit crisis, deflation, Fact Millions, health care reform, Ian Mathias, Jams, Medical Expenses, Medicare, Medicare Prescription Drug, Premiums, Seniors, social security, Social Security Administration, Social Security Recipients, Ss, Tens, US economy
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Aug 24th, 2009 |
By Ian Mathias |
Category: Politics & Economics
The bank failure scene in the U.S. turned a shade uglier over the weekend. By this time tomorrow, it’ll probably be even worse.
Tags: ALD, Bad Shape, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Bank Failure, banking analysis, Banking Crisis, Capital South, Coffer, credit crisis, Deposit Insurance Fund, Double Digit Unemployment, Ebank, Guaranty Financial, Insurance Fee, Last Legs, Lehman Brothers, Lone Star State, Member Banks, Northern Spain, Report Tomorrow, Second Quarter Report, Tim Geithner, Time Tomorrow, US banking crisis, War Chest
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Aug 18th, 2009 |
By Louis Basenese |
Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing
With the markets pulling back, the opportunities for small-cap stocks are opening up again. We felt it was time for another look at small caps and one of the masters of contrarian investing, David Dreman. Having a contrarian view of the markets can be wildly profitable.
Tags: AAN, Contrarian Investing, credit crisis, Gold Trade, Louis Basenese, Small Cap Stocks, Small Caps, Treasuries
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Aug 10th, 2009 |
By Bill Bonner |
Category: Politics & Economics
“It looks like things are finally turning around,” said a friend at Saturday night’s dinner. “Not at all… ” we replied. Paul Krugman says the world “avoided a second Great Depression.” He’s wrong too.
Tags: Bill Bonner, credit crisis, Depression, Economic Recovery, economics, Household Debt, inflation, Ken Rogoff, Paul Krugman, politics, US Banking, US housing crisis
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Aug 7th, 2009 |
By Addison Wiggin |
Category: Politics & Economics
Social Security? Not Exactly
Tags: Addison Wiggin, Baby Boomers, Bill Bonner, Cause Friction, credit crisis, economics, Great Depression, inflation, politics, public debt, US economy
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Aug 5th, 2009 |
By Bud Conrad |
Category: Politics & Economics
As we all know, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) guarantees depositors that they’ll get their money back if a bank fails, at least up to a certain amount. To fund its operations, the FDIC collects small fees from the banks that are held in reserve for the purpose of taking over troubled banks and paying off depositors.
Tags: Bud Conrad, credit crisis, economics, Fdic, Federal Deposit Insurance, Great Depression, politics, US Banking
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Aug 3rd, 2009 |
By Bob Blandeburgo |
Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics
While the many of the world’s economies continue to look for signs of growth, the U.S. economy took a big step in the right the direction in the second quarter.
Tags: Bob Blandeburgo, consumer spending, credit crisis, Gdp Growth, Housing Market, Jobless Recovery, recession, Stimulus Package, Us Gdp
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