Friday, November 20th, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘ Credit Crunch ’

Can Consumers Lead the Market?

Aug 26th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Stock Market Investing

So what has stocks soaring now, during this great deleveraging — this credit crunch — this historic pullback in household balance sheets?



The New Credit Crunch Victims

Aug 5th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Real Estate Investments

Now that the subprime, low-income crowd has taken their lashings, there’s a new Great Recession victim — the faux rich.



An Economy on Life Support

Jul 15th, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Politics & Economics

Waterford, Ireland

Our faith is weakening. That is, our faith that the government will be able to cause inflation, sooner or later. Let’s review our own narrative: deflation now, inflation later.



The Friedman Effect: Is Another Bear Market Around the Corner?

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Dr. Mark Skousen | Category: Politics & Economics

In 1961, the great free-market economist Milton Friedman wrote a paper called “The Lag in Effect of Monetary Policy,” wherein he discovered a six- to nine-month delay in how long it would take for a change in monetary policy to be felt in the economy and the stock market.



Financial Horror Movie

May 28th, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Politics & Economics

Stock Market Rally in Financial Horror Movie. Drag Me to Hell! That’s the title of the first horror movie with a credit crunch theme. No kidding. We just read about it in the Financial Times.



The Housing Bottom, Doomed Entitlements, Retail Sales Suffer, Sell Coal and More!

May 13th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Financial News

More bad news for housing… one chart shows the bottom could still be far away…Credit crunch slams entitlements… demise of Social Security, Medicare now years closer…Stocks suffer… Bill Jenkins on the “surprise” data behind today’s sell-off…Jim Nelson shares one of “the world’s most exciting growth industries”…Plus, Byron King’s taking profits… a sector worth selling, right now



Gold Gives Off Static

May 8th, 2009 | By Doug Casey | Category: Gold Market

Gold was flat until Hong Kong closed on Thursday, then it pushed higher, peaking at $925 during the first hour of the New York session, but that was it as it fell back into a $910-$915 trading range and stayed there through the Globex, finishing an uninspiring day at $910.00/oz., down $1.00. Overnight, gold is pushing higher.



General Growth Files Biggest Real Estate Bankruptcy in U.S. History

Apr 17th, 2009 | By Don Miller | Category: Financial News

After months of speculation, General Growth Properties Inc. (GGP) filed the biggest real estate bankruptcy in U.S. history, ending a futile seven-month effort to refinance its debt.



How to Profit Better Than “Dr. Doom”

Feb 27th, 2009 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Stock Market Investing

It’s hard to look at Peter Schiff with anything other than awe.



Geithner Promises TARP Overhaul, Regulatory Changes to Solve “Mother of All Financial Crises”

Jan 22nd, 2009 | By Don Miller | Category: Financial News

U.S. Treasury Secretary-nominee Timothy Geithner told the Senate Finance Committee yesterday (Wednesday) that drastic measures are needed to combat the U.S. recession and promised to overhaul the beleaguered $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).