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The best way to get through a debt crisis?

Nov 5th, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Featured, Politics & Economics

What’s the best way to get through a debt crisis? Straight through was our advice last week. For at least a thousand years, the business cycle went round and round without help from central bankers or economists. It is only since these geniuses have been on the case that really serious problems have arisen.



Will Bernanke Kill Santa Claus?

Nov 4th, 2009 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

Baltimore (TFN): The Fed is meeting today. And I ask who cares? At this point, Bernanke and his troupe of politicians masquerading as economists are in so far over their heads, no matter what they do or say, you can bet the move is designed to protect their butts, not yours.



Why We’re Trapped in an Equity Bear Market Until 2018

Jul 15th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Top Story

Equities “are now barely through an 18-year secular bear market,” says our favorite underground analyst David Rosenberg. As illustrated by the nearby chart, US stocks have a historical tendency to move in 18-year cycles.



A Tale of Two Depressions

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By John Mauldin | Category: Politics & Economics

This week’s Outside the box looks at some very interesting research done by two economic historians, Barry Eichengreen of the University of California at Berkeley and Kevin O’Rourke of Trinity College, Dublin They give us comparisons between the Great Depression and today’s downturn.



11 Reasons To Remain Bearish on US Stocks

May 12th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Top Story

Our own bearish beliefs remain unchanged. From day one, we’ve said the current rally is one for suckers. But we admit suffering certain twinges of regret; stocks have proved more resilient than we expected. Here’s a quick bullet list of why we remain bearish on stocks’ near-term prospects:



As Economic Reports Worsen, Experts Predict a Longer Downturn

Mar 9th, 2009 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

Back in December, with the U.S. recession in its 12th month – and showing no signs of abating – Money Morning Contributing Editor Martin Hutchinson warned that an “L”-shaped recession was very possible.



Five Solid Companies That Can Help Your Retirement Planning

Feb 4th, 2009 | By Martin Hutchinson | Category: Financial News

If you save for retirement through a 401(k) plan, or have large IRA or Keogh Plan assets, you probably hurled your last statement in the bin. If you’d been making contributions consistently over the last decade, your last annual or monthly statement probably showed that the current value of your plan was well below the amount you had actually invested.

At this point, the temptation to work as long as possible, and then blow what remains of your savings on a round-the-world cruise and a suicide pill is considerable.

However, such despair is unwarranted.

Unless you have already given up all paid employment, or absolutely have to retire in the next year or two, the current bear market may have made your eventual…



Global Financial Illness

Jan 9th, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics

The world markets have begun a correction – and the governments are determined to stop it…the days of ’stuff lust’ are long gone. Replacing private spending with public spending…in the fight against global financial illness the Fed can’t cure the patient. The U.S. empire may be too old and tired to battle this downturn…the 50th anniversary of Cuba’s revolution…tune into the Critic’s Choice Awards on VH1 tonight and cheer for I.O.U.S.A.!…and more!



What Shape Will the U.S. Recession Take: U, W or ‘Bloody L?’

Dec 26th, 2008 | By Martin Hutchinson | Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics

Right now, the conventional wisdom seems to be that the United States is looking at a “U-shaped” recession and recovery. Output declined gently in the third quarter, is dropping sharply now and will continue dropping sharply in the first and possibly the second quarter of the New Year, finally bottoming out and beginning a slow recovery thereafter.



Redefining Deficits, Inflation Plummets, Market and Oil Forecasts, The Dububble and More!

Dec 16th, 2008 | By Addison Wiggin | Category: Financial News

Feel like getting angry? Treasury publishes latest debt/deficit details… But Fed now encouraged to intervene more… latest data show historic inflation drop… How to invest accordingly? Burritt on near-term trading, Grantham on the long haul… Byron King explains why $40 oil is “worst of both worlds”… Bill Jenkins explains the dollar’s recent downturn… Plus, the Dububble expands… refrigerated beaches on UAE shores…