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Is US Housing A Buy?
Is it time to buy a house in the US? Maybe… This morning we received a bouquet of flowers. It was from the woman who just sold us a house in Baltimore. She sent the flowers to say ‘thanks.’
“We must have paid too much,” we said to Elizabeth.
2May2012 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Stagflation: The Consequence of Printing Money That Nobody Wants
There is one outcome from the 1970s that is genuinely to be feared… the risk of which seems to be rising every day, if it has not indeed already arrived: Stagflation.
1May2012 | The Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | Continued
The Education Scam
“Investments” in education have been increasing for the last 40 years…and for the last 40 years…there has been not one penny of return. The whole nation gets scammed into thinking that “education” is a good thing.
1May2012 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
The Fake Money From The Fed That Goes “Nowhere”
When a fix is needed, the feds come up with money. But everyone knows the feds are broke. So where does the money come from?
1May2012 | Bill Bonner | 4 comments | Continued
Gleichschaltung
The homogenisation of money has led to a kind of debasement in the culture down to the lowest common denominator. But in terms of politics, it turns out the Nazis were way ahead of us on this homogenisation of political thinking. They called it gleichschaltung.
1May2012 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
The Real Growth in Gas Energy
The real growth stories in Australia are energy stories. And one of the most successful energy stories to date is natural gas.
1May2012 | Dan Denning | 0 comments | Continued
Another Quick Fix For Credit Junkies
You can sometimes hear the desperation in the voices of credit addicts. When you need a hit, you need a hit. The people who make a living off perpetually expanding credit bubbles need a hit. The credit hit is what keeps financial asset markets expanding.
30Apr2012 | Dan Denning | 8 comments | Continued
Risky Investments in a Market Full of Conmen
There is an unprecedented biblical transfer of wealth happening from Main Street to Wall Street and corporate America. It is an unprecedented transfer of economic and investment risk onto the little guy.
30Apr2012 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
SpaceX Delivers Roundtrip Rockets
Last year, SpaceX was the first private company in history to launch and successfully return an unmanned space capsule from orbit.
30Apr2012 | Ray Blanco | 1 comment | Continued
How Ben Bernanke’s Paper Dollar Embodies Systemic Risk
The paper dollar is now the single most important source of systemic risk to the financial system, the world economy, and the security of the American people.
28Apr2012 | The Daily Reckoning | 1 comment | Continued
Will Europe’s Austerity Mean Fireworks for Australians?
What happens on the other side of the world has never been more important to Australians. You saw how recessions in faraway places almost halved the ASX200 in 2008. If Europe doesn’t get its act together, 2008 will look like a bump in the road that leads off a cliff.
28Apr2012 | Nickolai Hubble | 0 comments | Continued
US Bonds – An IOU From the World’s Biggest Debtor
The poor investor. Hammered by inflation…smashed by the bond market. He was black and blue all over. And by the end of the ’70s he considered government bonds nothing more than “certificates of guaranteed confiscation.”
27Apr2012 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Bad Debt: When the Sins of the Feds Fall on Innocent Bystanders
At today’s debt levels it is unlikely that the debt will ever reach future generations. And with so much of the debt now being taken up by the central bank the burden shifts, from lenders to borrowers, taxpayers and consumers.
27Apr2012 | The Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | Continued
The Investment Portfolio of the Future
For thirty years Harry Browne’s Permanent Portfolio worked. But we all know past performance doesn’t predict future performance.
27Apr2012 | The Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | Continued
How to Use Preference Shares to Become an Absolutist Investor
Yesterday we mentioned dividend paying shares and a strategy to get the most out of them. Today, we have a similar idea – preference shares. Specifically, step up preference shares.
27Apr2012 | Nickolai Hubble | 1 comment | Continued
