You’ll recall that the Great Correction seemed to be aiming to put a number of things right. Foremost were the economies of the USA and China.
April 8th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 12 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "bubble era"
Bubble Era Economic Model Worked Until Consumers Ran Out of Money
The consumers can’t really go back to borrowing, can they? Nope. Not without digging themselves deeper in the hole…or actually earning more money.
April 6th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Government Pretending Debt-fueled Spending is the Same as Growth
Instead of letting the dead die in peace…the feds are pumping financial adrenaline into their veins…turning them into zombies.
March 2nd, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
We’re in a Depression, Stocks Gotta Get With the Program
Either the last phase of the bear market has begun. Or it won’t be long before it does. Stocks can go any which way they want in the short run – depending on investors’ delusions.
February 5th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
If the Economy is Recovering Maybe the Feds Will Reduce their Stimulus
If the economy really is heating up, mightn’t it melt all that money and credit frozen by the depression?
February 2nd, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Most Likely No Housing Recovery to Bubble-Era Levels in Our Lifetimes
Of course, that is not what the President of the United States of America thinks. He believes a recovery is underway…and that he can now take action to reduce the feds’ stimulus.
January 29th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Chinese Economy Just Waiting for Excuse to Blow Up
China is reporting such hot growth that the authorities will be forced to throw a bucket of water on it. At least, that’s what a lot of investors are thinking.
January 22nd, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Power Begets Gold, then Gold Begets Power
As near as we can tell, gold is fairly priced. It will buy about as much as it would have bought 500 years ago…or 2,000 years ago, for that matter.
December 23rd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
What’s the Best Way to Get Through a Debt Crisis?
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.
November 2nd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 4 comments | Continued
Paying Off Debt is Like Dying…
Voters don’t like hearing about debt. Politicians don’t like talking about it. And economists don’t want to think about it.
October 19th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 5 comments | Continued
Feds Have Used the Correction to Increase Their Power and Add to Their Wealth
Noooo… We’re talking about a worthy correction…a real correction…a noble and distinguished correction…a correction that can hold its head up in public.
October 14th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
We Expect No Recovery from the Economy
..how does it all work? We’re doing some serious thinking this week. What is it that actually causes a depression? A stock market collapse? Or too much debt?
September 29th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Gold is More Like a Religion or a Political Position
The price of gold peaked out in real terms in 1979 at over $2,000 in today’s money. Briefly, an ounce of gold was so loved – and stocks so despised – that you could buy all the stocks in the Dow index for just a single ounce of gold.
September 21st, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 23 comments | Continued
Ben Bernanke is a Victim of the Trade
This week, Ben Bernanke got the nod for another stint as head of the world’s most important central bank. Yes, he completely misunderstood the implications of the hugely negative US trade balance, believing that America did the world a favor…
August 31st, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
China, the Miracle Economy
There are some other ways of keeping score that tend to tilt the game in China’s favor – at least, on paper. When you add up all the scores – it shows China a big winner. But by the end of the day, it isn’t at all clear that China’s economy is growing at such a breakneck speed.
August 13th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 5 comments | Continued
