In our family office, where we keep the family money, we take big bets over long periods of time…working with strategic partners who are knowledgeable about key sectors.
March 12th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "financial crisis"
Debt Drugged
Governments and central banks have managed to engineer some more spin, but only at the expense of piling more debt on top of the already wobbling structure.
March 6th, 2010 | Nickolai Hubble | 2 comments | Continued
Bond Market Could Crash Any Time
The US is borrowing more money than ever before – trillions more. With such a huge increase in supply, demand…and prices…it should crack, sooner or later.
January 11th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Sustainability of U.S. Deficits Reason Why Investors Own Some Gold
“If the world goes to hell like you say, you can’t eat gold. You can’t sleep on it, although you could sleep with it I suppose. How useful is it really going to be as a medium of exchange or a store of value if economic activity grinds to a halt?”
“I don’t know. I’m not Nostradamus…
December 17th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 38 comments | Continued
Everyone is Busily Debasing Their Currency
There is a risk in holding cash in an environment of asset price inflation – a condition that usually occurs when governments create large fiscal deficits and inflate the money supply.
November 12th, 2009 | Dr. Marc Faber | 2 comments | Continued
Have the Feds Given the Economy a Miracle Drug?
Twenty years ago today…the Berlin Wall came down. This marked the end of the greatest controlled experiment in economics ever conducted. What did economists learn? Nothing…
November 10th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
HSBC Reveals Days of the Dollar are Numbered
“Crucially, China and rising Asia have reached the point where they can no longer keep holding down their currencies to boost exports because this is causing mayhem to their own economies, stoking asset bubbles.
September 23rd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 10 comments | Continued
Cheapest Place in the World to Live is the US
Housing is cheap in the United States. In Texas and Arkansas, housing is probably the best bargain on the planet. Food prices are going up; still food in the US is much cheaper than it is in Europe.
September 22nd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 21 comments | Continued
Capitalism is Inherently Unstable
“‘Minsky’ was shorthand for Hyman Minsky, a hitherto obscure macroeconomist who died over a decade ago. Many economists had never heard of him when the crisis struck, and he remains a shadowy figure in the profession.
September 18th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 21 comments | Continued
Should You Buy Gold Now?
The Trade of the Decade is still buy gold/sell stocks. And the decade isn’t over. If you have US stocks, this is a good time to sell. The Dow went up 63 points yesterday – a weak bounce after several days of losses.
September 7th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
