Alright then. So yesterday we made a claim that the Fed has ways of causing inflation in the same way that the Gestapo has ways of making you talk. But it was merely a claim. We didn’t prove it. Today, we offer incontrovertible proof that the Federal government of the United States intends to inject money directly into U.S. households using an obscure provision of the recently passed Dodd-Frank shemozzle.
August 6th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 5 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "investment"
Stock Picks From the Vancouver Conference
I’m back from the Agora Financial Investment Symposium in Vancouver. As usual, this great event offered a diverse mix of ideas. Doom seemed to prevail often enough, with many speakers calling for a healthy drop in the stock market and challenging economic times ahead. Even so, there was plenty of enthusiasm for certain ideas. More about which, below…
July 28th, 2010 | Chris Mayer | 0 comments | Continued
Too Much Debt, Not Enough Oil
Because the government has been overpromising, overcommitting and overspending for decades, it is hurtling toward a fiscal train wreck. The numbers have stopped adding up. Looking out, there’s NO WAY that most Western governments can ever pay their ongoing obligations or pay off past debt.
July 27th, 2010 | Byron King | 0 comments | Continued
The Bare Realities, an Update
Are supermodels like Argentina’s Yamila Diaz-Rahi or Brazil’s Gisele Bündchen able to provide valuable investment insight? The answer may surprise you! Every winter, as arctic temperatures descend upon the Northeast, Sports Illustrated contributes a welcome dose of sunshine to our frigid landscape by releasing its infamous “swimsuit issue.”
July 21st, 2010 | Eric J. Fry | 10 comments | Continued
Sinking Prices; Sinking Ships
What is the cure for ‘excess’ capacity? Falling prices. Everybody who is not a swindler or a fool knows it. The real problem, from the activists’ point of view, is not excess or shortage. It is fear. They are afraid of the prices it will take to clear the market. Shares may have to lose half their value. Property could be knocked down by another 20%. Banks and nations may go broke.
July 19th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 16 comments | Continued
Iron Bulls and Budget Fudges
You can’t have steel without iron ore. And you can’t have a resource boom without an iron ore boom. Just ask the government. It’s counting on soaring prices for iron ore and coal (along with soaring volumes) to deliver an extra $6 billion windfall to Federal coffers, according to today’s Australian Financial Review. The government cutting its deficit next year and returning the nation’s finances to surplus by 2012-2013 when the new bill of attainder becomes the law of the land.
July 15th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 10 comments | Continued
Is China Undervalued Right Now?
During the past few years, China has become an increasingly compelling destination for investment capital. But with the recent weakness in the Chinese stock market – and serious cracks showing in the façade of China’s economy – does it make sense to invest in China right now?
June 15th, 2010 | Chris Mayer | 23 comments | Continued
China and its Perplexing Investment Strategy
But let’s start with sovereign wealth fund of China, the China Investment Corporation (CIC). CIC was set up in 2007 with US$200 billion of China’s nearly $2 trillion foreign exchange reserves. It’s been shopping ever since, with mixed results. Last year, for example, CIC stood pat and only invested US$4.8 billion outside China.
September 3rd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
The Destruction of the Dollar by the Federal Reserve
Then, on the “quiet 23rd of December in 1913″, J.P. Morgan and buddies got Congressional quislings to pass legislation authorizing the creation of the Federal Reserve, and to which I add that the jerk Woodrow Wilson then signed it…
September 1st, 2009 | Mogambo Guru | 1 comment | Continued
How Did Australia Get Caught Up Losing Money in Commercial U.S. Real Estate?
In yesterday’s Age, Bwembya Chikolwa, a lecturer in the School of Urban Development at Queensland University of Technology, says Aussie super funds had money to burn…
September 1st, 2009 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
Apparently More Debt is Now Acceptable in Australia
He added that, “There is enormous concern in China about the US currency and the fact that there could be huge losses ahead for China if the American dollar falls…HSBC research shows that China does not face that risk in Australia. Global investors who want to invest in China can do so via Australia with far less risk.
August 20th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 7 comments | Continued
Giant Costco Opens in Melbourne!
Mind you, we don’t have any problem with lower prices. There’s a bit of snobbery about American attitudes toward Wal-Mart and other giant retailers like Costco. After all, isn’t it a good thing when a large part of the population can reduce the amount of money it spends on basic food and necessities?
August 18th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 11 comments | Continued
Is Inflation Necessary for Recovery and Growth in the United States?
It was French economist Jacques Rueff who revealed the scam more than half a century ago. The whole idea of Keynesian stimulus, he explained, was to cause inflation…which would reduce the real price of labor. In a modern democracy, politics prevents wages from falling.
August 3rd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Surely Gold Will Trade at One Times the Dow
“It is about five years since I first read the DR and agreed with your recommended ‘trade of the decade.’ At that time it was clear to anyone who saw the busts of 1974, 1991 and 2001 that the next one was imminent…
July 30th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 5 comments | Continued
World Economy Faces Hyperinflation or Deflation?
What is more likely is that over the coming months, we will get another deflationary scare. Any sell-off in the markets later this year will be met by an even larger stimulus from the policymakers and this will ultimately result in high inflation.
July 9th, 2009 | Puru Saxena | 4 comments | Continued

