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Gurus Ring the Bell

Gurus Ring the Bell Ahh, the newsletter crowd is getting bullish. My inbox is full of stock-picking gurus saying now’s the time to be bold and buy stocks. Fear is rampant, they say. Distant relatives are calling in the wee hours asking for advice...

Published 10-07-2008 4:13 PM by Ian Wyatt

Filed under: Growth Report, Ian Wyatt, FOMC, Fed, interest rates, Bernanke, unemployment, warren buftett, PIMCO, Bill Gross, General Electric, Bank of America, Victor Sperandeo, Trader Vic, Intel, Alcoa, Verizon

After the Bailout

After the Bailout I can’t help but wonder if Monday’s bailout vote would have been different if the Dow Industrials were down 770+ points before they started the roll call. Members of Congress that voted against the Paulson Asset Management...

Published 09-30-2008 5:15 PM by Ian Wyatt

Filed under: Ian Wyatt, oil, oil prices, Bernanke, US dollar, unemployment, paulson, MLP, Treasury, pelosi

Paulson Asset Management, LLC

Paulson Asset Management, LLC So now the Treasury has a massive $700 billion bailout plan on the table. The idea is to create a government agency to deal with bad mortgage related debt, sort of like how the Resolution Trust Corp. (RTC) dealt with $394...

Published 09-24-2008 3:43 PM by Ian Wyatt

Filed under: Growth Report, Ian Wyatt, short, Fed, Bernanke, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, jim rogers, paulson, MLP, AIG, Silverado, PIMCO, Putin, Lincoln, Treasury, Yukos, RTC, Bill Gross

Inflation, The Fisher King and a Solar Stock

Inflation, The Fisher King and a Solar Stock And to think, investors cheered the Fed’s decision to hold interest rates unchanged. Today, the Producer Price Index, a popular low-ball measure of wholesale inflation, came in twice as hot as expected...

Published 08-19-2008 5:12 PM by Ian Wyatt

Filed under: Canadian Solar, FOMC, Fed, inflation, interest rates, Bernanke, PPI, Larrty Kudlow, Richard Fisher, Rogoff, Freddie Mac, Wilbur Ross, IMF, Paul Volcker

The Hero's Dilemma: Kill the Dragon or Rescue the Princess?

The Hero's Dilemma: Kill the Dragon or Rescue the Princess? Our previous experiences with "stagflation," as the double economic whammy of slowing growth and rising inflation is known, occurred in the '70s and early '80s. Market veterans...

Published 08-05-2008 4:47 PM by Ian Wyatt

Filed under: stagflation, Accuride, FOMC, short profits, oil, oil prices, dragon, short, IndyMac, Western Refining, U.S. dollar, Fed, housing market, inflation, interest rates, WCI, bonds, Bernanke, Volcker

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