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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. European Central Bank Announces Quantitative Easing 2. Why QE Bond Buying May Not Work in Europe 3. ECB Bond Buying Will Devalue the Eurodollar 4. IMF Cuts Global Growth Forecast For 2015/2016 5. World Bank Cuts 2015 Global Economic Outlook European Central Bank Announces Quantitative...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Larry Kudlow – How to Make the Economy Better Fast 2. John Aziz – Europe is Headed For an Epic Depression 3. Doyle McManus – Obama Tests the Bounds of a Lame Duck Overview I’m taking most of this week off to hang out with the kids before they head back to college...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. September Could Bring Trouble for the Markets 2. The Economy Sends Mixed Signals in August 3. Where Does the US Economy Go From Here? 4. Bernanke’s Jackson Hole Speech – Mixed Signals 5. My Thoughts on the Republican Convention 6. “2016: Obama’s America”...
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What is looking to be the largest banking scandal in the history of the world is unfolding before our very eyes this month, and yet most Americans know little or nothing about it. The allegations are that some of the largest banks in the world (at least 22 so far) have been “price-fixing”...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Operation Twist Extended Until Year-end 2. Fed Revises Economic Forecasts Lower 3. The End of the Road for Europe? 4. Foreign Holdings of US Debt Hit Record High 5. Supreme Court Defers ObamaCare Decision to Thursday Operation Twist Extended Until Year-end For the last several months...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Spain in a State of Emergency 2. The Failure of Spain’s Bankia SA 3. Latest Red Herring: A Eurozone “Bank Union” Fix 4. The Future of the Euro and the Eurozone 5. Consumer Confidence Heads Further South 6. The Fed: Time for QE3? 7. June 25: The End of Obamacare Rally...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Overview – Greece Default Risk Accelerating 2. Is An Orderly Default by Greece Possible? 3. Greece’s Upcoming Elections Look Grim 4. G-8 Summit Members Ambush Germany’s Merkel 5. Webinar With Yacktman Capital Group on Thursday Overview – Greece Default Risk Accelerating...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Bond Auctions in Spain and France Just OK 2. Fears Rise That the US Economy is Faltering 3. Fed: Is QE3 Really Off The Table? 4. 5.4 Million Join Disability Rolls Under Obama Overview Economic reports in recent weeks have been disappointing overall, and there are growing concerns that...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Spain May Become Greece, Only Much Bigger 2. Europe Can’t Kick the Can Much Further 3. Spain Could Send Global Equities Into a Tailspin 4. There Are Times to be Defensive Spain May Become Greece, Only Much Bigger US stocks are having a big day today, with the Dow up just over...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Fed May Be Rethinking QE3 2. Timing: This is a Big Political Year 3. ECB Bailout Loans Top Three Trillion Euros! 4. Greece Avoids Ugly Default – For Now 5. When Does the Debt Day of Reckoning Come? Fed May Be Rethinking QE3 Even before the latest report showing that 4Q GDP rose...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. The Economist – European Debt Crisis Deepens 2. The Eurozone: Is This Really The End? 3. Super Committee – The Dirty Little Secret 4. Metropolitan Capital Strategies Webinar This Thursday The Economist: European Debt Crisis Deepens The European debt crisis has dominated...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. GDP & the National Debt Both Above $15 Trillion 2. Credit Suisse: Handicapping Recessions in Advance 3. Fitch Warns: US Banks at Risk from European Debt 4. The Super Committee Failed – Surprise, Surprise! 5. What I’m Thankful For Introduction Since mid-summer, I have...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Old Debts Threaten European Banks 2. Is the Super Committee Doomed to Fail? Introduction We begin today with highlights from a surprising article written by David Enrich and Laura Stevens that appeared in the Wall Street Journal last week. A recent research project...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. IMF/G-20 Summit in Washington 2. Europe Split on Rescue Plan 3. Options for Expanding the Rescue Fund 4. Greece to Default on 50% of Its Debt? 5. Timeline for What Happens Next IMF/G-20 Summit in Washington Over this past weekend, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and G-20 leaders...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. European Debt Crisis Update 2. ECB Buys Bonds of Italy and Spain 3. Key German Vote on Rescue Package Just Ahead 4. Americans Ready to Clean House in Congress! 5. President Obama’s “Jobs” Speech on Thursday Editor’s Note : Record Wildfires in Central Texas You...