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The Present Contains All Possible Futures The Ugly Unemployment Numbers Argentinian Disease The Austrian Solution The Eastern European Solution Japanese Disease The Glide Path Option Philadelphia, Orlando, and Phoenix The present contains all possible futures. But not all futures are good ones. Some...
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John Mauldin
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11-06-2009
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Filed under: Japan, Employment, GDP, Debt, Economic Theory, Deficit, Eastern Europe, Taxes, Government Debt, Argentina, Austria
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Killing the Goose What Were We Thinking? Let's Play Turn It Around Detroit, the Red Sox and the Yankees, and Traveling Too Much Peggy Noonan, maybe the most gifted essayist of our time, wrote a few weeks ago about the vague concern that many of us have that the monster looming up ahead of us has...
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In This Issue: Reactions to the President's Healthcare Speech Omissions & Falsehoods In President Obama's Healthcare Speech A Re-Run of Clinton Nationalized Healthcare? Conclusions - So What Should We Think Now? Introduction President Obama addressed a rare joint session of Congress on September...
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The Return of Muddle Through* Can China Lead the Global Recovery? The Statistical Recovery The Last Bear Standing New York, Maine and Tulsa A lot of bullish commentators are talking about a recovery being in the works, and they may very well be right. But it is not going to look like any recovery worthy...
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Europe on the Brink And Then There Was Leverage Too Big To Save Those Wild and Crazy Swiss A Positive Third Quarter? New York and Maine We have avoided Armageddon, at least for now. The cost to the US taxpayer has been a few trillion. Some in the media are loudly announcing the end of the recession....
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(Interview by Louis James, International Speculator ) L: Doug, we get a lot of questions about how to handle significant amounts of bullion. So let's talk about physical gold, and what to do with the stuff. First off, do you really think that people should put as much as one-third of their asset...
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The New, New Normal A Different Perspective on Health Care Staying Rich in the New Normal Eastern Europe, Maine and Tulsa We are coming to a critical inflection point, perhaps the most critical point that we have had in 70 years for the US and to a great extent the global economy. The choices we make...
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This Way Be Dragons A Housing Update More Prime Foreclosures In Our Future Are We Paying Too Much for Health Care? Naples, London, and Home for June In fantasy novels the intrepid heroes come across a sign saying "This Way Be Dragons." Of course, they venture on, facing calamity and death,...
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Dear Reader, Last time I wrote, I labored under the after-effects of a mild case of “immoderation.” In response to which the ever-moving Doug Casey (writing from Washington D.C.) sent along the following witticisms, which I thought you might enjoy... “While a little absinthe can be quite pleasant, a...
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The Room
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David Galland
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05-15-2009
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Filed under: The Fed, David Galland, Deficit, Bud Conrad, Taxes, Mexico, England, Swine Flu, Regulation, Socialism, Star Trek
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In This Issue: An Update on Our Performance A Revealing Voice from 1938 Paying the Presumptuous Piper Misery Loves Company Pertinent Facts Government-Induced Portfolio Pain Les (Tax) Miserables The Bad Dreams of Our Forefathers Portfolio Performance Analysis 4.6 Pounds and Counting Most everyone has...
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Dear Reader, Being new to a profession is always a challenge. The neophyte wants to impress his superiors, but lacking experience, is left to rely upon what natural skills he possesses. And, often, will try to make up for any shortcomings in specific skills by displaying a double dose of enthusiasm and...
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Dear Readers, In the March 6, 2009 edition of this missive/blog/column/whatever you want to call it, I listed three "Desperate Measures" the U.S. government might turn to next in its futile attempt to rearrange the ruined economy into something more resembling a perfect world. Suspend "mark...
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David Galland
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04-03-2009
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Filed under: Interest Rates, Credit Crisis, Inflation, Gold, China, Bailout, Taxes, Bad Bank, International Monetary Fund, Mark to Market, G20, IMF
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Dear Reader, The Las Vegas taxi driver was an old fifty-something, with a mullet hanging out of the back of his battered baseball cap and a potato sack gut hanging over his belt. Having driven a cab myself, long ago and far away, I habitually engage in cabbie chat, as I did now. “So, how’s biz?” “Horrible...
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March 6, 2009 Dear Readers, Of late, it seems as though I have gotten sideways with the technology deities. First, as reported recently, was my accidental deletion of an hour-and-a-half recorded interview with trading gurus Dave Hightower and Terry Roggensack. Then, yesterday, while waiting to put in...