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Strategic Defaults – The Difference Between The Rich And “Other People”
Million Dollar Home Owners Falling Off The Cliff “I think you’ll find the only difference between the rich and other people is that the rich have more money” – Mary Colum If the difference between the rich [...]
Will Governor Schwarzenegger Trigger 55,000 California Foreclosures?
California’s long running budget crisis has now degraded to the point where Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered a pay reduction to the minimum wage rate of $7.25 an hour for 200,000 state employees. The California banking industry, [...]
US Treasury Calls TARP Repayments A “Milestone” While Ignoring The Elephants In The Room
Treasury’s Victory Call On Financial Bailout Premature The Treasury Department’s latest public relations effort to highlight the success of the financial system bailout focuses on the amount of TARP repayments versus total debt outstanding. In addition, the [...]
Mr Obama, Please Don’t Read This
US Companies Build Massive Cash Reserves Based on Economic Worries Wall Street Journal – U.S. companies are holding more cash in the bank than at any point on record, underscoring persistent worries about financial markets and about [...]
Geithner Lectures Europe On Fiscal Discipline – This Is Like BP Giving A Seminar On Oil Well Safety
With Europe Facing Meltdown Geithner Offers Advice After recently “saving” the US from economic Armageddon, Treasury Secretary Geithner must feel uniquely qualified to advise European governments on their looming sovereign debt crisis. Geithner’s solution to Europe’s out [...]
Time Tested Indicator Predicts Huge Gains For Gold Stocks
K-Ratio Flashing Major Buy Signal The increase in gold prices over the last five years has outperformed virtually every other asset class. From the low $400 range in 2005, gold has soared almost 300% to over $1200 [...]
Why The Biggest Risk To The Economy Is A Strong Recovery
Concerns about the current economic mess turning into another Great Depression seem to have faded. The consensus view of government officials and private economists seems to be that the economy, although still fragile, is well on its [...]
Federal Reserve Super Low Rate Policy Crushes Savers And The Elderly
Fed Sees Solution In Zero Rates The Federal Reserve recently vowed to keep interest rates “exceptionally low” for the foreseeable future in an attempt to revive the economy. Since mid 2006 the Fed has brought the [...]
Depression In Commercial Real Estate Results In Bargains For Some
Depression Pricing As Empty Hotels Slash Rates The recent era of easy lending was not confined to residential real estate. Commercial real estate lending is the next big worry for a banking industry already beset by an [...]
