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Month: July 2013

Opinion v Source

QUESTION: I was taking to a fellow attendee at your Princeton conference who has been following you since the 1980’s. He said when you write the Fed is...

Microsoft – Why NASA Dumped Windows & Why Skype Must Be Dumped

Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security...

June Figures Show US Moves to Budget Surplus!!!!

The US government reported a budget surplus of $116.5bn in June, the most in five years. This is part of the trend of stagflation – rising costs with rising...

Return of Glass-Steagall

There are a group of Senators who want to bring back Glass-Steagall separating commercial banks from investment banks. That was removed by Goldman Sachs’...

Forecasting Arrays

How to use the Arrays has been added to the Models Menu...

US Government Paper Will Be Safe At Least until 2016

QUESTION: Are  short term US bonds (not more tan 2 years) a safe place to be? Having cash is lethal if the bank goes under. ANSWER: Yes. However, I would stay...

Fed is Very Concerned About Rise in Rates

Interest Rates are not actually within the scope of the Fed’s power. It can create a base rate, but everything from there is indirect. That is why the Fed...

More Bernanke Confusion & Turbulence

In the wake of Wednesday’s surprisingly questioning of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, he has unleashed a massive selloff in the US dollar by giving the reverse...

WHY the NSA Scandal is so Damn Serious

Snowden is not the first to reveal what the NSA has been up to. I have heard this being commented on in meetings on the Hill as a matter of fact. The American press...

So Where is the Recovery?

  One of the most fascinating aspects of market/economic behavior is how the majority MUST be wrong in order to fuel the movement. There are loads of articles...