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HomeReinhart, Rogoff, and Bhide Warn America and World
Posted by Larry Doyle on July 15th, 2011 9:09 AM |
I love reading the work of intelligent economic ‘giants’ who both get it and eloquently share it.
On a daily basis we suffer from the charlatans roaming the halls of Capitol Hill to those occupying the offices of global media moguls.
Some of the individuals in Washington (hello Barack!!) may believe the public does not and can not understand the nuances of major economic issues. In the process, the clowns spew forth volumes of nonsense and bulls&*t which has suffocated the debate needed to restore some measure of integrity to our social fabric.
Let’s turn off the volume on the nonsense and embrace, elevate, and spread some truth and real wisdom. (more…)
Commodities Growling Like a Bear
Posted by Larry Doyle on June 1st, 2010 2:48 PM |
Does anybody have any doubt that the equity markets are heavily manipulated by the banks and Uncle Sam? I didn’t think so.
The same clearly holds true for our credit markets, primarily the Treasury market. That said, the commodities market, in my opinion, is much more closely aligned with the real economy. What have commodities done over the last few years? The DJ-UBS Commodity Index was up a mere 16% in 2009 and is down 10% so far in 2010. Over the last two years, the index is down approximately 50%, significantly more than most major equity averages.
What are commodities telling us currently? Let’s navigate. (more…)
