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Devalued dollar makes US labor, goods and services more competitive vs. China. Allows the US to fill the role of a 'middleman' more easily.

Actually, I probalby wasn't clear. I'm looking for a 10 year chart of gold priced in swiss francs.

The gold standard is being reserved for a collapse of the international banking system. Until then, there is no need for it. Once all else fails, it can be reinstated to restore stability and restore the US as the world's reserve currency. And it may not be the gold standard, but something...

Isn't senior debt by definition secured?

Could anyone post a 5-10 year chart of spot gold quoted against the swiss franc? I can't easily obtain the data. Thanks. (Posting here because I consider gold a currency)

I like chart #3 in their article. Oops, sorry, fed won't report that any more after march.

I think the reason why the goldbugs are looked down upon is three-fold. 1. Regrettably, the iconic power of the yellow metal is high. This tends to make it less of an investment vehicle than a raison d' etre to have it. i.e. q:"why do you have it?", reply:"See, I've got GOLD! I'm filthy...

Not an altogether unreasonable argument, even coming from a goldbug.

In a study (cited by John Maudlinin one of his thoughts from the frontline emails) done by Estrella and Mishkin, the authors predicted the probability of recession by using the spread between the 3 month and 10 year Treasuries. Prob of Recession -- Spread 5% --...

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already discussed here http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58711

Can't happen. A debt based economy would implode. Need to erase the debt first some way.

By Elisabeth Kubler Ross, adapted for ET 1. DENIAL. "This is just a temporary market correction. Prices will rise soon and we'll all be back to flat." 2. ANGER. F**ing Toll brothers. Selling out their own shares to spook the market. This is all technical crap. If it wasn't for...

Useful link. Some of the comments taken from Bernake's "helicopter speech" are misleading the way they are quoted - they relate to other central bank options in a deflationary spiral besides dropping the , rather than an attempt to continue lowering short term interest rates (which are...

Wow. WHY? That question needs to be answered. M3 growth since 1994 has been rapid, to say the least. What would the benefit to the fed & government to STOP reporting this data? Perhaps to stop reporting euro$? Anyone here smarter than me have a good reason WHY this would be being...

let me chime in with the same ideas. Rates rise until recession, dollar strengthens until ECB starts raising too. You know, a few more and there will be a choir, which we can all preach to.

1. Agree that there is potential for a serious pop in equity markets to entice people to move their retirement funds back into equities. Fundamentals while poor for wage earners are potentially good for equities, particularly large caps. Note that some of the largest caps have been at...

Blue ribbon buddy - Are we all sure that central bank debt at low levels is necessarily a good thing? Does it depress the 'risk premium' unecessarily? And in a fiat economy, where you can print enough dollars to cover your debt, why should you be covetous of maintaining a low amount...

Libertad.... Good post. Its a neat idea to take a punt on an emerging currency. Drop in 5K and see what happens. Maybe nothing, maybe you quadruple your $$ in a decade. If nothing else, its a fun play. So, what are the practical aspects of this? How does one do it?

Agree with the first part of this statement - much of the industrial equipment being bought at auction is going to China. Its one thing to mothball the facilities so they can be started up again when labor costs or foreign exchange rates cause a revaluation and a potential re-increase in...