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how about a sliding scale for money supply

oil giants should be putting money into alternative fuels. look at record companies who tried to ignore the threat to cd sales. long term vs short term.

oanda seems good.

factor in supply side, US dollar declines and negative real rates. demand side doesn't always tell the tale

inflation is a way to increase taxes without actually increasing taxes

debt to gdp hasn't been this high since the 20s. add in derivatives to that leverage and its even worse. i wouldn't say that another depression isn't close to happening. pick your poison, depression or stagflation. although a depression might end up being the result once inflation really...

thanks tips...

so what is your opinion? i don't think any single country will emerge as a powerhouse, seems you agree...

negative real rates... bullish for commodities

damn, i'm amazed he knows big words like hydrocarbons

a couple reasons oil has lots of money to lobby. also, by the time alternative fuels are able to put a dent into oil/gas demand politicians today will be long gone. they dont have much incentive to think that long term.

i think what you'll see is 3 different economic powerhouse zones. not a single country. euro asia america's each having a large consumer base with lower income countries to do the low paying manufacturing jobs. finally africa begins to emerge as the new emerging markets to throw...

microsofts best bet is to go after myspace, linkedin and facebook for the right prices. for search ask jeeves has whats thought to be the best technology outside of google. yahoo is display ads and a portal site. i dont think microsoft would get proper value from buying yahoo. expensive...

people actually pay attention to buy and sell ratings from sell side analysts?

it isn't so much that banks allowed traders to take on too much risk. it was the liquidity bubble that caused risk taking to take off. the invisible hand of policy makers...

it only works when things are going well

inflation isn't going up since the pig that doubled in price now has lipstick. more bang for the buck.

basically this is the perfect storm late 70s style liquidity induced commodity rally and 20s style leverage. the shake out won't be pretty when it happens.

mcdonalds is awesome, 50% off big macs, can't go wrong there

this poll shows there are lots of liars on these boards