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I kind of agree with you. Nowadays, it appears that much of the extra "printed money" ends up in assets and not necessarily in commodities or wages, a la the Greenspan Housing Bubble. If interest rates stay low, which is very likely, where do you think the money will go? In Japan it went into...

One sign of this is that they have been growing M2 at a 9-12% annual increase per year since 97 at least. http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/M2SL.txt This year we already have 9 months of data and it's only up 4.6%! So, in spite of their best efforts, I would argue that they can't...

I agree. I was hoping to get some more commentary on this, but the impression that I'm getting is that the Fed has opened the door and nobody is walking through it. Take the case of corporate bonds: right now a lot of corporations are issuing bonds and no one will buy them. So they sweeten...

What was interesting to me was that a few weeks ago, my systems started losing money for a couple of days. I realized that this was a bad sign and pulled out. The next day the market plunged and I've completely stayed out for the last few weeks. (I'm long only.) I think the market talks to you...

I probably should have worded it a different way. We're clearly in a deflationary period right now. But how long will it last? Is it a 3 month phenomenon or 3 years? I think that's the question...

This guy is calling inflation, saying the Fed is pumping too much money - in fact a hideously monstrous amount of money - into the system along with all the other central banks. I don't see any wholes in his argument. Could he be right? And is gold really the answer? (I'm never been a big...

For those interested, here's another link that gives some additional information on Lahde(da). He waxes philosophic on everything from capitalism to marijuana! http://www.cnbc.com/id/27239479 From the Scorched Earth Files: Andrew Lahde, manager of a small California hedge fund...

Can you go half and half?

Btw, this AP article said it went belly up because of the fall in the stock market. Does that make sense all you insurance experts out there?? http://www.newser.com/article/d93ncpco3/mid-sized-japanese-insurer-goes-bankrupt.html Does this mean they were playing with derivatives??

This is an interesting case: a blogger actually started this rumor and got in significant trouble for it: http://www.newser.com/story/38591/blogger-busted-for-bad-bank-rumor.html

I agree that we were in inflation before this started and that we'll probably head there afterwards. But right now we're headed toward deflation unless the Fed can ungum the works.

Most politicians are like McCain and have a minimal understanding of even basic economics much less central banking...

What would you have wanted him to do differently? React more quickly or actually implement different solutions?

Quite a few people on this site love to debate the gold standard and see the Fed as a sort of Rothchild antichrist. And I'm no lover of the Fed. But I can't help but sit back and admire what they're attempting at least. It's fascinating stuff: the fed is now going to guarantee commercial...

Okay, here's the rest of the story - apparently, hedge funds are a 2 trillion dollar industry. Brrr... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/business/29hedge.html ....What happens at hedge funds, those loosely regulated private investment vehicles, matters to just about every investor in...

Is the hedge fund industry going the way of Wall Street? Who is going to keep their money in a fund with significantly greater risk levels during this crisis? http://www.financialarmageddon.com/ October 05, 2008 The Next Moment of Truth The lightly-regulated hedge fund sector is...

Guys, I can't help but ask, "What Wall Street?" Shouldn't we change the name of this forum?

It's all about competition - period. Resources is just one component of this...

It was "something" for millenia actually! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China China was an incredible economic force until the early 19th century - in fact, it was the largest economy for a couple of thousand years. The problem is that it was never able to really...

Why do you say you'd still be the same? You just don't think India will change?