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    Arguments Against Flat or ConsumptionTax?

    15% consumption tax 15% lt cap gains tax Very simple....and very effective...
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    Genesis Diversifies ...retail

    Genesis ... Genesis through its stellar business model which has captivated a significant and growing professional market in a tough environment... Is now going to be very competitive in RETAIL as well..... Hat´s off GENESIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME !!!!!!!!! SOGOINVEST...
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    Deflation?

    Nononsense wrote.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from libertad: Inflation nor deflation would be bad if everyone adjusted one to one at the very same time... []...
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    Why does Milton Friedman prefers Fiat currency instead of Gold standard?

    The method that should be utilized is that method that produces the most benefits ...namely the enhancement of growth and productivity... The Gold Standard would be more restrictive with respect to growth and productivity... Fiat currencies are like competitors at a football game...The...
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    Deflation?

    Inflation nor deflation would be bad if everyone adjusted one to one at the very same time... The biggest reason for deflation being bad is a very simple one... BANK DEBT If the big banks fail...then the economy truly fails... However what is truly interesting is that the paper...
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    Significant Reduction in Petroleum / Gasoline Prices, HOW?

    http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BC80DC10F%2D2668%2D4F0E%2D8A33%2D2456509615A3%7D&siteid=mktw&dist= Yeah....add Blair to the list....
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    Significant Reduction in Petroleum / Gasoline Prices, HOW?

    http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/07/01/10050631.html That is right folks...the US has been played like a flute by the Bush Oil Administration... Furthermore...there would be no US deficit if Bush Oil Administration policies were not put in place... It does look like the Bush...
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    great article by jubak about inflation

    Oil prices are in everything you do...and the multiplier effect of the increase in oil will be reflected as inflation at a higher rate than a simple oil price fractional percentage change... Also the first stop inflation created by monetary expansion is a certainty to be reflected in the...
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    The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse

    Russia also has an interest in establishing an oil exchange in 2006... http://news.goldseek.com/GoldForecaster/1147791900.php You know...the world is becoming more diverse...with respect to competing higher level trading economies...as they emerge...it is only natural that their native...
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    Shorted OIL

    http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8I6LAC80.htm?sub=apn_home_up&chan=db The CEO of BP tends to agree....not a trading oriented call... ................................................................................................. Maintaining the leveraged position tricky...
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    Significant Reduction in Petroleum / Gasoline Prices, HOW?

    Greenspan´s recent commentary regarding the recommendation for the US to move towards cellulosic ethanol is a correct view and is helpful to alleviate the problem of accentuating a failed alternative strategy...namely using food grains as substrates...This has been well known for over 20...
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    Henry Paulson - US Treasury Secretary.

    Excellent Commentary........ What seems to be the case at this point ..is indeed questioning the only tools that Bernanke and Paulson have... The only tool that temporarily improves the dollar is higher interest rates...and the same holds true for the EU... The major countries of the...
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    Is a trade deficit good or bad?

    What I am saying is that it is indeed capitalism that places the highest values on productive assets of any kind... In my younger days it was quite humorous talking to an oil analyst to whom I posed the question...at what price multiple would you value Exxon stock....and furthermore how much...
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    Is a trade deficit good or bad?

    Excellent commentary all... .................................................................. At some price every asset works... ................................................................. What a contrast between the IMF and Goldman Sachs... Goldman has become a worldly...
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    Is a trade deficit good or bad?

    From the IMF... Should countries continue to lower budget deficits? Probably not. Studies have shown that reducing the deficit below 2–2.5 percent of GDP in countries that have achieved macroeconomic stabilization is not beneficial for growth. Our study confirms that countries whose...
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    The Crashing US Dollar:

    Toc wrote: there is NO FRIGGING WAY OUT OF THE $8T DEBT THAN BY INFLATING AND WEAKENING USD. IF THERE IS ANY PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL LISTEN WITH DEEP INTEREST AND ATTENTION ............................................................................................ This is a...
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    Significant Reduction in Petroleum / Gasoline Prices, HOW?

    Well now... Hank Paulson... Smart choice..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Paulson However it was the Goldman analyst that first came up with the $100 number for oil....they now would say $105 is conservative in a fuel interruption scenario..... It is probably safe to say...
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    Significant Reduction in Petroleum / Gasoline Prices, HOW?

    What do ya know... The replacement for Snow is going to be.. That´s right...another oil crony...Don Evans who was CEO of Tom Brown Inc..out of Midland TX... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Evans
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    Is it worth it to switch from MB to IB ?

    Well now... I have been trading since 1978... Have used: Real Tick....Hammer...Light Speed...Sonic...Laser...and others... QT Charts for my purposes are the best I have used... I use a prop firm for leverage...and use QT for charts... Excellent product !!! For retail...the...
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    Significant Reduction in Petroleum / Gasoline Prices, HOW?

    Excellent Commentary And needless to say...a huge financial boost to terrorist sponsors..such as Iran.... And a huge financial boost to the new socialism movement in SA...namely Chavez...Morales ...etc.. It is very difficult to believe that the Bush Administration is this incompetent...
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