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    The Big Inflation Scare - Oooooh, How Scary; Prove Him Wrong

    Thank you quite so much. A+ The $4,500 and under cars are in demand, and anything more than that - not so much. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=165358 I've said watch gas and oil prices rise now, and because we're much worse off than back in '07 when they did the...
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    Another Rescue? 2.7 Trillion USD Muni Bond Market Nagging for Federal Bailout

    Well, to the tune of 400 Billion of VRDOs, at any rate. Yay? Another Rescue? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/opinion/29fri1.html?_r=1&hpw Article Tools Sponsored By Published: May 28, 2009 Remember the days, not so long ago, when you had never heard of subprime mortgages or...
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    Why the North may really hate the South

    Roll Tide fans.
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    Bond Vigilantes Confront Obama as Housing Falters

    -CONTINUED- ‘Renewed Appreciation’ The world’s largest economy will begin to expand next quarter, according to 74 percent of economists in a National Association for Business Economics survey released this week. The Standard & Poor’s 500 has risen 34 percent since bottoming on...
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    Bond Vigilantes Confront Obama as Housing Falters

    Bond Vigilantes Confront Obama as Housing Falters http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=akW9GQw.X9KM&refer=worldwide Bond Vigilantes Confront Obama as Housing Falters (Update2) By Liz Capo McCormick and Daniel Kruger May 29 (Bloomberg) -- They’re back. For the...
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    Toyota Slashes GLOBAL Production By 46 Percent

    http://autoworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/how-automakers-stashing-unsold-cars-photos/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2009/jan/16/unsold-cars?picture=341883529
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    Toyota Slashes GLOBAL Production By 46 Percent

    Toyota Slashes Global Production By 46 Percent http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-slashes-global-production-by-46-percent/ By Edward Niedermeyer May 29th, 2009 Holy global overcapacity, Batman! Trading Markets reports that the world’s largest automaker is cutting Japanese...
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    Fridays: I love them

    You love Mondays because your estrogen levels spike the day after your Sunday All-You-Can-Eat Tofu dinner. Cut back on the Soy or your balls will shrink more.
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    Why the North may really hate the South

    When I say 'south,' I'm talking Alabama and Mississipi. Washington and Jefferson were more progressive for their day (and maybe even by today's standards) than 99.9% of people in Cambridge or New Haven.
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    The Big Inflation Scare - Oooooh, How Scary; Prove Him Wrong

    Have you seen the TIPS yield lately? It's not exactly a redeeming asset class. Explain that divergence to me as of late. Don't ever trust the government when it controls the metrics by which inflation rates are calculated.
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    Atlanta's Largest Dealer Network: 60% of Cars Sold Are $4,500 or Less

    -"very few people have real money. Even funny money. That leaves cheap trade-ins and wholesale flips for [the dealer], which are literally keeping some of these new car dealers above water." http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/hammer-time-best-little-whorehouse-in-atlanta/ Hammer Time: Best...
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    U.S. Inflation to Approach Zimbabwe Level, Faber Says

    The fed can't pick and choose what to inflate and what to deflate. They can try, but they won't succeed. Durable goods and housing keep falling, while select commodities and interest rates are inflating. Disastrous fed policy. Totally and utterly disastrous... If oil keeps rising, it...
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    Why the North may really hate the South

    There is a moderate South. The deep south? That's our own little taste of what life under Taliban-rule would resemble; different religion, same outcome. It's a useful reminder of why we need to honor the wisdom of the Founding Fathers desire for true separation of Church & State (no...
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    Macke: Professional traders are confused & afraid of this market.

    I thought he was 'out' at CNBC in the wake of his meltdown? Dow Watch: Swimming With Sharks Jeff Macke May 28, 2009 4:25 pm http://www.minyanville.com/articles//5/28/2009/index/a/22846 Greetings from New York, where I’m taking a long-planned staycation, which morphed into a trip to...
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    • Bernanke's Bid to Revive U.S. Housing Scuttled by Rising Rates, Defaults

    Yardeni Says Rise in Bond Yields May Threaten Recovery http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?N=av&T=Yardeni%20Says%20Rise%20in%20Bond%20Yields%20May%20Threaten%20Recovery&clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vSbCSo5o8Nx4.asf
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    The Big Inflation Scare - Oooooh, How Scary; Prove Him Wrong

    Wait. So, banks are not lending money. Banks are using TARP funds to recapitalize deeply wounded balance sheets, and may also be deriving some bonus funds because of the spread between the Fed Overnight Funds Rate and what they charge consumers to borrow, even though few consumers are...
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    • Bernanke's Bid to Revive U.S. Housing Scuttled by Rising Rates, Defaults

    • Bernanke's Bid to Revive U.S. Housing Scuttled by Rising Rates, Defaults http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=aUqBHrdSoP6s&refer=home Bernanke Bid to Lift Housing Scuttled by Rising Rates (Update1) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Brian Louis and Oshrat Carmiel...
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    The Consequence of Sin - The Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah

    I don't know the answer, so I'm asking, but has this study been critiqued or disproven? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/485268.stm
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    Debt Negotiators May Offer Little Help as Bills Bury Consumers

    Debt Negotiators May Offer Little Help as Bills Bury Consumers http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=aMgSZ347XLBM&refer=home By Jamie McGee May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Ulish Hopkins, a former bus- dispatcher from Chicago, turned to a debt-settlement company last year after...
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