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    2009: The US Dollar, Oil, and the EURO....

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/112588-the-dollar-oil-surprise-what-does-2009-hold The dollar finds bouyancy....particularly versus the EURO.... Why would Germany want to pay for it's comrade countries lack of discipline ? This would be like US taxpayers paying for Canada or Mexico's...
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    The Importance Of Monetary Velocity

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/112406-the-banker-s-dilemma?source=article_lb_articles
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    The Worst Calls of 2008

    Failures can be just stepping stones to success.... One can learn what not to do....
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    The Hedge Fund Sector Will Grow

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/112439-the-bull-case-for-hedge-funds-yes-hedge-funds?source=headline1 Hedge funds will grow in importance ..... They are allowed to fight with two hands....Long or short.... The managers are paid for performance....and not paid for nonperformance...
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    How Obamanomics will bring us to prosperity!

    One day Johnny Joe Businessman had to make a choice as to where he was to start a business....He had two choices.... 1) The first choice was a world whereby the governments took over 50% of all incomes....and spent their take on non-productive activities.... 2) The second choice was a...
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    Social Security Is A ¨Legal¨ Ponzi Scheme

    http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2008/12/is_social_secur.html?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis
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    The Worst Calls of 2008

    http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/dec2008/db20081224_028134_page_2.htm
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    Consequences of Fed policy - serial bubble blowing, the next stage...

    Cutten Even if you think bubbles are 100% caused by human nature, a la Pabst, then this *still* strongly supports the abolition of central banks. If the Fed cannot lessen or stop bubbles, what is the point in it at all...
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    Consequences of Fed policy - serial bubble blowing, the next stage...

    Very interesting.... http://seekingalpha.com/article/107624-the-economic-history-of-interest Fairly put....one should not tary with events one does not control.... In actuality....the equation just changes....and one responds.... The Xi's are just Xi's....some are new....some are...
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    The Worst Calls of 2008

    http://www.minyanville.com/articles/GOOG-YHOO-MSFT-Paulson-yahoo-google/index/a/20439 Paulson....April 20, 2008 The subprime crisis is contained.....
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    GM, like AIG, now playing games with gov't, taxpayer

    The US is a "Giant GM"......
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    Consequences of Fed policy - serial bubble blowing, the next stage...

    Just goes to show a very common WS notation.... "Money" always "follows performance".... In "either direction".... WS has an upper class.....a middle class....and a lower class.... Upper class.....Their money does not follow performance.... Their money " creates performance"...
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    Consequences of Fed policy - serial bubble blowing, the next stage...

    http://mises.org/story/3266 The interactive FED positions additional "surprises" shows additions to what was a valid economic equation.... It is as if one ponies very significant additional Xi's to the "already running" equation.... Ok....so becomes another equation....and one has to...
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    Free Lakota Bank

    Interesting way to sell silver.... However....they are obviously fed up with the likes of Bernanke and Co.....or they are playing off other people's emotions about being "fed up with the fed" as well.... And they are doing more than just talking about it.... Correct in their thinking ...
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    Who buys the "Long term deflationary spiral"?

    Cutten....good points.... When summarized.... One believes deflation effects do not outweigh inflationary effects because there are basically no examples of permanently reversing the printing of money.... Simple example.... Total currency float previously.....$10 Trillion Total...
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    Do you believe in the "let the forest burn and better trees will grow" theory?

    Perhaps bankruptcy is not what it seems..... The assets of F and others would be sold at a price that works.... This allows for better long term employment.... Why should the US itself turn into a giant GM.....with legal largesse, legacy costs, and antiquated government structure...
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    Economy (again!) Brings Down 160 y.o. Law Firm

    Some elimination is certainly welcomed..... Another 95% to go..... The US would be far better off..... Good riddance..... To the Scum of the Earth...... ......................................................................... Lawyers are learning fast that in deflationary...
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    OMG!: U.S. Store Traffic Fell 24% on Pre-Christmas Weekend

    Why give the real estate and product margins away.... The only reason they do not....are political reasons.... If the political reasons were to vanish....they would eliminate the middlemen .....grab the real estate and additional margins .....and list their owns stocks on the exchanges...
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    Banks aren't lending, what are they doing with the $700B bailout?

    Truth be known.... Most of the banks are simply INSOLVENT.... One question being....why has the FED not honored the freedom to information act....as to the amounts given to which banks ? Welcome to the make believe world of "third tier assets" and bogus bonuses....and "marking to...
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    Analyst: One Third Of Banks Could Collapse In 2009

    Hard assets do not know their legal price tags..... At some price it works.......
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