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I think that it's very telling that some of the best months for the average were in the 1930's.

A more pressing question is just how much of the actual product is "Made in the USA". I was recently looking at some new furniture and wanted to buy a few things that I could verify were made here. Aside from finding a local artisan, I was amazed at how many companies that even five to ten...

I think bear vs bull markets are almost outdated concepts at this late stage. The markets are entirely dependent upon the latest incarnations of the Government/Central Banker/I-Bank cartels. ESLF, IMF, TARP, QE1,2,3,4....Mark to fantasy accounting, TBTF banks, etc, etc...

Just think of how many trillions were needed to get us off those lows in 2009. Then think of the additional drain on the consumer from all of the inevitable inflation in necessities. After all was said and done if the man behind the curtain hadn't pulled another round of hijinx three weeks ago...

Everybody should be. The only ones who might not be too concerned are either: a) oblivious or b) near the end of their lives and could give a shit about the debt. Like a few others have said, it will be a binary event. We will print, manipulate, collude and intimidate until the cycle runs...

You're right, that is job number one for any central banker. Make certain that nobody can put a fair value on anything. Preserve the status quo at all costs and most importantly use the peons as a backstop should any of their "central planning" ever run amok.

I see your point and in years past I'd agree with what you are saying. It's just that nowadays after years upon years of "intervention", whether overt or covert, the liquidity of these markets (the real liquidity as in investor interest) has been killed. The volume in the markets (the real...

This is the very thing that should scare everyone to death. Essentially, there are no "free market" solutions to any crisis. Since there is a perpetual risk of "contagion" should one ridiculously levered bank bite the big one, every solution has to be political in nature. Nowadays every...

And how many times is the Eurozone shill Op going to recirculate them?

Yes, the joys of moral hazard as a business model.

Europe most definitely means something. They haven't been dragging their feet on the matter for months now because it "means nothing".

Exactly whom do you think sacrifices for those low rates? i.e. savers, retirees, etc...It also creates greater dislocations as investment funds are forced to chase yield. Another overlooked "casualty" to central planning is the simple fact that all of these "shortfalls" from the implied 8%...

ZIRP, TARP, QE1,2,3, EFSF, IMF, etc, etc are examples of the government sucking the life blood out of the working class as well. This is a two way street of egregious behavior and a growing lawlessness in society.

So this is part of your "two wrongs make a right" political ideology? How about two wrongs equals two wrongs?

This is nothing new however. There are legions of strategic defaulters around the country who just decided to play a game of "chicken". It's played no small part in consumer spending since probably 2008 and there are anecdotal accounts of the number of people who have been "legally" squatting...

I agree. Even if such an event were to take place, it would never see the light of day. It would just be papered over, literally and figuratively.

Both parties are at fault. It's as simple as that. Nobody "forced them to sign the dotted line". Yes that is true. But at the same time, the Fed experiment of creating another asset bubble on the back of real estate caused prices to double, triple and quadruple in short order. Fantastic if...

lol, the difference, let me sum it up you dipshit. When we post about something, we find a way to stay on topic and not go around talking ABOUT OURSELVES every single time we want to make a point. Or are you that insecure that you have to talk about yourself and your little oil well every...

Can you please post a picture of you in front of an oil well every day until the end of the year. I never tire of it. I'd also kindly like to request a daily update on all of your successes in the private equity world. Thanks in advance.

You are delusional if you honestly believe that you and Ricter are some moral compass. The two of you simply play contrarian to all things perceived to be to the "right" of your political ideology. Once in awhile I've seen you call out both sides of the aisle, but that's a rarity. Ricter...