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I found this quite interesting: "Already we have real GDP levels that are up only about 3pc from 2000 in Germany – ie growth has been only a little over ¼pc a year – making this a lost decade for much of continental Europe on a worse scale than Japan in the 1990s."...

Why don't you start with your comments?

Look up a long-term chart of German real estate prices. There was basically no real appreciation (in excess of inflation rates). That's why prices were stable since global property prices peaked and went into a tailspin -- they were never in a bubble in the first place, hence little downward...

I forgot who used the phrase (some analyst) but I like the analogy of "for the time being, the US Dollar is the tallest in a group of midgets".

"Question: Is it true that French women tend not to shave their legs and armpits? " -- http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/30783 :cool:

Prussia? Geithner might rather take a hint from Nazi military history as generals got the order from headquarters to "fight to the last man and bullet" and then commit suicide :cool:

No of course not. Global deflation/inflation risks are not solely influenced by the USD or commodities. They are two out of many variables IMO. The CRB commodity spot index dropped 40% from 1980 to 2000. The US Dollar Index bottomed at 82 in 1979/80, hit 75 in 1992 and stood at 100 in 2000...

Doesn't France have a 50% marginal tax rate and a wealth tax? Sounds like a proletarian paradise, but like hell for the rich.

I agree with Schiff on one point: Why on earth are the guys that ridiculed him over the housing bubble now still on more on bubblevision than him? They're just as bad a broken clock as Schiff himself. May/June 2008 (just from the top of my head): Kudlow: "Don, my friend... you gotta help...

Isn't that a shocker, since 99% of tourists visiting Turkey are from Europe??? :cool:

Let's face it: The IRS has the best and hardest lock on their slave stock (tax payers) out of any G7 country. US citizens pay based on citizenship, not based on residency, from what I understand the same principle will soon apply to corporations -- this is a considerable solvency advantage...

The sovereign debt downgrades are certainly playing a role and are bullish for gold. Gold doesn't pay a coupon (like bonds do), but it becomes relatively more attractive when sovereign bonds are regarded are less safe.

Why don't you backtest it? Load a couple years worth of backtested daily stock data into Excel and report back with the results.

In a regular cyclical downturn (caused by over-investment, high capacity utilization and resulting excess inventories) unemployment is a lagging indicator -- since the initial trust of recovery is financed not by new marginal household and corporate income but simply by corporations and...

Every broker has mixed reviews. There are always idiots who complain and whine about their broker for no apparent reason. Make a list of things that are important to you (fees, margin req's, personal service, product availability, platform, connectivity, available (backup) dataservices etc.)...

Brazil, China Plan to Trade Without Dollars Is ‘Pure Idle Talk’ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.2qBYMO_jtA&refer=home

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHjgxN4RCWP0&refer=home The United Kingdom’s outlook was revised to negative from stable at Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today. The pound fell against the dollar to trade at $1.5610 and the FTSE 100 Index dropped as much as 2.7...

Germany is still suffering from a gigantic glut of homes/apartments from the 1990s reunification-fueled homebuilding frenzy. Tons of private investors got burned back then in semi-fraudulent real estate developments/investments. Home ownership is relatively low, rent increases are barely...

Maybe yes, maybe no. I am short IYR, a couple % in the red. If it goes up some more I'll reverse position, go long and ride this pig back up.