By keeping all your assets in the country where you live, you commit, ahead of time, to ratify whatever policy your home government might adopt, no matter how objectionable, unreasonable or pernicious that policy happens to be. If the next new mandate is “Register today to get a nail pounded into your head,” you’re already signed up.
[Read more...]China Stops Buying Eurozone Debt
May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Good day. Here’s your second reminder — this coming Sunday is Mother’s Day. Don’t you dare forget! The Cardinals will be in town this weekend, making the Sunday game a Mother’s Day game. When I was a young man and played baseball, we always began our season on Mother’s Day. These days, the baseball season for youngsters has been going on for over a month!
[Read more...]China Stops Buying Eurozone Debt
May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Good day. Here’s your second reminder — this coming Sunday is Mother’s Day. Don’t you dare forget! The Cardinals will be in town this weekend, making the Sunday game a Mother’s Day game. When I was a young man and played baseball, we always began our season on Mother’s Day. These days, the baseball season for youngsters has been going on for over a month!
[Read more...]Elections Throw Euro Under a Bus
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last Friday, I sent you into the weekend talking about the elections that had held the euro (EUR) hostage, which would be held in France and Greece. France got their Socialist leader — good for them. I hope they have fun with that. And Greece got a government — no wait, no they didn’t. You see, the Greeks tried to vote in anti-euro leaders, but couldn’t get enough to form a government.
[Read more...]Elections Throw Euro Under a Bus
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last Friday, I sent you into the weekend talking about the elections that had held the euro (EUR) hostage, which would be held in France and Greece. France got their Socialist leader — good for them. I hope they have fun with that. And Greece got a government — no wait, no they didn’t. You see, the Greeks tried to vote in anti-euro leaders, but couldn’t get enough to form a government.
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US Posts Monthly Budget Surplus!
Good day. What a quick week! Next week, I’ll be in Las Vegas — not my kind of city, but it is what it is, and I’ll be there to speak on two different days, so if you’re in the area, drop by. The MoneyShow is free!
That little mini-rally, which a handful of currencies saw yesterday, faded overnight, and those currencies are all back to the levels of Wednesday. UGH! The handful, in case you were wondering, included the Australian dollar (AUD), euro (EUR), Brazilian real (BRL), Norwegian krone (NOK), Swedish krona (SEK), Singapore dollar (SGD) and a couple of others.
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