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Investment Alternatives in a No-Growth Market

Bill Bonner — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:08:34 +0000

Baltimore…best bet for investors? We drove back into town on Sunday night. People moped around in front of bars. Groups walked uptown from the stadium, their shoulders down, the chins dragging. The city was dark…and unhappy. There was no joy in Baltimore on Sunday night. Baltimore is a sports town. The Ravens — the only [...]

Investment Alternatives in a No-Growth Market originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, published by Agora Financial provides over 400,000 global readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

Why Economic Growth Will Continue to Disappoint in 2012

Bill Bonner — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:15:30 +0000

Tutto va bene… That was what the crew told passengers on the Costa Concordia just before it sank. And it was what the crew of the USS America — the biggest cruise ship of all — were telling passengers last week. Tutto va bene. Trouble was, tutto was not going as bene as they claimed. [...]

Why Economic Growth Will Continue to Disappoint in 2012 originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, published by Agora Financial provides over 400,000 global readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

Confusing Gradual Bankruptcy with Economic Recovery

Bill Bonner — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000

We have a wintry landscape here in Baltimore…or what is left of one. But forget the weather, happy days are here again. At least, that is what you might think from reading the newspapers. Unemployment is going down. Consumer debt is going up. Even the housing market is showing signs of improvement. Gold is rising [...]

Confusing Gradual Bankruptcy with Economic Recovery originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, published by Agora Financial provides over 400,000 global readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

A Real Stress Test: Could Any Major Bank or Developed Nation Survive?

Bill Bonner — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:30:26 +0000

Last week, Spain and Italy were able to offload 22 billion euros worth of debt. This quieted investors’ fears. Newspapers reported that calm and confidence had returned to the markets. Lenders and borrowers breathed more easily. Bankers put their feet up. Apparently, no major bank in Europe was so far underwater that the European Central [...]

A Real Stress Test: Could Any Major Bank or Developed Nation Survive? originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, published by Agora Financial provides over 400,000 global readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

China’s Cinderella Story

Chris Mayer — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:15:13 +0000

Everyone knows that when the clock strikes midnight for Cinderella, the carriage turns back into a pumpkin, the horse into mice and the jeweled gown into rags. The spell is broken and reality returns. I keep thinking of China in this context. One of the big questions of the year is whether China blows up [...]

China’s Cinderella Story originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, published by Agora Financial provides over 400,000 global readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

The Basic Problem With the Fed

Addison Wiggin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:02:57 +0000

We had to wait five years. But it turns out our suspicion that the Federal Reserve is clueless, at best, is true. We know because we read it in The New York Times. Welcome to another Friday the 13th… Where if things aren’t exactly scary, they’re definitely surreal. The Fed performed its ritual year-opening document [...]

The Basic Problem With the Fed originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, published by Agora Financial provides over 400,000 global readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

Existing Home Sales: Up or Down?

Chris Gaffney — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:44:32 +0000

The markets will be getting thin today, and will be super light tomorrow as most of the traders take some time off for the holidays. These thin markets can be volatile, as any moves are exaggerated by the lack of volume in the markets. We have lots of data hitting the markets today, which could [...]

Existing Home Sales: Up or Down? originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, published by Agora Financial provides over 400,000 global readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

Europe on Sale? Baloney!

Ronan McMahon — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:00:30 +0000

The economies of the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) are in disarray. Europe is in the throes of a banking crisis brought on by (among other things) exposure to Greek sovereign debt. Many of you have been asking if now is the time to jump in. Some of you read this piece in The [...]

Europe on Sale? Baloney! originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning provides over 400,000 readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

Italy Successfully Auctions Bills

Chuck Butler — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:27:23 +0000

Mike told you yesterday about how the euro (EUR) had lost over 2-cents in the overnight markets, on fears that Italy, which is a much larger economy than Greece, is the next to visit the bailout doctor. The euro went up, when it was announced that the budget vote had passed, and it went down [...]

Italy Successfully Auctions Bills originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning provides over 400,000 readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.

Finding Reason in the Irish Real Estate Market

Bill Bonner — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:00:07 +0000

“My friends and family warned me. They thought I was making a big mistake by not buying a house.” An Irish friend tells us what it was like for a renter during the great housing boom. “The idea was that housing prices always went up. Ireland is a small country. There were new people coming [...]

Finding Reason in the Irish Real Estate Market originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning provides over 400,000 readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas.