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Political Paralysis Brought on By Government Spending

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:00:11 +0000

Dow down 88. Oil nudging against $100. Gold setting new record highs… And “Washington gripped by paralysis.” That’s what the papers say. We’ve seen the “Washington Paralysis” so often, we were beginning to think it was a new disease, discovered on the banks of the Potomac. Like Hong Kong Flu. Or Delhi belly. “Paralysis” describes [...]

Political Paralysis Brought on By Government Spending originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning provides 400,000+ readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas. Follow the Daily Reckoning on Facebook.

Debt vs. Gold: The Hidden Link Explained

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:32:29 +0000

Europe and Washington’s debt ceiling squabble has seen the gold price breach $1600 per ounce and €36,500 per kilo. The financial media’s standard line is that investors are scared and gold represents a “safe haven”. But how? What are investors scared of that’s led some of them to bid the gold price higher? First off, [...]

Debt vs. Gold: The Hidden Link Explained originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning provides 400,000+ readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas. Follow the Daily Reckoning on Facebook.

Debt Makes a Comeback: The New Bubble in the Financial Sector

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:07:13 +0000

As we signed off on Friday, the Saudis were suppressing a ‘Day of Rage’ in Arabie… Gaddafi was mopping up the resistance in Libya… And an earthquake and tsunami left thousands dead in Japan. But that didn’t stop the stock market. The Dow rose 59 points. Now it is Monday. And in all the excitement [...]

Debt Makes a Comeback: The New Bubble in the Financial Sector originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning has published articles on the impact of quantitative easing, bakken oil, and hyperinflation.

The Invaluable Work of Economic Scientists

Bill Bonner — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:00:37 +0000

Wolf, Stiglitz, Krugman – we love these guys! They pushed the world's governments to undertake huge “stimulus�? programs. Of course, the stimulus programs didn't work. They couldn't work. All they could do was to disguise the facts and delay the necessary adjustments. But these fellows don't care about that. They are the technicians, scientists, and [...]

The Invaluable Work of Economic Scientists originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."

Fighting the Correction in the Worst Possible Way

Bill Bonner — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:10:58 +0000

Want to know what is really going on? Investors are waking up. They are wiping the sleep from their eyes. Behold! No recovery. Analysts and the commentariat are struggling to make sense of it. With record low mortgage rates, and after eight programs designed to boost up housing, for example, sales are still plummeting. July [...]

Fighting the Correction in the Worst Possible Way originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."

Awash With Bad Data

Joel Bowman — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Stocks are in the dumps today. As we write, the major US indexes have all but erased the hard-fought/delusional gains of the previous two sessions. The Dow, S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are all nursing losses of around 2%. The panicky mood on Wall Street comes thanks to a “trifecta of bad reports,�? as one [...]

Awash With Bad Data originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."

US Economic Outlook Only Facing One Direction

Bill Bonner — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:07:12 +0000

Another week gone by. Nothing has been learned. Nothing has been proven. Nothing has been decided. In the markets, we mean. It looks like the stock market is finally rolling over. After a big drop on Wednesday, the Dow followed up with a modest drop yesterday – down another 58 points. Is the market really [...]

US Economic Outlook Only Facing One Direction originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."

Digesting the Importance of Chinese Gold Investing

The Mogambo Guru — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:00:09 +0000

Naturally, I started having pleasant daydreams about being rich, rich, rich after the Chinese government surprised me by announcing that it would finance the buying of foreign gold mines, and ordered their banks to set up big distributed systems for buying and selling gold at the retail and whole levels and all kinds of stuff [...]

Digesting the Importance of Chinese Gold Investing originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."

On Deleveraging, the Collapse of the Dollar and Rise of a ‘Lost Decade’

Bill Bonner — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:39:06 +0000

The Daily Bell recently caught up with Bill Bonner while at the Agora Financial Investment Symposium in Vancouver, BC. Their exclusive interview with the Daily Reckoning founder can be found below… Daily Bell: Thank you for sitting with us down with us again. We interviewed you last September, and you were not especially upbeat about [...]

On Deleveraging, the Collapse of the Dollar and Rise of a ‘Lost Decade’ originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."

Will the FOMC Ignore the Dangers of Printing More Money?

Bill Bonner — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:00:46 +0000

Yesterday's markets barely moved in any significant direction, so we will ignore them and go on to today. It's a big day for the men who rule us. The Fed's Open Market Committee meets to decide what to do. On the table are a number of small steps…and one big one. Barron's highlights the big [...]

Will the FOMC Ignore the Dangers of Printing More Money? originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning. The Daily Reckoning, offers a uniquely refreshing, perspective on the global economy, investing, gold, stocks and today's markets. Its been called "the most entertaining read of the day."