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Monday, June 22, 2009

Thursday, June 04, 2009

IMF

IMF Working Paper: The Federal Reserve System Balance Sheet:
What Happened and Why it Matters

Morgan Stanley: 30 for 2013

30 for 2013

Monday, June 01, 2009

Heinsohn FAZ

Heinsohn: Die nächste Blase schwillt schon
http://tinyurl.com/heinsohn-faz

Hussman - Anything but Academic

Hussman - Anything but Academic

ZDF Nachtstudio - Heinsohn

Heinsohn ZDF Nachtstudio

Hussman - Equilibrium

http://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc090518.htm

In order to understand the impact of these interventions, you have to think in terms of equilibrium - recognizing that all securities that are issued must also be held by someone - and then follow the money. Initially, suppose you have a banking system with $12 trillion in assets, financed with about $7 trillion in deposits and other liabilities to customers, about $4 trillion in debt to the bondholders of the banks, and about $1 trillion in shareholder equity as a buffer against insolvency.

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Robert Merton : MIT Lecture

Robert Merton about risk: Lecture MIT World

Monday, January 12, 2009

Monday, August 04, 2008

Friday, June 27, 2008

Trendline broken in DOW


the long term uptrend in the Dow is clearly broken
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/

Crude Oil


Crude Oil is supposed to break out of its consolidation pattern established in the last three weeks...

Friday, June 13, 2008

Airlines


i agree with Jim Rogers: this looks more like a bottom than a top...

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Strategic Economic Decissions: Horace Brock


in the context of record oil prices: "Woody" Brock's GOOD LISTENS and GOOD READS are a must, especially "An arbitrage bet on commodities". And "The truth about energy prices and volatility" from September 2005!!!. He knewwww it years ago...


commodities gone wild
all grains (corn, wheat, oats, soybean meal, soybean oil, soybeans) limit up today, energy (crude oil, heating oil, RBOB up 5%), sugar up 8%

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Prechter sounds the alarm

Elliott Wave's Prechter sounds the alarm (marketwatch.com)