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Zor and Zam By Grant Williams September 17, 2012 For A FREE Subscription to Things That Make You Go Hmmm… Click here » “They met on the battlefield banner in hand. They looked out across the vacant land. And they counted the missing, one upon one, None upon none. The war it was [...]
Click to enlarge: Source: BCA Research Last week, the Fed announced that it will engage in open ended purchases of mortgage securities as well as extend the forward guidance to mid-2015. In addition, the statement included: If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the Committee will continue its purchases [...]
20 States Document Year-Over-Year Increases in Foreclosure Activity Illinois Posts Nation’s Highest State Foreclosure Rate for First…
Charles Smith writes the blog Of Two Minds ~~~~ Few of the many analyses on Federal Reserve policy consider the psychology of diminishing political and financial returns of Fed promises. Rather than regurgitate the usual economic analysis of the Fed’s policies, let’s hazard a psychoanalysis of the Fed. Given the primacy of psychological factors in [...]
The common denominator linking China, the United States, Japan and European countries is they will all grapple with inflation, and hedging is no simple task At last week’s Jackson Hole gathering, Ben Bernanke defended his case for further monetary stimulus to help the economy. It appears that QE3 is coming soon, possibly this month. I [...]
