Charting Crisis In The Euro Zone
By Rebecca Wilder at News N Economics (via Prieur du Plessis) (Guest Post) I present some basic statistics to highlight the problem in Europe. In short, there exists a deleterious positive feedback loop...
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Greek Bond and 3 Lessons From Lehman
By Mike “Mish” Shedlock (Guest Post) The stock market and the bond market have different ideas regarding a Greek default. Yahoo! Finance reports Stocks jump on hopes for progress on...
Read MoreThe Lost Decade of S&P 500
By Doug Short (Guest Post) Here is a new update of a chart that illustrates the total return performance of the S&P 500 since the Tech Bubble closing high on March 24, 2000. The chart shows the value of $1000...
Read MoreU.S. Economy: A Lost Decade Into The Great Middle Class Poverty?
By EconMatters In yet another sign that the Great Recession cuts deep and long–the number of Americans living below the official poverty line reached 46.2 million, the highest in 52 years since...
Read MoreGold Technicals: Heading to $2,350 After 4th Wave Consolidation
By David Banister (via Chris Vermeulen) (Guest Post) In my most recent few forecasts for subscribers and public articles I’ve discussed a major correction in Gold, and it dropped $208 within 3 days of...
Read MoreGold Technicals: It’s Déjà vu 2008 All Over Again!
By Willem Weytjens (Guest Post) Have you ever experienced a “Deja Vu” feeling? Well, if you have never experienced one, maybe after reading this post you will. Let’s start with a technical...
Read MoreGermany & Greece: Time For A Divorce?
By Tim Iacono (Guest Post) Now completely back into the swing of things after what seemed like an unusually long absence over the summer, time that was presumably taken for a good long break from focusing on the...
Read MoreCharting U.S. Small Business Pessimism
By Doug Short (Guest Post) The latest issue of the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends is out today (see report). The September report for August shows a substantial decline in the overall index number, so much so that...
Read MorePonzi Scheme, Thy Name Is Social Security
By Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) Rick Perry teed this up. I’m amazed at how much traction this has gotten. Clearly both sides of this issue are stirring the pot. I’ve looked up a few definitions of what a Ponzi scheme...
Read MoreBig in Japan
By Michael Pettis (Guest Post) In the past two years a lot of analysts have been warning that the US and/or Europe are about to turn “Japanese”. By this I guess they mean that very high levels of debt are...
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