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Conference Call Presentation/Charts of the Week
September 28, 2011
Conference Call Presentation/Charts of the Week Audio Webcast Topics Covered This Week Include: Summary/Conclusion Stock Correlations At An Eighty Year High! Stock/Bond Relationship Does A Crisis Mean A 13 Digit Gov’t Central Bank Solution? A Look At Credit Credit Underperforms Stocks What Is The Bigger Issue With The Markets? Leaders Are Going The Wrong Way… Continue reading Conference Call Presentation/Charts of the Week
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Discussing Markets
September 28, 2011
Comment Jim Bianco was on Reuters TV yesterday discussing the stock market, credit markets, Operation Twist and Europe. To view the interview, click on the picture above. To view any of our recent interviews click here. Many of these topics will be discussed in our conference call tomorrow. To register click here. For the last… Continue reading Discussing Markets
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The EU Will Never Agree On Greece
September 28, 2011
Comment Yesterday Jim Bianco was on CNBC discussing the situation in Europe. To view the interview, click on the image above. To view any of our recent interviews click here. The Financial Times – Split opens over Greek bail-out terms A split has opened in the eurozone over the terms of Greece’s second €109bn bail-out… Continue reading The EU Will Never Agree On Greece
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The Federal Reserve Deserves A Break
September 28, 2011
The Wall Street Journal – Alex Binder: Ben Bernanke Deserves a Break Would that mark an improvement over QE2, which was limited to Treasurys? I think so—though, again, no one should expect miracles. When the Fed buys or sells Treasurys it is entering the broadest, deepest and most liquid securities markets on earth. It’s not… Continue reading The Federal Reserve Deserves A Break
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Home Prices
September 28, 2011
<Click on chart for larger image> The Wall Street Journal – U.S. Home Prices Post Seasonal Rise U.S. home prices rose in July from a month earlier with a boost from seasonal demand, but were down from 2010 levels, according to the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller home-price indexes. Separately, the mood among U.S. consumers remained… Continue reading Home Prices
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Munis
September 28, 2011
Bloomberg.com – Borrowing Costs Plummeting Across U.S. for Local Governments: Muni Credit This was supposed to be the worst year ever for U.S. states and municipalities. Instead, they are obtaining money at the lowest interest rates in more than two years after predictions of rising defaults failed to materialize. Issuers led by Massachusetts, Mississippi and… Continue reading Munis
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Will It Get Worse For Gold?
September 28, 2011
<Click on chart for larger image> MarketWatch.com – The cruelest month for gold Commentary: October, not September, typically bad for gold To be sure, most gold traders already have their hands full dealing with September, which has been a sobering one for the yellow metal. Even after Tuesday’s 3.6% rally, bullion is down 10% for… Continue reading Will It Get Worse For Gold?
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Inflation Expectations Fall
September 28, 2011
<Click on chart for larger image> The Financial Times – US inflation expectations lowest for a year Market expectations for US inflation have dropped to their lowest level in a year and are now below the Federal Reserve’s unofficial target, as investors respond to the central bank’s latest attempt to stimulate the economy. The expected… Continue reading Inflation Expectations Fall
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Goldman Sachs Rules The World!
September 28, 2011
<Click on picture above to view interview> New York Magazine –BBC’s ‘Goldman Sachs Rules the World’ Trader: Hoax or Our Worst Nightmare? [Updated] A trader by the name of Alessio Rastani told a shocked BBC News reporter yesterday, “The governments don’t rule the world, Goldman Sachs rules the world.” He warned, “The savings of millions… Continue reading Goldman Sachs Rules The World!
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September 28, 2011
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Are We About To Have Too Much Inflation?
September 27, 2011
Bloomberg.com – Fed Officials Voice Doubt on Inflation as Growth Tool Two Federal Reserve policy makers voiced wariness about the idea of spurring growth by letting inflation accelerate as they reiterated support for the central bank’s unprecedented monetary easing. Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin said the central bank’s use of tools has been “completely appropriate”… Continue reading Are We About To Have Too Much Inflation?