news.goldseek.com >> 3 July 2008
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news.goldseek.com >> 3 July 2008 |
The Worldwide Consumer Shellacking
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Investors turn a whiter shade of pale…the dollar is holding on by its fingernails…
-The 19 billion dollar pack of cookies…40 years without a single step in the right direction…
-Central banker hotline still waiting for its first call…a rare appearance by Percy Sledge…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 2 July 2008 |
The Limited Shelf Life of Dollar Fruit
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Looking out the window at a real collapse…banking stocks are the new dotcoms…
-The fruit of selling oil and widgets to U.S. consumers…the 3 major challenges facing the United States…
-"Leaning into the wind" seems more like "spitting"…muddling through a bankrupt government…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 1 July 2008 |
The Magical Debt-Free Sweet Spot
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-No point in criticizing a retired wrongdoer…squatters and transients in "see through" houses…
-A disturbing headline in the New York Times…a booster shot to foreign economies…
-Abandoned houses of ill repute…what's been done with the family money…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 30 June 2008 |
Spooked by a Combination of 'Flations'
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Over $140 and climbing…playing hell with all sorts of investments…
-Bond vigilantes emerging from the land of nod…no country for old men with money…
-Letting the undertakers decide when you are ready to die… no such place as 'nowhere'…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 27 June 2008 |
A Serious Word About Mr. Dung's Dong
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The high road, the hard road, and the low road…Dubbya gets dissed left and right…
-The '30s ghost scares people coast to coast…stuck in a classic '70s trap…
-Castration: punishment enough to monetary inflation?…giving French winemakers our full support…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 26 June 2008 |
Stayin' Alive in the New '70s
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The '70s without the muscle cars?…two apparitions join in a ghostly hullabaloo…
-Financial advice from Crocodile Dundee…turning our backs on the problematic "world of the future"…
-Hospitality industry suffers from planned 'stay-cations'…farmers who have time to blockade streets…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 25 June 2008 |
Boneheaded Miscalculations
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Kudlow and a company of bad hallucinations…the perfect people to lead us into disgrace and bankruptcy…
-Living in the ruins of a civilization that no longer works…the confidence level of suburbanites falls with their house prices…
-The new and fashionable inner city…making room for optimism…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 24 June 2008 |
The Fraud of the Great Moderation
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Kicking Wall Street while it's down…one sector gets pumped up - and then it gets whacked…
-The incredibly familiar oil bubble…Vietnam has done something extraordinary…
-Armed guards on rice detail… addicted to imported Sony Playstations, iPods and cheap sneakers…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 23 June 2008 |
Inflation In Spades
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The Fed is losing control of inflation…a 'catastrophic event' just around the corner…
-Our Crash Alert flag has been up for so long that it's in tatters…unsold homes flood the market…
-Consumers are wounded by excessive debt… Zimbabwe's opposition party decided that voting wasn't worth dying for…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 20 June 2008 |
Inflation Goes Global
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-"Say goodbye to your money!"…bursting bubbles always lead to the same things…
-Inflation: Enemy Number Two…what kind of world would it be if people always behaved sensibly?
-Sicking "the fuzz" on terrorism…the bubble that always ends in the perp walk…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 19 June 2008 |
Inflation is Winning
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Learning to live with inflation…Bernanke regretting rate cuts?
-We will never cease discovering…the weird world is just getting weirder…
-So many moving pieces in the U.S. economy…sheep need a shepherd…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 18 June 2008 |
The Economic Tables Have Turned
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The Rolling Stones on the state of the U.S. economy…unwelcome liquidity seeps into commodities, food and fuel…
-Suburban U.S.A. we hardly knew ye…cheap oil - lost and gone forever…being old and broke is an unfortunate combination…
-Admonishment from China and the decline of U.S. credibility…not-so-good news from Argentina…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 17 June 2008 |
The Socialization of the Mortgage Business
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Unless you own an oil well or a goldmine, 2008 has been a bad year…a $3 trillion haircut for U.S. households on the way…
-The United States is broke…one of the most negative carries in the history of housing…
-Aquaculture in Iowa…seems that everyone has a house for sale - but no buyers in sight…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 16 June 2008 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The Saudis say they could increase production - but some aren't so sure…the cure for high prices is still high prices…
-The real reason oil prices have gone up…you can try to pump air into a burst bubble - but it will just go to another sector…
-The hocus pocus of hedge funds…not much difference between McCain and Obama…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 13 June 2008 |
Three Little Facts and the End of the World
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Retail sales actually went up last month - how is that even possible?…the Beige Book says the U.S. economy is 'generally weak'…
-The sky's the limit for electronic money - but not so for real wealth…America's money is snapping back…
-Calling into question the U.S.'s car culture…the next big thing in the search for an energy alternative…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 12 June 2008 |
Make Way for the Emerging Consumer
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-China's tiger economy is burning bright…excitement in the Indonesian coal industry…
-Americans get a break from the hard work of consuming…the world's money machine is slowing down…
-A list of top performers for the long-term…the four things we do with our loose change…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 11 June 2008 |
The High Cost of Lower Prices
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Worshiping Prince Philip as a god…disappointing the heathens of Wall Street…
-The Fed turns its big guns toward inflation front…a series of questions from a Dear Reader…
-The beginnings of the Energy Recession…finding good parking before everyone else…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 10 June 2008 |
Betting on Buffett
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-A high stakes financial wager - for charity?…inflation goes global - and in one case, lunar…
-When greenback leaves turn brown and blow away…the high cost of fueling suburbia…
-Housing has finally run it's course…even mobile homes can't move away from poor stock performance…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 9 June 2008 |
The Clear Loser in the War Between 'Flations
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-All of a sudden, the war is on…when celebrities foreclose, you know something must be wrong…
-The one job of the European Central Bank…the mother of all bubbles fights the food bubble…
-An odd occurrence on a train to Zurich…Central Banking for entertainment purposes only…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 6 June 2008 |
Boomer Trends Coming to an End
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-By the charts ye shall know them…a tough act to follow…
-The petroleum engineer versus the bond trader…will the crown of creation be mean-reverting…
-Is humanity exempt from bubble laws…splashing around in every day low prices…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 5 June 2008 |
What Has Really Changed?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-What has really changed?…importing inflation…hoping to prove Friedman wrong…
-Can the U.S. central bank really begin fighting inflation in a serious way? Ah, dear reader - there's a cruel twist to this story…
-The cure for high prices is high prices…and so the global economy lurches forward…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 4 June 2008 |
Big Ben's Loose Lips
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The trouble with getting older…Big Ben expresses himself…
-Globalization is no longer a force for good - but a force for evil…the Bear Stearns domino effect…
-End of the road for Hilary…a new hotline service - made just for central bankers…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 3 June 2008 |
What Came First - Inflation or the Egg?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Let's begin at the beginning, shall we?…as the egg goes, so goes the chicken…
-A game of consumer product mousetrap…desperate times for the airline industry and the manufacturing sector…
-Is this a rerun of the 1970's? Don't pull out the shag carpeting and the disco ball just yet…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 2 June 2008 |
Out of Gas
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-We aren't scared of the peaks - what we are nervous about are the valleys…all the Fed's hard work can be undone by a single day of trading…
-The global oil crunch…consumer confidence is out of gas as well - thank goodness for those rebate checks…
-The anniversary of the "Esperanto Money"…in central banking, the consequence of inertia and inactivity is almost always salutary…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 30 May 2008 |
The Wrong Kind of Bubbles
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-A typical financial tale - where nothing goes as hoped for, and everything goes as it should…
-The rise of speculative capital…pumping up a bubble with a chip on its shoulder…
-The three vicious cycles we must face…an interesting TIME cover…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 29 May 2008 |
As Simple as Supply and Demand?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The vigilantes are back…putting the screws to the consumers…the confusing Big Picture in the oil market…
-Could the key to understanding the oil market be as simple as grasping the theory of supply and demand?
-The latest news for U.S. housing is worse than ever…Byron King recreates the infamous meeting at Bretton Woods in 1944…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 28 May 2008 |
The Consumers are Taking Their Lumps
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Finally seeing proof of consumer cutback…$3,000 a week is simply too much to spend on gas…
-Consumer or investor: who's the better financial weatherman…on the usefulness of guns while driving…
-If you give advice, be prepared to get some, too…giving up on London…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 27 May 2008 |
Awaiting the Final Bubble
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Why an 8th rate cut won't matter…remembering on the Great Moderation…
-A recession by the numbers…two things you don't dare criticize…
-Guilty by association and dropped under the campaign bus…a modern way to feel like a 16th-century heretic…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 26 May 2008 |
Welcome to Squanderville
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-We've got a lot to remember and a lot to reckon with on this Memorial Day…the richest man in the world travels to Europe to seek out better investments…
-The Oracle of Omaha could write for The Daily Reckoning…putting the squeeze on the American family…
-Checking in on Cuba…advice from The Daily Reckoning: you get what you pay for…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 23 May 2008 |
The End of the Great Moderation
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-We don't see ourselves as pessimists…the entire world isn't going to Hell in a handcart - just one nation in particular…
-For the emerging markets, it's getting better all the time…the Fed is caught in the same trap as most Americans…
-Consumers are tapped out…David Walker on CNBC…I.O.U.S.A. at the SILVERDOCS Film Festival…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 22 May 2008 |
The Return of Bond Vigilantes
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-More sorrows for the markets…prices for the essentials are skyrocketing…
-Serious inflation - and more on the way…three wrinkles in economic theory…
-Oil may already be in a bubble - but it could still go a lot higher…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 21 May 2008 |
Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The world of money is a world of wonder…a look at the latest legislation to clear the Senate Finance Committee…
-Having completely failed in the Middle East, U.S. lawmakers turn to meddling to the Mid-West…Mmmm - mudpies…
-Did anyone think about the fact that capitalism could be relied on to straighten out the agricultural sector?…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 20 May 2008 |
No More Mr. NICE Nation
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-If the correction in gold is over - gold fever is about to hit…a cheerful message of hope for the future - yes, you are reading the right publication…
-Sub-growth has become the norm in the United States…inflation is just a fact of life…
-The Century of the Emerging Markets…a new gold rush in California…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 19 May 2008 |
What Does Inflation Mean to You?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Inflation is usually followed by deflation - but not for the United States…we get them both at the same time…
-What inflation means to central bankers, investors and the consumer…the thankless job of being the world's leader…
-Dubya presents Middle Easterners with a lengthy 'to-do list'…the downside of Hollywood…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 16 May 2008 |
Beta Beats Alpha
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Hey, good news: the Labor Department reports that the price of gas went down 2%. Hmm…so why is consumer confidence at its lowest point since 1980?
-Californians may be the last to wake up in the morning - but the first to spot a trend…and it ain't good…
-A conversation with Chile's former Labor Minister…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 15 May 2008 |
The Fed's Emperor's Club
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Accidents don't cause bubbles - Fed policy does…the world, again, turns its weary eyes to Paul Volcker…
-The real cost of the war between inflation and deflation hasn't even begun to register…Bernanke has chosen the pump, not the lance…
-Why the oil price will correct itself…everything happens at the margins…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 14 May 2008 |
Success Leads to Excess
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The U.S. economy is still 'far from normal'…when houses go down - so does the rest of the consumer economy…
-How much did 'just-in-time' inventory systems save consumers?…a look back at the 1970's…
-Food prices rise the most since 1990…when you can't borrow your way out…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 13 May 2008 |
Not Your Father's Recession
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Not your garden-variety recession…the main crisis may be over - but the long, slow slump awaits us…
-The world is moving and improving - and leaving the United States behind…the globalization of inflation…
-The Great Moderation was fun while it lasted…still opportunity in emerging markets - especially India…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 12 May 2008 |
How Do You Say 'We Surrender' in Mandarin?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-China: bigger, faster, stronger…the world's up-and-comer does have some trouble on the way…
-More and more people competing for the world's resources…farmers say 'rain, rain go away' throughout the United States…
-The Chinese work their way up the ladder, as Americans work their way down…only hours remain to get three free months of Resource Trader Alert…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 9 May 2008 |
The End of Democracy
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The war between the 'flations drags on…nobody is going to cut back on spending unless they are forced to…
-Inflation has become globalized - and soon it will come in, not as a kitty, but as a mean panther…
-In the United States, you are on the pot-holed highway to Hell…and more thoughts, insights and advice to take you into the weekend!
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news.goldseek.com >> 8 May 2008 |
Consumeris Americanus: A Look at an Endangered Species
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Up, down…up, down - what's the economy telling us?…a look at an endangered species…
-Rising price of food forces millions of Americans on to food stamps…you may be able to print your way out of a recession - but you can't mint your way out…
-Japan's self-extinction…sugar-caned bio-diesel fuel…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 7 May 2008 |
Going on a Tax Holiday
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Dude, where's my fiscal stimulus?…everyone pile in the car - we're going on a tax holiday!
-The Fed continues to bamboozle consumers into thinking they are richer than they really are…the bull market in gold is NOT over…
-The Exodus of U.S. wealth…not all art investments are bad ones…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 6 May 2008 |
An Empty Belly is a Dangerous Thing
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-It is the best of times; it is the worst of times…oil is up on U.S. optimism?
-Food riots in Africa…India targets food futures…doom and gloom has been overplayed…
-Don't bet against America, says the richest man in the world…when Friedman points out what an idiot you are, you know things aren't good…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 5 May 2008 |
Poverty Time Bomb
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The papers have kept us in stitches today…a 'Gas Tax Holiday'? Really?
-Waiting for the showdown between Hillary and Obama…the Fed has created bubble-like conditions in the commodities markets - but Kevin Kerr tells us all is not lost…
-Buffett tells it like it is…the art world's big test…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 2 May 2008 |
Victims of Success
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Laughing in the face of market sentiment…a world full of 'maybes'…
-The artificial props of Bernanke and Co…more and more people squeezed out of the middle class…
-An interesting bag lady in the Piazza di Navona…an expensive breakfast for two…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 1 May 2008 |
The Financial Policies of Never-Never Land
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-It may be May Day in Europe - but we keep on reckoning…surprise, surprise: the Fed lowered rates…
-Maybe instead of money, the government should send taxpayers free SUVs…
-Still more excitement ahead for the commodities markets - especially for gold…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 30 April 2008 |
Bring on the Correction
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The more Bernanke, e.t al wins - the more you lose…we can't delay this correction any longer…
-Every bubble eventually pops, losses are taken - and the rebuilding can finally begin…the dark cloud of the consumer economy…
-The correction in the housing market made its sharpest move ever in February…U.S. is doing exactly what they told Asia NOT to do…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 29 April 2008 |
Whatever Happened to Monetary Integrity?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-When elected officials run out of money - trouble follows…the Vatican: always ready for a siege or a party…
-Where's Volcker when you need him…the likelihood of Greenspan becoming the Pope…
-Truckers protest high gas prices…the major difference between Rome and the U.S. - electronic transfers…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 28 April 2008 |
Drowning in the Flood of Liquidity
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-A trying market climate…just because a lot of mistakes have been made doesn't stop the authorities from making more…
-The Fed is trying to avoid painful decisions at all costs…the "recession diet" may help America's obesity problem…
-A peak in grain production…a very close look at a certain part of the male anatomy…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 25 April 2008 |
Mission Creeps
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-A correction from a dear reader…a correction in emerging markets and other areas means only one thing to us: a buying opportunity…
-The world of 'flation…views from the dark and sunny sides of the street…
-We know the old adage is 'buy when there is blood running in the streets' - but it may be too early to start chasing ambulances…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 24 April 2008 |
Noisy Markets
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The great overreach continues…there's so much noise in the financial markets, one can barely think straight…
-Housing slump may exceed the Great Depression…the profit parade in commodities marches on…
-We pity the next president…the subprime debacle has produced a tsunami of lawsuits…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 23 April 2008 |
An Overreaching United States
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Poking through dusty ruins looking for our future…just because we say it, doesn't mean you can…
-Greenspan and Bush accomplished a great feat…an explosion of spending that has blown up in our faces…
-The U.S. still on a slip-n-slide…a Philistine is pardoned a 4-hour tour of the Vatican…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 22 April 2008 |
From Artificial Boom to Real Bust
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Thinking the unthinkable…profiting from a vacuum in the news stream…
-Millions of causalities in the war between inflation and deflation - but no clear winner…emerging markets are now using more oil than the United States…
-Sad news from Zimbabwe…an updated version of The Demise of the Dollar and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 21 April 2008 |
The Long Slope of Hope
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-A whole lot of flation goin' on…it should be onwards and upwards from here on out…
-What will happen when we see a real bottom…the new economies start to pull away from the old ones…
-When the working man was king…on the usefulness of the modern college degree…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 18 April 2008 |
Wages of Sin
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Waiting in line is the world's most popular activity…from 'could be better' to couldn't be worse…
-Investors are staying put despite a falling sky…ditching the herd in a financial downturn…
-Predictions for a polite and mild recession…the 'Dark Side' as reported by the voice of economic credulity…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 17 April 2008 |
The New Fiscal Creed
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The tragic end of the Great Moderation…deflation works on yesterday's bubbles…the new Alpha male on Wall Street…
-The frogs are now richer than Americans…the attractiveness of Roman-style reinvention…
-The Big Apple experience at a big discount…mainstream financial press finally pans hedge funds…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 16 April 2008 |
All Hands on Pumps!
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Economically painful consumer sandwich…Americans and Brits in the same sinking boat…
-No coincidences in oil production, comrade…prices that wear booster rockets…
-Could Skodas make a play in the United States…the high price of food riots…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 15 April 2008 |
Junk Bond Nation
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-A Greek tragedy on the American stage…Americans struggle to drive American cars…
-A way around American energy concerns… a scene like on a street corner in Amsterdam…
-A new generation enters the Bonner gene pool…taking time to fight the odds…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 14 April 2008 |
The Biggest Financial Losers
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The increased price of greasing the whole machine…written down, written off, and inflated away…
-Pity the poor who have to eat…"late, degenerate capitalism" at its finest…
-Homes wilt like lettuce in the Vegas sun…the Olympic torch passes by Daily Reckoning offices…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 11 April 2008 |
Sowing the Wind, We Reap the Whirlwind
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Back among the worriers…the United States is headed toward a recession, says the IMF…
-A look back at a 'great' war…Lehman Bros. liquidate three of their funds…
-Someone you definitely want as your next-door neighbor…the food crisis…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 10 April 2008 |
The Fog of Financial War
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Entering a dangerous and troublesome period in financial history…the battle between the forces of inflation and deflation wages on…
-The Liquidation War…the coming of the Greater Depression…
-Cattle is no longer such a hot commodity in Argentina…what will hobble agriculture in the future?…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 9 April 2008 |
An Economic Triple-Threat
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The Feds debate the 'long and short' of recession…placing bets on the Fed's next move…
-Greenspan: "Non, je ne regrette rien"…the stinging reproach of a former Fed Chairman…
-Dealing with future problems, today…a few worthwhile suggestions from the Philadelphia film festival…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 8 April 2008 |
Increased Spending in the Mistake Market
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The return of the cattle market…have the feds saved the planet? Doesn't seem likely….
-Someone will pay for the mistakes in our economy - and it will most likely be you…
-The end is neigh for ethanol…a way for America to get close to energy independence…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 7 April 2008 |
One Bubble Pops…Another Inflates
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The real problem with the inflation/deflation battle…when your farthings aren't worth what you thought…
-Which way will this tug-of-war go?…the end of a 28-year long road…the trouble with food…
-Dismembering the financial sector…the loose mores of the U.S. financial system…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 4 April 2008 |
The Bottoms Are In - Or Are They?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-More bottoms than a burlesque show…rebounds that turn even base metals into precious ones…
-The fuzzy edges of a moral system…China! What to make of it?
-An intriguing investment - in Iceland…the crisis of the countryside arrives in the city…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 3 April 2008 |
Here Come the Bread and Circuses
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Want a sure bet? Bet on deleveraging…the only place where deflation and inflation make common cause…
-So many foreclosures, so little time…apartment sales in Manhattan are at an 18-year low - but prices are still higher than ever!
-Argentina may face worst unrest since the 1970's…a neighbor you would definitely want to lend you some sugar…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 2 April 2008 |
The Phony Depression
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The Dow heads up, and our Trade of the Decade heads down…still not convinced we've reached the bottom of the decline…
-Lines for food stamps in New York…maybe there's no 'Great Depression' but there's plenty of depressing financial statistics…
-The gap between the haves and the have-nots continue to widen…no matter how much money you have, it never seems to be enough…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 1 April 2008 |
A Truly Remarkable Day
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The Fed's primary mission is to protect the nation's money and credit?!
-A shop owner in Paris overheard commenting on how much he likes Americans…executives admit their salaries are ridiculous…
-Alan Greenspan apologizes…and more news to take you into the month of April!
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news.goldseek.com >> 31 March 2008 |
Neutering the Markets
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-It's always dangerous when people have time to stop and think…Hank Paulson spearheads a new financial regulation plan…
-A look at the 'day the dream died'…the U.S. markets are surprisingly not as bad as those overseas…
-A sad anniversary…taking down the teenagers, one by one…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 28 March 2008 |
Das Phony Kapital
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The busted American consumer…a masked inconvenient truth…blunderingly stupid Wall Street…
-The Bear Stearns of the North Atlantic…is it time to buy Icelandic bonds?
-The great Empire of Debt will eventually destroy herself…other insights, forecasts and views to take you into the weekend!
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news.goldseek.com >> 27 March 2008 |
In An Uncertain World
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The bursting tech bubble sucked all the wind out of the economy…the U.S. sneezes and the rest of the world catches a cold - or is it the other way around?
-Keep your eye on India…play it safe: diversify out of the U.S. dollar…
-Zimbabwe is back in the news…a thoughtful note from the Persian Gulf…your last chance at a golden opportunity…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 26 March 2008 |
Game Over?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Have we seen the bottom of the gold correction?…the importance of doing nothing…
-How to take advantage of leverage and limit your risk in the gold market…housing continues to head down…
-How will the consumer economy expand when the consumer's pockets are empty?…where's the next bubble?…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 25 March 2008 |
Masters of the Universe No More
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-American markets continue to do what they do best - separating fools from their money…
-How can such clever people be so clueless about what they've got in their own pockets?
-A correction for gold - and a good opportunity for investors…the worst kind of world improver…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 24 March 2008 |
Weapons of Financial Destruction
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Derivatives: weapons of mass destruction…the effects of a credit bubble turned negative…
-The Japanese have lost wealth for the first time in five years…all across the globe investors are planning for Plan B…
-Examining the Catholic Church…a special offer from our friends at EverBank…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 23 March 2008 |
IOU's With Handcuffs
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Confusing and conflicting news from the markets…there's still money around - but it is running for its life…
-An economy gone wild…commodities are down - and the dollar is up…
-Automakers not expecting much in the way of a rebound…Alan Greenspan writes for the FT…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 20 March 2008 |
A Third Army on the Financial Front
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Getting lost in "the Great Unwind"…Hell Week looks more like Purgatory…
-Making way for a 'no' kind of day…what will happen when the armies collide?
-A Japan-style funk may still be in the cards…the Springer-like drama that is New York politics…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 19 March 2008 |
Central Banking for Dummies
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-You could go long…or short…or just go fishing…sometimes doing nothing is the best move…
-A shrewd move from the Fed?…a lot of money is disappearing into thin air…
-Gold at $2,138…financial horror stories…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 18 March 2008 |
Hell Week
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-A hellish week thus far…entering a scarier, uglier phase of the cycle…
-Wall Street waits for the next domino to fall…inflation and deflation: working together?
-Is it time to do a little contrarian buying?…a well-thought out comment from a dear reader…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 17 March 2008 |
The Bad News Bear
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The Ides of March left its victim: the bloody corpse of Bear Stearns…the 'Margin Call from Hell'…
-The kindness of strangers in the East is waning…the melting U.S. dollar…
-Here's another thing to worry about: the financing gap…politicians just can't get away with anything anymore…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 14 March 2008 |
Entering the Helicopter Phase
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Hedge funds should be called 'gamble funds'…sleepless in Manhattan…
-Making things worse… the cockamamie economics of modern central banking…
-Dangerous and costly dollar decline…Eliot Spitzer we hardly knew ye…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 13 March 2008 |
A Monetary Morality Tale
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The worst conditions for the U.S. economy since the Great Depression…gold kisses $1,000 an ounce…
-The gods are giving the boot to the entire financial industry…what more can the Federal Reserve do?
-Your last chance to get in on the commodities super-cycle…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 12 March 2008 |
Victims of Our Own Good Fortune
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Who will win the financial War of the Worlds?…the end of the U.S. heyday…
-Market influenced movie titles…dodging a contraction - it's an election year…
-Bernanke: the star of an R-rate snuff film…who wants to be the next Fed Chairman?…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 11 March 2008 |
We've Got the Golden Ticket
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Where will it all end for financial stocks?…geniuses taking their lumps along with the lumpen on Wall Street…
-Favoring the TIPS - bonds adjusted for inflation…why don't investors favor gold over treasuries?
-Time is running out to join the Resource Reserve…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 10 March 2008 |
Putting 2 and 2 Together
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Stock market took a nice wallop on Friday…all data is pointing toward 'recession'…
-Admiring the intricate natural mechanisms of a market economy…not only is the economy sinking - but so is the value of the collateral…
-Pulling on levers…what would you do with $100,000?…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 7 March 2008 |
Disasters Waiting to Happen
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Watching our formula at work…consumers are getting squeezed from every direction…
-Not so sure about the second half recovery anymore…the thin blue line of feds…
-First the money goes…then the economy…finally, society itself…and other uplifting thoughts and advice to take you into the weekend!
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news.goldseek.com >> 6 March 2008 |
Bracing for the Bailout
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Gold, oil and other commodities hit all-new record highs yesterday…U.S. foreclosures hit record high; mortgage delinquencies at 23-year peak…
-Everything is 'marked to meltdown'…Big Ben and good ol' Dubya are inching toward a bailout of epic proportions…
-Looking back at the words of Bill Buckley…does this seem like the 1970's to anyone else?…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 5 March 2008 |
A Fed Failure?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Challenging conditions for banks…indicators signaling a 'slumpy' economy…
-At The DR, we always rise in defense of the poor…the downtrodden…the inebriated and the incompetent…even if it is Ben Bernanke…
-Export tariffs driving the price of wheat up…the war on moles…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 4 March 2008 |
Nasty Weather Ahead
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The worst weather of the year may be yet to come…$1,000 gold is only days away…
-The Fed's failed rescue mission…costs of the credit crunch continue to mount up…
-Remember the Golden Rule? He who holds the gold, makes the rules…China succumbs to a force bigger than an economic slowdown…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 3 March 2008 |
Financial Fantasies
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The Dow took a big hit on Friday…the economy is sinking, and inflation is pushing up consumer prices. Stagflation anyone?
-Fed cuts just aren't doing the trick anymore…looking at the fantasies behind the boom…
-Big Al is back in the news, with some interesting advice…the next Baby Boom…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 29 February 2008 |
Are We Following in Japan's Footsteps?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-This is gonna get ugly…the United States is entering a recession - and is probably already in one now…
-Is the United States going the way of Japan?…does anyone really understand CDOs?
-Gold hits another record high…is it possible that Bernanke will wake up as Volcker?…and more questions, thoughts and insights to take you into the weekend!
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news.goldseek.com >> 28 February 2008 |
What Happens When Consumers Stop Consuming?
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The dollar falls to its lowest level ever against the euro…the Fed is caught in the crossfire…
-Inflation could be worse than anyone thinks…a golden "Noah's Ark"…
-Preventing Mr. Market from what he does naturally…William F. Buckley dies…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 27 February 2008 |
Feds Rush to Refill the Punchbowl
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The news is good and bad - depending on how you look at it…we still have no idea how the party will end…
-$2,000 gold likely in the future…apparently, there are some cities in the U.S. that are still a good buy…
-Shops in New York are beginning to accept euros…cultivating American's delusion of danger…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 26 February 2008 |
The Ultimate Sell Signal
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Democracy responds to the mob of voters…the housing slump is working its way into family budgets…
-All three of Americans major assets could continue going down for years to come…ignore the housing bulls…
-David Walker resigns - but is far from giving up on the battle against unsound spending policies…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 25 February 2008 |
Dark Side of the Boom
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Food prices have taken off in Europe…the cost of energy works its way into everything…
-The dark side of the oil boom…looking at market psychology across the globe…
-In the dispute between gold and the dollar - there's no contest…a matter of aesthetics…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 22 February 2008 |
There Will Be Blood
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Manufacturing data adds to a growing list of worries…gold is hovering close to $1,000…
-There are many things cheap labor can't produce…inflation on one hand, deflation on the other - what's a poor Fed to do?
-The next crisis will be over food…gold may not be perfect - but it's a whole lot better than the alternative…and more thoughts, insights, and ramblings to take you into the weekend!
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news.goldseek.com >> 21 February 2008 |
Sell the U.S.; Buy Latin America
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Useful suggestions from your team at The DR - hey, stranger things have happened…
-A booming Latin America…a look at a true globalized, capitalist economy…
-A new tax in London…buy an apartment in Dubai - and get a Mini Cooper…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 20 February 2008 |
Smothered in Paper
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Oil closes over $100 for the first time ever…stocks are caught in the middle of the 'flations - with nowhere to go…
-The world is being smothered in paper…what do you get to protect yourself from paper? Gold…
-The people who hustle granite countertops are finally getting a rest…trying to understand the distorted derivatives market…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 19 February 2008 |
Considering the Price of Tea in China
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-China's low-cost exports are now not-so low…the commodity index is at record highs…
-Why can't anyone see trouble on the way?…the United States past its peak…
-More and more, financial news is becoming a matter for the cops…prices are always subject to influence…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 18 February 2008 |
A Financial War With No Winners
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-The mysterious trickery of Mr. Market…magical protection from individual stupidity…
-Different, but equally damaging warfare…Obama is accused of plagiarism…
-Choose your poison wisely…a test to contradict the contrarian…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 15 February 2008 |
The Devilish Mixture of Stagflation
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Bernanke didn't do much to help the gloomy outlook…the world is over-leveraged…
-"Project Lifeline" is not a new reality show, unfortunately…maybe we won't have the recession they all expect…
-What tricks does Mr. Market have up his sleeve?…when you're on top of the world, there's only one place to go…and more!
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news.goldseek.com >> 14 February 2008 |
The Greenback Gets Around
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew
-Buffett tells his receivers to go long…the importance of a good moat in making money…
-Most U.S. dollars don't speak English…good credit is not a guaranteed savior…