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Paul van Eeden, Agora Financial Investment Symposium After a solid week of collective Bernanke bashing, Paul van Eeden had the guts to stroll up to the stage and say: “Ben Bernanke has done an outstanding job of preventing deflation and controlling inflation.” He said this with a straight face, he was sincere, and he managed […]
Doug Casey, Agora Financial Investment Symposium Just as I was starting to get lulled into a false sense of blogging security, Doug Casey strolled to the stage to stir things up. I had not written much about the previous two presenters – my leisurely pace was about to change. His talk was not only engaging and […]
The West and the Rest: Our Slight Depression in Historical Perspective Niall Ferguson, 2012 Agora Financial Investment Symposium Niall Ferguson led off the symposium began by lamenting that just 23 years ago, it all seemed so simple. It was the summer of 1989, he reminded us, when Francis Fukuyama famously proclaimed “The End of History,” […]
Rick Rule, 2012 Agora Financial Investment Symposium “Rockstar” resource investing guru Rick Rule took the stage for the challenging “Happy Hour” time slot to cap off the first day. No slides needed, Rule went straight off the cuff. He joked that while he enjoyed the previous biotech presentations, it reminded him why he limits himself […]
Platypus Rex: End Times Investment Wisdom for the Duck Billed Dan Denning, 2012 Agora Financial Investment Symposium Dan Denning, Editor of The Daily Reckoning Australia, believes 2012 is a lot like 2007, but with more denial. The risk in the system has been transferred from the periphery (bad mortgages) into the core (US Treasuries) – which […]
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