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Stated as eloquently as only The Onion can: WASHINGTON—Despite ongoing economic woes and a jobless rate that has been approaching 10 percent, U.S. unemployment projections drastically improved Monday after the consumption of five beers. “It’s going up,” leading economist David Singleton said confidently, indicating the predicted growth in jobs with an upward wave of a […]
Here’s a guest piece by Bud Conrad and David Galland from the Casey team, with an opportunity to check out their free report on the current state of the economy. As always, these two do a bang up job of looking under the hood of rosy government figures and media reports to get the real […]
The newsletter that I most look forward to these days is Bob Prechter’s…his views are unique, insightful, and I’m really starting to believe he’s one of the only guys with a clue right now! It’s important to mention that while Prechter is extremely bearish now, he’s by no means a perma-bear. I tend to discount […]
As financial pundits and common investors breath collective sighs of relief that “the worst is over” and “the bull is back”, let’s explore the possibility that 2009 may be following a script that was originally penned in 1930. After the initial crash in 1929, the markets staged a powerful rally that retraced 60% of these […]
Amidst all of the inflation/deflation debates, here is THE best summary of the current crisis I’ve seen to date…enjoy! Warning: Definitely NSFW! Shout outs to my friend JL for sending this along, and to the excellent financial blog Zero Hedge for originally posting.
In this week’s installment of Conversations With Casey, Doug’s doing a little yardwork…moving down those pesky green shoots! The stock market may be up, but are economic conditions really improving? Also – who the heck is going to buy all the debt the US Treasury is issuing? Enjoy this week’s bearish rant, courtesy of the […]
Came across this stellar piece earlier in the week via John Mauldin’s excellent Outside the Box publication. Authors Barry Eichengreen and Kevin H. O’Rourke lay our current depression side by side with the Great Depression to see how we measure up…and let me tell you, it’s pretty foreboding! This piece is republished with permission from […]
Common wisdom about the Great Depression seems to be that Herbert Hoover was a free market, laissez-faire kind of guy, who mistakenly decided to “do nothing” and let the economy work itself out…merely watching as it spiraled down the drain. The rap on Hoover couldn’t be more wrong, says legendary libertarian economist Murray Rothbard. Hoover […]
I started tracking Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave International recently because, to my knowledge, he’s one of the only guys who correctly anticipated the Great Crash of ’08. Now, he had been waiting for this crash since he wrote Conquer the Crash in 2002, but better to be early than late in this case. A […]
Take a minute to think about your view of human history, and our continued progression as a species. Do you believe human history is linear…always getting better…onward and upwards to a better existence? Is it chaotic…stuff happens, people react, then more stuff happens…but there’s no pattern to it? Or…is human history cyclical…with those who neglect […]
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