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In the 1930’s, the US dollar money supply (measured by M3) dropped by about 30%. This was the steepest deflationary drop in the quantity of money in history. The purchasing power of the dollar rose dramatically because less money was in circulation compared to the amount of goods/services available in commerce. Since 2006, the US Fed [ READ MORE ]
Oh Canada! With the strongest economy in the G 20, we really are the true North strong and free! Our banking system has been used as a model around the world. During the financial crisis, our banks took some losses yet remained relatively stable. And as of late, our income [ READ MORE ]
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard Premise (from the NY Times review) The sciences of human behavior can provide us with tools for making changes in our lives—tools that are more effective than “willpower,” “leadership” and other easier-said-than-done solutions. The authors explain a couple of fundamental principles of psychology and distill from them concise [ READ MORE ]
It appears that China has called the Bluff of the US policymakers as it signalled an end to the Yuan’s peg to the US Dollar a week before the G-20 Summit. China said it will allow a more flexible yuan. President Barack Obama and his poster child, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, along with other G-20 [ READ MORE ]
No doubt we’ve seen some very volatile markets over the last couple of weeks. Despite this though, the TSX is up over 60% from it’s bottom of March 9th 2009. The S&P 500 is up over 78% in the same time frame. These are all incredible Index returns in just 60 weeks. [ READ MORE ]
Thursday May 6th, traders breathed a sigh of relief when the Dow ended the day down 348 points. On any other day, this would be terrible! But today was special. Around 11:40 am Pacific time, the Dow suddenly plummeted by a thousand points as the result of a trade that, according to the rumour [ READ MORE ]
The US Congress cast an historic vote on healthcare this last Sunday. With it, we’ve witnessed further dismantling of the Constitution and unprecedented expansion and reach of the Government. The legislation doesn’t address the real reasons access to healthcare is a struggle for so many – the astronomical costs. If costs were lowered, more people [ READ MORE ]
Our Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced new rules Today aimed at protecting real estate investors from overextending themselves when mortgage rates rise. He met with several major Canadian lenders to discuss the potential “Real Estate Bubble” forming in Canada and decide what additional safeguards could be put into place to prevent over speculation. “There is no evidence [ READ MORE ]
Article from www.ThecomingDepression.net State Controller John Chiang issued a stern warning Friday about California’s cash reserves, telling legislative leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger they must act on nearly $9 billion in budget cuts the governor is seeking by March — or the state will run out of cash to pay its bills. — Denis C. Theriault [ READ MORE ]
Article by Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital Over the past three or four years a strange phenomenon has developed in the global investment markets. With some exceptions, many asset classes, in particular domestic and foreign equities, commodities, and foreign currencies have tended to move in the same direction on a day to day basis. The mega-correlation [ READ MORE ]
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