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Crisis of Confidence

Alan Schram | Posted 11.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Volatility, Commodities, Credit Crisis, Libor, S&P 500, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Dollar, Unemployment, Cpi, Business News, Oil, Warren Buffett, New York Times, Bank Deposits, Saving Money, Dow, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News

Seeing the news headlines, clearly people are frightened.The issue we are faced with today is shortage of confidence, not shortage of capital.

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Paulson Policy Failures

Alan Schram | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, John Thain, Market Crash, Credit Crunch, Fannie Mae, Hedge Funds, Libor, S&P 500, Dollar, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Merrill Lynch, Aig, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Bailout, Financial Services, Lehman Brothers, Business News, Banks, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Warren Buffett, Bear Stearns, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Dow, Business News

The Treasury's policy did nothing to build confidence or stabilize the markets. The precipitous drop of the equity markets in October and November are the market's judgment on their policies.

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End the Bailout

Alan Schram | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Paulson is now on his third plan for how to spend the cash Congress gave him. Nobody knows what he will do next.

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Yes We Can... What?

Alan Schram | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business

Barack Obama is faced with very high expectations. There is only a small likelihood that any human being could actually deliver a performance commensurate with those expectations.

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Washington Overreacts

Alan Schram | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Crunch, Hedge Funds, Obama, Libor, S&P 500, Bush, Dollar, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Paulson, Wall Street, Business News, Oil, Henry Paulson, Warren Buffett, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Dow, Financial Crisis, Business News

Have you noticed our politicians so often do exactly the wrong thing? They mean well, but in their haste to propitiate us, the voters, they cause more damage than good.

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Why the Stock Market is Cheap Now

Alan Schram | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Volatility, John McCain, Economy, Credit Crunch, Libor, S&P 500, Iphone, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Dollar, Investing, Wall Street, Business News, Stock Market, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Dow, Financial Crisis, Business News

We are seeing some of the best stock valuations in the last century. Once fear of illiquidity dissipates, the stock market will get back to normal levels.

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Cash is Not King

Alan Schram | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Dollar, Money Market Funds, Fdic, Wall Street, Business News, Market Panic, Credit Crunch, Bank Deposits, Libor, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Dow, S&P 500, Financial Crisis, Home News

If you do not find stock prices cheap now, with the market pulverized 45% in the last year, then you probably should never own stocks.

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Dollar And Yen Soar As Other Currencies Fall

New York Times | MARK LANDLER and VIKAS BAJAJ | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Yen, Stocks, Dollar, Currencies, Business News

Fear that the financial crisis is infecting once-healthy economies created another white-knuckle day for investors Friday, causing stocks to tumble fr...

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Paulson's Bazooka May Miss

Fortune | Colin Barr | Posted 09.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Dollar, Economy, Bailouts, Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve, Banks, Bailout Plan, Ben Bernanke, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Treasury Secretary, Business News

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson fired his bazooka again, but the target remains elusive. Paulson has proposed using $700 billi...

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Asian Stocks Plummet

AP | GREG KELLER | Posted 09.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Stocks, Personal Finance, Asia, China, Japan, South Korea, Dollar, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Business News

PARIS — World stock markets swooned again Tuesday as the global financial crisis caused investors to worry that asset prices have yet to hit roc...

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Euro Higher Than Ever Against Dollar

New York Times | David Jolly | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Investing, Financial Stocks, Stocks, Euro, Business News

PARIS -- Financial stocks were pushed lower Tuesday in Asia and Europe and the euro hit a record against the dollar as new concerns about the global f...

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What is 'Monetary Extremism?'

Max Keiser | Posted 07.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Gold, france24, Dollar, Nicolas Sarkozy, Business News

I was on France24 Friday talking about oil, the dollar, and gold. part 2 Key to the rise in oil and gold prices is what I call 'monetary extre...

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The McDonalds Falling Dollar Menu

Michael Pento | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Commodities, Dollar, Weak Dollar, Agriculture, McDonald's, Dollar Menu, McDonalds Stock, Business News

Because the dollar has fallen 40% in the last six years, McDonalds may have to reduce quality, raise prices or both in their famed Dollar Menu.

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Ten Dollar-Friendly Destinations

MSNBC | Posted 05.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Dollar Value, Weakening Dollar, Weak Dollar, Business News

No, that's not a mirage. The economy is faltering, the dollar is getting clobbered by the euro, and traveling to the far reaches of luxury is costlier...

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Behind the Rise in Prices: The Plan to Torpedo the Dollar

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Price of Oil, Dollar, China, Bush Administration, Economy, Bankers, Hank Paulson, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, China Earthquake, Politics News

Paulson avoided a straight answer with a flurry of "uh, uh, uh," halting phrases and contradictory assertions.

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Futures Traders Bet On Dollar Gain For First Time Since 2005

Bloomberg | Posted 05.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Betting on the Dollar, Futures Traders, Futures Traders Dolars Euros, Dollar, Euro, Business News

Futures traders are betting for the first time since December 2005 that the dollar will gain against the euro. The difference in the number of wagers...

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Will the Fed's Rollercoaster Ride Save the Dollar?

Michael Pento | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Fed Cut, Federal Reserve, U.S. Economy, Dollar, Economy, Fed Rate Cut, Business News

Will the downward pressure in commodities continue and should investors expect the end of this interest rate toboggan ride?

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Dollar Slumps To New Low Against Euro

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Euro, Dollar Euro, Weak Dollar, Business News

NEW YORK — The euro roared to another record high Tuesday, crossing $1.60 for the first time ever after a pair of European Central Bank governor...

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Bernanke and Greenspan Live in the Bates Motel

Max Keiser | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Alfred Hitchcock, Bear Stearns Bailout, Psycho, Inflation, Dollar, Bernanke, Bono, Greenspan, U.S. Economy, Economy, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Paul Volcker, Business News

If you want to understand why the US dollar is doomed and what drives current Fed policy, keep in mind Hitchcock's Psycho, but with financial derivatives instead of carving knifes.

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George Soros: "We Are in the Midst Of The Worst Financial Crisis Since the 1930s."

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Recession, Depression, George Soros, Decline of the Dollar, Housing Crisis, Communism, Dollar, Hillary Clinton, Pound, Forbes, Bank of England, Barack Obama, Business News

If Soros is right and foreigners lose confidence in the U.S. economy, they will want their money back, the dollar will fall, and foreign investments will tumble.

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Dear Mr. Bernanke

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Interest Rates, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Wal-Mart, Business News

Dear Mr. Bernanke... Could you lower the interest rates some more? We'd like there to be more money in the system so we can borrow it.

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Where Do Obama And Clinton Stand On China?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taiwan, Yuan, Communist, Beijing, Darfur, Tibet, Pet Food, Campaign, Cold War, China, Chinese, National Debt, 2008, Vietnam, Dollar, Korea, 2008 Campaign, Lead in Toys, Dalai Lama, 2008 Elections, 08, Soviet Union, Castro, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Olympics, Foreign Policy, Elections, Communism, 08 Campaign, Human Rights, 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Cuba, Censorship, Ioc, Politics News

In the near future, China will eclipse the Middle East and terrorism to be our number one foreign policy challenge. Yet neither Obama nor Clinton are calling for any real change in our China policy.

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An Empire of Debt -- Collapsing Under Its Own Weight

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Falling Dollar, Debt, Dollar, Weak Dollar, Dollar Value, Credit Crisis, Paul A. Volcker, Business News

The central problems started with the "supply-side revolution," and the policy of borrowing instead of growing is finally catching up with the great debtor that is the US.

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U.S. Economy Battles Host Of Financial Woes

New York Times | Vikas Bajaj | Posted 03.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Yen, Dollar, Credit Crisis, Oil Prices, U.S. Economy, Weak Dollar, American Economy, Oil, Credit Crunch, Commodities Market, Stocks, Business News

Almost everything seems to be going wrong for the American economy at once. People are buying less, but most things are costing more. Mortgage rates a...

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Euro, Yen Climb Against Dollar

AP | MATT MOORE and YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Yen, Dollar, U.S. Economy, U.S. Currency, Dollar Yen, Yen Dollar, Currency, Federal Reserve, Euro, FInancial Markets, Business News

FRANKFURT, Germany — Widespread concern about the outlook for the U.S. economy pushed the euro to a new record and the yen to 12-year highs agai...

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