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Chart of the Day: Central Mish: Bank Balance Sheet as Percent of GDP: Fed, ECB, BOJ, BOE
The race is on to see which central bank can load up its balance sheet with the most garbage the fastest.
Snow stories from Davos and "muddle-through" economics with Mish
Demetri also asks Mish about this "muddle-through" term, and what this means in practice.
16 Statistics Which Show That The Number Of Americans Dependent On The Government Is At An ...
So once the government checks stop rolling in, what is going to happen then?
Central bank policy is obscuring market values, Warsh tells Stanford audience
with the Fed's purchase of government bonds, which has made it impossible for investors to use bond prices to learn anything about markets
Davos forum all a facade?
are all the discussions & debt just empty words? Do forum attendees really care about the agenda or creating their own?
The Silent Anschluss: Germany Formally Requests That Greece Hand Over Its Fiscal Independence
..comes to taking over a country without spilling even one drop of blood, converting its citizens into debt slaves Merkel may have just succeeded...
Biggest Week For Gold In 3 Months
Gold managed its biggest gain in three months as the Fed's QE-ness seemed to separate the precious metals from other asset classes.
HFT's Flash Smash Gold to EUR 2263
One day soon you will wake up to see a move like this in gold and silver...but it will be a plateau, and the new normal.
Celente - War, Bank Runs, Riots & Gold Going Mainstream
"So this is a collapse in the making, right in front of everyone and gold prices and silver prices dont lie, theyre reflecting it."
TF Metals Report: Headed Out
I'm behind schedule & in trouble. Sorry for the quick post. More Sunday when I return. First, though, please check out these items I have for you.
Rickards: Gold May Super Spike as We See the End of the Dollar
Bernanke made it crystal clear they were going to go to some kind of quantitative easing.
BROKEN DOLLAR
It has been my theory that this year we would see one of the worst performances by the stock market since 2008.
Doug Casey on the Collapse of the Euro and the EU
Is this the beginning of the proverbial "it?" Or can the Eurozone be saved?
Fitch Gives Europe Not So High Five, Downgrades 5 Countries... But Not France
In Fitch's opinion, the eurozone crisis will only be resolved as and when there is broad economic recovery.
Us government gives millions to corporations with no strings attached
Max Fraad Wolff, senior analyst at Greencrest Capital, joins us to discuss this issue.
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Stock Market and the Dollar Sustain the Bullish Environment for Gold and Silver
This week marked the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar, and according to Chinese mythology, Dragon years bring powerful changes and optimism representing imperial power, prosperity and good luck. This year is supposed to be even more auspicious since it's a Water Dragon year, something that occurs once every 60 years. We admit that we don't yet use the Chinese Horoscope as a technical indicator, and who knows, perhaps we should. One thing is certain—the Year of the Dragon began with an auspicious move for precious metals.
Market Trading Technical Indicators Love Hate Relationship
Trading using technical indicators -- such as the MACD, for example -- can do one of two things: help you or hurt you. Elliott Wave International's Jeffrey Kennedy explains what he loves and hates about technical indicators and shows you how he uses them to his advantage in this excerpt from his FREE eBook, The Commodity Trader's Classroom.
With Friends Like These Does Gold Need an Official QE3?
Although the trading week started quietly for precious metals, gold and silver surged after the Federal Reserve’s latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting. On Wednesday, the Fed announced it will not increase its benchmark interest rate until at least late 2014, citing that record-low interest rates are still needed to help boost the sluggish economy. Furthermore, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke explained that quantitative easing is “an option that certainly is on the table.”
Stocks Thump Yields as Economic Growth Looks On
It is not a new development for US GDP growth to be largely driven by a build- up inventories (+1.9% contribution is highest since Q1 2010) in contrast to weak contribution from real final sales (+0.80% is lowest since Q1 2011). If this is a signal to future growth prospects, then how will the ultra low yields-driven stock go on?
Great Green Opportunities from Dangerous Q.E.
“Prior to the 2008 financial crisis, the eight central bank balance sheets were less than 15% the size of world stock markets and falling. In the immediate aftermath of Lehman Brothers’ failure, these eight central bank balances swelled to 37% the capitalization of the world stock market. But keep in mind that the late 2008/early 2009 peak was due to collapsing stock market values combines with balance sheet expansion via ‘lender of last resort’ loans. “Recently, the eight central banks balance sheets have spiked to 33% of world stock market capitalization. This has come about not by lender of last resort loans, but rather by QE expansion… “Central banks are ruling markets to a degree this generation has not seen. Collectively they are printing money to a degree never seen in human history.” Bianco Research 01/25/2012
U.S. Economy GDP on Recession Track
The headline real GDP number of 2.8% does not sound too bad until you dig beneath the surface. A full 1.9 percentages points of that 2.8% was inventory replenishment. Real GDP vs. a year ago is +1.6% and that is on a recession track as well.
Gold GLD ETF Investors Mass Exodus
Gold is enjoying an awesome January, rallying strongly out of its oversold late-December lows. But last month’s hyper-pessimistic sentiment deserves some reflection before it totally fades from memory. One of the core theses of the bears resolutely predicting sub-$1400 gold prices soon was the notion that there would be widespread liquidations in the flagship GLD gold ETF, a mass exodus of capital.
Is the United States in a Liquidity Trap?
If nothing else, we've learned that the liquidity trap is neither a figment of our imaginations nor something that only happens in Japan; it's a very real threat, and if and when it ends we should nonetheless be guarding against its return — which means that there's a very strong case both for a higher inflation target, and for aggressive policy when unemployment is high at low inflation.
Gold Has Foundation to Build Next Move Higher Following FOMC Catalyst
WHOLESALE MARKET gold prices were headed for their biggest one-week rise since the start of December Friday lunchtime in London, climbing back through $1720 an ounce – a weekly gain of over 3%. Silver prices meantime hovered around $33.60 per ounce – 4.2% up on last week's close – while other stocks and commodities were broadly flat and US Treasury bond prices slipped.
The Next U.S. Housing Market Bailout
Why are housing prices falling when the number of houses on the market continues to decline? Usually, when supply shrinks, then prices rise, right? So, why isn’t that happening now? The reason is that housing market never completely cleared, which is to say that the Fed’s interventions and the manipulation of inventory by the banks prevented the market from finding a bottom. So, now– a full 6 years after the peak in home sales in 2006–the real estate depression continues while prices drift lower still. And–here’s the bad part–no one knows how much farther prices will drop, because the existing inventory of homes on the market (according to the Wall Street Journal) is presently 1.89 million while the shadow inventory (according to CoreLogic)… is “1.6 million units” which represents another 5 months supply, “the same level as reported in July 2011.”
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CNBC's Rick Santelli BLASTS the government's new debt ceiling increase
From Zero Hedge:
In an effort to reach the angry mob, CNBC's Rick Santelli goes all Sesame Street on the numbers behind the U.S. Debt Ceiling Rise.
Focusing for two minutes on what this practically means for every man, woman, child, and politician, the shouting Chicagoan points out that when the U.S. breaches this new limit, then the...
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You won't believe what "Occupy" protesters are doing with free-market principles
From Economic Policy Journal:
This anti-capitalism campaign launched by the elitists at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is getting really over the top and landing in the winter mud of London.
The latest is an op-ed in the Financial Times written by David Dewhurst and Naomi Colvin, who are identified as members of the economics working group at Occupy London.
Their screed is absurd from beginning to end and is titled, "How Hayek Helped Us to Find Capitalism's Flaws."
They begin with this...
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How the United States could "become rich" again
From OilPrice.com:
It's a strategy that works for individuals, and can work for the entire nation as well.
If you can figure out a way to find resources whose value in their current use is not very great -- in other words, if you buy low -- and redeploy them somewhere else where their value is much greater -- in other words, sell high -- then you will not only add to your personal wealth, you will be creating new wealth for society as a whole.
The process of allocating resources to their most efficient use is the heart of what drives economic growth. The fact that individuals have a strong personal incentive always to be looking for better ways to do that is the primary factor responsible for the standard of living that we enjoy today.
Let me give a concrete example of what I'm talking about. On Friday, you could buy...
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Doc Eifrig: This popular cold remedy could kill you
From Dr. David Eifrig in Retirement Millionaire:
The Neti pot is one of my favorite ways to fight initial cold signs. The Neti pot is an old Hindu device used to wash the sinuses. (Neti means "nasal" in Sanskrit.)
You can purchase plastic ones with balanced salt solutions (in packets you mix with water at home) at your local drug stores for about $10. By using gravity and the solution, you can gently rinse your sinuses. I use mine once a day when I have a cold or when my sinuses are clogged from allergies.
But be careful... last month, improper use of a Neti pot was blamed for two deaths in Louisiana. Brain-eating amoebas (bacteria-like bugs that live in fresh water) entered the victims' brains when they used a Neti pot for their sinuses. Louisiana's health department said both people used tap water in their Neti pots. Although tap water is safe to drink, using it to clear your nasal passages gives bacteria a direct path to your brain.
That's why manufacturers warn that you should only use sterilized or distilled water in a Neti pot. You can purchase sterilized or distilled water at the grocery store for next to nothing. Or you can boil water to sterilize it at home (just make sure it's cooled down to lukewarm when you put it in your Neti pot).
Crux Note: Retirement Millionaire is about much more than just staying healthy. In fact, "Doc" Eifrig recently told his readers about a radical new retirement strategy. If you've ever worried you won't have enough savings to retire comfortably, click here to discover the details of this incredible plan.
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Update: The revolution in higher education is already starting
From Carpe Diem:
A few days ago, I reported on how MITx could revolutionize higher education by offering free online classes, along with a new benefit: credentials. Beginning this spring, students will be able to take free online courses from MIT, and if they prove they've learned the material through an assessment, they can pay a fee and receive a certificate from MITx.
In a related recent development, Felix Salmon and The Chronicle of Higher Education report this week that Stanford University professor Sebastian Thrun, who taught an online artificial intelligence course to more than 160,000 students in the fall through Stanford, has given up his tenured teaching position there to work full-time with Udacity, a new startup firm he co-founded, that offers low-cost...
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