More Signs of Inflation Pressures in the U.S. The PPI rose 1.6% in February, well above the consensus of 0.7%. The bulk of the upside surprise was due to a 3.9% jump in food prices. Notably, the incr...
Read moreRight now I'm focusing on two central bank decisions remaining for this week. The first and most important in my view is that from Brazil. Last week, discussions centered around a 75bp hike. Recall th...
Read moreWe just released another update to subscribers of the Intelligent Investor and Market Forecaster newsletters. This 15-page document discusses the implications of numerous recently announced global eco...
Read moreThe follow link contains the newly revised Q4 and 2010 annual GDP data. ...
Read moreI continue where I left off from Part 2 of this report. [1] In support of their claims of an economic recovery, Washington cheerleaders and Wall Street hacks continue to focus on ancillary metrics li...
Read moreI continue where I left off from Part one of this report. [1] Ever since the summer of 2009, economists from both Washington and Wall Street have told us that an economic recovery was in progre...
Read more“Regarding the Great Depression. You’re right, we did it. We’re very sorry. But thanks to you, we won’t do it again.” [1] That quote was taken from a speech made by then...
Read moreI will be expanding this data over the next several months. For now, have a look. I have presented this information for you to keep so that he next time someone calls you an anti-Semite for...
Read moreThis article was taken from a section of the July 2010 AVA Investment Analytics newsletter. While more than five months have passed since the release of this report, it has been publish...
Read moreA few months ago, I ran across a typical propaganda piece from America’s corporate media discussing why U.S. corporations aren’t hiring. Frank Ingarra, co-portfolio manager of Henn...
Read moreLast month, I followed up on a discussion I began in over a year ago as to why hyperinflation would be a very unlikely scenario in the U.S. In summary, this devastating scenario is a virtual impossib...
Read moreIn the same publication, Stathis warned that the Fannie/Freddie bailout would be only the beginning of many more to come. "The bailout buffet won’t end with Fannie and Freddie. There’......
Read moreYou might recall an article I wrote a few month ago, discussing ridiculous terminology that has been embraced by every sheep on earth; double-dip recession. See here to refresh your memor...
Read moreTwo years ago when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were collapsing, former Goldman Sachs CEO and U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson repeated the promise of “no more bailouts,” so as to calm...
Read moreA few months ago, I discussed the fact that the U.S. really doesn't have a free market economy, as so many claim. Once you spend some time examining the activities of various industries, this bec...
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