The much anticipated decline of the US dollar appears to have started with yesterday’s announcement that the Federal Reserve will start buying up to $300 billion of Treasuries and mortgage bonds. The action is expected to expand the central bank’s balance sheet by $1.15 trillion. The excess supply of dollars is threatening investors with fears [...]
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Buffett says U.S. Treasury bubble one for the ages
Feb. 28, 2009, NEW YORK (Reuters) — Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sits on $25.54 billion (17.8 billion pounds) of cash, said worried investors are making a costly mistake by buying up U.S. Treasuries that yield almost nothing.
In his widely read annual letter to Berkshire shareholders, the [...]
Buffett says U.S. Treasury bubble one for the ages
Feb. 28, 2009, NEW YORK (Reuters) — Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sits on $25.54 billion (17.8 billion pounds) of cash, said worried investors are making a costly mistake by buying up U.S. Treasuries that yield almost nothing.
In his widely read annual letter to Berkshire [...]
Richard Russell, who lived through the Great Depression, writes the following in the November 26 issue of his newsletter, “Dow Theory Letters” …
‘… if the government wants to inflate in a time of deflation, and the dollar’s viability is under attack, the government could back the dollar with gold. The government could unilaterally raise the [...]
China’s $585 billion spending package is equivalent to the U.S. spending nearly $3 trillion in fiscal stimulus. Massive? You bet it is! Inflationary? Absolutely! A boost to the entire global economy? YES! — Larry
China unveils stimulus package as growth slows Program will spend more than $585 billion to jump-start economy November 10, 2008 (MarketWatch) [...]
The top question I’ve been getting from subscribers these days is about what’s going on with gold and whether or not its bull market is over. My answer? No way, no how!
Any pullbacks in the precious yellow metal, no matter how bearish they may appear, are opportunities to buy! The basis for that view [...]
Food prices to post biggest rise since 1990: USDA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers should brace for the biggest increase in food prices in nearly 20 years in 2008 and even more pain next year due to surging meat and produce prices, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.
Food prices are forecast to rise by 5 percent [...]
China’s shoppers stock up on cards SHENZHEN (Asia Times) - Chinese consumers, until now recognized as among the world’s most determined savers, are adding credit cards to their wallets in record numbers, with the number of such cards in circulation almost doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier.
The number of credit cards [...]
With weak U.S. retail sales and a rise in producer prices, many economists ― along with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ― believe this is further evidence of “stagflation” in the U.S. economy.
Stagflation? These guys are behind the times. We’ve had stagflation for the last three years! I warned my Real Wealth Report subscribers back [...]
As I expected, the Fed announced today that they would hold interest rates steady. Also, as I expected, they talked a bit tougher on inflation. But that’s all it is – talk!
While there are likely to be loads of market swings this afternoon and tomorrow, the bottom line is this: Nothing the Fed said will change the [...]
