Financial Vagabond

Mike “Mish” Shedlock does a wonderful job of commenting on the the markets and economy.  The included video is about an hour long, but well worth the watch.

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I don’t normally completely republish posts, however I thought this one important enough to take such action.  We know that history tends to repeat itself, well humans do the same things [...]

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While perusing various blogs I stumbled up something a bit unsettling. As I’ve been chomping on what the IMF bonds issues mean talks about moving away from the dollar as the reserve currency continue…

There are meetings being held Monday and Tuesday in Yekaterinburg, Russia, (formerly Sverdlovsk) among Chinese President Hu Jintao, Russian President [...]

… is exactly where the market was back in March when the S&P 500 hit 666.  Everyone thought the world was coming unhinged, and well it was and still is.  However, not everything comes tumbling down instantly.
With every play there are acts, and at some point the climax.  Without the climax how can we have [...]

I don’t need to say anything more…
Link: Time will tell….
For Immediate Release
June 11, 2009
Audit the Fed Bill Reaches Crucial Benchmark
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Paul’s Federal Reserve Transparency Act, HR 1207, has reached and surpassed the level of 218 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, which means it is now cosponsored by a majority of [...]

Foreigners buying US Dollars?
I’m attempting to put a couple puzzle pieces together so here goes…
1) China has tons of US dollar and dollar denominated debt.  Additionally I heard suspictions that China may be purchasing land, companies, etc… with the debt.  Considering that we have no real access to their books, and they can really tell [...]

As gas prices rise, people lose their jobs, and business cut back on travel airlines suffer. Many have gone in and out of bankruptcy (remember 9/11?), and employees have made many concessions to keep their jobs.
However, what happens when you have poorly paid pilots, working too many hours, and cash strapped airlines?

Article:

WASHINGTON – Pilot [...]

Some See China’s Buying Spree on Commodities as Short-Lived – NYTimes.com.
With the advent of Central Banks printing their way out of this mess the probabilities continue to point toward inflation.  While the rate of expansion of the money supply has lessened it is no less continuing to rise.  Should the Fed decide to sell some [...]

I’ve stumbled upon an extremly useful site… Really it goes beyond just useful, and if you are interested in Finance, Math, or Physics I recommend you check it out. Even if you aren’t and may know someone in school send them to this site. Mind you that without YouTube it would be [...]