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Common Sense and Courage: Lost American Virtues

Why does only one man out of 435 members of Congress and 100 Senators speak this way? Why is he a pariah and a “nut case” among his fellow political “leaders” and most of the public as well? Perhaps the severity of the upcoming financial crisis will force the public to re-examine the underlying common sense of Dr. Paul’s words.

False Values, False Economy, and the Devil to Pay

Our wretched economy of false valuations cannot continue much longer. It is the domestic counterpart of President Bush’s past friendship with Vladimir Putin. It is the fantasy world of an everlasting bull market and “successful” government bailouts.

Um... Are We Forgetting Something Here?

It is clear that credit cycle reconciliation events are moving fast. Deleveraging, a theme I have been incessantly harping on almost all year, has clearly kicked into high gear. It’s thought in various circles that Paulson and friends helped engineer the near vertical decline in commodity prices sparked in mid-July.

Favoring the Downside

Today, Germany’s IFO Institute announced that its business climate index for September fell to 92.9 (from 94.8), which was below expectations. With that, key measures of business confidence in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan and the United States are all below where they were three years ago.

The Tinker Bell Treasurer!

Tinker Bell started life as a character in J.M. Barrie's play first performed in London in 1904. She co-starred in the subsequent novel “Peter and Wendy”, and has since appeared in numerous adaptations including the widely known animated Disney film Peter Pan. In the original book and play, Tinker Bell is described as a common fairy who mends pots and kettles, i.e. a tinker, and is often referred to simply as "Tink".

And the Band Played On

To say that events that unfolded in the world’s financial markets last week were ‘unprecedented’ is perhaps a little too cliché. So let us revisit some of the key events which reportedly unfolded in the wake of Lehman’s demise...

Gold Bonanza!

Le Cartel d’Or Ambushes the Bears

In a trading Tour de Force, Danielcode clients led by Le cartel d’or and abetted by Financial Sense readers sparked the biggest Gold trading coup in 26 years when in a “man bites dog” story, le cartel proved again what I have known for years, that they are the world’s most savvy traders and not just takedown artists as many think.

Financial Collapse and Destructive War

I took a break while working on this column and read an email which contained the following phrase: “several U.S. Treasury charts are not unlike what you see before a country goes into default.”

Deflation, Inflation or Goldilocks

Fortunes will be won or lost based on which of these monetary events take hold in the next few years. At the moment, there is precious little truth that can be gleaned from the charts. Yet, many important charts are developing in a way that will enable intelligent analysts and traders to get the answers...

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