Housing Market: Is it Time to Buy?
I received an e-mail today about housing market: Please talk about your predictions about housing market (both for buyers and sellers)…. I said on the…
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Could Wall Street be About to Crash Again?
Making predictions is a suckers’ game. (Believe me, I know). But Brett Arends of WSJ summarizes some serious concerns faced by the market. This week’s…
Jim Cramer at it Again: Yesterday, He Said “Buy”, and the Market Down 260 today
Long before Before Jim Cramer became a TV icon, he used to participate on Silicon Investor bulletin board. Circa 1998-2000 I had a few nasty…
Feds to Continue their War on Savers
With current financial turmoil entering its fourth year, it is time to reflect on things that got us here. Today Ben’s bandits at the Fed…
CNBC’s Fortnight of Hell (March 2009): Updated Aug 5, 2011
Aug 5, 2011 Update On the heels of the 512 point drop in DOW yesterday, one would be tempted to tune to CNBC for hand-holding…
Jim Rogers: CNBC is a Market PR Agency
Jim is a straight shooter. He is one the best minds there is who has uncanny knack with commodities and macro trends. I pay attention…
iPhone Antenna Problem Funny Chinese Animation
Watch it in its entirety. Don’t know if you remember Tiger Woods crashing the car while wife chasing him animation, it has become normal for…
Dylan Ratigan Shows Some Guts
Guts, or kahunas as some would call it, look like this: In this video, Dylan raises temperature on the congressman who does nothing but divert…
Is “Plunge Protection Team” a Myth?
When Congressman Alan Grayson asked this question, Bernanke said in a written statement, “No!” But a lot of market participants believe that the government does…
Brooksley Born Grills Fraud St Chief Criminal Lloyd Blankfein
She is baaaaaack! You may recall one of my earlier posts in which I featured a Frontline documentary on Brooksley Born. Well, this visionary and…
Howard Davidowitz: “Economy is a “Gigantic Ponzi Scheme, Lies and Fraud”
This guy doesn’t mince any words. With exception of a reference to ‘teleprompter’ (what does got to do with anything he said?), and a vicious…
Fleck: Financial Earnings are Pure Nonsense
William Fleckenstein is a great resource of sanity in the midst of bubble. He is my erstwhile blogging buddy on Silicon Investor before he catapulted…
GLD a conduit for physical demand into paper
Folks Here is an excellent summary on GLD. Please be careful and read the fund’s prospectus, if you are invetsed in it. The emperor is…
Pralaya Thaandavam on Fraud Street
IN the past few days, I have been occupied on several fronts, which is why lately I am not able to post much on TG….
What is a Dollar?
Hello Friends This is my first posting. If you are really want to know what a “Dollar” is please see this presentation. Collapse of the…