Economy
by Charles Feldman
| March 12, 2008
If someone were to have said, say a year ago, that there would be a crisis in the subprime mortgage market that would lead to world-wide economic chaos, that person would no doubt have been laughed at.
Sadly, though, that is exactly what has happened and the evidence just this week is overwhelming.
But, before the depressing [...]
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Cool Stuff
by Joshua Dorkin
| March 2, 2008
March is here and what else can I say about this past week other than — things aren’t looking good for the US. The cost of real goods continues to rise, with the price of everything from gasoline, oil, food, and commodities all continuing to climb at alarming rates.
Gold hit a new high near $980 [...]
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Better Investment Than Real Estate – At Least For Now
by Rob K. Blake | November 16, 2008Last week I made the case against real estate as an investment class. My recent change of heart is due to the ridiculous amount of market tinkering the Fed, the Treasury, and the central bankers around the world are doing to “support the real estate market”. All the bad loans, the foreclosures, and [...]