The latest piece of deep thought from iTulip’s Eric Janszen explains why, if the recession is over, so many people remain in such bad shape. More specifically, how can U.S. GDP be up by a robust 5% when oil imports and rail traffic are down and unemployment is still rising? The answer, in a nutshell, [...]
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John Williams Interview – King World News
Cycle Logical Issues? – Brian Petti, Financial Sense
Too Costly To Bear – Doug Wakefield with Ben Hill
US Government On Its Way To Bankruptcy – Michael Pollaro, The Contrarian Take
Breakdown in the Gold Market – Jim Willie, Golden Jackass
Fundamental View of the Metals Markets – Larry Reaugh
HR 4248 Free Competition In Currency Act Of 2009 – Trace Mayer, RunToGold
When Hope Turns to Fear, PART II – Ty Andros, Tedbits
The Next Leg of the Housing Crisis in Five Simple Charts – Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge
The Fog of Economic Crisis, Part 1 – Eric Janszen, iTulip
The Next Contagion – Martin D. Weiss, Money and Markets
Piling Into One-Month Treasuries – Trace Mayer, RunToGold
This Time is Different – John Mauldin, Thoughts From the Frontline
Living in a Powder Keg and Giving Off Sparks – FOFOA


The Economy
2/08 Why Geithner can't save treasury bonds – MoneyWatch2/08 Alarm spreads over Europe's massive deficits – Google
2/08 End of the bull market for bonds? – MarketWatch
2/08 Unions threaten more strikes against Greek govt – Reuters
2/08 Cloudy California not ready for club med – Wall Street Journal
2/08 Famous last words: US will 'never' lose Aaa debt rating – Mish
2/08 Most Asian stocks decline as European debt concerns increase – Bloomberg
2/08 Rash of retirements pushes Social Security to brink – USA Today
2/08 I want my country back – EClipp TV
2/08 We're Weimar – James Howard Kunstler
2/08 Stephen King: Another Greek tragedy unfolds – The Independent
2/08 Weekend funnies – Economicrot
2/08 Confused? So are the markets – MSN Money
2/08 Forget Greece - the real debt crisis is still to come – MoneyWeek
2/08 BLS seasonal adjustments gone haywire – Mish
2/07 Corporate bond spreads rise most since November – Bloomberg
2/07 Sunday funnies 2010-02-07: lighter side of the news – Mish
2/07 This crisis won't stop moving – New York Times
2/07 Greece needs tougher measures – New York Times
2/07 Nothing has been fixed – MineSet
Precious Metals
2/08 Hard assets for the road ahead – Forbes2/08 Fundamentals remain sound – The Gold Report
2/08 Just how solid is the gold price? – 24hGold
2/08 Northgate Minerals receives board approval for mine development – Yahoo! Finance
2/08 A stern reality check for gold naysayers – GoldSeek
2/08 The laboon comes – RunToGold.com
2/08 Time to buy precious metals senior and junior stocks? – Minyanville
2/08 The fateful hour – GoldSeek
2/06 John Embry interview – King World News
2/06 Ted Butler interview – King World News
2/05 Brian Nick: time to short gold – HardAssetsInvestor
2/05 Silver stocks smashed and bloodied – Mineweb
2/05 Whack-a-mole, the European edition – Kitco
2/05 Chris Potter: 21st century alchemy - paper to gold – The Gold Report
2/05 Gold prices in free-fall: safe haven my asparagus – Elliott Wave International
2/05 Gold bull Sprott makes lofty call ahead of filings deadline – Yahoo! Finance
2/04 Gold's pick pockets continue to prosper – MineSet
2/04 Gold is testing "floor" theory – Free Gold Money Report
2/04 Precious metals at "bargain basement" prices – Free Gold Money Report
The Dollar
2/08 Spain announces 2010 debt plan – Wall Street Journal2/08 ECB's Nowotny - Eurozone bonds no "crisis instrument" – New York Times
2/08 European central bank in a squeeze – New York Times
2/08 Geithner says US will "never" lose Aaa debt rating – Bloomberg
2/08 Bloomberg: weak dollar, inflation "illusory" – Finance Trends Matter
2/08 Central bankers will print more money to save Greece – 24hGold
2/08 Euro - anchor of stability – Merk
2/07 Greek Ouzo crisis escalates into global margin call as confidence ebbs – Telegraph
2/07 Is Greece's debt trashing the Euro? – New York Times
2/07 G-7 vows to keep economic stimulus even as budget deficits grow – Bloomberg
2/07 What fate awaits the Euro? – Minyanville
Real Estate Bust
2/08 Metro Atlanta foreclosures skyrocket this month – AJC2/08 US economy to be hit by second wave of mortgage defaults – The Market Oracle
2/08 After months of declines, home listings on the rise – Boston.com
2/08 Fitch: Prime jumbo RMBS approach 10% delinquent – Calculated Risk
2/08 World's tallest tower closed a month after opening – Associated Press
2/08 Baby boomers busted by housing market collapse – Chicago Tribune
2/08 Homeowners rent out rooms to stave off foreclosure – MercuryNews.com
2/08 High-rise condos saw biggest drop in value last year – Las Vegas Sun
2/07 Foreclosures wreaking havoc on psyche of countless people – Modesto Bee
2/07 Las Vegas foreclosures soared as tourism and gaming declined – IBTimes.com
2/07 Sick and tired of treading water – New York Times
2/07 Mesa Co. foreclosures continue to climb – KJCT 8
2/07 Financial report – TimesDaily.com
2/05 Credit card companies, mortgage lenders battle for desperate dollars – Boston.com
2/05 U.S. commercial property prices hit new cycle low – Reuters
2/05 Beazer Homes reports first quarter fiscal 2010 results – MarketWatch
2/05 Fannie, Freddie hold plenty off the books – TheStreet.com
2/05 Sales of pricey California homes drop in 2009 – Los Angeles Times
2/05 GMAC reports record loss on home mortgage defaults – Implode-O-Meter
2/05 All good things come with a price – Housing Bubble
2/04 Builders go cheap to compete with foreclosures – Wall Street Journal
2/04 Chicago foreclosures soar in 4th quarter – Chicago Tribune
Offshore Investing and Privacy
2/08 German tax cheat gets $10M in damages from bank – Associated Press2/04 Buy offshore real estate in your retirement plan - second passport – Mark Nestmann
2/04 Germany steals Swiss tax data? – Daily Bell
2/04 Store your passwords in encrypted software – HowToVanish.com
2/01 How to market to the post-crisis buyer – Kiza Associates Mexico
1/31 Germany divided over buying secret Swiss bank data – Reuters
1/31 Can police search your cell phone without a warrant? – Mark Nestmann
Clean Tech
2/08 Will Amyris be next to file for an IPO? – GreenTech Media2/08 Greentech IPO scorecard: Tesla, Solyndra, Codexis – GreenTech Media
2/08 Ausra gets bought by Areva -- GreenTech Media
2/08 Arava Power gets deals for 15 mid-size solar fields – Solar Plaza
2/08 US solar market to double in the next year – Solar Plaza
2/08 The most promising geothermal energy investment – Seeking Alpha
2/08 US wind energy breaks record with 10 GW added in 2009 – Cleantech Blog
2/07 ITT Corp.'s 4Q net profit up 7.3% – Wall Street Journal
2/07 Will Amyris be next to file for an IPO? – GreenTech Media





















