Tag Archives: US recession

How to outperform the market

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Henry Widget: It is tremendously hard to outperform the market. It is extraordinarily difficult.

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How Ben Bernanke, Henry Paulson and Barney Franck ruined the US economy.

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Finance, Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged bailouts, Ben Bernanke, Braney Franck, bubbles, economy, Federal Reserve, Henry Paulson, housing bubbles, money creation, recession, stimulus, stock bubbles, supply of money, US bailouts, US economy, US recession, US stimulus | Leave a comment

Has the U.S. made the right decisions during the recession?

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

A variety of economists say that economic stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would. – NYT

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Bill Gross on the US economy

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Bill Gross runs the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco). Watch the Bloomberg video.

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Jim Rogers owns commodities, few stocks (if any) — and is buying more commodities and some Swiss Franc and Japanese Yen.

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Jim Rogers – November 17, 2009 Jim Rogers – September 15, 2009:

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Nouriel Roubini: US economy outlook is still bleak.

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Nouriel Roubini’s speech at Osec’s Forum for Swiss Foreign Trade and Investment:

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Another day, another record high for gold…

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Peter Schiff: Peter Schiff on CNBC Fast Money (November 16, 2009):

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Peter Schiff was right on the US recession coming (back in 2006 and 2007).

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

A set of clips of Peter Schiff from 2006 and 2007: Peter Schiff silenced on CNN International 2008-11-24: Peter Schiff on debt-financed consumption, business cycles, the Federal Reserve, the cronies in Washington, and the modern American service economy: