It's government creating and bursting bubbles. The 40% drop in housing prices only brought them back to the long term trend line. Instead of allowing the market to work though we got government wasting money to fabricate recovery. I suggest that the ...

U.S. mortgage applications fall as rates push higher: MBA

Brought an image to mind of Merkel saying "Europe Strong" while posing like the Hulk flexing. So France builds their economy on unemployment benefits while the US builds on deficit spending. Ok.

Germany, France pull euro zone out of recession

Imagine that. Italy, one of the sophisticated and sexually free nations, has been showing more morality than the backward US. Sexual scandals have not only been ignored here since Clinton but are even celebrated. Circle the wagons to protect has ...

Berlusconi conviction leaves Italian government hanging

Oh sure , let's go with a BHO acolyte like Yellen. Continue destroying the dollar accommodating the irresponsible spending and weak next to no skin in the game mortgages. Ben has been forced into the repetitive QE programs. Yellen will embrace it.

Choosing the Next Fed Leader

We are led by fools for the most part. When Ben leaves BHO is most likely to nominate Yeller who would continue the buying frenzy. That is needed since the spending frenzy is ongoing. What could and should be cut is the mortgage buying. that can be ...

Fed's Lacker says exit from bond-buying should be quick

BHO has created a budget before. Last one failed in the Democrat controlled Senate 99-0. Some might think that means it was a sham. The rest are fools.

Obama, Republicans gear up for bruising U.S. budget fight

What a crock of crap. First let's look at this in the context of other years. without even looking for data it's logical that the world economy has suffered / endured / labored (pick the word that worries you the most) under this burdensome weight ...

Arctic Ice-Melt Cost Seen Equal to Year of World Economic Output

A friend has family in the Netherland's. A relative recently had her house taken by the government. She can continue to live there until she dies, was not paid for the house, and had no choice. I forget what the program is called but the government ...

Debt-crippled Dutch wake up to housing crash

There are realtors advertising buy now the supply is tight and such. The Fed ought to buy less of the mortgages at least. That would keep the housing market from inflating prices. The 40% drop simple brought prices back to where the trend line ...

Bernanke Seeks to Divorce QE Tapering From Interest-Rates

If there was a like button on here I would hit it on your post. Like all technology it is not the technology itself but the people using it that is the problem. Freedom is becoming largely an illusion based on your number not coming up yet.

How algorithms rule the world

The biggest being Social security.

Madoff: Don’t let Wall Street scam you, like I did

The Fed is not doing the spending. BHO would spend the deficit trillion per year whether funded by the Fed's printing or by borrowing at whatever interest rate the market reached. BHO is a disaster in every way. Without the Fed our Presidents and ...

End the Fed ... speeches

Sounds like a huge amount for a comparatively smaller country. So I looked at the chart. hmmm...NOT so huge afterall. Their number bounces up and down by huge amounts. Manipulation? Sloppy reporting? Don't know but this months number is a lot less ...

Spanish Registered unemployment fall by 98,265 people, the biggest decline in a month of May

Ok, they don't have to fall. But with less Fed buying interest rates rise, government deficit spending rises, and bonds become more desirable compared to stocks. On the other hand inflation would tend to boost stocks expecting inflated profits to ...

When Interest Rates Rise, Stocks Don’t Have to Fall

Yet here you are commenting? without reading? lol

How George Soros Made $60 million in just over 18 hours

Despite tax revenues already being at record highs the irresponsable deficit spending will continue so the QE will also have to continue. If it were to stop interest rates would soar and the economy would really crash. Only 4 years - 100 days more ...

Payrolls in U.S. Rise 165,000 as Unemployment Drops to 7.5%

It isn't his mess, it's Obama's. Ben has had the option to either buy the debt keeping rates down and the economy somewhat tamed, or to not buy the debt having the markets push rates way up, adding further to the deficit and crushing the economy. ...

Bernanke Watch: Is He Eyeing the Exit?

Who is going to have wheelbarrows full of cash to roll into WalMart? Are they going to accept gold? In a meltdown scenario it really does not matter. A can of pork-n-beans will be more valueable. In a high inflation scenario cash will be trash and ...

While Paper Gold Crashes - Physical Demand Sees Unprecedented Demand

I'm with Pip Anon. Gold as a standard is only because of history and people take a while to catch up to truth. Especially with what is an esoteric subject most know nothing about. Sure see a lot more ads for gold when the price is up. And when it ...

While Paper Gold Crashes - Physical Demand Sees Unprecedented Demand

Like your targets vensen. But bitcoins are about as pathetic as Pokeman tokens. They were introduced at < 10 cents, rose to a high of ~2.60, and fell back to ~ 1.00 even. How about some gatcoins?

Gold slide flashes warning signs for global economy