Friday, 27 March 2009

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Consumer spending fades in February

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  • 03/27/2009 12:47 PM

U.K. Recession Worse Than Estimated on Spending Slump

  • Bloomberg
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  • 03/27/2009 10:45 AM

Obama Seeks JPMorgan, Goldman, Citigroup Support on Bank Plan

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  • 03/27/2009 08:57 AM

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US stocks open lower on profit-taking

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  • 03/27/2009 01:43 PM



Quotable

"Regulation of derivatives transactions that are privately negotiated by professionals is unnecessary."
Alan Greenspan, July 30, 1998.

Commentary

Credit Bubble Bulletin

by Doug Noland | Mar 20

Mistakes Beget Greater Mistakes

The Bernanke Federal Reserve made it clear this week that there are no longer any bounds on central bank interventions.

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The Bear's Lair

by Martin Hutchinson | Mar 23

Assigning the Blame

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on March 17-18, if it achieved nothing else, made one thing abundantly clear: even after all the damage that has been caused to the global economy, the Federal Reserve neither accepts responsibility for its misdeeds, nor has any intention of modifying its errant behavior.

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Featured Commentary

by Gordon Ringoen | Mar 20

Bailouts are Wrong-Headed

The real problem is that the supply/ demand theory is just about totally wrong. This same theory that did not allow the experts to foresee the financial bubble developing is not going to show us the way out of our dilemma.

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Guest Commentary

by Lila A Manassa, CFA | Mar 19

Resources Corner: The Coming Wave of M&A Activity in the Precious Metals Sector

Sound, stable money is unquestionably a guiding philosophy for us at the Federated Prudent Bear and we have maintained a bias toward hard assets in favor of paper ones.

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