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Tag Archives: credit crisis
Peter Schiff’s Payback
The insufferable Peter Schiff has a video going around, which frankly, is just brilliant. He may be unpleasant at times, but he nailed this thing, and took mounds of abuse while doing so. More importantly, I KNOW HOW HE FEELS! … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Investing, Lance's Page
Tagged credit crisis, debt, Economics, finance, Investing, Peter Schiff, risk
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Playmates during crisis
Does the object of our desire tend to change during tough times? Yes, according to this paper on men’s preferences when it comes to Playboy’s models: Consistent with Environmental Security Hypothesis predictions, when social and economic conditions were difficult, older, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Lance's Page, social science
Tagged 2008, beauty, body mass, breasts, bust-to-waist ratio, conditional economics, credit crisis, Economics, Environmental Security Hypothesis, facial features, gender, index values, Jayde Nicole, Playboy, playmates, pornography, reproduction, sex, social dynamics, Tyler Cowen, women
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Are We Maiking Things Worse?
Yves Smith hits a theme I have been harping on, the Federal Reserve, and central banks in general, are making things worse in may ways by destroying the incentive for banks to lend or borrow from one another. She quotes … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Lance's Page
Tagged banks, credit crisis, Federal Reserve, LIBOR
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JP Morgan, Lehman and Nightmares
I am often asked about individual bank stocks, especially JP Morgan. Generally my answer is that Bank of America, JP Morgan and a few others look to be likely survivors, but how profitable they will be I am really unsure. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged AIG, Bank of America, Bear Stearns, CDS, Citibank, credit crisis, Credit Default Swaps, derivatives, Federal Reserve, JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers
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Another Reason To Not Like The Plan
I have argued in the past that the Federal Reserve’s policies may be helping in some ways, but hurting in others. Way too much borrowing and lending is running through the Fed which is drying up lending between banks. It … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Lance's Page
Tagged Ben Bernanke, credit crisis, Federal Reserve, Hank Paulson, money markets
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Strategery Capital Management LLC
A new distressed debt leveraged hedge fund has been launched: Go visit the website for all their competitive advantages!
Posted in Economics, Humor, Investing, Lance's Page
Tagged Ben Bernanke, credit crisis, distressed debt, George Bush, Hank Paulson, hedge funds
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My favorite proposal for helping financial institutions
I do believe we should be doing something as a nation, through our government, to avoid the not insignificant chance of a total financial meltdown. I have seen several things proposed that I find interesting, and I will get into … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Lance's Page
Tagged banks, bond holders, credit crisis, debt, economy, Federal Reserve, finance, Goldman Sachs, John Hussman, Paulson plan, Warren Buffett
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