U.S. Strategic Debt Default; Republican Political Suicide? The only solution is to raise the debt limit unencumbered by any other bills or any other restrictions and move forward in a proactive way that will resolve the debt issues on a longer-term basis. As they say, "you can win the battle but not win the war." Republicans could win the battle and lose the war.
Posted: 2011-06-17
Category: Credit
Europe Is Doing Everything Wrong European Governance wants the Euro Zone to be one big happy economic family, yet the countries that have economic stability are treating the ones that have not like poor step children. Germany and France have more to lose than Greece, Ireland or any other smaller Euro Zone country. It is in everyone’s best interest to write down the debt and restructure the terms.
Posted: 2011-05-27
Category: Finance
U.S. Dollar Down But Not Forgotten - Why Does Everyone Love to Hate the Dollar? I would allocate 60% of that $7 billion to the U.S., 35% to Japan and the remaining 5% to Canada and Australia. That thinking will eventually take hold and the Dollar will rise against most major currencies, the Yen will stay strong or in a tight range and the Euro will decline just because there is a better place to invest one’s money.
Pricing Bubble, Not Inflation! There are many factors that we have not examined in this article that can and do influence price increases and decreases. However, those factors are never the cause of Pricing Bubbles, the cause is always speculation.