Billy T, Billy T, the mainstream economists predicted over 100 bank faliures for 2009 at the beginning of the year. There were articles in...
Billy T, You said that the DOW (paraphrasing) would almost double if the dollar lost half its value. I remember you cheering when the Real gained...
Billy T, Your logic is shit, Billy T. One buys and sells DOW stocks in dollars, it makes no difference whether a foreign currency is rising or...
They are not real Gibson guitars, they are fakes. Chinese manufacturers do this with many, many brand name articles. You will see Rolex watches,...
quantum_wave, In simple terms, yes, that is correct. Thomas Gold proposed the assumption that the Cosmological Principle held not only in space,...
If you don't mind, I will jump in here to advance your understanding of the current consensus of our expanding universe. Correct, spacetime, the...
joepistole, No, Billy T was correct in his remarks. You are either confused or intentionally trying to confuse others. When a bank first...
Come now Billy, false modesty does not suit you. :D You know I am far from being well educated in economics. Pandamoni is a Wall Street banker,...
joepistole, Correction, the SEC seats are commissioners, not 'directors'. :) A president appoints the commissioners, which then must be approved...
That is what Credit Default Swaps are for. Banks will take out 'insurance' (CDS) on their loans and shift the loans from the liability column to the...
Billy T, I am not going to take the time to respond to all your distortions and hype, but will take a couple of your examples to illustrate your...
I think trying to hold a 3%, or even 4%, yield on 10-year notes is unrealistic. Until the reports of high mortgage defaults began in fall 2007,...
Here is an article, written today, based on a Financial Times article written today. The FT often asks me for a subscription when I try to access...
kmguru, Really, kmguru? Why don't you tell us what can be gleened from a 6-month chart? That the dollar and bonds have fallen in that time frame? I...
Sorry Billy, I hit enter to begin a new paragraph and my posted posted prematurely. Why would China need to sell bonds in a depressed market? One...
Billy T, Sure, the 30-year was suspended on Oct. 31, 2001 and were not re-issued until Oct. 2006. The 10-year note had replaced the bond as the...
Carcano, That is really meaningless. Russia is an Eastern European country that does most of its trade with its European neighbors. Many countries...
Billy T, OK, I was giving Setser the benefit of the doubt, but if he did mean only short term bills, he was ignorant of the facts. China has not...
joepistole, Again, it depends on your income bracket. Most will pay 15%, but single individuals receiving dividends of less than $32,550 per year...
joepistole, Of course. We knew this before we even voted for Obama. "George II" added unnecessary debt by the war in Iraq and presuading congress...
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