Switching to a corporate example, I used to be a regular buyer of Toyota cars. They were well made, innovative, and suited my changing needs over the years. And I wasn’t alone – in 2007 they became the world’s largest automobile maker, with a global manufacturing and distribution system that made them appear dominant. Behind the scenes, though, entropy was at work.
In 2008, when the time had come to lease a new car, I reflexively headed over to the local dealer fully expecting to drive off with yet another Toyota, just as I had done several times over the previous decade or more. But as I walked around the showroom, it was impossible not to notice that the company had lost its edge. The cars on offer were not only more expensive than the competition, but even the newest models had that “so yesterday” look about them…

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Paul Ryan — the Man Who Could Save America
By Doug Hornig, Casey Research
Since the stunning result of the Massachusetts senatorial race, President Obama has softened his tone quite a bit, essentially saying to Republicans that if they have any good ideas, “Bring ’em on.”
Whether he’s sincere or not remains to be seen, but the implication [...]

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I happened to surf over to StockGumshoe.com and saw a mediocre review of The Casey Report. I find the site a bit hard to navigate and perhaps I did not see the entire review, but here is the comment I posted in reply:
The Casey Report is one of the most complete analysis I receive in [...]

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What the Deflationists Are Missing
by David Galland, Managing Editor, The Casey Report
An interesting article by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard came my way the other day. It’s worth a read, if for no other reason than that he paints an appropriately dark picture of the current state of the U.S. economy. You can read it here.
While I very [...]

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Seeing Helicopter Ben Bernanke named as Time’s “Person of the Year” almost made me puke as hard and as violently as seeing Obama given a Nobel Peace Prize for what the world “hopes” he will do. (BTW, Obama’s first year approval ratings have plummeted like no other President before him!)
But as this guest editorial from [...]

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For those of you procrastinating on the Casey Research Investment Newsletter promotion that let’s you get in on HUGE savings on their flagship products, today was supposed to be the last day.
I just received word that the promotion has been a huge success and they have decided to extend it to January 4th, 2010.
Save HUNDREDS [...]

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I personally do not know if the North Koreans had the ability to own physical gold and silver or not, but I sure bet they wish they did.
This comes to us courtesy of The Casey Report.
North Korea Learns the Value of Paper
In a tragic but predictable chain of events in North Korea, chaos reportedly erupted [...]

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The United States relies heavily on foreigners to buy our worthless paper, I mean U.S. Debt. This past year there have been auctions that have not gone well, but generally someone buys the stuff, if only to keep the value of what they already own from tanking.
Doug Hornig has more to say:
What If They Stop [...]

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Reading about all of the taxes politicians are dreaming up to soak the rich (anyone with a job), steal from the super rich (anyone with a capital gain) and impose draconian controls on whoever they can all in the name of Universal HealthCare (which still leaves about 5 million people with no coverage) – makes [...]

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Commercial Real Estate Crash Will Bring More Bank Carnage
If you listen to the mainstream news media, and I hope you don’t, you would think that all is now well in the banking sector. Far from the truth.
Hundreds of banks are operating zombies, not shut down because the FDIC cannot afford to. They recently spent another [...]

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