Green Shoots or Greater Depression?
By Bud Conrad/David Galland, Editors, The Casey Report
While we aren’t contrarian for the sake of being contrary, more often than not that is the position in which we find ourselves. Today, with the media falling all over itself to paint a rosy outlook for the economy while simultaneously voicing encouragement to [...]

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This short video on the National Debt presented as a road trip would be a bit comical if it was not true. Some might say it kind of bashes Obama, but it that’s not a fair statement since he uses Obama’s own numbers.
The President does indeed present a budget, but if I’m not mistaken the [...]

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It’s frustrating to me that the chart below shows we are in the longest recession since the Great Depression.
After all, it’s only been about 8 months since the moron economists pulled their collective heads out into the light of day to admit what the rest of us had known for some time – YES, we [...]

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Jim Rogers was interviewed in IndiaTimes about his outlook on stock markets, commodities and countries to invest or avoid.
On stocks, Rogers says he won’t short markets because even poor stock markets can go to unheard of heights when price in currencies that are becoming more worthless. He feels a currency crisis is within the near [...]

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There once was a man who lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs.
He was hard of hearing, so he had no radio. His eyes not so good, so he didn’t read the newspaper.
But he sold good hot dogs. In fact, his were the best.
He put up signs on the highway telling [...]

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In their annual forecast edition, the editors of BIG GOLD asked Casey Research Chairman and contrarian investor Doug Casey to provide his predictions and thoughts on issues everyone’s thinking about these days. Read what he has to say on the economy, deficits, inflation, and gold…

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Today we have another guest editorial from Olivier Garret of Casey Research. As he points out, one tiny benefit of this financial debacle is the tightening of credit card standards that leads to less junk mail to shred.
It astounds me how the financial stocks are still capable of the occasional bullish day like last Friday, [...]

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The Real Cost of the 2008 Recession
By Olivier Garret, CEO,
The Casey Report, www.caseyresearch.com
It took the statisticians of the National Bureau of Economic Research almost a year to confirm what the rest of us already knew, that the US registered a significant decline in economic activity, thus officially entering a period of recession.  While I am [...]

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This editorial about the Big Three bailout comes from Casey Research. I would only like to make a small addendum to the title and ask: “Should the Big Three Be Allowed or Forced to Fail?”
Should the Big Three Be Allowed to Fail?
By Olivier Garret
CEO, Casey Research
The Casey Report
The fact that after over 30 years [...]

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Lost Principles
By Olivier Garret
CEO, Casey Research
As the economic crisis continues to unfold, recently a sense of uncertainty has begun to pervade the market. Even dyed-in-the-wool risk takers admit that they don’t know what to think anymore. Inflation, deflation, recession or depression – there are so many vagaries that it appears to be anyone’s guess [...]

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