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It’s sad to see what greedy, unprincipled behavior in the US securities markets is causing world wide. I hope everyone involved in the “market-backed securities” investment hoax is rounded up and strung up.
Not only has the US job market tanked (the company I work for had its first layoffs in 25 years, plus pay cuts [...]

I’ve been off-topic since the Olympics ended, so I guess it’s time to bring China back into this blog. But what should I write about? There’s just so much!
The Financial Crisis and China’s Bailout Plan
I’m not a big fan of the government jumping in and ’spending’ a country out of a recession. I mean the [...]
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By most accounts, China’s economy is verging on serious trouble.
Factory activity is way down, fears abound about the housing market crashing, and GDP forecasts for next year continue to be revised downward.
There is another, much scarier factor that cannot be factored, analyzed or forecast with much accuracy, and yet prove much more destructive than [...]
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