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2012: Off to a Good Start; More to Come
Contact Beck Capital Investments In December, when my 2012 view became positive, I questioned whether I was misinterpreting the value … Continue reading →
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2012: Off to a Good Start; More to Come
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QEs, Currency Wars, the Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin and the Route to “Modern” Inflation
A government faced with financing its deficits in quantities some multiple of private saving must resort to monetary schemes in order to keep its promises to spend. Monetary schemes are essentially costless ways to pay the government’s bills today while … Continue reading →
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VIDEO – Texas Financial Market Roundtable 2012
The economic, financial and public policy issues associated with debt overload and bank runs is discussed by Dave Rosenberg, John Mauldin and Rich Yamarone. Professor Lew Spellman of the McCombs School of Business moderates. If you enjoy this blog, … Continue reading →
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QEs, Currency Wars, the Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin and the Route to “Modern” Inflation
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Lew Spellman is a Professor of Finance at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. The Spellman Report seeks to interpret current and future trends in the economy and financial markets from the perspective of history, theory, policy and market expectations.
Tag Archives: QE
Is the Printing Press Engaged for the Duration?
A printing press is a handy thing to have. When a government or central bank can fund itself with money or claims on money, it can buy a lot of things and solve a host of problems, all without the need to tax. I wish I had one. Continue reading
Ben Bernanke and the Implications of The Great Monetary Hail Mary
These are epic times in the developed world’s attempt to deal with the implications of government and consumer over-indebtedness. A general unshakable malaise has set in due to sluggish spending and a deleveraging banking sector, and as a result, employment … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Bernanke, Competitive devaluations, David Rosenberg, employment, GLD, Gold, inflation, Keynesianism, M2, Milton Friedman, Monetary base, monetary hail mary, QE, QE3
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The Bond Market Rocket and Fiscal Unsustainability Are On a Collision Path
Recently, the bond market has been in rocket mode. It has achieved liftoff and slipped the surly bonds of earth. And some believe it will keep going. The price of the U.S. Treasury 10-year bond recently reached an all-time high, … Continue reading
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Tagged AGG, BLV, Bond Market, Bond market valuation, Central banks and inflation, CLY, David Rosenberg, debt deflation, Fiscal and monetary policy, Fiscal sustainability, Fixed income investments, GLD, Gold, Government bond default, Helicopter money, Historic low interest rates, inflation, Inflation targeting, Milton Friedman, Monetarism, Monetary responses to fiscal policy, QE, Real return assets, TBF, The Fed, UBD, Unanticipated inflation, Velocity of money
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The Stock Market, QE3 and Voodoo Finance
As we look across the economic landscape there is an abundance of reason to anticipate a global economic slowdown. It is already well in the works as reflected in anticipatory data. It would not be a garden-variety recession emanating from … Continue reading