Thissoundslikeafunnytopic.Ifeverycountryisdevaluingtheircurrency,thennobodywillfall.Right?Wrong!Incurrencymarket,wheneveryonedevalues,thepegbetweenandamongthecurrenciesmaybequasistablewithinarangebuttheweakestarefallingcontinuesly.Incurrentphase,thedeleveragingprocessforcedollartradertobringhomeoverseaspeculationmoneytocovershortsdomesticallymadeUSDtemporarystronger.Itisfoggyformanytoseethrough.Th...[
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Toeverythingthereisaseason,andatimetoeverypurposeundertheheaven:
Atimetobeborn,andatimetodie;atimetoplant,andatimetopluckupthatwhichisplanted;Atimetokill,andatimetoheal;atimetobreakdown,andatimetobuildup;Atimetoweep,andatimetolaugh;atimetomourn,andatimetodance;Atimetocastawaystones,andatimetogatherstonestogether;atimetoembrace,andatimetorefrainfromembracing;Atimetoget,andatimetolose;atimetokee...[
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The780billionStimuluspackagehaspassedtwopoliticalbranchesandsignedintolaw.Nomatterhowanyonetoutsthepackages,theessenceofthepackageisstilldebts-usingnewdebtstopayforolddebts.Itnevergetsdebtspaidofforevenshrinksit,inthiscase,onlyexpandsthetotaldebtsthattheAmericanpeople,thenextgenerationandtheirnextgenerationwillhavetobear.Thus,itimpoverishsthegenerationsaheadanddimsthefutureofrealeconomicalrecovery...[
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StevenRoach'sdescriptionofChina-USrelationshipwaslaterbeingnicknamedas"Chimerica".Ithasbeensaidtobeimportanttobothcountries.
Theinterestingquestionishowlongsuchrelationshipwilllast?
MypredictionisthatsuchrelationbuildonexportandrecyclethetradesurplustoUSdebtswillnotlastverylong,probablylessthan3-5years.
Wehavetounderstandthemotivesofeachcountrytosustainsuchfinancialrelationsh...[
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Itisobviousthatthepackagewillbepassedthroughtwopoliticalbranchesofgovernmentandsignedbypresident.
Insteadhaleitasavictoryforpoorpeople,itisreallyasomberdayforthem,fortheendofitissoobviousthattheUSwillhavenoforeseeablefuturetoturnthefortnearound.Thehyperinflationisbakedinthestone.
After1929government'sinterventionofmarketandNewDealprolongedthedepression,todaywerepeatthesamefate.USdidnotgeto...[
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Thisadministrationhasproposedanother800orsobilliondollarstostimulatetheeconomy.Noteventoquestionwherewillthemoneycomefrom,forUShasnobudgetsurplusandthehouseholdsavingsareabysmal,willforeigninvestorslendmorehardearnedcashtofinancetheUSrecoveriesifany?
Soinonehand,governmentinjecthugeliquidityintothesystem,intheotherhand,therunawayinflationstripsofftherealpurchasingpowerassoonasthehelicopterdrop...[
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Havanaise,inafestivalmood:
IntroandRondoCapriccioso,justlikeanopera.
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Thebottomofhousingmarketiseagerlyanticipated.WallStreet,WXCrealestateinvestorandfinancialmarketaretortingthebottomofrealestaein2009.
Theyarerightbuttheyareextremelywrong.Thedollarbasedbottommayverywellcomeintheendof2009tomiddleof2010.Butisthatabottom?Theansweris:absolutelynot.Absolutelynotbecausepurchasingpoweradjusted,thehousingwillcontinuetocrashsilentlyforaforeseeablefuture.
Sowahtisthe...[
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Mostpeopledonotknowthedifferenceofmoneyvs.currency.Theymostlydonotknowwhatismoney.
Moneyhastwomajorfunctions:
1)Mediumofexchangetofacilitatecommerce.
2)Storeofvalue.
Assoonasmoneydelinkedfromgold,itlostintrinsicvalue.Somoneybecomescurrency,therebyitlostfunctionofwealthkeeping(storeofvalue).
Confusingmoneywithcurrencyhasfataleffects.
1)onehastoconstantly"invest"inordertogain...[
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