Credit Crunch

DON’T BE SO ARROGANT, MR. PRESIDENT

July 22, 2013

Editor's Note: Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of Rome, had a lot of time to think about what went wrong to cause the...

How to Digest China's Credit Crunch Cereal

June 26, 2013
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So, you've been consuming large servings of China's "credit crunch" in your morning news lately...but do you know the ingredients hiding inside...

The Latest Obama Outrage: the Family's $100 Million Vacation

June 21, 2013
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How much do you spend on your summer vacation? American households usually spend about $1,200 per person on summer vacations, according to a...

Why The Fiscal Cliff "Deal" is Spelled P-O-R-K

January 7, 2013
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After narrowly missing the fiscal cliff, the President went out of...

Why Japan's "Lost Decades" Are Headed to America in 2016

December 26, 2012
Banking Banking Crisis Bear Stearns Credit Crunch Credit-Default Swap Crude Oil cyclical deficit debt ceiling debate debt doesn't matter department of treasury savings bonds Don Miller Dr. Paul Krugman Dr. Paul Krugman economics Dr. Paul Krugman interview E.U. Energy European oil embargo federal tax increases Gold Gold/Precious Metals Government Government Spending Housing Market how to buy treasury bonds interest on treasury bonds interest rates on treasury bonds investing in treasury bonds Iran Japan Japan economy japan lost decade japanese stocks Jobless Recovery laffer Curve laffer curve debunked laffer curve krugman Lehman Brothers measure of economic growth measures of economic growth neo-laffer curve nikkei index nikkei stocks Obama obamanomics occupy wall street Oil Prices Paul Krugman Paul Krugman debt Paulson Peter Krauth phillips curve explained Second Housing Bubble Shah Gilani short term treasury bonds shorting treasury bonds Strait of Hormuz Subprime supply side economics definition TARP Tehran Too Big to Fail treasury bonds explained treasury direct i bonds treasury i bonds U.S. Debt U.S. default U.S. Economy U.S. Unemployment united states treasury bonds us budget us debt 2010 us debt gdp US Economy us public debt Wall Street weapons who owns us debt zero coupon treasury bonds

It's only been a little more than a week since Shinzo Abe won election as Japan's latest Prime Minister in a landslide-election victory and the...

What the Last Roman Emperor Would Tell President Obama Today

August 15, 2012
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Over the course of 700 years, the ancient Roman Empire grew from a small republic to one that stretched from London to Baghdad at its...

Obamanomics: What You Can Expect if President Obama Wins the Election

May 8, 2012
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Now that we are left with a two-horse race for president, the markets are going to begin to handicap the November results.

However, when...

Iran is Now a Full-Blown Crisis, Stage Set for $200 Oil

February 8, 2012
Banking Banking Crisis Bear Stearns Credit Crunch Credit-Default Swap Crude Oil cyclical deficit debt ceiling debate debt doesn't matter department of treasury savings bonds Don Miller Dr. Paul Krugman Dr. Paul Krugman economics Dr. Paul Krugman interview E.U. Energy European oil embargo federal tax increases Gold Gold/Precious Metals Government Government Spending Housing Market how to buy treasury bonds interest on treasury bonds interest rates on treasury bonds investing in treasury bonds Iran Jobless Recovery laffer Curve laffer curve debunked laffer curve krugman Lehman Brothers measure of economic growth measures of economic growth neo-laffer curve Obama obamanomics occupy wall street Oil Prices Paul Krugman Paul Krugman debt Paulson Peter Krauth phillips curve explained Second Housing Bubble Shah Gilani short term treasury bonds shorting treasury bonds Strait of Hormuz Subprime supply side economics definition TARP Tehran Too Big to Fail treasury bonds explained treasury direct i bonds treasury i bonds U.S. Debt U.S. default U.S. Economy U.S. Unemployment united states treasury bonds us budget us debt 2010 us debt gdp US Economy us public debt Wall Street weapons who owns us debt zero coupon treasury bonds

Just when it looked like we could take a breather from the Strait of Hormuz, all attention is back on Iran.

There are three reasons for...

What the World Will Look Like if Occupy Wall Street Wins

November 1, 2011
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There are many reasons why the Occupy...

GDP Is a Lie – It’s Time for a New Measure of Economic Growth

August 23, 2011
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Gross domestic product (GDP) is the most commonly used measure of economic growth. But GDP isn't just inaccurate and misleading - it's the ...

The Debt-Ceiling Debate: Three Federal Tax Increases That Could Save the U.S. Economy

July 8, 2011
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As the debt-ceiling debate escalates, U.S President Barack Obama says federal tax increases are necessary to close the U.S. budget ...

How to Fix the U.S. Housing Market

June 3, 2011
Banking Banking Crisis Barack Obama Bear Stearns Credit Crunch Credit-Default Swap Crude Oil cyclical deficit debt ceiling debate debt doesn't matter department of treasury savings bonds Don Miller Dr. Paul Krugman Dr. Paul Krugman economics Dr. Paul Krugman interview E.U. Energy European oil embargo Fannie Mae FDIC federal tax increases FHA fiscal cliff fiscal cliff bargaining Freddie Mac Gold Gold/Precious Metals Government Government Spending Housing Market how to buy treasury bonds interest on treasury bonds interest rates on treasury bonds investing in treasury bonds Iran Japan Japan economy japan lost decade japanese stocks Jobless Recovery laffer Curve laffer curve debunked laffer curve krugman Lehman Brothers Martin Hutchinson measure of economic growth measures of economic growth neo-laffer curve nikkei index nikkei stocks Obama obamanomics occupy wall street Oil Prices Paul Krugman Paul Krugman debt Paulson Peter Krauth phillips curve explained Second Housing Bubble Shah Gilani short term treasury bonds shorting treasury bonds Strait of Hormuz Subprime supply side economics definition TARP Tehran Too Big to Fail treasury bonds explained treasury direct i bonds treasury i bonds U.S. Debt U.S. default U.S. Economy U.S. Unemployment united states treasury bonds us budget us debt 2010 us debt gdp US Economy US Housing Market us public debt Wall Street weapons what is the fiscal cliff who owns us debt zero coupon treasury bonds

If this week's economic reports showed us anything, it's the fact that two years into what's supposed to be an economic recovery, the U.S. housing...

Two Ways to Tell if the U.S. Economy is Ready to Get Back on its Feet

August 27, 2010
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The U.S. economy has been crippled by the financial crisis. And regardless of what policymakers try to do to spur growth, it will hobble along lamely...

Special Report: How the Government is Setting Us Up for a Second Subprime Crisis

September 23, 2009
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[Editor's Note: Shah Gilani, a retired hedge fund manager and noted expert on the global credit crisis, predicted this developing FHA debacle in a...

The Slow Death of General Motors

March 31, 2009
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By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor Money Morning U.S. President Barack Obama's firing of General Motors Corp. (GM) Chief Executive Officer G....

Credit Crisis Safety Plays: Three Steps to Take to Make Sure Your Bank is Safe

October 6, 2008
Credit Crisis Credit Crunch Keith Fitz-Gerald

[The second installment in an ongoing series detailing strategies that investors can use to insulate themselves and their finances from the ongoing...

While Lawmakers Reach Credit Crisis Compromise, Money Morning Bailout Plan Expert Displays Doubt

September 26, 2008
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By Jason Simpkins, Jennifer YousfiAnd William Patalon IIIMoney Morning Editors Congressional negotiators late yesterday (Thursday) reached a...

The Real Reason for the Global Financial Crisis...the Story No One's Talking About

September 18, 2008
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[Part I of a three-part series looking at how so-called “credit default swap” derivatives could ignite a worldwide capital markets meltdown.] By...

Four Secrets That Will Help You Survive - and Even Profit From - the Whipsaw Stock Market

September 5, 2008
Credit Crunch Keith Fitz-Gerald

By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report After zooming about 7% from mid-July to mid-August, U.S. stocks have...

How Will We Know the Credit Crisis and Banking Fiasco Are Truly Over?

June 12, 2008
Credit Crunch Keith Fitz-Gerald

By Keith Fitz-GeraldInvestment DirectorMoney Morning/The Money Map Report How will we know the credit crisis and banking fiasco are truly over? We...

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