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Comparing the 2008-09 Stock Market With the Great Depression\'s 1st Leg Down
This epic stock market rally has done exactly what it was supposed to do - it's retraced about half of the losses from the previous crash. It's got folks feeling comfortable again - while maybe not outright enthusiastic about things, they now believ...
Depression Averted Folks - Christina Romer Says So - Oh Boy, Contrarian Indicator?
Move along everyone, no depression to see here - so says Christina Romer, the White House's chief economic adviser. Yes, the same adviser that recommended massive debasement of the US dollar to get us out of this mess.Christina Romer, chair of the C...
US Credit Still Shrinking at "Great Depression Rate"
So is the money supply increasing, or not? Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the Telegraph writes that US credit is shrinking big time - at it's fastest rate since...drumroll...the 1930's.Professor Tim Congdon from International Monetary Research said US b...
Echoes of 1930 - Do Depressions Rhyme?
Mark Twain famously said "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."Several weeks ago I observed that we appeared to be exactly on the pace with 1930. From the stock markets furious rally, to the Fed generating inflation fears, to the self-c...
Free Special Report - Is the Economy Actually Recovering?
Here's a guest piece by Bud Conrad and David Galland from the Casey team, with an opportunity to check out their free report on the current state of the economy. As always, these two do a bang up job of looking under the hood of rosy government figu...
Is 2009 A Repeat of 1930? Why Depressions May Rhyme
As financial pundits and common investors breath collective sighs of relief that "the worst is over" and "the bull is back", let's explore the possibility that 2009 may be following a script that was originally penned in 1930.After the initial crash ...
A Redneck Recession Rant...Absolutely Hysterical Video Clip
Amidst all of the inflation/deflation debates, here is THE best summary of the current crisis I've seen to date...enjoy!Warning: Definitely NSFW!Shout outs to my friend JL for sending this along, and to the excellent financial blog Zero Hedge for ori...
Why Green Shoots Are Just Compost in The Greater Depression
In this week's installment of Conversations With Casey, Doug's doing a little yardwork...moving down those pesky green shoots!The stock market may be up, but are economic conditions really improving? Also - who the heck is going to buy all the debt ...
What Stage is This Depression At? Some Fantastic Graphs and Charts...
Came across this stellar piece earlier in the week via John Mauldin's excellent Outside the Box publication.Authors Barry Eichengreen and Kevin H. O'Rourke lay our current depression side by side with the Great Depression to see how we measure up...a...
