Peter Schiff: 3 Ways to Survive the Fed’s Destructive Policy

Jeff Macke Breakout Yahoo! Finance 1/30/2012

“The Federal Reserve doesn’t care about the long term health of the economy, it just wants to keep the music going until the next election,” says the always outspoken Peter Schiff, head of EuroPacific Capital.

Schiff, a well-known critic of both the current Fed and the institution as a […]

Google Abandons ‘Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal’ Project

John Verum Serum 11/24/2011

In case you didn’t get the hint from the collapse of Solyndra, here’s more evidence that solar isn’t up to snuff:

Google said on Tuesday that it was pulling the plug on seven projects, including Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal…

Google began making investments and doing research into technology to drive […]

Barbarians Within the Gate

“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you […]

Emerging Nations Reject Capital Plan

IMF Delays Program to Help Countries Manage Short-Term Inflows; as Geithner Blames China, Others Blame the Fed

Sudeep Reddy The Wall Street Journal 4/18/2011

WASHINGTON—Representatives of emerging nations rebuffed an International Monetary Fund plan to guide them on managing huge flows of capital into their economies, viewing it as a way to constrain their actions […]

A Crackdown on Chinese Real Estate Will Push All That Liquidity Into Gold

Patrick Chovanec Business Insider 12/4/2010

Back in May, I posted a blog entry called “Chinese Catch the Gold Bug,” in which I noted a strong surge in gold-buying by Chinese investors. I attributed it, in part, to the Chinese government’s crackdown on the property market: uncertain whether real estate would continue to serve as a […]

RS McCain: Buying Gold? Caveat Emptor

Robert Stacy McCain The Other McCain 11/13/2010

…Economics 101: It is always in the seller’s interest to maximize his profit from any transaction and you, as the buyer, are responsible for looking out for your own interest.

In the interest of fairness, I now link “Why gold is a bad investment,” by Jonathan Burton of […]

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