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What Needs to Happen Before We See a Big Recovery?
In a Bloomberg article last May, Caroline Baum summed up the economy nicely in a single question: Four-and-a-half years of an overnight rate near zero and aggressive securities purchases by the Fed have succeeded in raising asset prices. The question … Continue reading
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Tracking “Bubble Finance” Risks in a Single Chart
In his 712-page tour de force, The Great Deformation, David Stockman dissects America’s descent into the present era of “bubble finance.” He describes the housing bubble’s early stages as follows: The American savings deficit was transparent after the turn of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Burns, Ben Bernanke, bubble finance, David Stockman, full valuation, Greenspan, Greenspan put, Janet Yellen, price-to-earnings, price-to-peak-earnings, SPY, stock valuation indicator, The Great Deformation, William McChesney Martin
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