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finespecimen
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Last commentary posted on Monday, March 11, 2013
 
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 The Prudent Investor
Paul Krugman Files Chapter 13 Bankruptcy  (11)
DAMN, how disappointing, I enjoyed the thought with fiendish delight......what's the old saying? "If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably isn't....."

3/11/2013 at 7:40 PM  1  0  Rating :  1 Permalink
 The Prudent Investor
Paul Krugman Files Chapter 13 Bankruptcy  (11)
.....Oh, this is priceless....... (that is, Krugman clearly doesn't sweat the PRICE when he plops down his Visa). How can we get the MSM to bite on this rich tidbit? Alas, not likely.
3/9/2013 at 12:16 AM  2  2  Rating :  0 Permalink
 Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie
Fed To Prompt Currency Crash and Return to Gold Standard  (3)
I agree: instead of accumulating gold, I'd rather have faith in our monetary authorities stewardship, as well as the health of the bond market. I think you would agree that the extent of current debt monetization program in the US and worldwide is worrisome at the very least (probably the understatement of the 21st century). Gold is clearly reasserting itself in the global monetary regime in these times of great...
3/8/2013 at 5:02 PM  1  0  Rating :  1 Permalink
 Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie
Fed To Prompt Currency Crash and Return to Gold Standard  (3)
There will always be booms and busts, gold standard or not. That's not the issue. In "the sweep of time," a currency backed by gold tends to retain its purchasing power, while a currency on the PhD standard has done exactly one thing in all historical examples: loose all of its purchasing power (eventually, over the sweep of time). And the PhD's have avoided busts? Please......Nasdaq 2000; Mortgage feces 2007-8 ...
3/1/2013 at 9:18 PM  2  0  Rating :  2 1 AnswerPermalink