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Recent Growth In Economy Is But A Mirage

Bob Chapman, April 3 2010
A smoke and mirrors Economy, a rigged market means you will lose, capital controls now in place, market manipulation is public policy, stock market overpriced by manipulations, no monetary tightening without a collapse, predictions of gains and losses in job markets.

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Failed Banks and Failed Billions

Bob Chapman, March 31 2010
Re-flating a dying bubble, Greece and Euro problems fuel world markets, Lehman Bros collosal fraud, a plan to tax banks, bank failures amount to billions, signs of a vanishing recovery.

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Credit Crisis, Outrage, Far From Over

Bob Chapman, March 27 2010
Bernanke re-nominated, outrage at banks, insolvency the real state of banks, crime pays when you are at the top, sovereign debt crisis around the world, debt and derivatives products were all just a ponzi scheme, the problem wont go a way when the system is purged, PIMCO Bill Gross warns of inflation, big cutbacks in services...

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A Rise in Unemployment And Moral Hazard To Contend With

Bob Chapman, March 24 2010
Bubbles come and go but the Fed remains, derivative madness, no good sense for liquidity, tariffs can turn the world, moral hazard in the media spotlight, fence building now to keep out the drug war in Mexico, flush with cash but actually insolvent...

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The Impact of Bubbles And The Future of Risk

Bob Chapman, March 20 2010
Bubbles of years ago being felt today, why rescue people from their mistakes? Destructive economic processes at work, many countries on the verge of bankruptcy, America now holds debt far beyond its ability to pay back, Debasement the order of the day, Bill Gross of PIMCO looks to developing nations for stability...

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Expose Transgressions and Set Boundaries on Stimulus Packages

Bob Chapman, March 17 2010
AIG dragged onto the carpet for publishing falsified debt ratings, fines called for when fraud charges should be laid, white collar crime knows no end, books cooked, real estate downside points to deflationary depression, debt continues to grow, borrowing in the debt market again. stimulus packages knowing now boundaries.

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US Federal Reserve Dealing in Magic and Secrets

Bob Chapman, March 13 2010
Fed makes money out of thin air to solve deflation with inflation, credit crisis continues, frustrations with politicians, not healthy to have over 3 trillion in t-bills held in foreign hands, Fed fights audit legislation, Threats to the Eurozone...

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Pondering Our Collapse While We Watch Others Fall

Bob Chapman, March 10 2010
The current dollar rally wont endure, questions for the future of the Euro, No collapse of currency overnight, but we see it coming, record low interest rates drive bond purchases, Fed will continue to feed the economy, the threat is deflationary depression, China continues to dump dollars, US in a box, Fannie and Freddie bondholders should not hold their breath, unemployed are also exhausted...

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The Albatross of Sovereign Debt

Bob Chapman, March 6 2010
Sovereign Debt hinders nation states, Interrogations for the Fed to answer, debt burdened California, Fed integrity in question, Gold still a good investment play, unemployment benefits for now, volatile swings in housing demand, 

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Economic Downturn hits Lenders and Borrowers Alike

Bob Chapman, March 3 2010
Commercial real estate in trouble, lenders will be hit as hard as borrowers, Greece suffers heavily during downturn, Germany wont buy any more greek sovereign debt,  M3 and M4 down to nothing, China remains as largest holder of US debt. IMF comments on US dollar, debt problems in Florida and California, child labor at factories that supply Apple computers

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Big Players Get Out Of Risk And In To Gold

Bob Chapman, February 27 2010
Who will be the buyers of US bonds? Questionable Fed policy to keep economy afloat, liquidity drain to keep pressure on gold and silver, George Soros putting his money in gold companies, upheaval in currency markets, TARP was to pay out the people responsible, difficulties for small and mid-sized banks.

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Bonuses for Wall Street And Unemployment Elsewhere Continue To Grow

Bob Chapman, February 24 2010
The motivations of men in high places, Goldman and Greece, dollar rally will soon end, trillions in debt while Wall Street makes record profits, shareholders pay for fraud proposed market reforms do not go very far, Bonuses greater than ever before on Wall Street, more problem lenders.

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Signs of Recovery And Signs of Warning

Bob Chapman, February 20 2010
Some recovery noted, finally, subprimes proven unsustainable, insurers and secret payments, tax credit may boost real property, Fed sits on Bear Stearns garbage, The massive markdown of Maiden Lane, warning signs for the market says Greenspan

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Economy Stagnant When Action Is What Is Needed

Bob Chapman, February 17 2010
Probable head count in Census around 320 Million, What is Bernanke hiding at the Fed? No end to zero interest rates after 14 months, China to change some things, Greek basket case, California even worse than Greece, home owners stuck with houses worth less than what they paid

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Bulls and Bears Sound Off But Fed Reserved

Bob Chapman, February 13 2010
The relationship Goldman-Sachs has with Greece, Obama poses a threat to the Internet,  are we to exchange our freedom of the internet for Net Nannies? Large amount of exposure for US banks in financially troubled european countries, China dumps US assets, Bull and Bear Survey, 

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