Commodity Trading & Trend Following

It seems fair play to bash the good ole USA. The US has a debt problem out of control. The US is going to implode…yada…yada…Well as one of my older colleagues who went through Pearl Harbor says repeatedly told me…” Do NOT Sell the US Out”! Well the facts are very serious…the US external debt [...]

Take out your feelings on Ben with the bernanke squeeze doll.

What words can describe the current situation? Fear…Dispair… Disbelief..Hopelessness…? I am sure not everyone feels these feelings…but I would tend to believe a great many do. People are afraid of losing their jobs and with good reason. Many people are only a paycheck or two away from default. The mood of the country is surely down. Amplifying the mood has been all the expressed anger about bailing out banks and financial institutions that made poor decisions. Putting salt on the wound was the bonus-paying spree to the incompetents at insurance giant AIG and Fannie. Now billions of dollars are being promised to the auto industry. Where does it end? Will this really help the economy or is it another bailout where those who asked for bailouts came in their private jets.

The case for a bond bubble