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September 25, 2013
March 9, 2012
"Somehow, with QE everything, with a zero percent funds rate, with monetary ‘mastery’ from the people in Washington, I think the current system is leeching dynamism from this economy…"  -JAMES GRANT OF GRANT'S INTEREST RATE OBSERVER POINTS TO PONDER Papering over our problems. What is money?  While it might not be up there with "What […]
By: Evergreen Gavekal
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September 25, 2013
March 16, 2012
"We live in what most business commentators call a volatile world.  I would argue that when the environment is continuously unstable, it is no longer volatile.  Rather, we have entered into a new economic era.  It could remain this way for a long time." -GE CEO, JEFF IMMELT POINTS TO PONDER 1.  It’s common knowledge […]
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September 25, 2013
April 27, 2012
"We can actually manufacture as cheaply or cheaper here in the US than we can in China." -DAVID ROBERTS, CEO OF INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATE, CARLYLE, REFERRING TO ITS TIRE OPERATION "The discovery and development of North America’s shale resources has the potential to be the most remarkable source of economic growth and prosperity that any of […]
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September 25, 2013
April 20, 2012
"The idea that Chinese capitalism provides a blueprint for the rest of the world economy is an absurd exaggeration." -KENNETH ROGOFF, CO-AUTHOR OF THE EPIC WORK ON FINANCIAL BUBBLES, "THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT". APRIL 20TH, EVA In a recent EVA, I explained the sequence we follow for this publication. For those that might have missed […]
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September 25, 2013
April 13, 2012
"Risk is most dangerous when it is least apparent and least dangerous when it is most apparent."  -FINANCIAL NEWSLETTER WRITER EXTRAORDINAIRE, JAMES GRANT POINTS TO PONDER 1. Many pundits believe stocks are on the cusp of a new bull market.  However, the liftoff point for the last two times when stock prices roughly doubled (2003 […]
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September 25, 2013
April 6, 2012
"Communism creates shortages, capitalism creates surpluses." -FORBES COLUMNIST AND NOTED ECONOMIST, GARY SHILLING APRIL 6TH, EVA Is risk-off back on?  It’s that time of the month many EVA readers look forward to—an issue that I don’t actually write!  This week’s "guest" EVA fulfills a commitment I made a few weeks ago to run an essay […]
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September 25, 2013
March 30, 2012
"On balance, an assessment of a broad range of indicators suggests that a substantial portion of the decline in the unemployment rate does reflect genuine improvement in labor market conditions."  -BEN BERNANKE POINTS TO PONDER 1. Wall Street seems to have at best mixed feelings toward the Obama administration despite the fact that stock prices […]
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September 25, 2013
February 10, 2012
"I never give them hell.  I just tell them the truth and they think it’s hell." - HARRY S. TRUMAN, 33RD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES A Midwinter Night’s Dream. It’s easy to be a dreamer in Hawaii.  Between the leisurely pace and the paradise-found scenery, life’s cares simply drift away. The often ironic goodnight […]
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September 25, 2013
May 4, 2012
"Europe is headed for a depression if it doesn’t figure out how to reform."   -JOHN MAULDIN, SPEAKING TODAY AT HIS ANNUAL STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CONFERENCE IN CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA POINTS TO PONDER 1.  Recent EVAs have noted that growth in US after-inflation (real) disposable income is at recession-type levels.  Looking back over a longer time frame shows […]
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September 25, 2013
May 11, 2012
"They are going to have to do something in Spain’s case.  This is a big economy and the banks are holed below the water line."     -SIMON TILFORD, CHIEF ECONOMIST AT THE CENTER FOR EUROPEAN REFORM MAY 11TH, EVA What price arrogance? An article of faith on the part of central bankers, along with most of […]
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