You Thought The Savings Rate Was Going Up? Well Check Out This Chart – Joe Weisenthal – Money Game at Business Insider
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this is good – Byron Wien’s ten surprises for 2010 – Posted by Prieur du Plessis – … Reviewing Wien’s 2009 list, he was very accurate with the direction of most of his predictions. (has list) … He believes his ten surprises have at least a 50% chance of occurring at some point during the year. Although this is not a very high probability, his predictions nevertheless make for stimulating reading. His list for 2010 follows below. (has list) – Investment Postcards from Cape Town
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Personal Bankruptcy Filings Rising Fast – By SARA MURRAY and CONOR DOUGHERTY – “Ms. Moran’s clients in 2008 typically were people who earned between $40,000 and $80,000. That changed last year when a rash of people who earned $100,000 to $300,000 began filing as well, she said.” – hattip NDP – Wall Street Journal Economy
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Bill Bonner’s New Trade of the Decade – Bill Bonner talks about the performance of his past trade of the decade and gives his new one. – a good read – Daily Reckoning
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read this – Global Bear Rally Of 2009 Will End With Japan – By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – … Once the dam breaks, debt service costs will tear the budget to pieces. The Bank of Japan will pull the emergency lever on QE. The country will flip from deflation to incipient hyperinflation. The yen will fall out of bed, outdoing China’s yuan in the beggar-thy-neighbour race to the bottom. By then China too will be in a quandary. … – John Mauldin’s Outside the Box E-Letter
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Dr. Copper says the patient has recovered – Scott Grannis – Calafia Beach Pundit