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About the effect of war on capital markets …

Will China become America’s premier landlord?

The rest of the world holds $16.9 trillion in dollar financial assets, and China owns a large, although indeterminate, portion of these assets. With Nancy Pelosi, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, and Harry Reed having taken over monetary policy from a weak, inexperienced President Obama and with the Democrat-controlled Congress freely enacting highly inflationary spending programs — […]

SIPC Guarantees: Will Your Assets Survive an Atomic Blast?

Now that terrorists are racing to set off an atomic bomb in New York City and the New York Times has a green light on giving national secrets to the enemy — raising the odds on a successful nuclear attack — its time to consider the safety of your financial assets. […]

U.S. Bond Demand Has Exceeded Supply for a Decade

Over the decade, 1995-2004, the demand for U.S. bonds of all types has surpassed new bond issues in eight of the last ten years. This is the reason that bond prices have held firm, even in 2003, when net new issues reached almost $1.8 trillion. According the Federal Reserve Flow of Funds Accounts, six groups made […]

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