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Category: US Politics

Articles about American politics and political leaders.

Faked Reform

Dodd-Frank spurs sub-prime loans

The tentacles of sub-prime lending are far reaching and grow from a bed of corrupt politics.

The immediate cause of the worldwide financial Crash of 2008 was the extensive granting of sub-prime mortgages.

The Dodd-Frank financial reform bill introduced in Title XII, “IMPROVING ACCESS TO MAINSTREAM FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS”, a new, fraud-prone solution to a non-existent problem, the granting of $2,500 loans to middle and low income borrowers.

In combination with other political funds, this program could be an extremely powerful tool for voter fraud. In fact, it is difficult to imagine why else it would be inserted into the Dodd-Frank Act.

US politics

Obamacare: Loopholes and enforcement

If you boil a frog very slowly, he may not jump out in time to save himself.

Poorly written law can sometimes be successful when the vast majority of people agree with the intent and there is bipartisan support to correct errors.

This is not the case with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

However, the most astounding thing about Obamacare is that the individual mandate is basically a misnomer — there are no penalties on individuals for not buying health insurance. Or are there? ECRV2Y9MMZ86

US Politics

Economic uncertainty escalates

Whether the inflation 'money hurricane' will hit now, is less certain.

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. No one knows the full economic impact of this law. Never has legislation of such complexity and importance been passed by Congress and signed by the President on a purely partisan vote, against the wishes of the majority of the American people. The outlook for inflation has changed suddenly from a high level of probability to undetermined — uncertainty as to disbursement timing, combined with the outcome of elections in 2010 and 2012, provides possible scenarios under which things could get radically worse, or better.

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Stock buybacks

Stock buybacks, refusing to die, live on

In Q1 2009, stock buybacks came back, driving up equity prices and sparking a rally by dominating a thin market. These equity repurchases were financed from depreciation and bond issues. More ...

Securities Analysis

Efficient Market Hypothesis: No proof

The Efficient Market Hypothesis continues to impede understanding of how capital markets work. This hypothesis suggests that world capital markets are guided by crowds of rational, competing, profit-maximizers, each trying to predict future market values of individual securities. The Efficient Market Hypothesis has never been proven.
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US Politics

President Obama's Lincoln moment

In mid 2009, Barack Obama found that Lincoln's saying, "You can't fool all of the people all of the time," applied to his presidency. Profligate spending and unpopular health reform ended Obama's honeymoon. More ...

US equities

GAO favors overly-optimistic projections

In a study of the effect of the retirement of Baby Boomers on the price of equities, the GAO assumed that equities will provide real returns of 7% over the next decades. This figure is often cited in Wall Street promotional literature, but has no scientific basis.
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US Bonds

Bond demand exceeds supply for a decade

Over the decade, 1995-2004, the demand for US 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. More ...

World Economy

Working off the US trade deficit

Foreigners hold $16.8 trillion in US financial assets as a result of selling more goods to Americans than they buy from them. Since the 'deficit' is in dollars, the US has no problem in 'paying it off'. More ...

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