Monthly Archives: June 2014

QE3 succeeds: retail sheep back to the slaughter once more

I guess you do have to hand it to those bankers; maybe they are brilliant after all. They wagered that if they could keep pumping up the stock market long enough via QE and creative accounting manoeuvres, the little guys … Continue reading

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Dumb gets dumber: auto loans surge in amount and duration

So here’s a novel idea. If you can’t find enough people who can afford a new car, ‘sell’ cars to those who can’t afford them with record monthly payments over 5 to 7 years! True this allows the auto makers … Continue reading

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New documentary Ivory Tower examines bubble in education pricing

Just as government-backed loans enabled US housing into unaffordable bubble pricing into 2006, government backed student loans have enabled US colleges to become top-heavy, unaffordable institutions today. With student debt now north of a $trillion and growing, and the job … Continue reading

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