Author: Andrew Horowitz

TDI Podcast 213: John Perkins, Economic Hitmen and Hoodwinked

Guest(s): John Perkins, Author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman and other fascinating books along with John C. Dvorak are here to discuss the areas related to oil and big capitalism. There are several areas that we consider that could have been part of a grand scheme to utilize the...

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Links and Reading for May 21st

Some of the more interesting and important items for May 21st :

A Downgrade by Fitch Leads to a Decline in Greek Bonds – NYTimes.com – Greek bonds led declines among euro area nations on Friday on concern a restructuring of its debt would reignite Europe’s sovereign debt crisis.
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Ugly, Nasty and Just Plain Concerning – Charts and More….

Oil prices have been rising again, but is it really part of a supply/demand equation or just speculation? For oil, it appears that it is simply an overzealous trading environment that is fixed on driving the price of crude up no matter what the news. The oil inventories are reaching...

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Have You Seen The Retail Sales Numbers? Impressive!

Just when we thought that consumers were tapped out, they came out in force April and surprised us all. Retail same store sales were really impressive.

So far, the consumer has done their job – at least they appear to be. Credit is rising, spending is up… Wait.. Where are the...

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Links and Reading for May 18th

Some of the more interesting and important items for May 18th :

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Obama Holding Assets of Up To $11.8 Million – Bloomberg – President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama reported holding total assets of between $2.8 million and $11.8 million,...

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