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Mark to myth is now a global practice

Swedish blogger Cornucopia (apologiez to the English-talking crowd) has some interesting stuff on how Swedens junkpile #1 (SwedBank) is shuffling worthless Baltic real-estate into a separate business entity to avoid realizing losses on them (losses that at current market prices would be … Continue reading

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Reading between the lines

Stumbled upon this while browsing MarketWatch : “U.S. Silver Eagle coin sales were up 72.6% in October from a month ago — up 106.2% from October 2008″ Anyone care to guess why? What no commentator in the whole inflation/deflation camp … Continue reading

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IMPORTANT : This blog is now obsolete!

This of course does not mean I will stop publishing things. Oh no. It simply means that this gem from the “Harding College” in 1948 has everything summed up. Everything. If you are a capitalist-hater, see it. It will tell … Continue reading

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Right and wrong with bank CEO salaries

The discussion about salaries for top executives of the banks rage on. And while I think it’s positive that the debate is held, I wish that people would disagree for the right reason, not the wrong one. Because it is … Continue reading

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Banks reject TARP…

…although it’s probably because they fear attached regulations that would practically make them nationalized. It’s so hard to be hopeful, when so many get it all wrong all the time. Still, there may be a few real capitalists out there … Continue reading

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A call to arms

This is a public call for attention to every real capitalist that is out there…. Continue reading

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The evil that is called inflation

“Historically, deflation is less important than inflation…That is because, as pointed out above, inflation is a source of revenue for the government that is doing the inflating. … Since the government prints the money, it gets to spend it first. … Continue reading

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