You know those Mexicans that hang out at Home Depot parking lots looking for work? That’s the picture in Singapore as 750 freighters are idling in the water waiting for jobs – with no work to be had. New York Times has the story:The problem is global shipping has collapsed.
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Is it a Depression, when SBUX is still in business?
When the smart money is confused….Market is at an inflection point […]
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It’s a Depression (Without Those Tacky Breadlines); Andy Beal’s $30 Billion Bet on Banking
Andy Beal: “Unemployment is going over 10%, commercial real estate hasn’t even begun collapsing and corporate credit defaults are just getting started”. A great time to be buying distressed assets from Vikram Pandit, and Ken Lewis! […]
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1929 Stock Market Crash Was Not that Bad After All!
An investor who invested a lump sum in the average stock at the market’s 1929 high would have been back to a break-even by late 1936 — less than four and a half years after the mid-1932 market low.
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