Monday, November 29, 2010

The Cartoon View Of Quantitative Easing: Too Dumb Is Clever - Forbes (blog)

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Forbes (blog)

The Cartoon View Of Quantitative Easing: Too Dumb Is Clever
Forbes (blog)
The imagery of QE2—a huge ocean liner—is both misleading and unfortunate. If $600 billion is not needed by next June, then it won't be used. ...

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GP'S PILLS MADE ME SEX-MAD - Express.co.uk

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GP'S PILLS MADE ME SEX-MAD
Express.co.uk
He even posed as a millionaire on a QE2 Caribbean cruise. Town councillor Peter, of Hull, said: “I developed a range of strange obsessions, compulsions and ...

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Rep. Mike Pence Suggests That The US Return To The Gold Standard - Think Progress

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Think Progress

Rep. Mike Pence Suggests That The US Return To The Gold Standard
Think Progress
... we had a trade deficit of $375 billion. If gold were our money (or our foundation for paper money), we would have to ship about 8500 tons of gold overseas."

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Jim Rickards: Current Flight To Quality Is Like Running Up The Titanic While ... - The Business Insider

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Jim Rickards: Current Flight To Quality Is Like Running Up The Titanic While ...
The Business Insider
They print it in SDRs and they get a lot from the US And this is exactly what the Fed doesn't want, with the dollar rising against the euro, crushing QE2. ...

QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS ALICANTE - The Leader Newspaper Online

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QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS ALICANTE
The Leader Newspaper Online
Wells thanked the President for his gift and noted that “the Queen Elizabeth is the most modern cruise ship in the world and so our gift to you is a modern ...

Stephen Templeton appointed new Executive Chef at Victoria & Alfred Hotels - Travel Wires (blog)

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Stephen Templeton appointed new Executive Chef at Victoria & Alfred Hotels
Travel Wires (blog)
Templeton brings with him many years of executive experience, including for Sol Kerzner at Sun City, the QE2 luxury ocean liner, Spier Estate, ...

Debunking Myths about QE2 - AdvisorOne

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Debunking Myths about QE2
AdvisorOne
Ben Bernanke, current captain of the Federal Reserve, is praised for having steered the ship out of stormy waters. Not too long ago, Alan Greenspan enjoyed ...

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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Carol Perry: QE2: Will it work this time for Fed? - Nevada Appeal

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Carol Perry: QE2: Will it work this time for Fed?
Nevada Appeal
How many of you think that QE2 is a cruise ship? Well it is, but it has another meaning that has been in the news this week. QE is quantitative easing and 2 ...

SPIRIT OF FREEDOM-What the Conflict on the Korean Peninsula Means to the World ... - Forbes (blog)

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SPIRIT OF FREEDOM-What the Conflict on the Korean Peninsula Means to the World ...
Forbes (blog)
THIRD, China has systematically devalued the juan in response to QE2 creating the dawn of inflation as we are beginning to see now and will soon see in the ...

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SPIRIT OF FREEDOM-What the Conflict on the Korean Peninsula Means to the World ... - Forbes Digital Download (blog)

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SPIRIT OF FREEDOM-What the Conflict on the Korean Peninsula Means to the World ...
Forbes Digital Download (blog)
THIRD, China has systematically devalued the juan in response to QE2 creating the dawn of inflation as we are beginning to see now and will soon see in the ...

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Mike Craig - Telegraph.co.uk

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Telegraph.co.uk

Mike Craig
Telegraph.co.uk
... and from 1983 he also presented his own one-man show, The ABC of Comedy, aboard the QE2, Canberra and other cruise ships operated by P&O, Cunard, ...

Fed Must Abandon $600bn Stimulus - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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Fed Must Abandon $600bn Stimulus
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Even if you back out the North Korea fear premium from the US Dollar Index and Treasury prices, Treasury yields are still higher than before QE2 was ...

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A politically cold turkey for Thanksgiving - Financial Times

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A politically cold turkey for Thanksgiving
Financial Times
through QE2 (not the ship in which the Pilgrims would have been more comfortable than the Mayflower). Its head chef, previously renowned for Ben's Chili ...

After a year of living dangerously, Dubai is getting back to basics - Sydney Morning Herald

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After a year of living dangerously, Dubai is getting back to basics
Sydney Morning Herald
... markets in the boom years, from the New York retailer Barneys to the Canadian entertainment group Cirque du Soleil and the cruise liner QE2. ...

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Building castles in the air - Sydney Morning Herald

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Building castles in the air
Sydney Morning Herald
... will be baubles picked up in the boom years, from the New York retailer Barneys to the Canadian entertainment group Cirque du Soleil and the liner QE2. ...

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QE2 and the Great Economic Misdiagnosis, Insolvency Not Illiquidity - Lew Rockwell

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QE2 and the Great Economic Misdiagnosis, Insolvency Not Illiquidity
Lew Rockwell
The US Ship of State was hoisted on its own petard. For those ignorant of naval terminology, that means the US killed itself in a great display of cannon ...

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Is Santa Claus Dead, Will the Stock Market Tumble? - The Market Oracle

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Is Santa Claus Dead, Will the Stock Market Tumble?
The Market Oracle
I wrote a Market Oracle article back in October, entitled QE2 Stock market warning, what if nothing happens? May I suggest that if you have not read it yet, ...

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Queen Elizabeth cruise ship docks in Alicante - Euro Weekly News

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Queen Elizabeth cruise ship docks in Alicante
Euro Weekly News
Wells thanked the President for his gift and noted that “the Queen Elizabeth is the most modern cruise ship in the world and so our gift to you is a modern ...

Dubai's debt crisis: One year on - BBC News

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Dubai's debt crisis: One year on
BBC News
... Dubai's industrial zone and the ambitious property developer famous for those palm-shaped islands, as well as assets including the QE2 cruise liner. ...

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Fed: Lower your expectations even more - Hot Air

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Fed: Lower your expectations even more
Hot Air
The QE2 is that plan to buy $600 billion Treasury bonds in the hope of increasing growth and keep interest rates low. Skeptics like myself see it as paying ...

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QE2 and The Great Economic Misdiagnosis, Insolvency Not Illiquidity - The Market Oracle

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The Market Oracle

QE2 and The Great Economic Misdiagnosis, Insolvency Not Illiquidity
The Market Oracle
The US Ship of State was hoisted on its own petard. For those ignorant of naval terminology, that means the US killed itself in a great display of cannon ...

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

QE2 & The Great Misdiagnosis - Gold Seek

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QE2 & The Great Misdiagnosis
Gold Seek
The US Ship of State was hoisted on its own petard. For those ignorant of naval terminology, that means the US killed itself in a great display of cannon ...

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Fed Must Abandon $600bn Stimulus - Tycoon Report

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Fed Must Abandon $600bn Stimulus
Tycoon Report
Even if you back out the North Korea fear premium from the US Dollar Index and Treasury prices, Treasury yields are still higher than before QE2 was ...

Monday, November 22, 2010

Three Potentially Disastrous Outcomes From Ben Bernanke's QE2 Wager - Hamsayeh.Net

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Three Potentially Disastrous Outcomes From Ben Bernanke's QE2 Wager
Hamsayeh.Net
1) A Chinese boat crashes into a Japanese coast guard ship. 3) China CUTS its exports of critical resources that Japan NEEDS. The message here is clear. ...

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Dubai's towering ambitions turned out to be a mirage - The Guardian

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The Guardian

Dubai's towering ambitions turned out to be a mirage
The Guardian
... markets in the boom years, from the New York retailer Barneys to the Canadian entertainment group Cirque du Soleil and the cruise-liner QE2. ...

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Ellen Brown: Bernanke's Cheerleader - Lew Rockwell

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Ellen Brown: Bernanke's Cheerleader
Lew Rockwell
Ellen Brown has now publicly set sail on board the cruise ship QE2 just as Captain Bernanke takes it out of port. She will be lost at sea.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

How's The Economy Doing?.... Hmmm, Really? Yes, Let's Give A Quick Look - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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How's The Economy Doing?.... Hmmm, Really? Yes, Let's Give A Quick Look
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
We're also still planning to share more commentary on Global Ship Lease (GSL) per our post a few weeks back. This one remains on the backburner. ...

Is President Obama's Second Term in the Bag? - DailyFinance

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Is President Obama's Second Term in the Bag?
DailyFinance
After all, he's predicting that President Obama will cruise to reelection in 2012. However, Fair has a good track record of predicting presidential outcomes ...

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Steady hand needed at till as QE2 launches - The National

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Steady hand needed at till as QE2 launches
The National
Emerging markets, however, are left to batten down the hatches again, as the stately progress of the good ship QE2 leaves in its wake a surge of dollars ...

Friday, November 19, 2010

O Deflation, Where Is Thy Sting? - The Business Insider

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O Deflation, Where Is Thy Sting?
The Business Insider
There were those who immediately pointed out that this vindicated the Fed's move to QE2. We have to get ahead of this deflation thing, don't we? ...

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On the Rocks With Captain Ben - Barron's

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On the Rocks With Captain Ben
Barron's
IN AUGUST, 1992, THE CRUISE SHIP Queen Elizabeth II struck a rock in the waters south of the little island of ...

Savings, Cashouts Rise for 401(k)s - MainStreet

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Savings, Cashouts Rise for 401(k)s
MainStreet
For some, the Federal Reserve's QE2 plan -- short for Quantitative Easing -- looms as large as the QE2 itself, or the Queen Elizabeth II cruise liner.

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Get Ready for a Wild Ride in 2011 - Moneyshow.com

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Get Ready for a Wild Ride in 2011
Moneyshow.com
Pressure on developing economies would diminish as the supply of hot money from the Federal Reserve's $600 billion QE2 program ended in June. ...

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Retirees May Not Enjoy Their Ride on QE2 - TheStreet.com

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Retirees May Not Enjoy Their Ride on QE2
TheStreet.com
For some, the Federal Reserve's QE2 plan -- short for Quantitative Easing -- looms as large as the QE2 itself, or the Queen Elizabeth II cruise liner. ...

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Rates crazy low!!! Even here - Moneyweb.co.za

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Rates crazy low!!! Even here
Moneyweb.co.za
It implies that the ship is sinking and the bailout is a big bucket and plug to block the hole. And the reason that Ireland are pushing back on money, ...

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PRIMER RATE: The Good Ship QE2 - Barnstable Patriot

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PRIMER RATE: The Good Ship QE2
Barnstable Patriot
By now most of us realize that comments about QE2 do not refer to an ocean liner but to a policy articulated by the Federal Reserve Board (the Fed). ...

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Get ready for a wild ride in 2011 - MSN Money

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Get ready for a wild ride in 2011
MSN Money
(Known as "QE2" for quantitative easing, phase 2 -- and possibly for the program's resemblance to a big ocean liner that can't change direction quickly. ...

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Fed's Priority Must Be Fixing Securitization Process - Minyanville.com

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Fed's Priority Must Be Fixing Securitization Process
Minyanville.com
Which brings me to quantitative easing, the now infamous QE1 and QE2. Our Federal Reserve is taking almost $2 trillion and buying US Treasury securities to ...

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

What Does The QE2 Mean for the U.S.? - World News Heard now

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World News Heard now

What Does The QE2 Mean for the U.S.?
World News Heard now
The hot topic in the financial world lately is that of the QE2, which if you are not up to speed with this topic is not about the beautiful ocean liner, ...

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Two regions diverging, tearing the world apart. Birth pangs for a new ... - FM blog (blog)

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Two regions diverging, tearing the world apart. Birth pangs for a new ...
FM blog (blog)
As Bernanke probably well knows, the ideal time for a last-ditch effort to prevent deflation (ie, QE2) was this Fall. The last opportunity to do may have ...

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Prescott 'spent lavishly' on office comforts - Independent

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Prescott 'spent lavishly' on office comforts
Independent
... on a cruise liner, was being put to good use on our behalf ! Can you picture this fat slob, sliding up behind you on the QE2, holding a silver platter ? ...

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Why Emerging Markets are Benefiting the Most from QE2 - Daily Reckoning - American Edition

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Why Emerging Markets are Benefiting the Most from QE2
Daily Reckoning - American Edition
Of course, that speech was given in October…long before Bernanke's QE2 ship set sail. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, US corporations have issued ...

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FOCUS: Gold, Other Markets Uneasy On China, Ireland and Fed QE Program - NASDAQ

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FOCUS: Gold, Other Markets Uneasy On China, Ireland and Fed QE Program
NASDAQ
"We had a lot of run -up pricing in QE2 and it was in line with expectations…. These markets are way overdone and a pullback is healthy. ...

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Obama's Proposed Payroll Tax Increase Is a Growing Threat - Big Government

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Obama's Proposed Payroll Tax Increase Is a Growing Threat
Big Government
You are quite right, but don't go on about QE2; you'll have all the trolls staring at pictures of cruise-ships for the rest of the day and wondering what ...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Get Politics Alerts - Huffington Post

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Get Politics Alerts
Huffington Post
But he found himself in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve's decision to launch a new round of quantitative easing (QE2) under a lot of criticism in Seoul ...

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The World According to Treasuries - Minyanville.com

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The World According to Treasuries
Minyanville.com
I was doling out some samples last week (see Good Ship QE2 Has Set Sail, Course Set for Japan Circa 1995). But enough about eating. ...

The Perils of Ignoring China -- Teddy Roosevelt's Lessons for Obama - Fox News

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The Perils of Ignoring China -- Teddy Roosevelt's Lessons for Obama
Fox News
But when the Federal Reserve recently announced it would purchase $600 billion dollars of US treasury securities (QE2), the German finance minister ...

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Advisers urge bond investors to abandon ship in face of QE2 - InvestmentNews

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Advisers urge bond investors to abandon ship in face of QE2
InvestmentNews
But with QE2, clients are asking what they should do. “I just had a conversation with a client the other day about what they should do in response to the ...

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Bubble flurry from QE2 to lift STI: CIMB - Business Times (subscription)

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Bubble flurry from QE2 to lift STI: CIMB
Business Times (subscription)
'Chinese shipbuilders received an influx of bulk ship orders while Singapore rig-builders are finally seeing the first signs of dawn,' said Mr Ng, ...

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Global Macro EconoMonitor - Roubini.com (subscription)

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Global Macro EconoMonitor
Roubini.com (subscription)
None of this is to argue that the Federal Reserve's QE2 strategy represents unmitigated inflationary pressure and currency devaluation. ...

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Business is cruising for local travel agent - Morley Observer

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Business is cruising for local travel agent
Morley Observer
THE OWNERS of a Whitby travel agent were among the first to stay on board the new luxury cruise ship the Queen Elizabeth. Anne and Glynn Stead of Getaway ...

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Monday, November 15, 2010

QE2 to the rescue! – Gills Cruise Centre - Journalism.co.uk (press release)

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QE2 to the rescue! – Gills Cruise Centre
Journalism.co.uk (press release)
Ironically, the QE2 – the most famous cruise liner of the modern age – is facing an uncertain future. Set to become a floating hotel in Dubai, ...

Cut short the voyage of QE2 - Waterbury Republican American

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Cut short the voyage of QE2
Waterbury Republican American
... about QE2 and the harrowing stories coming out of a crippled cruise ship off the Mexican coast, and concluded the legendary liner RMS Queen Elizabeth II ...

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JOHN BOGERT: Was the cruise ship ordeal really that harrowing? - Daily Breeze

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JOHN BOGERT: Was the cruise ship ordeal really that harrowing?
Daily Breeze
Which brings me to Carnival Splendor, the cruise ship made helpless last week when an aft engine room fire took out all on-board power, leaving the massive ...

ForexLive US wrap-up: Irish eyes ain't smilin' - ForexLive

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ForexLive US wrap-up: Irish eyes ain't smilin'
ForexLive
Bond investors continue to jump ship despite $15 bln in buying from the Fed over the last two trading days. Strong US retail sales also suggests that the ...

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THE WORLD SAYS NO TO AMERICA'S MONOPOLY MONEY - Huffington Post (blog)

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THE WORLD SAYS NO TO AMERICA'S MONOPOLY MONEY
Huffington Post (blog)
This is the second round of quantitative easing, known as QE2. And it has nothing to do with the stately British cruise liner. The US government is stoking ...

Sunday, November 14, 2010

All aboard the good ship QE2 - Stock and Land (blog)

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All aboard the good ship QE2
Stock and Land (blog)
Whether the good ship Quantitative Easing II will do anything at all for the US economy, of course, is a moot point. QE2 means the US government has decided ...

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Economists and Traders Say QE2 Won't Work - Big Government

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Economists and Traders Say QE2 Won't Work
Big Government
Right now, there a several trolls searching the internet and staring at pictures of cruise-ships. They're scratching their heads and trying to figure out ...

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How to sail the QE2 investment cruise - Reuters Blogs (blog)

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How to sail the QE2 investment cruise
Reuters Blogs (blog)
If only “QE2″ stood for the famous cruise ship Queen Elizabeth II. When she was sailing (she was retired in 2008), you could plunk down a tidy sum, ...

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Bernanke Clips the People's Coin - From Bakersfield to Burma - The Market Oracle

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Bernanke Clips the People's Coin - From Bakersfield to Burma
The Market Oracle
Chairman Bernanke shared his unpardonable rationale for QE2 in the Washington Post, on November 4, 2010. His deadly cruise missiles, QE1 and QE2, ...

Government Dependent Industries Feeling the Pinch - Seeking Alpha

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Government Dependent Industries Feeling the Pinch
Seeking Alpha
The news from China nullified the gains experienced in the US stock market since the QE2 announcement. This points not only to our connectivity but to the ...

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This Week in Small Business: The Next Big Fight - New York Times (blog)

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This Week in Small Business: The Next Big Fight
New York Times (blog)
I still prefer the QE2 to this cruise line. NO! NOT THE BRITISH DISEASE! Those same Pragmatic Capital guys say America is strong. ...

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What to do on America's deficit - The Periscope Post

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The Periscope Post

What to do on America's deficit
The Periscope Post
Brazil's reformers” The American Federal Reserve's decision to embark on another round of quantitative easing, QE2, is already causing problems around the ...

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All aboard the QE2 - Money Marketing

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All aboard the QE2
Money Marketing
Investors will need to keep an eye on valuations and be prepared to jump ship but in the meantime, I think this is a buy in the dips market.

QE2: Not A Luxurious Ocean Liner - Human Events

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QE2: Not A Luxurious Ocean Liner
Human Events
But monetary policy is the key, and this monetary policy, the QE2, could create more of the “bubbles” we want to avoid. If we back up and let the markets ...

QE2 could becomeTitanic2 - Ideal Taxes Association

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QE2 could becomeTitanic2
Ideal Taxes Association
“QE2” are the initials of the Queen Elizabeth 2, a great ocean liner which was the sequel of a great ocean liner. They are also the initials of ...

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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Andrew McKillop // Can Neutron Money Save the Global Economy? - VHeadline.com

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Andrew McKillop // Can Neutron Money Save the Global Economy?
VHeadline.com
... if the US Fed's 2009 QE1 fiscal stimulus was or is widely regarded as a bore meriting no repeat, and QE2 the dangerous repeat of this useless exercise. ...

Cut short the voyage of QE2 - Waterbury Republican American

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Cut short the voyage of QE2
Waterbury Republican American
... about QE2 and the harrowing stories coming out of a crippled cruise ship off the Mexican coast, and concluded the legendary liner RMS Queen Elizabeth II ...

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Few tools left to boost economy - Plattsburgh Press Republican

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Few tools left to boost economy
Plattsburgh Press Republican
We now call this next round of "loose money" quantitative easing II (QE2) perhaps because some spin-meister hoped it connoted a luxury cruise liner like the ...

Gulf Markets Seen Cautious Pre-Eid - Zawya

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Gulf Markets Seen Cautious Pre-Eid
Zawya
Investors also appeared to be having some second thoughts about the Fed's QE2 plan, as everything that rose in anticipation of the asset-buying ...

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Friday, November 12, 2010

The failure of the G-20 summit - Salon

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Salon

The failure of the G-20 summit
Salon
Another way to understand Bernanke's QE2 is as a direct response to how China manages its own economic policy. Beijing claims that QE2 makes it impossible ...

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Emerging Markets Confront QE2: Capital Controls, Reserve Accumulation, or Both? - Monthly Review

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Emerging Markets Confront QE2: Capital Controls, Reserve Accumulation, or Both?
Monthly Review
Bernanke said that the US is trying to get its own ship in order and you should try to get your own ship in order. What they're going to do to get their own ...

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Week In Politics: G-20, Deficit Reduction - NPR

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Week In Politics: G-20, Deficit Reduction
NPR
And that's why this quantitative easing, QE2 - you like it, it's like a great old ship - was - it's unpopular with them and yet I think Ben Bernanke was ...

US Can No Longer Play Santa - Forbes (blog)

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Forbes (blog)

US Can No Longer Play Santa
Forbes (blog)
QE2 threatens to bring down the dollar to a level where they will find it harder to compete with the US They are crying foul. Yet how can it be a foul? ...

Fed's Actions Create 'Hope-Filled Bulls' and 'Irresolute Bears' - Elliott Wave

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Fed's Actions Create 'Hope-Filled Bulls' and 'Irresolute Bears'
Elliott Wave
... that his latest effort to revive the American economy has taken on a name previously used for a 40-year-old cruise ship that no longer sails — QE2. ...

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Friday Rant: Welcome to the Fourth Branch of Government -- The Fed - Spend Matters

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Friday Rant: Welcome to the Fourth Branch of Government -- The Fed
Spend Matters
... "[Thanks to the Fed] we've just embarked on something called QE2, with the association of its name (a cruise ship on vacation) a cruel joke. ...

Good Ship QE2 Has Set Sail, Course Set for Japan Circa 1995 - Minyanville.com

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Good Ship QE2 Has Set Sail, Course Set for Japan Circa 1995
Minyanville.com
I wanted to take a bit of time before weighing in on the Fed's QE2 because I knew there was going to be a lot of noise and very little signal. ...

Fund investors in a hurry to worry - Middle East North Africa Financial Network

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Fund investors in a hurry to worry
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
... setting sail with QE2 — or a second round of “quantitative easing” policies, for those more aware of the famous ocean liner than economic jargon. ...

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