Category Archives: Collapse 2012

MF Global Collapse Update – March 2012

Posted on March 24, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 274 words, 0.5 to 1 minute If you have financial investments especially through American brokerages, you better read this. The bankruptcy of MF Global, a major global financial broker is another step in the collapse of the global … Continue reading →

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Greek Default, Credit Event or Maybe Not

Posted on March 10, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 1500 words, 3.5 to 6 minutes Greece is in the news again. Ho, hum! We hear that Greece suffered a “restructuring credit event’ yesterday. Or, maybe not! The blogosphere is all atwitter with Greece being in default. Let’s … Continue reading →

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Time to panic about the Canadian housing market

Posted on February 29, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 1280 words, 3 to 5 minutes “Time to panic about the Canadian housing market” is the by-line Macleans magazine uses in their article “You’re about to get burned” in its latest issue. You’ll notice they don’t use a … Continue reading →

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Canada Collapse – Update Feb 19, 2012

Posted on February 19, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 2650 words, 6 to 10 minutes Well that didn’t take very long! No sooner do I post a grim forecast CANADA COLLAPSING on Canada’s economic future Sunday, Feb. 12 when the news catches up and passes me a … Continue reading →

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Canada Collapsing

Posted on February 12, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 5,000 words, 12 to 20 minutes excluding graphs Global financial contagion has begun to infect Canada and it is becoming more evident in many different areas: 1) Increasing Unemployment 2) Bursting housing bubble 3) GDP falling 4) Debt … Continue reading →

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U.S. Election year SPIN in High Gear – Part 2 – Employment

Posted on February 4, 2012 by gerold

The U.S. employment news last week appeared very positive. However, there’s good news and bad news. There are a lot of charts in this report. Being a statistics freak, I love charts because they bring dry numbers to life. However, … Continue reading →

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Baltic Dry Index Crash Alert

Posted on January 24, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 1,642 words, 4 to 7 minutes Regular readers know that one of the important gauges I rely on is the Baltic Dry Index to forecast the health of the global economy. The Baltic Dry Index tracks world-wide shipping … Continue reading →

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US Election Year SPIN in High Gear

Posted on January 15, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 1,520 words, 4 to 6 minutes We face an onslaught of spin, hype & propaganda entering the U.S. election year circus. Put on your skeptical hats because “Everything is Wonderful” is being drilled into our heads. Last week’s … Continue reading →

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