Jack the Pipper

Some of you may not know this … but this week is Climate Week. The goal is to spread the word about climate change and the importance of enacting climate change legislation that addresses key problems associated with man-made global warming.

The British pound, relative to the euro or the Australian dollar, has traded heavy over the last two months.

Maybe some of you have been receiving the same email I have been getting; it says the market will crash sometime between Thursday, September 17th and Monday, September 28th.

It’s turning out to be a long September down a one-way street for the buck. The decisions of investors who’ve jumped in on stocks and risky assets are being validated by three things

My father in-law, the family gold bug, makes sure I know that gold is going up, in case I haven’t noticed. He’s loaded to the gunnels with gold and silver (no bomb shelter yet that I know of).

France’s per capita GDP is roughly 14% lower than per capita GDP in the US. But that’s only a mirage … and only factors in economic figures, rather than the actual mood of those who make up the economy.

It may at times be a cozy symbiotic relationship that has been beneficial for the US; especially as it relates to the US consumer getting increasingly higher quality and very inexpensive goods from China–that does increase domestic purchasing power.

A very astute member of Black Swan services pointed out the latest growing divergence between the bond price action the last couple of days, and the dollar…The question: What does it mean?

Boy, you know it’s bad when the UN gets into the act and people actually take them seriously.

In an article by Wolfgang Munchau appearing on Eurointelligence.com, the case is made that Europe (particularly the Eurozone) will experience a withering pace of growth during the recovery phase of this global economic crisis.