Bruce Krasting's blog
What's Up With These Trust Funds?
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/12/2013 18:32 -0500I think that FERS and MRS are adding to the Debt Owed to the Public in a significant way.
CBO - The Coming Raid on Social Security
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/10/2013 11:30 -0500Some interesting footnotes in a CBO report.
4 Contrarian Views
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/08/2013 15:01 -0500The forecast for me is 12-18 inches. I'm hoping it pushes three feet.... Some odds and ends:
On The Money
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/06/2013 11:20 -0500There will be some talk, but there will be no action.
CBO - Everything Is Going To Be Really-Really Great!
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/05/2013 16:42 -0500Everything is going to be on easy street....Chicken in every pot.
The President Shoots??
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/02/2013 21:55 -0500I used to hold onto my option for the last shot in the hope of the elusive double. It was showboating, but one time I hit it, and it was (almost) better than sex. (I was maybe 19 at the time)
On Laundering Black Money - And Gold?
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/02/2013 09:12 -0500Do the "deciders" in the globe want to enrich those that are now parking hot money in gold? "No" is the answer.
Stocks and Capital Flight - Old and New
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/30/2013 13:06 -0500The “tipping point” occurs at about the time when the local stock market returns fall below the currency depreciation.
HLF Data -&- FX Confusion
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/28/2013 19:45 -0500Icahn was just blowing smoke.
Cane the Bankers?
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/28/2013 11:02 -0500A billion folks in the west would be quietly applauding....
Obama - "End Football!"
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/27/2013 16:56 -0500"There's something deeply American about the violence of this sport."
To the Fed - Defer this!
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/26/2013 12:53 -0500The fact that this report exists, confirms to me that some Fed members are increasingly uncomfortable with those risks.
Dis & Dat
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/24/2013 16:43 -0500
The market gets smoked for 1/4 Trillion in a single name, and we're trading at the highs. Go figure.


