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I don't see many people talk about how the global economy has changed what it means to hold a regular middle class job. With the whole world...
Not sure if this fed's twist will do any good, I mean he is just lowering the already historic low long term rate by just a little bit more. Ok...
I would say trust is a form of inheritance, and not just the wealthy uses them, plenty of middle class family do as well.
Not a bad way to spend some of their trillions of foreign reserve, also not a bad idea to pick up a few more oil ETF shares.
Raising tax rate on Buffet is something I do agree with, but to use it as one of the main talking points on deficit reduction is misleading. Its...
Like I said, its a good talking point. :rolleyes:
Tax on millionaires makes a good talking point, but it does very little to actually reduce the deficit. This is all about getting re-elected....
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No, for structured products, I consider issuance by the primary dealers the primary market, once they have been issued and sold to initial...
OK its semantics, you were talking about investors of CMOs, as far as securities market for CMOs and such, freddie is in the primary issuer market...
No, in primary market are the dealers which markets and issues the securities (fannie and freddie work with all the primary dealers to issue...
Huh? Fannie and Freddie do play in the primary market, they work with all the primary dealers to issue agency papers, which pretty much is the...
Neah, just tax changes impacts different groups of people. Raising top income tax rate back to 39.5% is not going to affect billionaires like...
So a trillion dollar of government debt (again at inflated price, might just be worth 700 billion sitting on banks' book) has the same effect on...
It went on Fed's balance sheet, again where did the Fed get the money to buy it?
A trillion asset at inflated price so the proceeds can be loaned out by the banks. Major, do you honestly believe adding a trillion to fed's...
Borrowing and printing money are two different things done by two systems. Borrowing is done by the Treasury through auction of government...
Now you are pulling semantics, monetary base is one of ways to measure money supply, are you saying Fed increased monetary base but kept the money...
No he is not PHYSICALLY printing paper money, but he did print lots of money electronically, not a hard concept to understand. And yes he did...
I know what he said, its actually pretty amusing he can hold a straight face while saying that. So helicopter ben, where did the money come from...
