Tag Archives: Palestine

A run on BNP, Europe’s Financial Collapse begins in earnest

9/22/2011 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… While it was a rough day for equity markets everywhere, in light of what is occurring, they (the markets) were amazingly resilient. A testimony to how fast the monetary spigots at the … Continue reading

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A taste of Autumn, Greece remains on the hot seat, the US budgets to end wars?

9/19/2011 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… We’ve had our first taste of autumn here in the Pacific Northwest. We found ourselves strangely welcoming the overcast sky and constant humidity. It is the type of weather that is pleasant … Continue reading

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We’d like our gold now, Chavez Calling JP Morgan’s bluff? Bank Stocks Tanking, as Palestine flares up on cue

8/18/2011 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… It is 66 degrees on a mid-August afternoon in Portland. As a banker friend of ours put it, “we hope you are enjoying the mild winter.” The truth is, were it not … Continue reading

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Oh My, The Giant Snowball is now Rolling Down Hill, can the Central Banks Stop it?

8/8/2011 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… Oh my. Two words, four meager characters, made famous by Jesse “The Body” Ventura during his ringside blow by blow commentary in the glory days of the WWF (circa 1986). These words, … Continue reading

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Bernanke fires up the Helicopters and Precious Metals Blast off!

7/13/2011 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… Today Bernanke went before the US Congress and gently laid down the gauntlet. If Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling soon (by August 2nd, we are told), it could have catastrophic … Continue reading

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Greece to exit Euro and Palestine to take Center Stage

5/25/2011 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… If the events of the past week have not convinced you that there has been a permanent, fundamental change in the financial markets, perhaps nothing will. As much as the numbers seem … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Haj

The Haj By Leon Uris Originally published in 1984 by Doubleday We read the Haj for one reason and one reason only. After the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, we attended a dinner with our … Continue reading

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