By: Elizabeth Kraus

While our focuses are derailed with more debt crises in Ireland and Portugal, Spain’s massive economic struggle, the 5th biggest in the European Union, and the fourth biggest in the Eurozone, its bailout fund now set up to help Greece and Ireland may be too small for Spain. How does this affect us in the US, and how the QE2 affects the Eurozone…is quite an interesting topic.

All the benefits of QE2 listed in the media, such as jobs, diluting U.S. debt owned by foreigners, can not be matching one potential benefit that I do not read in the media. That as the diluted dollar floods EU, it makes debt owned by Greek, Ireland, Portugal, Spain etc., denominated in EUR, more expensive to pay. That brings those nations to a new crisis, threatens the survival of EUR and European Union (EU,) an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe and committed to regional integration around the world. Read More→

By: Elizabeth Kraus

If you read your headline that reads, “According to the US Government, there is no inflation,” the lead line should read: “The US Government, which has substantial amounts of debt tied to the CPI rate, and which is known to lie about this as well as numerous other factors affecting the public, has calculated the CPI without regard to what is really going on in the world.” Cause indeed, the closing line should read: “They think you are stupid.” (This should always be your closing line when mentioning the government,) says Henry Blodget this morning. Gary Shilling adding, that house prices will drop another 20%. Read More→

By: Elizabeth Kraus

Yes! Now that you have an additional hour of sunlight, and lots of greenbacks flying off the printers, let’s clarify what does that mean. But, firstly, so there will be no more tenuous connection between reality and you, let’s unveil that part of your senses that might still be in a bit of a foggish confusion shall we? Read More→

By: Elizabeth Kraus

My instinct tells me, my opinion is quite on the money…I mean gold! The problem with QE is, that, the original concept was conceived before [wink*wink*] (link) the ‘powers that be’ [aka in this case - led by Helicopter Ben] were aware of the rampant fraud in the system they were trying to save. Read More→

By: Elizabeth Kraus

Ben is probably pleased with the ratchet up in gold. He not only wants to boost inflation, he wants to increase expectations on inflation. And with that, gold will score even higher marks. And if the housing is unraveled, banks will need a fig leaf to hide behind so they can ‘legitimately’ stop the foreclosure avalanche. If they don’t, housing values will slide precipitously and banks will become even more obviously insolvent, then it will become much more difficult for the government to downplay the enormity of this crisis, and then, public confidence will nosedive with respect to this Ponzi scheme we call our economy. Read More→

By: Elizabeth Kraus

As the Fed is expected to commence quantitative easing again, the issue is so contentious, that most of us feel it’s simply a re-arranging of the deck chairs on the Titanic that will not solve the problem on hand…Who will be the survivors?

Quantitative Easing in this economic crypt will only serve to prop up asset prices and trash our currency. So watch and learn how to ride high with gold at Regal Assets, as the QE2 will continue to fail for the reason that this is a balance sheet recession. Things will not turn around until the average John Public have money to start spending again.

It sort of goes like this: Say you own a store that sells apples, you can keep adding more and more apples onto your shelves until your store is completely buried in apples that will soon rot. So how can it improve your economy unless people come into your store and actually start buying apples? It’s not rocket science, but logistics. Why would anyone in their right mind think the QE2 will work, when the QE1 failed miserably adding to housing glut, higher unemployment, and issues of unsustainable debt…is beyond me. Read More→

By: Elizabeth Kraus

Are there no other considerations – other than throwing around enough free bread and circuses to avoid outright rebellion, while devaluing the dollar another 20%?

If this is the week that supposedly will change the history of America, than there is a lotto chip that does not belong. The more I read, the more I study, the more I see nobody really knows anything! “The data, cooked and contrived as it is, gives no definitive answer.” For the bulls, the economy is mending, for the bears the economy is taking on water and bound to sink like the Titanic. Most of us are clueless what the elections a few days away will bring about, so were all guessing, which way Bernanke is guessing? Read More→

By Elizabeth Kraus

While I think November 2nd will have as much effect of solving the problem as taking a placebo, and that it will make people feel good about themselves having “taken action,” once it becomes obvious that the placebo has had no effect on the disease, people will only become angrier and they may even realize they have been played (an optimist dream).

So, where does your dream go?…What is the golden hook to permit us to reach our goals?…Except for adopting and making choices that will shape the future we want without feeling powerlessness, we need to be persistent, going toward our goals to survive, despite environmental suppressors and deviators. Read More→