Comments on: Showdown With the Bond Vigilantes http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/ Economic News, Markets Commentary, Gold, Oil and Investing Strategies. Sun, 27 May 2012 09:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lost & Found http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-17172 Lost & Found Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:19:34 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-17172 "But let’s stick with our vigilantes for a while. Inflation would cause them to lose money. More importantly, it would cause them to lose face." I guess you meant to say, they would lose faith, not face, bummer. “But let’s stick with our vigilantes for a while. Inflation would cause them to lose money. More importantly, it would cause them to lose face.”
I guess you meant to say, they would lose faith, not face, bummer.

]]> By: i.knoknot http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-17151 i.knoknot Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:35:24 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-17151 are people really saving? i'm hearing contrary perspectives on that. curious what your take is, mr. bonner tnx are people really saving? i’m hearing contrary perspectives on that. curious what your take is, mr. bonner

tnx

]]> By: Bernard Downey http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-17061 Bernard Downey Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:54:19 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-17061 The Chinese have quantatively eased to the tune of 4 trillion (2 trillion on infrastructure and 2 trillion bubbling shares and property). This nullifies the US/UK monetary expansion and maintains currency parity. Our Chinese friends have got it sussed. The Chinese have quantatively eased to the tune of 4 trillion (2 trillion on infrastructure and 2 trillion bubbling shares and property). This nullifies the US/UK monetary expansion and maintains currency parity. Our Chinese friends have got it sussed.

]]> By: Patrick P. http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-17051 Patrick P. Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:09:34 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-17051 "...come down like Round-Up on those green shoots of recovery." Someone should publish an encyclopedia of Bill Bonner similes. “…come down like Round-Up on those green shoots of recovery.”

Someone should publish an encyclopedia of Bill Bonner similes.

]]> By: lainvestorgirl http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-17009 lainvestorgirl Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:55:43 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-17009 "But at least their mission is clear: to convince the world of two things at the same time…both impossible and mutually exclusive! The Chinese vigilantes must believe that the feds won’t undermine the dollar…and the rest of the world must believe that they will!" Pretty sweet quote, there, too. “But at least their mission is clear: to convince the world of two things at the same time…both impossible and mutually exclusive! The Chinese vigilantes must believe that the feds won’t undermine the dollar…and the rest of the world must believe that they will!”

Pretty sweet quote, there, too.

]]> By: Jake http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-17008 Jake Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:31:06 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-17008 This article was a Tour Du Force. Tells the whole tale of how we got here, and what our "betters" are "doing about it" - all in a brief, breezy piece. Well done. "destined for hackdom almost from the day he was born." I LOVE that. This article was a Tour Du Force. Tells the whole tale of how we got here, and what our “betters” are “doing about it” – all in a brief, breezy piece. Well done.

“destined for hackdom almost from the day he was born.”

I LOVE that.

]]> By: sierra http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-16997 sierra Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:52:02 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-16997 "He must have had his fingers crossed behind his back. At this stage, what other kind of demand is there? Are factories being built? Are they hiring? Are consumers borrowing and spending more? As we pointed out yesterday, private demand has collapsed …and it’s likely to collapse even more." This is the heart of the matter..... I too avoided the "market" except for CD's; and at least have not lost my nest egg (yet, but it could happen in a "grander catastrophe of epic proportions). With the Fed feeding the "system" the wherewithall to purchase its securities it is the grandest ponzi scheme of all time. Good article, Bill...... “He must have had his fingers crossed behind his back. At this stage, what other kind of demand is there? Are factories being built? Are they hiring? Are consumers borrowing and spending more? As we pointed out yesterday, private demand has collapsed …and it’s likely to collapse even more.”

This is the heart of the matter…..

I too avoided the “market” except for CD’s; and at least have not lost my nest egg (yet, but it could happen in a “grander catastrophe of epic proportions).

With the Fed feeding the “system” the wherewithall to purchase its securities it is the grandest ponzi scheme of all time.

Good article, Bill……

]]> By: lainvestorgirl http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-16960 lainvestorgirl Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:55:20 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-16960 Great article. We are really seeing this in Los Angeles, every day a new store gets shuttered. We even have a shopping center in an upscale area of Sherman Oaks where two out of the three major tenants, KB Toys and Linens N Things, are gone. All that is left is Ross Dress for Less. A major black eye for the neighborhood. Great article. We are really seeing this in Los Angeles, every day a new store gets shuttered. We even have a shopping center in an upscale area of Sherman Oaks where two out of the three major tenants, KB Toys and Linens N Things, are gone. All that is left is Ross Dress for Less. A major black eye for the neighborhood.

]]> By: Kurt http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-16936 Kurt Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:27:58 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-16936 During the last 25 years or so we shipped the manufacturing lured by the slave labor abroad. During the next 25 years we will bring back the manufacturing lured by the slave labor at home. I guess, we will prove that Adam Smith’s comparative advantages theory is still valid. During the last 25 years or so we shipped the manufacturing lured by the slave labor abroad. During the next 25 years we will bring back the manufacturing lured by the slave labor at home. I guess, we will prove that Adam Smith’s comparative advantages theory is still valid.

]]> By: Bloomer http://dailyreckoning.com/showdown-with-the-bond-vigilantes/#comment-16925 Bloomer Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:50:02 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=17549#comment-16925 One thing that could help us through this recession (depression?) is if the fat cat CEO's took a paycut. Companies looking for money to reinvest or pay down debt, should look at the bloated salaries of the Guys in the board room. As an investor, I bailed on stocks years ago because of the way these White Collared Scammers were bleeding companies dry. Ironically, I saved myself huge loses in doing so. One thing that could help us through this recession (depression?) is if the fat cat CEO’s took a paycut. Companies looking for money to reinvest or pay down debt, should look at the bloated salaries of the Guys in the board room. As an investor, I bailed on stocks years ago because of the way these White Collared Scammers were bleeding companies dry. Ironically, I saved myself huge loses in doing so.

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