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Shiller: Stocks Better Investment Than Homes

 

 

 

(CNBC)....Housing will not be an "exciting market" over the next five years and investors would do better to put money into stocks, Yale Economics Professor Robert Shiller told CNBC on Monday.

Debt to Tax ratio chart

 

 

A great chart posted on Zero Hedge site depicting the ratio of total sovereign debt to tax revenues.   

February 11, 2013 Flash Report

 

 

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Pimco’s El-Erian: "Japan Must Stick With Stimulus"

 

 

 

(Bloomberg)...Japan’s government has to follow through with plans for stimulus spending, monetary easing and a doubled inflation target to sustain a weakened yen, said Mohamed El-Erian, co-chief investment officer of bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co.

Investor sentiment reaching extremes

 

 

 

February 3, 2013 Flash Report

 

 

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Bill Gross: Be very afraid of the markets

 

 

(CNNMoney)...Bond guru and Pimco managing director Bill Gross isn't buying into the bull market. In fact, he's warning investors to be afraid, be very afraid, of how inflation and the flood of cheap money will affect all investments.

Feldstein: New Payroll Tax to hit GDP

Martin Feldstein, Harvard University economics professor, gives his outlook for jobs and economic growth in 2013, and explains why he believes the Fed’s policies are dangerous. If video does not display in your browser Click Here

France 'totally bankrupt', says labour minister Michel Sapin

 

 

(The Telegragh)...France's labour minister sent the country into a state of shock on Monday after he described the nation as “totally bankrupt”.

Michel Sapin made the gaffe in a radio interview, which left French President Francois Hollande battling to undo the potential reputational damage.

Iceland's President's advice for Europe: "Let banks go bankrupt."