Bob Prechter Points Out The Many Signs Of Deflation

Posted by Web Editor on February 19, 2010 under Articles | Be the First to Comment

Yes, You Heard Us Right
February 18, 2010

By Nico Isaac

Everywhere you look, the mainstream financial experts are pinning on their “WIN 2″ buttons in a show of solidarity against what they see as the number one threat to the U.S. economy: Whip Inflation Now.

There’s just one problem: They’re primed to fight the wrong enemy. Fact is, despite ten rate cuts by the Federal Reserve Board to record low levels plus $13 trillion (and counting) in government bailout money over the past three years — the Demand For and Availability Of credit is plunging. Without a borrower or lender, the massive supply of debt LOSES value, bringing down every exposed investment like one long, toppling row of dominoes.

This is the condition known as Deflation.

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Discover The Top 100 U.S Banks

Posted by Web Editor on November 22, 2009 under Articles | Be the First to Comment

The FDIC Anesthesia Is Wearing Off

By Robert Prechter

The following article is an excerpt from Robert Prechter’s Elliott Wave Theorist. For more information from Robert Prechter on bank safety, download his free report, Discover the Top 100 Safest U.S. Banks.

Perhaps the single greatest reason for the unbridled expansion of credit over the past 50 years is the existence of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, another government-sponsored enterprise created by Congress. The coming rush of bank failures is an outcome made inevitable the very day that Congress created the FDIC. The reason is that the creation of the FDIC allowed savers to believe that their deposits at banks are “insured” against loss.

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