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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting take on U.S. treasuries as an investment.  (HT zerohedge).  Chris Pavese over at Zero Hedge provides a contrarian view to the common wisdom that the government printing presses will spawn massive inflation.  Chris argues that with our increasingly large debt burden, relatively small increases in yields will substantially increase the cost of servicing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speciousriches.com&amp;blog=5209741&amp;post=460&amp;subd=speciousriches&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following this for a while and even started a blog post about it back in the fall. This is just the latest in a string of examples of what happens when those in government bow to the kiss the ring of the &#8220;all-knowing&#8221; power brokers on Wall Street. The stock market will fix [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speciousriches.com&amp;blog=5209741&amp;post=450&amp;subd=speciousriches&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Boston Globe has an article about a subject I reported on earlier.  With the economy in tatters and the stock market plunging, college endowments have taken a serious hit at just the time when families are in need of greater financial assistance.  This is placing a great deal of pressure on even the wealthiest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speciousriches.com&amp;blog=5209741&amp;post=442&amp;subd=speciousriches&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update on the Fed&#8217;s $123 billion in emergency lending to AIG. For those intrigued by my credit default swap post, there is a good article in yesterday&#8217;s New York Times. The article asks, &#8220;where are the funds being lent to AIG by the Fed going within the company&#8221; The American International Group is rapidly running [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speciousriches.com&amp;blog=5209741&amp;post=400&amp;subd=speciousriches&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[How the Credit Crisis Will Make it Easier for Rich Kids to Get Into Their College of Choice You may have heard that a male student interested in the humanities has a better chance of being accepted to a prestigious liberal arts college than a comparably qualified female candidate. How about the tale of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speciousriches.com&amp;blog=5209741&amp;post=368&amp;subd=speciousriches&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credit Default Swaps – A Primer A credit default swap is a type of credit derivative. Credit derivatives “derive” their value from an underlying credit instrument; generally the bonds of sovereign nations or the bonds of a corporate entity. In recent years, credit derivatives have been created that are based obligations rather than entities; one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speciousriches.com&amp;blog=5209741&amp;post=299&amp;subd=speciousriches&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nouriel Roubini&#8217;s Predictions get Freaky</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote about Professor Nouriel Roubini&#8217;s predictions for continued stress in the U.S. economy. Roubini is predicting a prolonged recession lasting two years or longer. While I was writing, Roubini was in London predicting wide-spread market panic that would require a suspension of trading and temporary closure of the markets. (Video) and (Article) Panic, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speciousriches.com&amp;blog=5209741&amp;post=285&amp;subd=speciousriches&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and McCain &#8211; Where do they Stand on Immigration Reform?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could be forgiven if you don&#8217;t know where the candidates stand on immigration. With the financial market meltdown in full swing and a full-blown media circus surrounding $150,000 shopping sprees and fair-weather fans, the press hasn&#8217;t had much time to talk about immigration. The Brookings Institution has published this fact sheet comparing the candidate&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speciousriches.com&amp;blog=5209741&amp;post=188&amp;subd=speciousriches&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recession Will be Three Times Deeper than Recent Ones &#8211; NYU Economist Nouriel Roubini&#8217;s Grim Economic Outlook</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worst is still ahead&#8230; Nouriel Roubini, (aka Dr. Doom), has been amazingly prescient with his accurate predictions of how the credit crisis would unfold. He spoke at an NYU-Stern School of Business Panel last week and predicted the financial-market meltdown would trigger a prolonged recession lasting 18-24 months and quite possibly more. He said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speciousriches.com&amp;blog=5209741&amp;post=233&amp;subd=speciousriches&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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