tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post4667335199859777941..comments2024-03-17T07:55:12.096-07:00Comments on FOFOA: Open ForumFOFOAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-53083804888607307462009-04-13T14:17:00.000-07:002009-04-13T14:17:00.000-07:00Thanks for the Friedman Mundell debate. I will cer...Thanks for the Friedman Mundell debate. I will certainly read that.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Cerckel uses a lot of referencing in his writings. Very scholarly. It is not necessary for blog posts (links to articles maybe) actually, but what he does is proper for a peer-review paper. It would normally tell you that he is used to publish in professional journals, but I couldnt find anything published by him onalek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-12353536445024516842009-04-13T13:01:00.000-07:002009-04-13T13:01:00.000-07:00Hi Alek,Ivo Cerckel is very studied on Keynesianis...Hi Alek,<BR/><BR/>Ivo Cerckel is very studied on Keynesianism. Check out <A HREF="http://bphouse.com/honest_money/2009/04/03/ecb-and-g20-opt-for-thalidomide-keynesianism/" REL="nofollow">his blog</A>. He footnotes everything and there are some good works in there. Also see his comments. They are mostly his own comments expanding on the posts. Here is a sample of his footnotes on KeynesianismFOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-78462352811237586522009-04-13T12:42:00.000-07:002009-04-13T12:42:00.000-07:00The following are some older comments on Martin Ar...The following are some older comments on Martin Armstrong from <A HREF="http://www.contrahour.com/contrahour/martin-armstrong/" REL="nofollow">Contrahour</A> that I thought were interesting:<BR/><BR/><I>July 12, 2006<BR/><BR/>The model was first published a couple of decades ago but was used to forecast the 1980-81 peak in inflation in the late 1970's. It is known as the Princeton Economic's 'FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-23334534564289081372009-04-13T12:37:00.000-07:002009-04-13T12:37:00.000-07:00Hi FOFOA and others,Its a loong weekend, today her...Hi FOFOA and others,<BR/><BR/>Its a loong weekend, today here it is a holiday as well. Didnt have too much time to post and I didnt have much to say anyway...<BR/><BR/>Sinclair sent a statement as a reply to the Barron's article earlier today (prolly sent over the weekend). <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Tanzanian-Royalty-CEO-bw-14908734.html" REL="nofollow">Tanzanian Royalty alek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-64640493176785500232009-04-12T22:11:00.000-07:002009-04-12T22:11:00.000-07:00alek_a,Dear Comrades In Golden Arms,Many of you ha...alek_a,<BR/><BR/><B>Dear Comrades In Golden Arms,</B><BR/><BR/>Many of you have wrote in asking about the Barron's Financial Weekly article that mentioned me over the weekend. My official reply has been posted on the Chairman's Corner section of the appropriate corporate site. <BR/><BR/>While many of you do not have any particular relationship to my corporate interests, comparing the Barron's FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-55637438239402567202009-04-12T16:21:00.000-07:002009-04-12T16:21:00.000-07:00Alek,Hehe... I had already written this when you p...Alek,<BR/><BR/>Hehe... I had already written this when you posted...<BR/><BR/>That article you quoted "from last Thursday" is actually from Aug. 9, 2007, just five days after <A HREF="http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2007/08/cramer-pleads-f.html" REL="nofollow">Jim Cramer screamed</A> for a rate cut live on TV. That was the opening round of the subprime crisis.<BR/><BR/>But it shows that FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-40235948747216446882009-04-12T16:13:00.000-07:002009-04-12T16:13:00.000-07:00BTW, the link I posted is from 1.5 years ago and n...BTW, the link I posted is from 1.5 years ago and not last Thursday. <BR/><BR/>But the meaning stays.alek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-91639119020191276292009-04-12T16:03:00.000-07:002009-04-12T16:03:00.000-07:00Something related to the ZeroHedge posts. This is ...Something related to the ZeroHedge posts. This is from last Thursday.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/liquidation-big-portfolio-triggers-turmoil/story.aspx?guid=%7B9562090F-2CC0-4EE2-ACBF-2688F60061DA%7D" REL="nofollow">Big liquidation triggers hedge-fund turmoil<BR/>Some compare upheaval to LTCM collapse; market-neutral funds are hit hard</A><BR/><BR/><I>Black Mesa alek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-13974449085712138872009-04-12T15:41:00.000-07:002009-04-12T15:41:00.000-07:00Unrelated, but maybe still somehow connected.Sincl...Unrelated, but maybe still somehow connected.<BR/><BR/>Sinclair's company (Tanzanian Royalty), of which I posess a very modest amount of shares - the only ones I have BTW, has been very negatively reviewed by an industry news publication: Barron's.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1235449520090412" REL="nofollow">Tanzanian Royalty: No gold, where's the value? alek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-8001761866931022272009-04-12T15:38:00.000-07:002009-04-12T15:38:00.000-07:00More on Martin Armstrong:http://www.moneyweek.com/...More on Martin Armstrong:<BR/><BR/>http://www.moneyweek.com/news-and-charts/economics/why-the-us-rate-cut-is-good-news-for-gold.aspx<BR/><BR/>The mother of all market calls<BR/><BR/>I was planning to make this next item the main feature of today’s piece, but it got upstaged by yesterday’s rate cut.<BR/><BR/>Some of you will remember the brutal sell-off in the stock markets on February 27th last Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-85128088328002004392009-04-12T11:26:00.000-07:002009-04-12T11:26:00.000-07:00Check out this screencap of people who found this ...Check out <A HREF="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cvdgPlEKW9k/SeIwvazkJ5I/AAAAAAAAAY8/H4aGFjoygY4/s1600-h/MAStats.JPG" REL="nofollow">this screencap</A> of people who found this blog from a Google search of Martin Armstrong, April 19th. This is from the last 7 days.FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-73804073778182648852009-04-12T09:26:00.000-07:002009-04-12T09:26:00.000-07:00Thanks for that FOFOA,Now I have a new fav bunny a...Thanks for that FOFOA,<BR/>Now I have a new fav bunny ahead of the playboy and the Easter ones,<BR/><BR/>I will give you my take on the stock market.<BR/>If you look at the valuations achieved at the low they look quite compelling if you strip out the financial earnings.<BR/>Also by Price/Sales measures stocks were cheaper than they have been in about 20 years.<BR/>By price to tangible book The Mad Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259128528077580628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-36741342150390164102009-04-12T06:46:00.000-07:002009-04-12T06:46:00.000-07:00FOFOA,Wow..you beat me to the punch with the last ...FOFOA,<BR/><BR/>Wow..you beat me to the punch with the last post. You are fast!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-74501693159980025102009-04-12T06:27:00.000-07:002009-04-12T06:27:00.000-07:00FOFOA,I ran across this interesting post about a p...FOFOA,<BR/><BR/>I ran across this interesting post about a possible black swan. Could this be the catalyst for Martin Armstrong's cycle date?<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/04/incredibly-shrinking-market-liquidity.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-60951328851010070262009-04-12T01:29:00.000-07:002009-04-12T01:29:00.000-07:00Three weeks ago I made a post at T minus one month...Three weeks ago I made a <A HREF="http://fofoa.blogspot.com/2009/03/april-19-2009.html" REL="nofollow">post</A> at T minus one month to Martin Armstrong's Economic Confidence cycle date. Today we are one week away. This is not a major cycle date, meaning a lower probability of accuracy "to the very date", so it is "give or take a week" (according to Martin). That puts us "in the zone" as of FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-84382853441443724312009-04-11T22:23:00.000-07:002009-04-11T22:23:00.000-07:00Hi FOFOA,Here is an interesting post.The Top 10 Si...Hi FOFOA,<BR/><BR/>Here is an interesting post.<BR/><BR/>The Top 10 Signs You Are Living in a Banana Republic and My Favorite $100 Billon Omelet<BR/><BR/>http://thebarricadeblog.com/2009/04/11/the-top-10-signs-you-are-living-in-a-banana-republic-and-my-favorite-100-billon-omelet/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-47322793470328846032009-04-11T18:41:00.000-07:002009-04-11T18:41:00.000-07:00LOL..That was priceless..LOL..That was priceless..The Mad Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259128528077580628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-32286708763248430632009-04-11T18:26:00.000-07:002009-04-11T18:26:00.000-07:00The Easter Bunny can create trillions of fancy mul...The Easter Bunny can create trillions of fancy multi-colored Easter eggs out of thin air with just the push of a button.<BR/><BR/>But the goose that lays the golden egg labors over each one.<BR/><BR/>(Did you notice they are Fractal eggs?)FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-91042057440547280612009-04-11T15:24:00.000-07:002009-04-11T15:24:00.000-07:00Now are those eggs shown Fiat eggs or Solid Gold a...Now are those eggs shown Fiat eggs or Solid Gold and Silver as they seem?<BR/>I heard the Easter bunny was unhappy with the demand and was planning stimulate it by creating a few out of thin air.The Mad Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259128528077580628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-81483651790359746542009-04-11T13:03:00.000-07:002009-04-11T13:03:00.000-07:00Here is a good article by Trace Mayer to start thi...Here is a good article by Trace Mayer to start things off...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.runtogold.com/2009/04/global-quantitative-easing/" REL="nofollow">Global Quantitative Easing</A><BR/><BR/>SNIP:<BR/><I>The world already has a world reserve currency of last resort: gold. Gold has a definition under the periodic table and is not the same as paper gold, derivative gold, problematic ETF GLD FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.com