video: Kyle Bass’ best investment ideas - Posted by Prieur du Plessis - Investment Postcards From Capetown
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tim1  Low Interest Rates and Leading Indicators - Tim Iacono - Not having looked at the innards of the Conference Board’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators in quite some time, it came as something of a surprise to see just how big a role the Federal Reserve’s freakishly low short-term interest rates are now playing in putting a positive spin on what the future holds for the U.S. economy. - The Mess That Greenspan Made
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Sales Tax Rates Across the U.S. - Tim Iacono - The graphic below from this CNN/Money story should make clear one of the many reasons why, in recent years, we have moved from California to Oregon and then on to Montana.  - The Mess That Greenspan Made

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(perils of ZIRP) Debt’s Deadly Grip - By GRETCHEN MORGENSON - ... Todd E. Petzel, chief investment officer at Offit Capital Advisors, a private wealth management concern, characterizes the Fed’s interest rate policy as an invisible tax that costs savers and investors roughly $350 billion a year. This tax is stifling consumption, Mr. Petzel argues, and is pushing investors to reach for yields in riskier securities that they wouldn’t otherwise go near. ... - NY Times
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How We Get Through This Mess - by John Mauldin - Thoughts from the Frontline Weekly :
How We Get Through
"Where Is My V-Shaped Recovery?"
We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us
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(has videos) Even Tony Robbins Is Warning That An Economic Collapse Is Coming - ... Those familiar with Tony Robbins know that he always goes out of his way to stress the positive, so if even he is openly warning the public about a coming economic nightmare than you know that things are starting to get really, really bad out there. ... - Economic Collapse Blog

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(Street Layoffs Coming?)   Hiring Spree Gets Long in the Tooth - By LIZ RAPPAPORT And CARRICK MOLLENKAMP - Wall Street employees about to return from the summer doldrums have something new to worry about: their jobs.  The weak economy, volatile markets, regulatory upheaval and changes in how traders and investment bankers are paid are starting to trigger job cuts that could reverse a recent rebound in overall employment levels at banks and securities firms.-  WSJ Business