good reading - Thriftville and Squanderville Realities -  Our generation’s greatest investor and thinker Warren Buffett came up with these names in an article in Fortune magazine October of 2003. The names depict a scenario in which Warren Buffett foresaw the current crisis we are encountering. -  Capitalinvestor1836 Blog

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Is Mortgage Rate Behavior Back to Normal? -  The Fed decreased its target rate by another 75 basis points last week. Along with interest rate cuts, are the Federal Reserve’s other innovative programs having their intended effects? Initial results point to yes. -  CreditUnions.com

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Chart du Jour: Credit Cards by Country via Froeign Policy - Paul Kedrosky  -  Infectious Greed

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Bernanke’s quiet skipper m