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12 Nov

Change In Direction

What happened to the Bibb? Where are the posts? How come all of the witty commentary is gone? How could you do this to me...here's how.

Nov 12th, 2009 - James Bibbings
2 Oct

Yes We Can't

Praise the Lord Chicago didn't win the Olympics

Oct 2nd, 2009 - James Bibbings
2 Oct

I Agree With Gene

Today as you probably know the IOC will announce whether or not Chicago has won the 2016 Olympic Bid. Being from Chicago I’m praying we don’t.

Oct 2nd, 2009 - James Bibbings
16 Sep

It's Over...

The recession is not over...not even close. US Government You Lie and here is why, it's called mathematics

Sep 16th, 2009 - James Bibbings
16 Sep

This Ain't the Highlife

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Sep 16th, 2009 - James Bibbings
14 Sep

US Treasury Department, Citigroup; You lie!

As of a few moments ago Bloomberg broke a story suggesting that the US government would be selling off its stake in Citigroup stock. As much as I’m for the US Government and Taxpayer getting away from any of our illegitimate TARP children, Bloomberg’s story is just off.

Sep 14th, 2009 - James Bibbings
10 Sep

GDP Manipulation? You Should Consider Getting Short

And then…Presto! Just like magic through stimulus and some fancy footwork the economy begins to look like it is improving, but is it really? Knowing that stimulus money must eventually run out, that the number of American’s out of work continues to grow, that Europe’s unemployment is at 10 year highs, and that some Asian countries are starting to falter how can we believe this? We shouldn’t and through our knowledge of that we should be looking for opportunities to capitalize on the bear market rally’s turn around.

Sep 10th, 2009 - James Bibbings
9 Sep

The Bibb's Back

I'm back...well sort of

Sep 9th, 2009 - James Bibbings
6 Sep

It's Over...

The recession is not over...not even close...it's impossible for it to be over and here's why

Sep 6th, 2009 - James Bibbings
27 Aug

FDIC Shuttered, Move Along Nothing to See Here Folks

The entire program should be banished along with the Federal Reserve as both create moral hazard and distort economic reality. As we will continue to see the FDIC is a tremendous burden to tax payers and on the whole we all pay for its existence.

Aug 27th, 2009 - James Bibbings
19 Aug

The Three Biggest Mistakes New CTAs Make

I was asked to put this article together for a managed futures publication on common regulatory mistakes made by Commodity Trading Advisors. It should be circulating as of Monday and is a good resource if you want to become a commodities trader. It is featured in it's entirety in the managed futures section of CNC on the main page.

Aug 19th, 2009 - James Bibbings
18 Aug

Guest Article

A guest piece from Doug Casey, Founder and president of Casey Research.

Aug 18th, 2009 - James Bibbings
18 Aug

Must Watch Clip

If you like my writing and trust my opinions this is a must watch clip

Aug 18th, 2009 - James Bibbings
14 Aug

Just So We're Clear

A subtle reminder in case you forgot...

Aug 14th, 2009 - James Bibbings
12 Aug

What the Heck is That?

Does anybody know what this is?

Aug 12th, 2009 - James Bibbings
11 Aug

From Nobel To Peasant, Krugman Should Lose Prize

All in all, I vote for Paul Krugman losing his Nobel Peace prize in Economic Science because he clearly has no idea what he’s talking about. Things are not fixed Paul!

Aug 11th, 2009 - James Bibbings
7 Aug

How to Trade When The Government Controls Investment

Since the government’s only goal was to capture more control of the “well being” equation (also known as GDP) they saw an opportunity in our failing banks. By taking control of the banks they effectively took control of gross investment and they did so as quickly as they possibly could.

Aug 7th, 2009 - James Bibbings
6 Aug

Buy Agri Food Stocks Then; Start Eating

During the great recession there have been ups and downs, ins and outs, tons of tears and very little rejoicing. So rather than being held down what can we do about it? I suggest we buy agricultural food stocks and then start eating.

Aug 6th, 2009 - James Bibbings
5 Aug

Trading Bond Auctions

Something I dug up on my walk around the web today.

Aug 5th, 2009 - James Bibbings
4 Aug

GDP Fallacy, Do Governments Willfully Mislead People?

GDP is a poor way to measure a nation’s well being because it does not take into consideration how or why money is spent in a country to propel GDP...economic or personal well being is almost never improved by government spending.

Aug 4th, 2009 - James Bibbings

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