Charts and Pictures, What Do They Mean?

Charts and Pictures?

No BS Weekly Update 7/23/2012

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Charts and Pictures

As you know the Reames Financial Half-Time Report Webinar is tomorrow evening at 7:00 PM. If you haven't signed up yet you can do so by clicking this link.

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As we look to the second half of 2012 it is important that we take an honest look at where we've been and what things look like going forward. Not the way we want them to be but the way they actually are. You may recall that I've written in the past about Rational Expectations. That is what we will be discussing.

Many times you can get insights from charts that you are not going to get from the written word. Let me show you some of the charts we will be discussing tomorrow night. First we'll look at some charts of the market.

Not sure what all this means? Then join us tomorrow night and we will explain it.
Next we'll look at Unemployment.

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There is some really interesting data hidden in these charts. We'll talk about it tomorrow night.

Now let's take a look at Real Estate.

As we've said repeatedly in the past, there's no chance of a real sustainable recovery until real estate reaches a true bottom and begins to heal. Have we reached that point yet? Instead of answering that question, let me ask a question in response. If we were actually in a sustained recovery, would the Fed be talking about QE3?

Fed looks at third round of easing

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The most interesting thing about this article is the following paragraph:

"The Fed is also researching whether the Bank of England's new "funding for lending" scheme could be applied in the US. That work remains at an early stage and is a long way from becoming a policy option for the FOMC."

It concerns me a bit that the Fed is considering something that in their own words is a "scheme", as a potential policy tool. On the other hand, as the Fed themselves have said, they are almost out of arrows.

As you can see from this chart, the Fed is becoming less effective with each policy response.

And finally the gift that keeps on giving, Europe!

If you'd like to know what all of these charts mean and how they could affect your financial future, then please join us tomorrow night for the Reames Financial Half-Time Report Webinar at 7:00 PM. If you haven't signed up yet all you have to do is click on the link below!

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Until next week , Protect Your Wealth!

Sincerely,

Adult fiction ebooks outsold hardcovers in 2011-survey (Reuters)

RF: Wow, another whole industry that is undergoing drastic changes because of technology. I've got to admit that I prefer ebooks in a lot of cases.

Fed's Bernanke: 'We Don't See a Double-Dip Recession'(Reuters)

RF: Well isn't that comforting. He didn't see the first one either, until it was already here!

New-New Gettysburg Address(The Big Picture)

RF: This is too funny!

NY Times: US Considering Criminal Charges in Libor Case(Reuters)

RF: LOL. The Feds couldn't find their way to pressing many criminal cases against US banks for the financial crisis but look how fast they are to jump on a British bank over the Libor scandal.

As I've written before, the Feds have a real conflict of interest in deciding whether or not to charge US banks. On the one hand there were many things that I think should have been prosecuted but weren't in the US. I think that the main reason for that was that the government couldn't afford to have the banks look any weaker than they already are so they didn't prosecute.

China eases taxes for foreign companies(The Financial Times)

RF: Isn't this interesting. While the discussion in this country is raise taxes, especially on the rich, Communist China is lowering taxes for the express purpose of making China more attractive to foreighn investors. I find that a bit ironic!

Laughter

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