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Economics | April 16th, 2011

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I am not directionally betting on his wisdom, but just like back in the dot-com bubble, there were signs…
Michael David Rubin

Odd that in a basically intelligent discussion of inflation, its nature as a reduction of the buying power of money seemed to be off limits.
Likewise, the comments about inflation targets ignores the basic aspect of unsecured debt.
Hmm…
Is nomimal vs. real value of currency a taboo?
Interesting observation about solid, non-sexy office buildings, though.
Might be worth putting together a small reit via private placement, growing it, then on to an IPO when everything else crashes – and, of course, contriving some profitable insider trading for same.
(Just kidding, if SEC is listening.)

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Michael Covel serves as president of Trend Following™, a privately owned research firm. His trend following books include The Little Book of Trading (2011), Trend Commandments (2011), The Complete TurtleTrader (2009, 2007; bestseller), and the classic Trend Following (2009, 2007, 2005, 2004; bestseller). Covel's books have been translated into 10+ languages. His first film, a documentary, is Broke: The New American Dream (2009). Learn why.

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