April 20, 2012
A Curious Arbitrage
by Asher B. Edelman An interesting fight looms in Congress. The Tea Party lead Republicans are fighting to double the interest rates on student loans to 6.8%. The Treasury (U.S….
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April 19, 2012
AGHAST – A Four Year Review of Musings and Musings on the Present
by Asher B. Edelman April 8, 2008 I said the financial system would need at least 100 times the $30 billion advertised by the Fed as the ultimate need to…
March 29, 2012
Mary Abbott: A Wake Up Call
Unwrapping the paintings for our “Abstraction” exhibition, I had a shock or at least a wonderful surprise. I called to my associates and said, “Wow, who of you managed to…
January 20, 2012
Greece: Voluntary or Involuntary – Default is a Given!
by Asher B. Edelman In April of 2010 I wrote my first note about Greece in which I suggested that €30 billion would not solve or even impact the Greek…
December 08, 2011
Deutschland Über Alles
by Asher B. Edelman – I don’t think so! In the last one hundred years Germany has made two attempts to own, control and dominate Europe. Each has been repulsed….
November 15, 2011
Evicted
Dear Friends, Today the Occupy Wall Street protesters were evicted from Zuccotti Park. Regardless of one’s political or economic persuasions, this act will be seen as having been cavalier and…
November 04, 2011
A less than equitable arrangement
Dear Friends, Yesterday I received a document by email from an old friend and partner, that I’m going to make available here. As most of you, if not all, maintain…
October 30, 2011
YEA!
YEA! Yea for Europe (we hope)! On October 27 the European community announced the “solution” to sovereign debt and European banking. Some issues were left a bit unclear such as:…
October 24, 2011
Optimistic
by Asher B. Edelman I am optimistic for the economic and social outlook for the United States! During the next four or five years we will, once again, shift into…
October 04, 2011
Dexia (One Bank)
Dexia (described as in a state of “gripping liquidity strains”; otherwise “insolvent” might be the appropriate adjective), has a plan to sell to the French and Belgian taxpayers $238.9 billion…
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