The Real World of Money – Andrew Gause 2012.04.04

The Recipe for Growth: Consume Less Than You Produce

Topics:
-It’s not a good idea to lend the USG your money for 30 years at 3.4%
-Recycling existing MBS is QE 3 “like” and if it quacks like a duck, it’s a duck
-Andy and Patrick revisit the 2007-08 drama and the outward signs and ‘Beginnings’ of The Great Recession. You decide after the first half hour of the show if this whole thing was and is a controlled demolition – just like
building seven.
-Is Gordon Gekko a mystic?
-Mark to market, what it means and why it matters
-Who is Arthur Burns and why do we care? Hint: Fed Chariman during the Nixon years. He kept a secret diary…oops
-The velocity of money. Andy is the only one talking about it
-88% of American’s pay their mortgage on time
-Why and how did the Fed give back to the Treasury 75 billion dollars for last year?
-Buying a home? Owner finance may work
-How the O’bama workout program works. Do you qualify?
-Housing update from Andy
-Are you planning to live a long time? Do you have enough money?
-Why pay taxes?
-The BRIC update
-The magic of the dollar supremacy?
-Using an LLC and your gold for an IRA tax deduction
-Is the velvet glove coming off of the iron fist?

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