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The Room 3/10/08
Dear Fellow Global Adventurers,This past week I came across worthy comments from Dr. Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report in which he comments that, by continuing to cut interest rates,...
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The Room 4/7/08
Dear Readers,This week finds me writing from Room 2218 of the infamous Jekyll Island Club. The hotel's adjective comes from a secret meeting held here in 1910 involving some of America's most powerful...
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The Room 4/14/08
Written: April 11, 2008Dear Readers,No question about it, we humans like to keep things simple. And no wonder; if the world is anything, it is chaotic.And so we look for our philosophy in un-taxing...
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The Room 4/29/08
Written: April 25, 2008Dear Reader,What an interesting week! Having been a single parent for two weeks, with the kids on spring break for the second of those, I have attained a whole new level of...
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The Room 09/12/2008
September 12, 2008Dear Readers,In today’s “special” edition of the Room, I want to go somewhat beyond the latest news and observations on same. Instead, I want to discuss the big picture as it relates...
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The Room 09/19/2008
September 19, 2008Dear Readers,Hi, I am Olivier Garret, this week’s editor of The Room. What a rough week out there. My mind wanders as I drive at a crawl (I am not known to be a patient driver) behind...
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The Room - 10/24/2008
Dear Readers,I have woken in the pre-dawn to find our direst predictions coming true, with global stock markets taking yet another pounding and U.S. stock futures limit down. Serving as a proxy for the...
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The Room - 01/23/09
January 23, 2009 Dear Readers, Like a runaway train, the crisis is heading at breakneck speed down the hill and towards the next sharp turn. Though we are reasonably sure about the ultimate destination...
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The Room – 02/20/2009
Dear Reader, We’re going to be flying low and fast in this weekly scan of the landscape in the quest for items that are “important,” as opposed to “merely interesting.” At the top of the list of what...
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The Room – 03/16/2009
Dear Reader,This week I tripped over an old musical favorite, I'm Your Captain, by Grand Funk Railroad, which is what I'm listening to as I begin this weekly missive. While the song has a little rust...
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The Room – 03/20/2009
Dear Reader,I worry I shall disappoint you today. After all, how can mere words, pecked out awkwardly on a shaky airplane table, adequately communicate all that has occurred this week?As regular...
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The Room – 04/03/2009
Dear Readers, In the March 6, 2009 edition of this missive/blog/column/whatever you want to call it, I listed three "Desperate Measures" the U.S. government might turn to next in its futile attempt to...
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