
A good explanation of the catch-22 predicament in which the US Govt.
finds itself.
This is a really simple explanation of our current banking and real estate debacle.
An Interview with distinguished Harvard historian Niall Ferguson about his book “The Ascent of Money”. A very good book covering the history of money, markets and credit.
Nowhere is the saying “those who do not know history are destined to repeat it” more apropos than in the history of the stock market.
Documentary on the history of markets, credit and today's real estate issues:
By looking to the past, Professor Ferguson has located both the roots and heart of the issues that so plague us in the 21st Century. A must watch.
A 12 minute video discussing some important aspects of High Frequency Trading and how it effects every investor. An HFT led market crash is a virtual certainty given enough time. SAPRM Systems is designed to hold up strongly and may even profit when one occurs. See video:
The great economist Milton Friedman explains the roles of banks, the Federal Reserve and gold in the Great Depression. Friedman shows us how this knowledge is relevant for us today.