http://www.tfmsbos.com/cms/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=27Steven Carhart, every Tuesday morning, on The Financial Consultants on WBIXen-us© copyright 2012 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:19:29 -0400Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:19:29 -0400phpPodCaster v. 0.5 New perspectives on the nature and duration of the current economic crisis Elections and the financial markets Pirate Report: Pittsburgh Pirates management plunders fans, make off with booty. More on Tax Reform...by listener demand! Practical steps for investors Pirate report: Pittsburgh Pirates leave fans marooned, make off with booty!Highlights of the tax dilemma Alternatives to the current tax situation Pirate Report: US Courts trying to figure out what a pirate is!Employment declines: what does it mean? The Republican party splits on paying for tax cuts Pirate Report: Did Google and Verizon just hijack the internet?Telling us what we already knew: last week's GDP report The Republican party splits on paying for tax cuts Pirate report: Prominent website promotes letters of marque for Somali Pirates!A potential turn in the US stock market Investors thought they were done with the politics of reform, but... Pirate Report: Tony Hayward walks the plankFurther thoughts on life without stimulus Policy options after financial reform Pirate Report: Goldman Sachs avoids a hanging!Inflation, deflation, who's got the 'flation? Next steps for the federal government Pirate Report: All Star A-Rod absconds with as much booty as the entire Pittsburgh Pirates team!Welcome to the world without stimulus Government policies that make sense Pirate Report: JP Morgan sails away from regulation!Long Periods of Boredom Punctuated by Instants of Sheer Terror Borrowing for stimulus vs. budget cutting to limit debt Pirate Report: Is Jamie Dimon taking JP Morgan international to become too big to fail?China: Short and Long Term What Ever Happened to Financial Services Reform? Pirate Report: BP CEO Hayward's yacht sighted off Isle of WightWhat is going to happen to BP? What are the markets saying this spring? Pirate report: Banksters attempt to plunder financial reform in legislative conferenceSlowdown watch: is it as bad as it seems? Home in the Range: the alternative to a market moving up or down! Pirate Report: Financial Services reform sinks beneath a wave of "reconciliation" The Other market: what's up (or down) with bonds? Market Impact of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill Pirate Report: Bin Laden envies BP's effectivenessFallout from the euro-bomb How many cheers for financial reform? Pirate Report: Harvard duped by identity pirateDo the markets even work any more? Implications of dysfunctional markets: social conflict and dissatisfaction Pirate Report: BP well blowout about to plunder Florida beaches: where will it end?A day later, what more do we know about Europe? While we were looking at Europe, what have we missed? Pirate Report: Who stole 1000 pts from the Dow on Thursday?The show begins: financial services reform on the Senate floor this week Investment outlook for the second half: sell in May and go away? Pirate Report: Goldman reportedly shorted the Gulf of MexicoMaking Sense out of Financial Services Reform Black hats, white hats, and bystanders in the Senate Pirate Report: Somali Pirates now a division of Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs and Financial Reform: The long term view Fundamentals that Matter Pirate Report: Will there be munity on the good ship Goldman?Overseas Highlights from China to Greece The worst part of income taxes Financial services reform splits the Democrats Pirate Report: Rubin and Prince face the Financial Crisis Inquiry CommissionDon't fight the tape: perspectives on the current rally Financial Reform redux: the Significance of Larry Summers Energy and Climate: What is Obama up to? High Noon for Financial Services Reform Boom-Bust Cycle Emerging in the US?Who needs Greece for a crisis when you have China? Green Shoots II: the US economy and stock market a year later Pirate Report: Is the California runaway Prius just a shakedown?Good news from several fronts Financial services reform updateEuro Crisis Update How are we doing back in the USA? Pirate Report: Goldman, other banks work both sides of the Greek crisis with credit default swaps!Update on the "jobs" issue Financial Markets Fireworks: Federal Reserve Discount Rate and ECB Greek dilemma Pirate Report: Goldman/Greece scandal catches up with Mario Draghi's candidacy to head European Central BankFinancial Crisis in Europe Reforms or their lack in the US Pirate Report: Goldman Sachs Greece Republican Voices on our Financial Future China and Greece: Bookends to the Market Correction Pirate Report: Sen. John Shelby holds nominations hostage for pork!Straight talk on the federal budget What happens next with the economy? Pirate report: Microsoft provides security patches to Windows pirates!Stuff Hits the Fan: Politics takes the market down last week Questions for Senator Brown as a proxy for the Republican Party Pirate Report: Goldman sacks the bonus pool in favor of shareholders!What comes after health care in the political economic debate How can investors assess risks to the stock market uptrend in 2010? Pirate Report: Somali pirates fight over record ransom for oil tanker!Friday's "bad" employment number Looking forward to the political economy of 2010 Pirate Report: German Pirate Party goes naked to airport screening to protest full body scans!New Year's Outlook: Off to a Good Start Economic Politics of 2010: Jobs and Blame Pirate Report: Special Master Feinberg breaks new ground setting pay of TARP bankers according to NY Times. Good bye health care reform, hello financial services reform! Predictions for 2010 Pirate Report: Incidents rise in Somalia this year despite patrols!I suppose we have to talk about health care... Investment Surprises lurking at yearendIs Obama making a play for the emerging debtor majority? Investment outlook for yearend and 2010 Pirate Report: International Criminal Court stumbling toward jurisdiction?It's the jobs, stupid! Who will lead the emerging political majority of the debtor class? Pirate Report: They got another tanker!Much Ado About Nothing: Stagflation Redux Pitchforks for Geitner: who cares about health care? Pirate Report: Nicholas Cage visits Somali Pirates!Reflecting on the End of the Recession Deficits, debt, and inflation: Real and Imaginary Risks Pirate report: Latest study shows file sharing pirates buy more music than non pirates!Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror:the seeds of next year's market Potential investment shift next year Pirate Report: Family builds Halloween pirate ship as memorial to departed Dad.A quiet week ahead of earnings...anyone bored? What's the catch? Commodities Pirate Report: Galleon Group walks the plank on inside information piracy!Thinking about the federal deficit and debt: Fear, fact, and fiction Investment applications: what to do with a declining dollar Pirate Report: Somali Pirates attack French Navy flagship--guess who won?Employment outlook as bad as feared What should we be talking about instead of health care? Pirate report: Somalis are down and out; Depp may leave P of C; Pirate Party comes up big in German elections, but Google yanks Pirate Bay from search index!Revisiting the Employment outlook: more important than we think Fourth quarter stock market outlook Pirate report: Somalis are down and out; Depp may leave P of C; but Pirate Party comes up big in German elections!Assessing the summer rally Do we have to talk about health care again? Pirate Report: "Reaper" drones to control Somali Pirates...finally someone has senseAssessing the summer rally Do we have to talk about health care again? Pirate Report: "Reaper" drones to control Somali Pirates...finally someone has senseThe Bubble Recovery Do we have to talk about Health Care Again? Pirate Report: Somali Pirates in a slump...who do they think they are, the Red Sox?Cracks in the pavement: economic outlook for the second half Health care: the end game Pirate Report: The loss of the Arctic Sea. Have the Somalis hit the NorthThe recovery is real Outlook for Investors Pirate Report: The real issue in health careWhat's driving the market higher? How does this affect our view of next year? Pirate reportOnward and Upward! Looking at the market since July 10 Don't be egocentric: The rest of the world is doing much better! Pirate Report: Analysis of Economics of Piracy by Wired MagazineCrosscurrents in the economy and markets Health Care: What's the rush? Pirate Report: Goldman Sachs, the Pirates of Broad St.Looking beyond the stimulus debate: where is the US economy going long term? Economy and Markets shorter term: watching paint drySecond thoughts on "Green Shoots" Economic policy around the clock...and through the summer Pirate ReportWhat's working and what's not working Summer Stock market outlook Pirate reportIran: Good, bad, or irrelevant for investors? Financial re-regulation: half a loaf at best Pirate Update: The Pirate Party wins a seat in the European Parliament!Declaring Reflationary Victory! Picking up the pieces: after the fire department leaves!The Reflationary Vise tightens on markets & consumers Second stages of policy dilemmas emerge Pirate UpdateUnder the hood at General Motors Pirate Update Does the stock market know something or is it just nuts?Waiting for the next shoe to drop... Government led growth--or just redistribution? Long Term Growth: What does it take?Green Shoots & Stress Tests Government Interventions on the way Pirate ReportSigns the Fed may have done enough Lemon Socialism Update Pirate UpdateDo we have to talk about swine flu? Let's talk about fundamentals instead. How Strong are the Green Shoots? Pirates Everywhere! Spring Policy Outlook: Followups on economic emergency policiesBank earnings week! Some real numbers: where do we stand? Pirate Update: a new chapter The economy: Green Shoots or false spring?"Green Shoots" in the economy: is spring really here? Issues & Concerns: The Wall of Worry Pirate Update: Patrolling the Cape Cod Canal! Obama fires GM head: tough love for Detroit! Global Drama: G20 Preview The big number: employment on FridayToxic assets become "Legacy Assets": Geithner tries again! Real World Investing: Equities and the Obama budget Pirate UpdatePirates! Who needs Somalis when we have AIG! Stocks! Is this rally for real?Geithner fiddles while Citibank burns? Obama's budget in historic contextBailout Central: Will this never end? Economic outlook: Does Bernanke know something we don't? Obama's budget in historic contextTwo cheers for the stimulus! Facing up to the "N" word: Nationalization! This week's big numbers: PPI and CPI: what to look for.Unemployment and populism: blowtorch for action on stimulus TARP 2.0: Questions for Geither later today This week's big number: Trade deficit on Thursday