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Mar 30, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

Always a fun read! LOL!

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Mar 31, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

"At bottom, the core reason SVB's depositors got bailed out had little to do with morals or even financial risk," Gyauch-Lewis argued. "It happened because they had rich and powerful friends with the ear of the president's chief of staff.”

It's getting old: banking consolidation, J6 hearings, Nord Stream explosion, forced jabs, lockdowns, French pensions, it goes on - the one thing in common is that these were all unilateral decisions by a handful of leaders with virtually no pushback from government or media, and all of them contribute to the stratification of society.

Every major decision by our leadership in the last few years follows the same script of not allowing debate or resistance, and one major question remains unanswered: why? Are these just rhymes of all the other deviants and robber barons throughout history, or have we finally reached Armageddon?...

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AGREED! Price will meet affordability. Rates are NOT the primary issue here...people will stomach higher rates if they can find an affordable home. A house, is a house, is a house is NOT a casino.

that Nordstream/Biden/Iraq/Bush comment....hahahahahahahha.

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Mar 31, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

I feel like I am stuck in a perpetual Wile E Coyote moment. Don't look down!

And all the while cash is going backwards against inflation FFS. I'm gonna go play drunk knifey knifey.

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I’m not sure what to make of Blackrock - I think it was Lance Roberts who said if we don’t want the Blackrocks of the world buying up houses, the FED has to stop making it financially attractive for them. Is this an appropriate time to say Fugazi?

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"Before 2010, institutional landlords DIDN'T EXIST in the single-family-rental market; now there are 25 to 30 of them, according to Amherst Capital, a real estate investment firm." https://archive.fo/wTRBR

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Mar 30, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

That outcome is actually so bad - and having just finished The Money Masters - you can’t help but think it’s all on purpose. I’d lean toward ‘greedy opportunists’ except that The Money Masters convincingly argues control of the money and the power it brought was a long term objective. If ever there was an example of Money doesn’t make you happy it’s these rich bastards who never seem to get enough of it seemingly hoping happiness and contentment will come eventually.

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The book by Onno de Beaufort Wijnholds?

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Mar 30, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein

A documentary recommended by one of your followers when you posted about Jekyll Island. https://youtu.be/mDlnM481Gcg

The production values are dated for 1996 - given my newbie status on financial history I found it intriguing - I mean what normal person thinks much about money other than trying to earn enough ;-)

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I wish I was dictator.

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A benevolent dictator is what it would take to clean up the mess we’ve made of our country since I doubt it will ever be done via the voting booth. Those in power will always devise a way not to really surrender that power.

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