federal reserve

Kung Fu Girl Interviews Dr. Lacy Hunt: Bond Expert and Former Fed Economist

October 12, 2012
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Happy Friday! At the recent Casey Summit in Carlsbad, CA, I had the great pleasure to interview Dr. Lacy Hunt, internationally-known economist, executive vice president of Hoisington Investment Management Company (HIMCO), senior economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (yes, that Federal Reserve…), and well-known financial author and speaker. (HIMCO is a registered investment advisor [...]

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QnA Friday: Fun with the Fed

June 22, 2012
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TGIF! This marks my first week home in Michigan for the summer, and while I’m still adjusting to the time change (as are the Kung Fu Kids—they seem to want to go to sleep at 11:30pm or later…8:30pm California time!), it’s wonderful to be home and I’m writing you this missive while looking out at [...]

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Presenting the KFF Secret Decoder Ring…

June 20, 2012
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I used to love playing with secret decoder rings when I was a kid. They would come in cereal boxes and I fancied myself quite the spy, able to decipher all kinds of “secret messages” that my friends and I would make up and pass around to each other. Well, like most seemingly useless things [...]

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What Is Money? (Part 3)

February 20, 2012
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(Part 1: History of Money) (Part 2: Fractional Reserve Banking, You, John, Steve, Sarah) (QnA: Inflation) We left off on our juicy story of money with the basics of fractional reserve banking under a gold standard, using our example of you, John, Steve, and Sarah and how the banks had magically created money (currency) out [...]

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Empty Your Cup, It’s Conspiracy Theory Thursday!

October 20, 2011
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It’s not Aloha Friday yet, sigh, but it IS Conspiracy Theory Thursday! Today, we’re going to follow up on our conspiracy theory topic from last week, as we have received some timely updates from none other than the U.S. “Government Accountability Office (GAO)” and Ron Paul, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate. So let’s get right [...]

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The Book That Changed My Life

October 13, 2011
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More Mystery and Intrigue…Just What the Heck IS the “Fed”, Anyway? So I’m declaring today to be “Conspiracy Theory Thursday” and we’re going to talk about one of the biggest, juiciest conspiracy theories out there— the Federal Reserve. Just what the heck IS the Federal Reserve, anyway? Well, let’s start with what it isn’t: It’s not [...]

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