Recent Articles from Arthur Polner
Is a trade war in our future?
“He’ll sit here, and he’ll say, ‘Do this! Do That!’ and nothing will happen…”-Harry Truman on Dwight Eisenhower A lot has happened since I penned the last Cerebral Override. No surprises, but big things. The Fed announced that they would begin Quantitative Easing, Round 2 (QE2). The Republicans gained control of the U.S. House of […]
Bernanke and Econ 101
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”Yogi Berra One of the basic principles of economics is that if a price is lowered, demand will increase. Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, Ben Bernanke, was an economics professor at Princeton prior to joining the Fed. By utilizing quantitative easing, […]
Calling in the economic marines
At first glance there appears to be a large amount of confusion regarding the capital markets. After an awful August performance; September so far has been very positive. Even though Buffalo Springfield is confused, I think I can shed some light on what’s happening here. In a nut shell, in 2007 and 2008 people and […]