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Strategies & Market Trends : The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: bart13 who wrote (76689)12/27/2006 1:01:02 AM
From: regli  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 110194
 
"Its sure not a pretty sight, both as of 2004 and also implications wise."

I am actually pondering the household income depicted in the second chart. It looks to me like the top 10% really know how to avoid taxes, as based on these figures, wealth does not result in corresponding income...



To: bart13 who wrote (76689)12/27/2006 8:29:57 AM
From: russwinter  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110194
 
Just in a little footnote about the Fed permanent account. They bought $10.1 billion in Treasury Index Protection securities (TIPS) this year, a new trend, and I'd say starts the process of distorting TIPs spreads as an indicator.