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Mid-Week Reality Check: Inaugural Edition

Published: January 16, 2008 | 7:13 PM

Michael Pento

Listen in to greenfaucet's newest podcast, with the high profile Senior Market Strategist from Delta Global Advisors, Michael Pento. During each week's 5-minute rant, the host will find the most ridiculous news or quote from the world of economics, then make sense of it for you. Are you an Austrian-school economic thinker? Do you like gold? Concerned about inflation? Listen in-- Pento's your man!

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Fed Lunacy

Published: January 23, 2008 | 9:38 PM

Michael Pento

Emergency rate cuts from the Federal Reserve? Aren't ultra-low interest rates what helped get us into this mess in the first place? And now a bailout for muni insurers? Listen in as Michael Pento rails against the insanity!

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Housing

Published: January 30, 2008 | 8:19 PM

Michael Pento

How can pundits claim that housing has bottomed, as some have done recently? Listen to Michael Pento this week as he exposes the numbers behind such nonsense. He also tells why the Fed's rate cutting campaign represents poor policy, but cannot be ignored by investors. Don't fight the Fed, he reminds us.

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Undeniable Inflation

Published: February 13, 2008 | 10:45 PM

Michael Pento

Listen in to Green Faucet's newest podcast, with the high profile Senior Market Strategist from Delta Global Advisors, Michael Pento. This week, the host talks about bond yields and questions whether they signal the all-clear on inflation. He also just wrote a similar article discussing inflation-- check it out!

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Black Hole for Consumers

Published: February 20, 2008 | 6:46 PM

Michael Pento

Listen in to Green Faucet's newest podcast, with the high profile Senior Market Strategist from Delta Global Advisors, Michael Pento. This week, the host tells why interest rate cuts are not the cure for what ails our economy today... five minutes of sanity in an insane financial world!

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Food Inflation

Published: February 27, 2008 | 8:24 PM

Michael Pento

Listen in to to another edition for five minutes of sanity in an insane financial world with the high profile Senior Market Strategist from Delta Global Advisors. After returning from last week's USDA conference on agriculture, Michael tells why he's still bullish on agricultural commodities, a theme he also touched on in a recent article.

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Mid-Week Reality Check: the CRB

Published: March 05, 2008 | 5:34 PM

Michael Pento

Listen in to to another edition for five minutes of sanity in an insane financial world with the high profile Senior Market Strategist from Delta Global Advisors. This week, Pento highlights the interesting divergence between commodity prices and bond yields and tells why it's unsustainable.  He argues that despite their current run, commodities aren't in a bubble-- bonds are!

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Credit Crisis Misconceptions

Published: March 12, 2008 | 6:12 PM

Michael Pento

Listen to another compelling segment with high-profile Senior Market Strategist Michael Pento from Delta Global Advisors. This week, Pento talks about some of the misconceptions regarding the current credit crisis, which areas are truly affected, and the potentially adverse affects of the Fed’s relentless flood of liquidity.  Will Fed action mitigate the further price erosion of major asset classes without unleashing inflation? 

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Hedging Against Fed Policy

Published: March 19, 2008 | 6:28 PM

Michael Pento

Listen to another informative segment with high-profile Senior Market Strategist Michael Pento from Delta Global Advisors.  This week, Pento talks about the Government's excessive printing of money and reliance on foreign investment to stabilize the U.S. economy.  Michael provides a convincing hypothesis on how this strategy is inflationary, and provides a roadmap on how to protect your assets during these difficult economic times.

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Mid-Week Reality Check: What to do Now with Gold & Commodities

Published: March 26, 2008 | 2:42 PM

Michael Pento

Listen to another eye-opening segment with high-profile Senior Market Strategist Michael Pento from Delta Global Advisors.  This week, Pento talks about the pundit's current view on gold and commodities and whether or not as an investor you should take note. 

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Mid-Week Reality Check: TIPS are Poor Hedges Against Inflation

Published: April 02, 2008 | 3:19 PM

Michael Pento

Listen to another terrific segment with high-profile Senior Market Strategist Michael Pento from Delta Global Advisors.  This week, Pento talks about how Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (TIPS) are not the best tool to protect against real inflation.  What is the best way to hedge against true inflation?  Find out here.

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Following Zimbabwe's Path

Published: April 09, 2008 | 3:16 PM

Michael Pento

Listen to another thought provoking episode of the Mid-Week Reality Check. This week Michael Pento draws a correlation between the Zimbabwe model of monetary policy and the current path of the U.S. Federal Reserve.  Will the Fed manufacture hyperinflation down the road?  Get Michael's take here.

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Bubble in Ag?

Published: April 16, 2008 | 2:01 PM

Michael Pento

Listen to another timely episode of the Mid-Week Reality Check. This week Michael Pento addresses the popular media consensus of a bubble in Agriculture. The real question is does a condition of oversupply exist in the Ag commodities market? See what Michael thinks here.

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Danger!!! Falling Dollar

Published: April 23, 2008 | 6:38 PM

Michael Pento

Listen to another solid episode of the Mid-Week Reality Check. This week Michael Pento reflects on his latest television appearance and discusses the potential catastrophe surrounding the U.S. dollar.  Is Pento happy with our plummeting currency?  Find out here.

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Stop Cutting Rates!

Published: April 30, 2008 | 6:30 PM

Michael Pento

Listen to another compelling episode of the Mid-Week Reality Check. This week Michael Pento addresses the latest Fed decision to reduce interest rates and ponders the plight of the U.S. Dollar.  Does Pento think the Fed can save our currency?  Find out here.

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Mid-Week Reality Check: Getting Real With GDP

Published: May 07, 2008 | 7:21 PM

Michael Pento

Listen to another eye-opening episode of the Mid-Week Reality Check.  This week Michael Pento addresses the fallacies behind the calculation for GDP.  Does Pento think U.S. GDP is actually significantly lower?  Find out here.

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