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Ian Mathias

Ian Mathias is managing editor of The 5 Min. Forecast. We discovered Ian working as a full time rock climbing guide and writing on the side. As it turns out, markets and global economics can be extreme too… at least enough to keep him around. Since working for Agora Financial, respected media outlets including Forbes.com, the Associated Press, Yahoo, and MSN Money have syndicated his writing. He received his BA from Loyola College in Maryland and is currently studying writing at the graduate level.

  1. 5 Min. Forecast

    10.2% Unemployment, Fannie Mae Gets Worse, The Danger of Cash and More! • November 6, 2009

    Unemployment scene gets worse by all measures… The 5, John Williams share favorite job metrics. It’s possible — Fannie Mae gets even worse… more big losses, another bailout and a new foreclosure scheme. Commercial real estate poll sees no recovery till 2011… Dan Amoss’ CRE forecast, below
    Market wavers, but should you sell? Marc Faber on the dangers of fleeing to cash. Plus, gold hits another record… why $1,100 is more interesting than $1,090…
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  2. 5 Min. Forecast

    Extend and Pretend, Understanding The Fed, Biometric IDs and More! • November 5, 2009

    “Extend and pretend” enters public sector… Senate bumps homebuyer credit, unemployment insurance. Rob Parenteau on the Fed’s real objective: Keeping you in stocks. Greg Guenthner with a big government build-up and an emerging tech… all in one! Another sign of the times… M-I-C, K-E-Y moves to C-H-I-N-A……Read more…

  3. Daily Reckoning

    Uncle Sam Plays “Extend and Pretend” • November 5, 2009

    “Extend and pretend” will go down as one of the famous financial phrases of 2009. It has permeated the commercial real estate business… instead of realizing the loss on a bad loan, bankers are “extending” the terms and “pretending” the borrower will be able to pay in another week, month or year. In more poetic …Read more…

  4. Daily Reckoning

    “Audit the Fed” Gets “Gutted” • November 5, 2009

    “There’s nothing left, it’s been gutted,” Ron Paul laments, offering our last bit today. Unfortunately, he’s referring to HR1207, the “Audit the Fed” bill he’s been championing this year. According to Paul, Mel Watt (chairman of the House Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology) took out “just about everything” when preparing the bill for …Read more…

  5. Daily Reckoning

    Everyone Loves Gold… Time to Sell? • November 4, 2009

    Gold gained yet another powerful ally yesterday — hedge fund icon Paul Tudor Jones. The man who famously called Black Monday in 1987 and the Nikkei crash a few years later now thinks “gold appears to be cheap.” In a note to his investors, Tudor said, “I have never been a gold bug. It is …Read more…