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Kurt Richebächer

Dr. Kurt Richebächer followed world currency and credit markets for nearly 60 years. A trusted voice of sanity in the midst of financial chaos, many analysts and commentators depended on his keen insights and research; and so he founded The Richebächer Letter. Beginning in 1998, he made a series of economic predictions that came true with startling accuracy. He predicted the collapse of Brazil’s currency, the real, in the late 1990s. He warned that the stock market was overheating in January 2000 - just before the major indexes fell sharply from their highs. And he foresaw the U.S. dollar’s sharp fall against the euro. On Aug. 24, 2007, he passed away at the age of 88.

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    When The Roof Caves In • September 13, 2007

    “About fifteen months ago, I spent two days with Dr. Richebächer, soliciting his views about the debt-heavy U.S. economy and its booming housing market,” writes Eric Fry to his Rude Awakening readers this morning. “We sat on a balcony in Cannes, France, discussing the probable fate of the American housing market. The balcony belonged to …Read more…

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    An Unprecedented Speculative Spree • March 20, 2007

    The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: Last year set new records everywhere: records in stock prices, records in mergers and acquisitions, records in private equity deals, record-low spreads, record-low volatility. Manifestly, there is not the slightest check on borrowing for financial speculation. Dr. Richebächer wonders, what can stop this speculative binge? Read on… AN UNPRECEDENTED SPECULATIVE SPREE …Read more…

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    Corporate America to the Rescue? • February 1, 2007

    The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: The Good Doctor is back – and still wondering why our friends at the Fed seem to think that the U.S. economy is “sound” – even though all the signs seem to be saying otherwise. Read on… CORPORATE AMERICA TO THE RESCUE? With some consternation, we have been reading that Fed …Read more…

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    Monetary Anarchy • December 13, 2006

    The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: It is an old wisdom that the scale of the boom excesses essentially determines the severity of the following process of economic and financial readjustment. But what will the coming correction hold for the U.S. economy after the fall of the housing market? Dr. Richebächer explores… MONETARY ANARCHY The encouragement of …Read more…

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    Suicidal Trade Deficit • November 14, 2006

    The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: Looking into 2007, the greatest uncertainty is whether the U.S. housing bubble will end in a hard or a soft landing. A bust would have severe adverse implications for the world economy, given that the U.S. economy has been the key engine of global economic growth in recent years. Dr. Richebacher …Read more…

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    Restructuring the U.S. Economy – Downward • October 26, 2006

    The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: After yesterday’s announcement that the Fed will not be raising rates for the third straight month, everyone assumes it’s because the economy is in such great shape. But Dr. Richebächer recommends that Americans remove the rose-colored glasses to see the U.S. economy for what it really is… RESTRUCTURING THE U.S. ECONOMY- …Read more…

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