How to value equities: put on the beer goggles and start buying.

Investors are drunk–drunk on liquidity. And like a drunken fraternity boy who brings home the fattest woman at the bar, investors will wake up soon to find themselves attached to something too big to manage and a legendary hangover.

Who owns America? How is foreign ownership of U.S. Treasuries and other securities trending?

A summary of foreign ownership of American securities. Includes graphs of the top ten holders of U.S. Treasuries, Net foreign acquisition of U.S. Treasuries over the past several years, and the net acquisition of U.S. Treasuries as a percentage of net foreign acquisition of U.S.

10 Clichés to live by

They won't make you the most interesting conversationalist, but these simple rules will save you a lot of headaches and heartaches. Be it exercising humility by avoiding trivial confrontations or conserving money and resources, these tenets are where it's at in the long run.

Top Ten bizarre Google search terms that bring people here

A list of the 10 most bizarre Google searches that have brought visitors to my site (according to Google Analytics). Number 1 is "Britney's exposed vulva." See the rest.

The mirage of wealth—How Americans' credit-acquired "stuff" only makes them feel rich

Debt, money in the bank, equities —intangibles hardly have the same effect on perception that material goods have. Thus, accumulation of goods makes Americans feel rich while their mounting debt hardly has the effect that it should.

Fiat flaws; Why I love gold and why you should too--gold is the best retainer of value

Old people have seen the value of the dollar fall throughout their lives.

2007 U.S. - China economic relationship is like late 1920s Britain - U.S. relationship; global recession to follow?

A look at the currency manipulation game in which surplus countries prop up the dollar by reinvesting surpluses back into the United States while depressing their own currencies for a potential trade advantage.

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