Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented 5B stimulus plan yesterday, divided into two-thirds spending and one-third tax cuts. Virtually everyone in the country would be affected by the package: 95% of workers would get a 0 tax cut or ,000 cut for working couples; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June [...]

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Hard Assets Investor submits:
By Brad Zigler
Real-time Inflation Indicator (per annum): 8.7%
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Market Folly submits:
This is the Third Quarter 2008 edition of our ongoing hedge fund portfolio tracking series. Before reading this update, make sure you check out the preface to the series we’re doing on Hedge Fund 13F filings here.
The other funds we’ve already covered include:
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David Hunkar submits:
Day after day we are bombarded with stories about the recession, job losses, the TARP bailout program, companies going bankrupt, store closures, etc. In times like these it is tough to take a step back and try to understand where we are and what should happen in order to get ourselves out [...]

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Macro Man submits:
Every time the ECB meets, you can count on two things:

Jean-Claude Trichet will come close to dislocating his shoulder as he pats himself on the back, and
A cohort of Macro Man’s readers will spring to his defense.

Yesterday proved to be no exception. Macro Man is finding it difficult to escape the notion [...]

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