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Greenspan Plays Crypt Keeper for Council on Foreign Relations

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Alan Greenspan spoke today at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and he is not exactly the biggest bull.  On the stimulus, the crypt keeper says the obvious: it is not working as well as expected.  He even argued  that government stimulus has crowded out private investment.

Elsewhere, Greenspan noted that it will take another year or so to reduce the housing inventory overhang.  The surge in corporate profits is not helping investment levels. Greenspan believes that the most effective stimulus today would be rising stock prices.

This seems to be a shift, but Greenspan is saying he would support higher taxes to lower government deficits.  He also concurs with Warren Buffett because he said that the chances of a double dip recession are heading lower.

Greenspan has also noted that the price surge in gold is a worry for currency markets, and gold is still the ultimate means of payment.

The saga continues…

JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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