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LOA-Today: Hosts Walt Thiessen and Uohna June Thiessen explore the Law of Attraction as it applies in our every day lives.
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Thursday Sep 13, 2012
Thursday Sep 13, 2012
The Fed meets today to decide what action they will take to revive the economy. Most of Wall Street and the investment world expects some kind of stimulus, and this has been reflected in recent market gains of commodities and precious metals. What will they decide to do, and what will it accomplish? Find out on today's show.
Thursday Sep 06, 2012
Thursday Sep 06, 2012
The LIBOR scandal continues to simmer behind the scenes. We will take a look at a curious opinion piece on the subject, plus an article that discusses two different forms of manipulation that likely took place.
Thursday Aug 30, 2012
Thursday Aug 30, 2012
Financial markets actually awaited the words of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke today. The guys report on what he had to say. Plus 200 Ron Paul delegates walked out of the Republican convention en masse yesterday, but the media didn't even take notice. What does this portend for the future of the Republican Party?
Thursday Aug 09, 2012
Thursday Aug 09, 2012
Ben Bernanke says that economists need to come up with something else besides GDP to measure the pain and suffering felt by the average person. Is Big Ben turning over a new leaf?
Thursday Aug 02, 2012
Thursday Aug 02, 2012
The LIBOR manipulation scandal is making waves, and the waves keep getting bigger. This week, a former Morgan Stanley trader wrote in an op-ed piece at The Financial Times that LIBOR manipulation has been going on since at least 1991!
Thursday Jul 26, 2012
Thursday Jul 26, 2012
Will a four-year probe of potential price manipulation in the silver market may be completed in September? That's what U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Bart Chilton said this week. Also, Britain recession looks much worse than originally thought. The guys discuss on today's show.
Thursday Jul 19, 2012
Thursday Jul 19, 2012
This week marked the last confrontation between Ron Paul and Ben Bernanke. When Bernanke testified before the U.S. House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee, he said that passage of the bill into law would create a "nightmare scenario". Bernanke said, "There's a lot of evidence that an independent central bank that makes decisions based strictly on economic considerations and not based on political pressure will deliver lower inflation and better economic results in the longer term." But what does the evidence really show? The guys discuss this in today's show.
Thursday Jul 12, 2012
Thursday Jul 12, 2012
TODAY on The Freedom News Hour - Surviving Meltdown, the European Central Bank stopped paying an interest at all on overnight deposits by member banks. Overnight deposits plummeted. Does this mean that lending will pick up?
Thursday Jul 05, 2012
Thursday Jun 28, 2012
Thursday Jun 28, 2012
The secret LIBOR investigations are back in the news this week, as Barclay's Bank settles with U.S. and U.K. regulators for a whopping $453 million...but is this really a large penalty? Meanwhile, 28 banks in Spain get downgraded by Moody's, and Spain's short-term debt triples in one month. What are the ramifications? The guys discuss this and a whole lot more in today's show.