Economics and Investing:

Jim W. sent a link to some analysis of the recent jump in the 10 Year Treasury rate: The Nightmare Scenario

Gold-Bashing Mythology Hits New Crescendo. (Commentary by Jeff Nielson.)

Marc Faber: People With Assets Are All Doomed

The News, the Spin, and the Reality of the FOMC Meeting

No great surprise: Maryland, Virginia, D.C. escaped government spending cuts. (The D.C. Beltway’s deeply entrenched bureaucratic aristocracy rarely suffers.)

Items from The Economatrix:

Retirement Shortfall May Top $14 Trillion

Peter Schiff:  Fed Is Trying To Ref late A Phony Economy

Also from Peter Schiff:  “Vicious” Gold Rally Coming