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Frederick Sheehan

Frederick Sheehan is the author of Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession (McGraw-Hill, 2009). He is the co-author of Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve.

Mr. Sheehan was Director of Asset Allocation Services at John Hancock Financial Services in Boston. In this capacity, he set investment policy and asset allocation for institutional pension plans. For more than a decade, Mr. Sheehan wrote the monthly "Market Outlook" and quarterly "Market Review" for clients.

He is a frequent contributor to Marc Faber's "Gloom, Boom & Doom Report." He also has written articles for "Whiskey & Gunpowder" and the Prudent Bear website, among others. He currently serves as an advisor to an investment firm and a non-profit foundation.

A Chartered Financial Analyst, Mr. Sheehan is a graduate of Columbia Business School.

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Frederick Sheehan's Latest Articles | 45

Markets Vanish – “In a Flash”

Jan 9, 2012| 

What follows is the same warning broadcast in January 2011. In his January 6, 2012, Credit Bubble Bulletin, Doug Noland discussed the same topic: “The ’08... Read »

Volatility Lurks

Dec 28, 2011| 

The European Union is putting its money where its mouth is. Never taking the slightest blame for euro woes, its New York employees are moving to new offices at 666... Read »

U.S. Exposure to Europe – Unknowns Unknowns

Dec 16, 2011| 

[T]here are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But... Read »

The Rotten Heart of Europe

Dec 9, 2011| 

To Americans, European problems may seem as remote as they did in 1939. There is a good chance, though, that the crumbling financial structure will not be “contained”... Read »

An Absolute Zero

Sep 27, 2011| 

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded a two-day meeting by initiating “Operation Twist.” The FOMC’s press release explained:... Read »

The Greatest Flaw of the “Gold in a Bubble” Chorus

Sep 18, 2011| 

The prices of gold and silver shares are derived from the price of their reference metals. The referral method has gone astray, akin to a renegade ETF. Osiris Investment... Read »

Harvard Deconstructed: The Taming of the Zoo

Aug 31, 2011| 

The Atlantic magazine has illustrated the unsustainable growth of student debt in the chart below. In David Indiviglio’s August, 18, 2011, article, “Student... Read »

S&P Downgrade a Harbinger of Changing Times

Aug 14, 2011| 

Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the United States Treasury Department is a harbinger of changing times. The institutional mind has been trained to operate... Read »

“Do you Think Bernanke is J.P. Morgan?”

Aug 2, 2011| 3

On July 13, 2011, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke was questioned by members of the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy. Chairman... Read »

Central Falls Leads the Field

Jul 18, 2011| 

Despite the band aids, the trend towards insolvency continues. Central Falls has reached a dead end. Applications are manifold. Central Falls, Rhode Island faces... Read »

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