During a potential market crash, it is actually a contrarien play to be bearish on the dollar, not bullish.

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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/ron-paul-on-forbes-be-prepared-for.html

Rensselaer’s Jackson Highest Paid College President, Study Says
Rensselaer, in Troy, New York, paid Jackson $1.6 million in salary and benefits in the year ending June 30, 2008, according to a survey released today by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Columbia University, in New York, paid Lee Bollinger $1.38 million. Bollinger, in sixth place, was the best paid president to lead one of the eight schools in the Ivy League.

Presidential compensation rose 6.5 percent to a median of $358,746 in fiscal 2008, according to the survey of tax data from 419 nonprofit institutions. That growth outstripped the 4.8 percent rise in the consumer price index. Median pay at the 32 biggest research universities grew 16 percent, the Washington- based Chronicle said. Some of Jackson’s compensation included deferred bonuses and other benefits, reflecting increased complexity in the pay packages, said Jeffrey Selingo, the editor.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRnEvMyqRoFw&pos=9

“Building high quality capital and mitigating pro- cyclicality: We commit to developing by end-2010 internationally agreed rules to improve both the quantity and quality of bank capital and to discourage excessive leverage. These rules will be phased in as financial conditions improve and economic recovery is assured, with the aim of implementation by end-2012. The national implementation of higher level and better quality capital requirements, counter-cyclical capital buffers, higher capital requirements for risky products and off- balance sheet activities, as elements of the Basel II Capital Framework, together with strengthened liquidity risk requirements and forward-looking provisioning, will reduce incentives for banks to take excessive risks and create a financial system better prepared to withstand adverse shocks. We welcome the key measures recently agreed by the oversight body of the Basel Committee to strengthen the supervision and regulation of the banking sector. We support the introduction of a leverage ratio as a supplementary measure to the Basel II risk-based framework with a view to migrating to a Pillar 1 treatment based on appropriate review and calibration. To ensure comparability, the details of the leverage ratio will be harmonized internationally, fully adjusting for differences in accounting. All major G-20 financial centers commit to have adopted the Basel II Capital Framework by 2011.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=auIe3UTJncpY

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/02/robert-shiller-address-in_n_341828.html

Recent consumer info. would suggest that the confidence bubble is deflating.