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Hyperinflationary depression
2008-04-23 00:07:00 Full story here. This is enough to twist your knickers… “…The limits to the unlimited abuse of the debt standard are particularly evident in the GAAP-based financial statements of the U.S. government, which show the actual federal deficit at $4.0-plus trillion for 2007 alone, with total federal obligations standing at $62.6 trillion. With no ability to honor ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Depression , Podcast
Commercial banks head for huge derivatives losses
2008-04-22 20:42:00 Full story here. Use ShadowTraders to get debt-free and at cause. “…New Evidence of A Credit Crack-Up Until recently, economists have had only anecdotal evidence of credit troubles. They knew that individual banks were taking losses. They knew that many banks were tightening their lending standards. And they realized that there were hiccups in the credit markets. So they ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Commercial , Banks , Podcast
Authorities lose patience with collapsing dollar
2008-04-21 22:46:00 Full story here. If you don’t have a central banker on your side, you’d better use ShadowTraders. “…Mr Juncker, who doubles as Luxembourg premier and chair of eurozone financiers, told the Luxembourg press that he had been invited to the White House last week just before the G7 at the urgent request of President George Bush. ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Dollar , Podcast , Patience
Payback?s a bitch
2008-04-21 20:31:00 Full article here. Indeed, all that easy credit has come back to be paid at a much higher rate. Any lowering of fed rates is only another loop in the noose, since you’ll notice that the average consumer has no way to get a credit card for the fed rate (without that nasty default clause ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Bitch , Payback
Credit Bubble - crisis intermission
2008-04-21 20:08:00 Full story here. Use ShadowTraders to get ahead. Any gains made from long-term holding of stocks is purely accidental… “…Most people remain comfortably oblivious to today’s inflation dynamics. Mr Feldstein mentions increased demand from China and India. He seems to imply, however, that portfolio buying (financed by low interest rates) by “commodity investors and speculators” is ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Credit , Podcast , Bubble
Credit default swaps and bank leverage
2008-04-16 23:31:00 Full story here. Read and comprehend this little gem, and see if you don’t feel like losing your lunch. Trading with ShadowTraders, getting in and out quickly, and recognizing your gains in cash by the end of the day is the sure way to make your money YOURS. “The Financial Times reports that that $45 trillion ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Credit , Podcast , Bank
Stock market overvalued
2008-04-16 19:54:00 Full story here. Barring the excessive use of exclamation points and cries of “We’re freaking doomed!” he makes a lot of good points. Aren’t you glad you can use ShadowTraders to go short and long on futures? Better than watching it go down, down and around like so much toilet water. “…the stock market is grossly ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Stock Market , Market , Podcast
The Madness of Bernanke
2008-04-16 19:47:00 Full story here. Finally, I see someone callling Bernanke crazy. Of course, it’s not American media, who seem content to act as ditzy cheerleader for every stupid, survival-squelching policy that belches out the doors of the Fed. Hey, didn’t our president used to be a cheerleader? Explains a lot… “…Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke have more in ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Madness
Fed responsible for credit crisis
2008-04-16 19:35:00 Full article here. Use ShadowTraders to get ahead. And don’t step in the Bernanke. “There has been a lot of talk in the news recently about the Federal Reserve and the actions it has taken over the past few months. Many media pundits have been bending over backwards to praise the Fed for supposedly restoring stability ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Credit , Podcast , Crisis
Bubble Protection Team
2008-04-09 19:49:00 Full story here. Trade with ShadowTraders and don’t wait for someone to save your bubble. “…And now, for something completely different: The birth of the “BPT.” The Bubble Prevention Team . If anyone had (valid) doubts that the “Plunge Protection Team” either existed at all, or was noticeable in certain markets, welcome to the new reality of a ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast
Paulson works for the Devil
2008-04-07 20:12:00 So tongue-in-cheek, I need that on a slow Monday. Hades Confirms: Hank Paulson Works for the Devil by Charles Hugh Smith March 31, 2008 I was preparing to write a nuanced, subtle analysis of the U.S. financial system’s regulatory failures and the inadequacy of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s proposals to “fix” the system (double entendre intended) when I came ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast
Weekly Commentary April 7-11
2008-04-06 13:44:00 Last week was the first week that the S&P finally was up. The 400 point Tuesday was not erased like so many other weeks, even with Bernanke’s gloom and doom report where he now dropped the “R” word. Bernanke’s R word was justified. In March we say 80,000 jobs lost across all job sectors, Manufacturing, Construction, ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , April , Podcast , Weekly
We can do this nice?or rough
2008-04-04 19:55:00 Full article here. Most people don’t realize they’re on the “rough” side of the chess board of finance. Use ShadowTraders to increase your wealth and get permanent residency on the “nice” side. We can do this nice or we can do this rough.? ?Tina Turner from Proud Mary OK, so this morning?s on-line Wall Street Journal provides us with ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Nice
A conspiracy against gold
2008-04-02 19:39:00 Full story here. Use ShadowTraders to make your money today, not have to sit on it for years and years. ”The full-scale attack on gold by global central banks officially began with the provision of swap lines by the Bank of England and the European Central Bank (ECB) to the US Federal Reserve in the days ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Gold , Podcast , Conspiracy
Overview of the Paulson Plan
2008-04-01 23:24:00 Full article here. This is given without comment. I suggest we all read it carefully, as there are undoubtedly some interesting twists and turns. “…The fact sheet accompanying the proposals describes recent discussion of centralizing regulation , including industry panels assembled by Secretary Paulson in March 2007 who agreed that ?the competitiveness of our financial services ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Plan , Overview
The Fed and the Gold
2008-04-01 22:35:00 Full story here. Gold got hammered again today(4/1), down to $880/ounce. Use ShadowTraders to make your money. You can’t afford to lose $50/oz on your long-term investment when bankers play their tricks. “…The Federal Reserve’s ever-increasing “short-term” lending to major commercial and investment banks, described in the news report appended here, is starting to recall the ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast
A run on the shadow financial system
2008-04-01 19:41:00 Another good piece from Nouriel Roubini, who politely told us that this was coming down the pipe about 9 months ago. More specifically, it ain’t over yet… Trade with ShadowTraders. Don’t wait for the Bernanke to hit the fan. “Since the onset of the liquidity and credit crunch last summer this column has been arguing that monetary ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , System , Financial , Podcast
Only the money?s cheap
2008-04-01 19:15:00 Full story here. This is the “be careful what you wish for” category. Cheap money isn’t cheap for everyone… “The Bear Stearns bailout and the associated calls for further Federal intervention in the mortgage market have highlighted once again an eternal economic truth: in an era of excessively cheap money, only the money is cheap. Everything ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Money , Podcast
A Panic-stricken Fed
2008-04-01 18:55:00 More from my favorite economist, Henry C.K. Liu. You don’t get to swap your mortgage at the Fed window. Use ShadowTraders and turn your profits into financial freedom. “…In addition, the Federal Open Market Committee has authorized increases in its existing temporary reciprocal currency arrangements (swap lines) with the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Swiss ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Panic
Bear rallies
2008-03-31 18:36:00 Full story here. Don’t go for the “long haul” because it’s more like a keel haul at this point. Use ShadowTraders to get in, get money, get out. “Every slump is punctuated by exuberant bursts of optimism, known to traders as “bear market rallies”. Japan had four false dawns during its long slide into the abyss. ... More About: Rallies , Bear
Nordic-style nationalization of banks?
2008-03-31 18:32:00 Full story here. Still wanna keep your 401(k) stuffed with bank stocks? Trade with ShadowTraders in the futures market. “…The Fed has been criticised for its rescue of Bear Stearns, which critics say has degenerated into a taxpayer gift to rich bankers. [ed. No kidding!] A senior official at one of the Scandinavian central banks told The ... More About: Banks , Style , Nordic
Fannie & Freddie wade deeper into the subprime pool
2008-03-27 18:47:00 Full story here. Still feeling good about that mutual fund that’s holding all that Fannie Mae paper? Forget it. Use ShadowTraders to make your money fast and safely. “…As long-time readers are all too familiar, I have been a persistent critic of government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs - notably mortgage finance agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Wade
The Gods? Next Big Laugh
2008-03-25 21:40:00 Article found here. Get going with ShadowTraders and really get in the last laugh. “Hear that noise? That’s the sound of the gods laughing They’re laughing at Northern Rock, Bear Stearns, and all the angels, archangels, seraphim and cherubim of the whole financial industry. The geniuses thought they had put an ankle bracelet on uncertainty. They believed ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Laugh , Gods
Govt benefit programs in trouble
2008-03-25 19:52:00 Full story here. Trade with ShadowTraders now, because there isn’t “Kansas retirement” anymore, Dorothy. “…Trustees for the government’s two biggest benefit programs warned Tuesday that Social Security and Medicare are facing “enormous challenges” with the threat to Medicare’s solvency far more severe. The trustees, issuing a once-a-year analysis of the government’s two biggest benefit programs, said the ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Programs , Podcast , Benefit
Fed?s rescue halted a derivatives Chernobyl
2008-03-24 18:36:00 Full story here. Don’t wait for “Helicopter Ben” to circle your house. Trade with ShadowTraders, make your money and keep it. “…Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has moved with breathtaking speed to contain the crisis. Last Sunday night, he resorted to the “nuclear option”, invoking a Depression-era clause - Article 13 (3) of the Federal Reserve Act ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Rescue , Chernobyl
Wall St insolvent?
2008-03-24 01:55:00 Full story here. Get yourself ahead NOW with ShadowTraders. “…The Fed has committed as much as 60 percent of the $709 billion in Treasury securities on its balance sheet to providing liquidity and opened the door to more with yesterday’s decision to become a lender of last resort for the biggest Wall Street dealers.? (?Bernanke May ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast
Market Commentary for the Week of March 24 - 28
2008-03-23 22:12:00 Last week was our first upweek in a long time. Tuesday’s 420 point rise was followed by a 270 point drop and then a 260 point rise. The key was that the Market held above its 52 week low of 11870. That may have been a magic turning point. The other major change this last week ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Week
Goldman, Lehman outlooks cut to ?negative?
2008-03-21 19:49:00 Article here. Just by ShadowTrading, you’re miles ahead of the folks who said “I’ll trust this big investment bank”. Please note that this warning came on a market holiday–no surprises there. The current scene has rendered itself into a strange financial kabuki, with the players putting on their best masks and singing and dancing the parts ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Negative
Paulson is ??- incompetent!
2008-03-21 19:33:00 Not my words. The full article is here. Wow, we’re really getting some mileage on the Year of the Rat already. The rats on Wall St are running for the exists. ”…Within the space of a week, the Federal Reserve announced the emission of $400 billion in cash to bail out the bankrupt U.S. banking system, ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast
The week so far?
More articles from this author:2008-03-20 22:07:00 Interesting week so far on the markets. Hard jerks up and down in the Dow and commodities. The Dow went up 400, down 200, now up 250 today. Gold has lost $120/oz from its highs last week. Silver’s down about $4/oz–from $21/oz down to around $17/oz, nearly 20% off its highs last week. Remember, using ShadowTraders to go ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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