Become the Successful Trader You Always Wanted toBecome the Successful Trader You Always Wanted toShadowtraders blog is an excellent commentary on the Futures Market, Trading Online, where the Stock Market is going, the Sub-Prime issue. It is written by seasoned veterans who have traded on the floor of the CBOT. Articles
Central bank pressured to weaken euro
2008-02-28 19:35:00 Article is here. Ain’t it a bitch? Your currency tanks, things are bad (America). Your currency’s strong, others can’t afford your exports (EU zone). The only sensible policy is to get your stats up. Use ShadowTraders to increase your income, and you won’t have to worry about affording that tasty european cheese… “…The euro has surged to an ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Euro , Podcast , Bank
Boil, bubble, toil and trouble
2008-02-27 20:03:00 Full story here. I love Asia Times–mostly because they’re not compelled to keep lying to the masses to avoid panic, or even, heaven forbid, getting people to do sane actions, not encouraging buying another stupid big screen tv to “keep the economy going”. The solution to low production is to have high production. Use ShadowTraders ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Bubble
Let the lenders eat cake (or crow)
2008-02-27 19:48:00 Full story here. Don’t be like Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire and “rely on the kindness of strangers”. Use ShadowTraders to make your money, get out of debt, and not wait and pray for the kindness of brokers to sort you out. “…When, a few years ago, most of the subprime borrowers got into their ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Cake , Crow
Lenders Fight Mortgage Rewrite
2008-02-26 20:17:00 Full story here. Don’t wait for sane and compassionate action from a bunch of money lenders. Use ShadowTraders to get out of the debt slavery game. “…The legislation would allow bankruptcy judges for the first time to alter the terms of mortgages for primary residences. Under the proposal, borrowers could declare bankruptcy, and a judge would ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Fight , Mortgage
Disaster Preparation
2008-02-26 01:50:00 Sometimes I am asked how to prepare for a worst case scenario if we experience a financial or political meltdown in the global banking system. Some of the best material to help you imagine what such a scenario would be like is to learn about the experiences of people who have lived through such meltdowns ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Disaster , Podcast , Preparation
No title, no house
2008-02-26 01:12:00 Full story here. Mortgage gets sold over and over and over. When that foreclosure comes around, who’s got the real paperwork. See, those $15/hr admin people seem like a real bargain now! But…don’t bet on your mortgage being lost and you coming away clean. Use ShadowTraders to make yourself so much money, you don’t need to ... More About: House , Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Title
Housing Bailout?
2008-02-25 23:41:00 Full story here. Don’t wait for a bailout. Make your money now with ShadowTraders. “…A confidential proposal that Bank of America circulated to members of Congress this month provides a stunning glimpse of how quickly the industry has reversed its laissez-faire disdain for second-guessing by the government ? now that it is in trouble. The proposal warns ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Housing , Bailout
Bonfire of Capital
2008-02-25 20:34:00 Full article here. Get your profits now with ShadowTraders. “…The country is now headed into a deep and protracted recession. Low interest credit and financial innovation have paralyzed the credit markets while inflating a monstrous equity bubble that is wreaking havoc with the world’s financial system. The new market architecture, “structured finance”, has collapsed under the ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Capital
American Meltdown
2008-02-25 19:46:00 Full story here. Economist Nouriel Roubini’s assessment of the US economy (and by extension what could happen all over the world). Maybe it will happen, maybe it won’t. You have a brief opportunity to get yourself setup financially. Use ShadowTraders to make the most of it. “…Recently, Roubini?s scenarios have been dire enough to make the ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , American
Financial Tsunami, Part IV
2008-02-25 19:39:00 More from F. William Engdahl. I never would’ve thought of financial history to be interesting, but it is, in the extreme. Indeed those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Break out of the old mold and stop giving criminal jerks your money and hope they’ll invest it properly–use ShadowTraders and stay ahead ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Tsunami , Financial , Podcast
Financial Tsunami, Part V
2008-02-25 19:34:00 Full article here. Asleep at the wheel is no way to drive. Get trading with ShadowTraders and know that your assets are covered. “…Asset Backed Commercial Paper was one of the big products of the asset securitization revolution fostered by Greenspan and the US financial establishment. They were the stand-alone creations of the major banks, set ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Tsunami , Financial , Podcast
Inflating away debt
2008-02-21 21:56:00 Full story here. Saving your money on the sidelines won’t do any good with inflation tearing away at it. Go long and short in futures with ShadowTraders. “…Why The Fed Cannot Inflate Consumer Debt Away The Fed cannot put dollars in everyone’s pocket. The Fed cannot create jobs. The Fed cannot force consumers with no money to buy houses ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast
Massive Silver Shorting
2008-02-20 21:04:00 Full story here. Remember, with ShadowTraders you won’t get caught with your “shorts” down. “…The most recent Commitment of Traders Report (COT), for positions held as of Feb. 12, indicates the four largest short traders now hold a record position of 59,564 contracts, or almost 298 million ounces, That?s 170 days of world mine production. The ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Silver
Iranian Oil Bourse - more data
2008-02-20 20:16:00 Full story here. Better make your money now with ShadowTraders. “…Today, Minister Nozari concedes that Iran?s share of the global oil trade is still very low. Enter the bourse, which is the solution to eliminate the middlemen. Everyone in the oil business knows that high oil prices are not really due to OPEC - which supplies ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Data , Iranian
Wealth Destruction Gathers Pace
2008-02-19 19:11:00 Full story here. Don’t rely on Wall Street’s ‘House of Cards’, because it’s getting a little windy. Use ShadowTraders to make money safely and quickly. “…Central banks will create only what they consider is the appropriate level of liquidity, of money, in the economy. What if you want more money than the central banks are willing ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Wealth , Destruction , Podcast
Subprime primer (managerial version)
2008-02-19 01:38:00 This is the best guide to subprimes ever. Don’t let your money get lost in some scam. Trade it yourself and keep it yourself with ShadowTraders. More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Subprime , Version
Japanese dumping the dollar
2008-02-18 22:11:00 Full story here. Better get trading with ShadowTraders now. “Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Dollar sales by Japanese individual investors on the Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. rose to a record high on speculation the U.S. economy will suffer a recession. Housewives, pensioners and businessmen accelerated sales of the U.S. currency this week, taking advantage of its rally to ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast
Societe Generale trader faced earlier inquiry
2008-02-18 21:19:00 Story link here. If you never had a good reason to avoid brokers, this should do it for you. Use ShadowTraders, make your own money (and keep it) and dump the dishonest creep brokers. “Trades executed by Jérôme Kerviel, the Société Générale dealer who allegedly masterminded the world?s biggest rogue trading scandal, were being scrutinised within the ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Societe Generale
Northern Rock ?temporarily? nationalized
2008-02-18 20:47:00 Full story here. Don’t wait for your stocks and mutual funds to get ‘nationalized’ right out of existence. Trade with ShadowTraders, make your money fast, and keep it. “Northern Rock , the troubled British bank, is to be nationalised, the UK Treasury announced Sunday. The decision ends months of efforts to find a private sector rescuer for the ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast
Iran launches oil bourse
2008-02-18 20:09:00 Full story here. “…Iran established its first oil products bourse Sunday in a free trade zone on the Persian Gulf Island of Kish, the country’s oil ministry said…Oil and petrochemical products will be traded in Iranian Rials, as well as all other hard currencies, the statement quoted Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari as saying. About ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast
Depression risk might force US to buy assets
2008-02-15 01:07:00 Full story here. In case you’re engaging in any fantasy that the Feds or Warren Buffett are going to miraculously bail this mess out fast, you’ve got a long wait. Trade using ShadowTraders technology and get ahead of the game. “…The Fed has stepped up its temporary additions of reserves to the banking system, and swiftly slashed ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Depression , Podcast , Force
Financial Models Head for the Scrap Heap
2008-02-14 19:10:00 A real barn-burner of an article here about the less than forthright financial models (i.e. schemes) that are now reaping their terrible rewards. Dont’ want to get ripped off by some schmuck? Use ShadowTraders and get more gains and less hot air. “It is now clear that the credit crunch was not due simply to bull market ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Models , Financial , Podcast
Reading List
2008-02-13 23:00:00 For those of you who want to delve further into the great world of finance here are some relevant sites and books. Please note that some of these may have a particular political shade, but that’s not why I read them. I frequent these ‘alternative’ or foreign sources simply because they are not (or at ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Reading , Podcast , List
Non-specific Ponderings
2008-02-12 23:36:00 I’m having one of those “Emperor has no clothes” moments. Yesterday during a rather earnest discussion with a friend, I told her I had good reason to believe that the Dow may pull back all the way to 8,000 (today it ended off at 12,373). I said maybe by the end of the year, though ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Specific
Credit Bubble Bulletin
2008-02-12 21:55:00 For those who want all the gory details of the existing global financial scene. “…With Wall Street’s securitization markets basically closed for business and even bank credit availability now tightening meaningfully, January’s collapse in the ISM Non-Manufacturing index should have been less of shock to the markets. After all, the services-based US economy is primarily finance-driven, ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Credit , Podcast , Bulletin
Buffett Bails Out Bonds
2008-02-12 18:39:00 See it’s not all bad news. But don’t expect Warren to bail out everyone. Use ShadowTraders and be the financial wiz in your town. “…the “Oracle of Omaha” announced that he had made offers to Ambac (nyse: ABK - news - people ), MBIA (nyse: MBI - news - people ) and FGIC last week that would ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Buffett , Podcast , Bonds
Asset Securitization: The Last Tango
2008-02-11 21:49:00 Another article from F. William Engdahl (see the others posted here, Financial Tsunami series). Don’t let the tsunami get you. Use ShadowTraders. “…some 25% of the $900 billion in sub-prime mortgages issued over the past two years were given top AAA marks by the rating agencies. That comes to more than $220 billion of sub-prime mortgage securities ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Asset , Tango
Bush financial bust of 2008
2008-02-11 21:44:00 A great article on the not so bright future on the horizon: “…Right now, many of the country’s largest investment banks are holding $500 billion in mortgage-backed securities and other structured investments that are steadily depreciating in value. As these assets wear-away the banks’ capital, the likelihood of default becomes greater. This week, Fitch Ratings announced ... More About: Bush , Commentary , Blogroll , Financial , Podcast
Road to Hyperinflation
2008-02-11 16:26:00 An excellent read from Asian economist Henry C K Liu. “…For the first 137 years of its history, the US did not have a central bank. The nation then was plagued with recurring business cycles of boom and bust. For the past 94 years the Federal Reserve, the US central bank, has assumed the role of ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Road
FDIC chairperson: Housing crisis has only just begun
More articles from this author:2008-02-11 16:01:00 The full article is here. “… Chairperson of the FDIC, Sheila Bair, who is telling a Senate Banking Committee panel today that the mortgage crisis has only just begun. Bair says: ?foreclosures continue at an unacceptably high level while true loan modifications are lagging?, but that?s just the tip of the iceberg. She also warns that ... More About: Commentary , Blogroll , Podcast , Housing , Crisis 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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