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Saturday, March 1, 2014
Obama's Dumbest Plan Yet Moscow is keenly aware of Washington's divide-and-conquer strategy, but has downplayed the issue in order to avoid a confrontation. The US-backed coup in Ukraine means that that option is no longer feasible. Russia will have to respond to a provocation that threatens both its security and vital interests. Of all the dumb plans Washington has come up with in the couple years, this is the dumbest.
Saturday, March 1, 2014Obama's Dumbest Plan Yet Moscow is keenly aware of Washington's divide-and-conquer strategy, but has downplayed the issue in order to avoid a confrontation. The US-backed coup in Ukraine means that that option is no longer feasible. Russia will have to respond to a provocation that threatens both its security and vital interests. Of all the dumb plans Washington has come up with in the couple years, this is the dumbest.
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Saturday, February 15, 2014
The Tipping Point: Foreclosure Filings Jump as Investors Eye Exits Sales are down, purchase applications are down, and the country's homeownership rate has slipped to levels not seen since 1995, 18 years ago. The Fed's $1 trillion purchase of mortgage backed securities (MBS) and zero rates have done nothing to stimulate "organic" consumer demand. Zilch. No "trickle down" at all.
Saturday, February 15, 2014The Tipping Point: Foreclosure Filings Jump as Investors Eye Exits Sales are down, purchase applications are down, and the country's homeownership rate has slipped to levels not seen since 1995, 18 years ago. The Fed's $1 trillion purchase of mortgage backed securities (MBS) and zero rates have done nothing to stimulate "organic" consumer demand. Zilch. No "trickle down" at all.
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Friday, February 7, 2014
The American Dream is Dead -- Obama Killed It The American people aren't whiners. They're just tired of the lies, that's all. Look; the country was in the throes of the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression, but the American people rallied, right? They came out by the millions to vote for the dazzling young senator from Chicago who was going to change everything and restore America to its formal glory.
Friday, February 7, 2014The American Dream is Dead -- Obama Killed It The American people aren't whiners. They're just tired of the lies, that's all. Look; the country was in the throes of the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression, but the American people rallied, right? They came out by the millions to vote for the dazzling young senator from Chicago who was going to change everything and restore America to its formal glory.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
The New Wave of Financial Instability For more than four years, the Fed has buoyed stock prices and increased corporate margins through massive injections of free cash into the financial markets. Now the Central Bank wants to change the policy and ease its foot off the gas pedal. That's causing investors to rethink their positions and take more money off the table. The Federal Reserve is entirely responsible for this new wave of financial instability.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014The New Wave of Financial Instability For more than four years, the Fed has buoyed stock prices and increased corporate margins through massive injections of free cash into the financial markets. Now the Central Bank wants to change the policy and ease its foot off the gas pedal. That's causing investors to rethink their positions and take more money off the table. The Federal Reserve is entirely responsible for this new wave of financial instability.
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Deregulation, Privatization, and Cheap Labor: Obama's Corporate Plantations Obama's promise zones provide a way for big business to slip the chains of "onerous" regulations and restore, what many CEO's believe to be the Natural Order; that is, a Darwinian, dog-eat-dog world where only the strongest and most cunning survive. This is a world in which Obama has done quite well. Obama calls these promise zones. We think corporate plantations is a more fitting moniker.
Friday, January 10, 2014Deregulation, Privatization, and Cheap Labor: Obama's Corporate Plantations Obama's promise zones provide a way for big business to slip the chains of "onerous" regulations and restore, what many CEO's believe to be the Natural Order; that is, a Darwinian, dog-eat-dog world where only the strongest and most cunning survive. This is a world in which Obama has done quite well. Obama calls these promise zones. We think corporate plantations is a more fitting moniker.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
Book-Cooking on New Year's Eve Ben Bernanke is a big believer in transparency. Hardly a day goes by that Bernanke doesn't reiterate his commitment to transparency. He thinks the Fed should be as open and honest as possible. The average working stiff probably doesn't give a hoot about Bernanke's new program. But that's really a shame, because it looks like old Bennie is going to sock it to us one more time before he rides off into the sunset.
Thursday, January 2, 2014Book-Cooking on New Year's Eve Ben Bernanke is a big believer in transparency. Hardly a day goes by that Bernanke doesn't reiterate his commitment to transparency. He thinks the Fed should be as open and honest as possible. The average working stiff probably doesn't give a hoot about Bernanke's new program. But that's really a shame, because it looks like old Bennie is going to sock it to us one more time before he rides off into the sunset.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Work Until You're Dead? Don't Plan on Retiring A sizable chunk of the adult population is going to punch a clock until they keel-over in the office parking lot and get hauled off in the company dumpster. And those are the lucky ones, the so-called baby boomers. By the time we get to the millennials it'll be even worse because the economy will have been ravaged by 25 or 30 years of austerity.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013Work Until You're Dead? Don't Plan on Retiring A sizable chunk of the adult population is going to punch a clock until they keel-over in the office parking lot and get hauled off in the company dumpster. And those are the lucky ones, the so-called baby boomers. By the time we get to the millennials it'll be even worse because the economy will have been ravaged by 25 or 30 years of austerity.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
While Housing Sales Slow: US Treasuries Cross Into Danger Zone Rates are rising while conditions in the housing market are going from bad to worse. For example, existing home sales tanked for the third month in a row in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.9 million. November's sales pace was the slowest in more than a year, which means that higher rates and rising prices are scaring off potential buyers.
Saturday, December 28, 2013While Housing Sales Slow: US Treasuries Cross Into Danger Zone Rates are rising while conditions in the housing market are going from bad to worse. For example, existing home sales tanked for the third month in a row in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.9 million. November's sales pace was the slowest in more than a year, which means that higher rates and rising prices are scaring off potential buyers.
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Friday, December 20, 2013
The Incredible, Shrinking Presidency of Barack Obama The country is in a terrible state and yet Obama continues to approve bills that throw millions of people off unemployment benefits, sharply cut government spending, or undermine vital safety-net programs that keep the sick and the elderly from dying on the streets. It's like he's trying to reduce 300 million Americans to grinding third-world poverty in his short eight-year term.
Friday, December 20, 2013The Incredible, Shrinking Presidency of Barack Obama The country is in a terrible state and yet Obama continues to approve bills that throw millions of people off unemployment benefits, sharply cut government spending, or undermine vital safety-net programs that keep the sick and the elderly from dying on the streets. It's like he's trying to reduce 300 million Americans to grinding third-world poverty in his short eight-year term.
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
The Truth About Deflation: It's Closer Than You Think The droopy rate of inflation suggests that Bernanke may already be too close to the cliff-edge to pull back in time. Credit growth, personal consumption, wages and incomes remain either flat or trending lower. T the US economy is bound to be wacked by Japan's accelerated QE program which has slashed the value of the yen weakening US exports while pushing up the value of the dollar.
Saturday, December 14, 2013The Truth About Deflation: It's Closer Than You Think The droopy rate of inflation suggests that Bernanke may already be too close to the cliff-edge to pull back in time. Credit growth, personal consumption, wages and incomes remain either flat or trending lower. T the US economy is bound to be wacked by Japan's accelerated QE program which has slashed the value of the yen weakening US exports while pushing up the value of the dollar.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
"Cha-ching!" Christmas Time on Wall Street The Fed's goofy monetary policies have turned the corporations into hedge funds. They're no longer building factories, piling up inventory, or buying tools and equipment. They're simply taking advantage of the surge of liquidity the Fed is pumping into the financial markets to buy back their own stocks and juice the price. It's Christmas time on Wall Street thanks to Santa Claus Bernanke. Cha-ching!
Wednesday, November 27, 2013"Cha-ching!" Christmas Time on Wall Street The Fed's goofy monetary policies have turned the corporations into hedge funds. They're no longer building factories, piling up inventory, or buying tools and equipment. They're simply taking advantage of the surge of liquidity the Fed is pumping into the financial markets to buy back their own stocks and juice the price. It's Christmas time on Wall Street thanks to Santa Claus Bernanke. Cha-ching!
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Where's the Outrage? Fed Insider Exposes Giant Central Bank "Easing" Swindle QE was a strategy to drain the ocean of red ink from bank balance sheets and restore them to profitability. What mattered was profits. Profits at the expense of employment, profits at the expense of growth, profits at the expense the nation's economic future. Profits, profits, profits. How can anyone fail to see that now? QE was a transparent ripoff from the get go, and the Bernanke Fed orchestrated the entire affair.
Friday, November 15, 2013Where's the Outrage? Fed Insider Exposes Giant Central Bank "Easing" Swindle QE was a strategy to drain the ocean of red ink from bank balance sheets and restore them to profitability. What mattered was profits. Profits at the expense of employment, profits at the expense of growth, profits at the expense the nation's economic future. Profits, profits, profits. How can anyone fail to see that now? QE was a transparent ripoff from the get go, and the Bernanke Fed orchestrated the entire affair.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Escape From The Dollar -- An Interview with Paul Craig Roberts Paul Craig Roberts thinks the Fed has backed itself into corner. A rise in interest rates would strengthen the dollar, give the dollar new life as world reserve currency, and halt the movement into gold, but a rise in rates would collapse the bond and stock markets and reduce the value of derivatives on the banks' balance sheets.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013Escape From The Dollar -- An Interview with Paul Craig Roberts Paul Craig Roberts thinks the Fed has backed itself into corner. A rise in interest rates would strengthen the dollar, give the dollar new life as world reserve currency, and halt the movement into gold, but a rise in rates would collapse the bond and stock markets and reduce the value of derivatives on the banks' balance sheets.
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Friday, November 1, 2013
Does the Dollar Have a Future? Don't kid yourself, China and Japan don't want to be the top-dog either. They're fine with the way things are right now. The problem is, it's looking more and more like the US is not up-to-the-task anymore, given the irresponsible way it conducts its business.
Friday, November 1, 2013Does the Dollar Have a Future? Don't kid yourself, China and Japan don't want to be the top-dog either. They're fine with the way things are right now. The problem is, it's looking more and more like the US is not up-to-the-task anymore, given the irresponsible way it conducts its business.
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Sunday, October 27, 2013
What Recovery? There's a humongous shadow inventory of distressed homes that have yet to reach the market. And the banks are dragging their feet to keep prices artificially high. Everyone knows this now. The whole system has been rejiggered to accommodate a handful of underwater, zombie institutions who wouldn't know how to make an honest buck in a normal business transaction if it was staring them in the face.
Sunday, October 27, 2013What Recovery? There's a humongous shadow inventory of distressed homes that have yet to reach the market. And the banks are dragging their feet to keep prices artificially high. Everyone knows this now. The whole system has been rejiggered to accommodate a handful of underwater, zombie institutions who wouldn't know how to make an honest buck in a normal business transaction if it was staring them in the face.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Repo, Baby, Repo: How Unregulated Banking Triggered the Crash of '08 It's a completely ridiculous, insane system. We've given the banks this outrageous privilege of creating private money out of thin air, (credit) and they spit in our face. They won't even follow a few simple rules that would make the process safer for everyone. Keep in mind, that Dodd Frank does nothing to remedy the problems in repo.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013Repo, Baby, Repo: How Unregulated Banking Triggered the Crash of '08 It's a completely ridiculous, insane system. We've given the banks this outrageous privilege of creating private money out of thin air, (credit) and they spit in our face. They won't even follow a few simple rules that would make the process safer for everyone. Keep in mind, that Dodd Frank does nothing to remedy the problems in repo.
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Friday, October 11, 2013
The Nightmare Scenario: A Repo Implosion This is why the media is pushing so hard to end the debt ceiling standoff; to preserve this mountainous stinkpile of larceny, greed and corruption run by a criminal bank Mafia and their political lackeys on Capital Hill. That's what this is all about.
Friday, October 11, 2013The Nightmare Scenario: A Repo Implosion This is why the media is pushing so hard to end the debt ceiling standoff; to preserve this mountainous stinkpile of larceny, greed and corruption run by a criminal bank Mafia and their political lackeys on Capital Hill. That's what this is all about.
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Sunday, October 6, 2013
Another Slump Ahead: The True State of the Economy This is lunacy. The economy is sputtering along at sub-2 percent, millions of people can't find work, public confidence in the government is down the plughole, and Bernanke's playing circle-jerk with the money supply. This is the recovery we're expected to believe in? Just look at the problems the banks are having.
Sunday, October 6, 2013Another Slump Ahead: The True State of the Economy This is lunacy. The economy is sputtering along at sub-2 percent, millions of people can't find work, public confidence in the government is down the plughole, and Bernanke's playing circle-jerk with the money supply. This is the recovery we're expected to believe in? Just look at the problems the banks are having.
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
America the Pest The world needs a little breather from the US, you know, nothing permanent, just a five- or 10-year sabbatical so we can all chill out and catch our breath. Does that sound so bad? I mean, wouldn't it be nice to get a break from all the killing, the spying, and the meddling? Call me crazy, but I can't see the downside to that.
Thursday, October 3, 2013America the Pest The world needs a little breather from the US, you know, nothing permanent, just a five- or 10-year sabbatical so we can all chill out and catch our breath. Does that sound so bad? I mean, wouldn't it be nice to get a break from all the killing, the spying, and the meddling? Call me crazy, but I can't see the downside to that.
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
Quantitative Easing Announcement Triggers Buying Frenzy: Bernanke's Head Fake Sends Stocks Soaring Fed chairman Ben Bernanke shocked the world on September 18 when he announced there would be no change in the Fed's $85 billion-per-month asset purchase program dubbed QE. Bernanke forged ahead without developing a coherent exit strategy. That's a big no-no; you never want to paint yourself into a corner especially when trillions of dollars and the stability of the financial system are at stake.
Sunday, September 29, 2013Quantitative Easing Announcement Triggers Buying Frenzy: Bernanke's Head Fake Sends Stocks Soaring Fed chairman Ben Bernanke shocked the world on September 18 when he announced there would be no change in the Fed's $85 billion-per-month asset purchase program dubbed QE. Bernanke forged ahead without developing a coherent exit strategy. That's a big no-no; you never want to paint yourself into a corner especially when trillions of dollars and the stability of the financial system are at stake.
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