Archive - Feb 26, 2010 - Blog entry

"It's not something that is 10 years away. It affects the markets currently," he told the House Financial Services Committee. "It is possible that bond markets will become worried about the sustainability [of yearly deficits over $1 trillion], and we may find ourselves facing higher interest rates even today."

Geithner has long been a yes-man to the powers-that-be, who ships pallets of money wherever he is told without question or any follow-up or tracking whatsoever. ..

A review of Bank of America's 4th Quarter Call Reports reveals obvious shift of Delinquency Liability to Taxpayers.

The shrinking contango does not bode well for prices. US hedge funds are operating the world’s second largest navy. You could almost walk across the Caribbean without getting your ankles wet. Don’t buy any more oil at these prices than you can use in your salad dressing. The “monetary” demand for oil is on the wane. There is just a pig in the python in that has to be digested. (USO)

If the engineered bear market rally is running off of the FASB generated lies, then we certainly do have another crash coming, don't we? It truly is a damn shame how the financial integrity of this country has been sold to the highest bidder through the most influential lobbyist. Don't they realize they are destroying the essence of what makes the American markets the global leader - the perception of transparency, honest accounting and reliable financial reporting?

Quebec pension-fund manager La Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec generated a return from its investments of 10% in 2009, a sub-par number when compared to other Canadian pension funds but a dramatic turnaround from its catastrophic loss of $40 billion in 2008.