Archive - Feb 18, 2011 - Blog entry
UK's £80 Billion Pension Blunder?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 02/18/2011 22:25 -0500Oops...a staggering £80billion has been wiped off the value of UK pensions because the rate of inflation has been underestimated for 12 years...
The Real Crisis That Will Soon Hit the US
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 02/18/2011 19:41 -0500The REAL Crisis first hit in 2008 though it was almost entirely off the radar of the American public. While all eyes were glued to the carnage in the stock market and brokerage account balances, a far more serious crisis began to unfold rocking 30 countries around the globe. I’m talking about food shortages.
Don’t Squeeze The Silver
Submitted by Michael Victory on 02/18/2011 17:42 -0500Why would a central bank bother to try and manipulate silver’s exchange rate in the first place?
You Know Those Obnoxious Posters Who Almost Seem Like Alter Egos Of The Same Person? They Actually Might Be ...
Submitted by George Washington on 02/18/2011 17:09 -0500Government and big business are gaming social media ...
Why "Data" From Trade Groups is NOT to Be Trusted: National Association of Realtors Edition
Submitted by Stone Street Advisors on 02/18/2011 16:11 -0500Not only does the National Association of Realtors issue overy-optimistic future predictions (to get people to buy/sell homes, duh), but they misrepresent and manipulate historical data! That should be a crime (if it isn't already)!
SeNaTe TeSTiMoNY oF UNDeRCoVeR BRoTHER BeN (WoRD)
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 02/18/2011 13:27 -0500Don't be jiving us with Fedspeak Bro!
This Isn't Trivial
Submitted by thetechnicaltake on 02/18/2011 11:50 -0500And dare I say -even in the great bull run of 2010/ 2011- this is a headwind for higher equity prices.
ECB Swallows Massive Portuguese Bond Losses As It Is Clear That The Third State Will Soon Join The Bailout Brigade – Haircuts, Here We Come!!!
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 02/18/2011 11:03 -0500Can the ECB outspend the Bond Markets? Is Portugal truly Insolvent? Will they default? What happens to rate sensitive assets that are already at depression levels, such as real estate, when rates spike world wide? Why am I asking questions that everybody already knows the answer to???? Well, just in case, here go those answers anyway.
Big day at the WSJ & Other ‘tin hats’
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 02/18/2011 10:15 -0500If we are going to get hit on the head with a meteor (or solar flares) there is not much we can do about it, so why worry?
Will China Hit That Inflation Deer In The Global Macroeconomic Headlights Anyway, Despite The Fact They Are Slamming On The Brakes?
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 02/18/2011 08:04 -0500Inflation in China is inevitable. You cannot pack 25 years of growth into 3 years and expect not to pay the piper!
AN HiSToRiC MeeTiNG (EXCLuSiVe BaNZai7 EXPoSe)
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 02/18/2011 04:53 -0500These historical artifacts were recently uncovered in the Ponzi archives located on Jekyll Island by PhDless economists from the Banzai7 Institute...
Trade Against The Retail Herd 18th Feb
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 02/18/2011 02:28 -0500Not much in terms of changes in retail trader positioning from yesterday. Some potentially market moving events today with Retail Sales out of the UK and speeches from Fed chair Ben Bernanke and BOE Gov at 8:00 EST and 8:20 EST respectively.
FBI Translator Submitted Report Entitled "Kamikaze Pilots" to Bureau 5 Months Before 9/11 Warning of Al Qaeda Attacks on U.S. Cities
Submitted by George Washington on 02/18/2011 00:25 -05009/11 was as foreseeable as the financial crisis ...
