Archive - 2011 - Blog entry
December 5th
Dylan Ratigan | Greedy Bastards Favorite Financial Innovation: The Swaps Market (Part 1)
Submitted by rcwhalen on 12/05/2011 22:25 -0500“As the U.S. economy and especially Wall Street and the banks were less and less focused on funding and financing real economic activity jobs, factories, commerce, the rise of the ersatz virtual world of credit faults swaps and over-the-counter derivatives, all of these gray markets—that are unregulated, that are not traded on exchanges, that have no transparency—were really a way for banks to generate income because they could no longer make their money on the real economy,”
Controlled Leaking
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 12/05/2011 17:32 -0500The Fed says they are going to change the way they communicate. I doubt it.
The Real Reason for Obama's Threat to Veto the Indefinite Detention Bill (Hint: It's Not to Protect Liberty)
Submitted by George Washington on 12/05/2011 13:20 -0500Obummer Wants to Veto the Indefinite Detention Bill Because It Would Hold the U.S. to the Geneva Convention
Graham Summers’ FREE Weekly Market Forecast (Fade the Fed? Edition)
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 12/05/2011 12:50 -0500Truly, the only reason to buy into a stock rally here is based on the belief that the Fed or someone else is going to be providing more juice in the near future.
EURO STiCK SaVe
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 12/05/2011 10:31 -0500"Most fans go wild when they see a a goalie make what looks like a great save, but the chances are what they are seeing is a save that was made from being out of position." --Mike Richter
Important Charts
Submitted by thetrader on 12/05/2011 10:15 -0500Essential charts.
We are approaching resistance areas everywhere.
David Kotok | USD-EUR currency exchange rate and the Ellsberg paradox
Submitted by rcwhalen on 12/05/2011 07:46 -0500What is certain? If you take 1350 US dollars today, you may exchange them for 1000 euros.
Zero Hour Here - JPM
Submitted by South of Wall Street on 12/05/2011 05:41 -0500GPD Growth can't be solved by fiscal stimulus
6 Horsemen? Central Banks Dollar Liquidity Only Prolongs The Euro Debt Crisis
Submitted by EconMatters on 12/05/2011 00:56 -0500The new dollar liquidity injection from 6 central banks essentially took the urgency out of a much needed decisive resolution. More crises similar to the one in the Euro Zone popping up to the point of one Scary Grandioso--No more spare bailout capacity.
December 4th
Tech & Energy FCF Yielders
Submitted by South of Wall Street on 12/04/2011 19:08 -0500A few ideas from my FCF screen
You Gotta Have Friends - Stock World Weekly
Submitted by ilene on 12/04/2011 18:20 -0500John wrote, “The pattern is by now so familiar that it deserves a place beside other technical indicators like moving averages and Fibonacci retracements."
Afghanistan: "There Will Be Civil War"
Submitted by testosteronepit on 12/04/2011 15:32 -0500Classified documents surfaced in Germany that predicted a dire future for Afghanistan after the departure of NATO troops.
Debt Slavery – Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It’s Stopped
Submitted by ilene on 12/04/2011 15:14 -0500Every economy is planned. This traditionally has been the function of government. Relinquishing this role under the slogan of “free markets” leaves it in the hands of banks.
Guest Post: A Twenty Something Speaks
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 12/04/2011 12:28 -0500A source of great strength is that we see the world for what it is, but have also seen what it can be.
