Archive - Apr 2012 - Blog entry
April 30th
Bin Laden: Everyone Is Missing the Big Picture
Submitted by George Washington on 04/30/2012 20:11 -0500Obama and Romney Are Both Ignoring the Real Issue with Killing Bin Laden
The Market Calls BS on Spain's Efforts to Cover Its Toxic Banking Debt
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 04/30/2012 19:02 -0500To give you an idea of how bad things are with the cajas, consider that in February 2011 the Spanish Government implemented legislation demanding all Spanish banks have equity equal to 8% of their “risk-weighted assets.” Those banks that failed to meet this requirement had to either merge with larger banks or face partial nationalization. The deadline for meeting this capital request was September 2011. Between February 2011 and September 2011, the number of cajas has in Spain has dropped from 45 to 17.
ReQuiReD ReaDiNG FoR WaLL STReeT LaWYeRS
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/30/2012 15:10 -0500The gravitas of gravity...
US Celllular Carriers Are At Risk Of Being Marginalized Into Nothingness Unless They Learn To Think Outside The Box... Yesterday
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 04/30/2012 12:52 -0500As creativity dies, so will the usefulness of the US cellular carrier.
OBaMa ADoPTS NeW CaMPaiGN SLoGaN: KiCK iT FoRWaRD!
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/30/2012 12:33 -0500How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing.--John Lennon
Investor Sentiment: It's All Good, but...
Submitted by thetechnicaltake on 04/30/2012 11:00 -0500It's all good, and no doubt this can only mean one thing. It's clear sailing ahead. But not so fast.
Cloudy Days Ahead For Google: Google's Share Value Hidden In The Cloud!
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 04/30/2012 06:52 -0500It is amazing that so few cannot see the new millenium's Microsoft, potentially dominating mobile and desktop computing on a cloudy day!
April 29th
Market Forces
Submitted by ilene on 04/29/2012 20:29 -0500Stock World Weekly visits w/ Mark Hanna, Washington's Blog, Allan Trends, Lee Adler and Pharmboy.
News.nl
Submitted by undertheradar on 04/29/2012 16:06 -0500Satudarah is expanding to Antwerp and Duisberg as its clubhouses are shut down in many parts of the Netherlands. They are reportedly strengthening ties with the Outlaws and Bandidos.
http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/04/29/omstreden-motorclub-satudarah-krijgt-afdeling-in-antwerpen/
The Market Equilibrium Puzzle
Submitted by MacroAndCheese on 04/29/2012 08:51 -0500So many shorts, so little time
On Student Loans, Accounting Gimmicks, Electric Cars, FX and a note on SS
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 04/29/2012 07:12 -0500Thoughts on last and next week.
Does Quantitative Easing Benefit the 99% or the 1%?
Submitted by George Washington on 04/29/2012 01:26 -0500- Australia
- Austrian School of Economics
- B+
- Bank of England
- Bank of Japan
- Ben Bernanke
- Ben Bernanke
- Bond
- Borrowing Costs
- Brazil
- China
- David Einhorn
- David Rosenberg
- Evans-Pritchard
- Excess Reserves
- Federal Reserve
- fixed
- Germany
- India
- Japan
- Karl Denninger
- Keynesian economics
- keynesianism
- Krugman
- Ludwig von Mises
- Mark Spitznagel
- Market Timing
- Merrill
- Merrill Lynch
- Monetary Base
- Monetary Policy
- Money Supply
- New York Times
- non-performing loans
- Open Market Operations
- Paul Krugman
- Prudential
- Quantitative Easing
- Reality
- recovery
- Robert Reich
- Rosenberg
- Treasury Department
- TrimTabs
- Tyler Durden
- Unemployment
- Wall Street Journal
Forget Competing Theories … What Do the Facts Say about Quantitative Easing?
April 28th
Myth Buster: TARP Bailout May Realize A Positive Return for Taxpayers?
Submitted by EconMatters on 04/28/2012 22:45 -0500
Sadly, it looks like the 99% will likely have more than just one lost decade in the course of bailing out the 1%.
The Truth About the Spanish Banking System That 99% of Analysts Fail to Grasp
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 04/28/2012 21:25 -0500
To give you an idea of how bad things are with the cajas, consider that in February 2011 the Spanish Government implemented legislation demanding all Spanish banks have equity equal to 8% of their “risk-weighted assets.” Those banks that failed to meet this requirement had to either merge with larger banks or face partial nationalization. The deadline for meeting this capital request was September 2011. Between February 2011 and September 2011, the number of cajas has in Spain has dropped from 45 to 17.
HeiL CISPA!
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/28/2012 14:12 -0500They don't know how to fix the economy, cut the deficit or eliminate government waste. But there is one they thing they sure as debt ceiling doughnutz know how to do: curtail your Constitutional rights!
