Archive - 2012 - Blog entry

To confirm a reversal in Treasuries we need a bona fide breakout. 

"The European Union suffers under Germany” ruffled some feathers, but Greek reform rebellion gives Angela Merkel and others what they’ve been looking for: plausible deniability.

Nothing sums up the euphoria these days better than Apple, Inc.

and Fed Valentine No 2...[NO BEVERAGE ZONE]

FTW: "If somebody considers investing in Italy now, they should not be too worried about what comes next"

Minxin Pei, the most original of current Sinologists, makes the point authoritarian/totalitarian regimes inherently prioritize requirements for protecting regime leaders over long-term national interest.

We all getting paid for this - it's like, $60 dollars per head

Rumors began circulating Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was assassinated in the North Koren Embassy in Beijing. The rumors which originated on Weibo, the Chinese version of twitter, have been proven false by Banzai7 operatives...

While unemployment is a big problem for the Chinese Government, inflation is a HUGE problem. Over one third of China's population lives off less than $2 a day. If the price of food rises in China... those "mass incidents" will explode into outright widespread rioting and civil unrest.

What is the cost of a broken life? 

If the U.S. and Israel sponsor terrorism, then Jimmy Carter’s National Security Adviser was correct when he told the Senate in 2007: the war on terror is “a mythical historical narrative”.

It's 12:57 AM February 11, 2012 Hong Kong Time: Let the BANZAI7 QE Valentine countdown begin...

You know times are hard when you can't even give your distressed assets away!!!

Did Pelosi and Bachus draw straws about who was going to be subject to a congressional ethics investiation based on their insider trading?

Chart Update as Market is ready for a Correction.