Archive - 2012 - Blog entry
Some Good News For Those of Us Who Are Sick of the Corruption
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 02/01/2012 12:40 -0500
Corruption is only possible if the benefits to the parties engaged in it far outweigh the potential consequences. However, as soon as the potential consequences become real, that’s when everything changes: people start talking/ confessing, and the corruption begins to come unraveled.
The Trouble With Case Shiller, Again
Submitted by ilene on 02/01/2012 12:25 -0500The Case Shillers are shilling that the market is still weakening. But that's just not the Case.
We're At Step 2 Of The Global Real Estate Compression
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 02/01/2012 12:20 -0500- Bank Lending Survey
- Bank Run
- Bear Stearns
- CDS
- Counterparties
- CRE
- CRE
- Credit Conditions
- European Central Bank
- Eurozone
- Fail
- France
- Funding Mismatch
- Germany
- Lehman
- Lehman Brothers
- Market Crash
- Mortgage Loans
- Netherlands
- Rating Agencies
- ratings
- Ratings Agencies
- Real estate
- Recession
- recovery
- Reggie Middleton
- Rude Awakening
- Sovereign Debt
- Sovereign Risk
- Sovereign Risk
- Sovereigns
- Stagflation
You're about to hear a big boom come from across the Atlantic, but I've yet to hear a peep from the rating agencies. And many of you guys think they were delinquent during the other credit bubble!!!????
News That Matters
Submitted by thetrader on 02/01/2012 08:05 -0500- 8.5%
- Australian Dollar
- B+
- Bank of England
- Barclays
- Bill Gross
- Bond
- Budget Deficit
- Case-Shiller
- Census Bureau
- China
- Congressional Budget Office
- Crude
- ETC
- European Central Bank
- European Union
- Eurozone
- Germany
- Global Economy
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
- Homeownership Rate
- Hong Kong
- Housing Prices
- India
- Iran
- Japan
- Markit
- Monetary Policy
- Money Supply
- Morgan Stanley
- Nomination
- Paul Volcker
- PIMCO
- Portugal
- Quantitative Easing
- ratings
- Real estate
- Recession
- recovery
- Reserve Currency
- Reuters
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Trade Deficit
- Trading Rules
- Unemployment
- Volatility
- Wen Jiabao
- World Bank
- Yuan
All you need to read.
January 31st
CBO REPORT - OMG!
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/31/2012 21:47 -0500The CBO report is a stinker.
Even in a World of Deleveraging... There Are Still Fortunes to Be Made
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 01/31/2012 15:46 -0500
While the “across the board” perspective looks quite bleak, there are going to be truly outstanding opportunities for wealth creation available to those entrepreneurs and businesspeople who are able to think creatively.
MF Global Customer Funds Were Not "Vaporized" - Stanley Haar Takes WSJ to Task
Submitted by EB on 01/31/2012 14:42 -0500Your article gives the appearance of having been ghost written by Andrew Levander and/or the JP Morgan legal department.
Shipping Loans Go Bad for European Banks
Submitted by ilene on 01/31/2012 13:37 -0500"Quirky canary-in-the-coal-mine indicator" indicating trouble.
Illinois Nuclear Power Plant Loses Power ... Vents Radioactive Steam
Submitted by George Washington on 01/31/2012 11:25 -0500Radioactive tritium released ... just like 75% of nuclear plants in America.
BaNZai7's PoSTCaRDS FRoM THe PaRaDiSe Of SCaNDaLS: FLoRiDa PRiMaRY CoVeRaGe 2012
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 01/31/2012 10:47 -0500"The Sunshine State is a paradise of scandals teeming with drifters, deadbeats, and misfits drawn here by some dark primordial calling like demented trout. And you'd be surprised how many of them decide to run for public office."--Carl Hiaasen, author and native Floridian
[WARNING: GATORADE AND OTHER FRUITS AND BEVERAGES ARE NOT ADVISABLE NEAR THIS POST]
Interesting & Informative Documentary on the Power of Rating Agencies, Along With Reggie Middleton Excerpts
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 01/31/2012 10:46 -0500Ever want to know what a documentary that spits the truth about the rating agency scam and overall Ponzi would look like if it actually aired on international TV???
Visualize: The European Super Highway of Debt
Submitted by Michael Victory on 01/31/2012 10:11 -0500Fiat Infoporn
January 30th
The Fed’s Rain Dance at the Bottom of the Stairs
Submitted by testosteronepit on 01/30/2012 21:24 -0500Panic at the mere thought of rising real wages.
SHoCKiNG HeaDLiNe!
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 01/30/2012 15:22 -0500Prepare yourself Florida, Banzai7 is ready and waiting for goofball Tuesday...
Europe’s Banks Afloat on Dwindling Credibility
Submitted by RickAckerman on 01/30/2012 15:06 -0500Sometimes it’s impossible to tell whether the financiers and politicians who carry water for the central banks are bad liars or just clueless dolts. A bureaucrat from the U.K. surfaced in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend, exhaling what seemed to us an ostentatious sigh of relief over the supposed success of the European Central Bank’s latest loan program: “[It provides] a very significant degree of breathing space to banks.” Yeah, sure.












