Archive - Apr 2013 - Blog entry
April 12th
America Fast Forward - In Reverse
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 04/12/2013 14:20 -0500One element of the President's budget is a sham.
Big Banks Worth More to Investors Broken Up Into Components than as Giant Conglomerates
Submitted by George Washington on 04/12/2013 11:23 -0500Shareholders Join Bankers, Economists, Financial Experts, Regulators and the American People In Calling for a Break Up of the Giant Banks
I Illustrate How The Irish Banking Cancer Spreads To The UK Taxpayer And Metastasizes Through US Markets!
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 04/12/2013 10:45 -0500- Bad Bank
- Bank Run
- Bear Stearns
- CDS
- default
- European Central Bank
- European Union
- Fail
- Financial Services Authority
- International Monetary Fund
- Ireland
- Lehman
- Nationalization
- New York Stock Exchange
- OTC
- RBS
- Real estate
- Reggie Middleton
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Stress Test
- UK Financial Investments
- United Kingdom
And you thought this would stay in Ireland and Cyprus right? Keep hope alive. RBS bailout per UK taxpayer = £1,414 or €1,654 or $2,177. but they didn't tell you everything, did they?
Position Adjustment Ahead of the Weekend, Yen Bounces
Submitted by Marc To Market on 04/12/2013 05:30 -0500Among the surprises of the week: the dollar has not gone above JPY100, JGB yields have risen this week, Portuguese bond yields have fallen.
Bank Earnings Taxed by QE2, Massive Regulation
Submitted by rcwhalen on 04/12/2013 05:03 -0500Cost reductions and layoffs are the drivers for bank earnings... Watch those ski tips.
No Direction Home
Submitted by ilene on 04/12/2013 00:00 -0500Typically the public enters the market after a large run up, in time to buy at the top. Not there yet.
April 11th
Fukushima Falling Apart … Because Plant Operator Has No Incentive to Spend Money to Fix It
Submitted by George Washington on 04/11/2013 12:05 -0500Mainstream Media Awakens to the fact that Fukushima Is Still a Total Mess
INSiDe MT GoX...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/11/2013 12:02 -0500Don't touch those delicate instruments!
From Tax Hell to Tax Haven
Submitted by testosteronepit on 04/11/2013 11:46 -0500Disparities, bailouts, and a slow-motion blowup.
It Appears The Irish Authorities Are Looking Into The Banking Matter I Raised
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 04/11/2013 09:44 -0500We don't want the Irish authorities moving faster than the US, do we? Anyone (read subordinate bondholders, shareholders) who lost money in these banks should not have to be pushed to make a move, should they?
Why Lie About Inflation? Because It Covers Up Other Bigger Lies
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 04/11/2013 09:02 -0500
By downplaying inflation you can overstate growth. All economic growth in the US accounts for inflation via a “deflator” measure. If GDP grows 3% and inflation was 2%, then real growth was 1% in very very simple terms.
Displaced JGB Investors
Submitted by Marc To Market on 04/11/2013 07:00 -0500A
A discussion of what investors who are being displaced by BOJ purchases are going to do. It may not be as simple as rushing to buy foreign assets that people are anticipating.
April 10th
BiT BuBBLe MaDNeSS...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 04/10/2013 14:40 -0500Good ideas are not impervious to the madness of crowds.--WB7
You Will Never Receive a Warning From a Central Banker, Banker or Politician
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 04/10/2013 12:49 -0500Central Banks, Bank CEOs, politicians… all of these people are focused primarily on maintaining CONFIDENCE in the system, NOT on fixing the system’s problems. Indeed, they cannot even openly discuss the system’s problems because it would quickly reveal that they are a primary cause of them.
Total Fiasco: Germans are the Poorest, Cypriots the Second Richest in The Eurozone
Submitted by testosteronepit on 04/10/2013 11:49 -0500Explains the political motivation for slamming the account holders in Cypriot banks.
