Archive - Jul 2013 - Blog entry
July 15th
Biggest Golden Handshakes in History
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 07/15/2013 13:11 -0500Call it what you will, a handshake or a parachute; the result is all the same. The rest of us just get elbow out of the way as we get pushed through the back door. The top executives leave by the front door and to boot they hop into a chauffeur-driven car (paid by the company, of course) as they drive off into the sunset. To parachute someone: send them elsewhere, relocate them, bundle them off, pack them off or dispatch.
Bernanke Has Created a $4 Trillion a Day Ticking Time Bomb
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 07/15/2013 07:51 -0500Wild price swings in a market of this size (that is often leveraged at 80 to 1 or even 100 to 1) mean massive amounts of wealth evaporating instantly. Historically, currencies are the first asset class to register when the system is in big trouble. These wild swings in the US Dollar are a major red flag that trouble is beginning to brew behind the scenes in the financial system.
US Long End Auctions (10yr and 30yr) Post Mortem
Submitted by govttrader on 07/15/2013 07:31 -0500Wednesday and Thursday of last week were the US 10yr and 30yr auctions. These auctions (combined with the price action in the secondary market leading up to the auctions) are the best times to gauge demand for UST paper.
July 14th
Oil in Tankers to Manipulate Prices?
Submitted by EconMatters on 07/14/2013 16:25 -0500The last two weeks oil inventories fell by a record 20 million barrels, this event has never happened in 30 years of historical data. Something just doesn`t add up here...
Precious Metals Stocks: The Most Undervalued Asset Class
Submitted by ilene on 07/14/2013 14:11 -0500Russ's rebutal to Paul's article: Gold Mining Shares: Less than Glittering. Who's right?
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Thoughts on the Week Ahead
Submitted by Marc To Market on 07/14/2013 13:49 -0500Dispassionate review of some of next weeks important developments.
Jim Rickards on a September Tapering; And His Reaction to Our Chinese Currency Bait and Switch Theory
Submitted by EB on 07/14/2013 13:13 -0500Tired of tapering talk? We couldn't resist. Then, on to more pressing matters. Seems an investment in China might just not be what it seems to be. Think Three Paddy Hat Monty.
Congress Is Less Popular than Cockroaches, Lice, Root Canals, Colonoscopies, Genghis Khan, Communism, King George
Submitted by George Washington on 07/14/2013 13:02 -0500Exactly HOW MUCH do Americans Hate Congress?
Prism: Everybody Was in on the Act
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 07/14/2013 05:51 -0500Looks like everybody was in on the act with complying with the National Security Agency’s spying around the world according to secret files. The Guardian newspaper of the UK has just obtained secret fails from Edward Snowden detailing the full extent of the affair. The affair was revealed just about a month ago now, but it now seems that Prism had everybody doing their dirty work.
July 13th
The Bernanke Conundrum
Submitted by EconMatters on 07/13/2013 18:28 -0500The catch 22 is that the Fed cannot exit now without markets and asset classes free-falling with markets at hundred year highs!
Everyone Knows that the Federal Reserve Banks Are PRIVATE … Except the American People
Submitted by George Washington on 07/13/2013 16:33 -0500Most Americans Still Don’t Know that Federal Reserve Banks Are PRIVATE Corporations
The NSA Is Doing What King George Did to Colonial Americans
Submitted by George Washington on 07/13/2013 16:30 -0500NSA Spying Is the Kind of Thing Which Caused the Revolutionary War Against King George
GATA's Bill Murphy on the Manipulated Gold Drop and a Gold Manipulation Linkfest[er]
Submitted by EB on 07/13/2013 14:08 -0500CFTC whistleblowers, JP Morgan silver short, Andrew McGuire, Gold Leasing, Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, Gibson's paradox and that sink in your kitchen
The Credit Crisis May Not Be China's Biggest Problem
Submitted by Asia Confidential on 07/13/2013 11:15 -0500The internet is on the verge of transforming manufacturing and China's dominance in this industry will soon be under serious threat.
Trillions of Paper and a $1,000 Wager
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 07/13/2013 10:03 -0500I would be willing to contribute $1,000 to the campaign coffers of the first Politician who stands up and tries to defend what is going on.
