Archive - Jul 2015 - Blog entry
July 9th
Microsoft Tallies True Costs of M&A Boom: Layoffs, Write-Offs, Shut-Downs, Economic Decline
Submitted by testosteronepit on 07/09/2015 09:05 -0500That’s what’s beyond the insufferably rosy corporate speak.
Growth of Chinese Margin Accounts Drove Bubble – Now Drives the Crash
Submitted by GoldCore on 07/09/2015 07:54 -0500Chinese markets bounced last night following drastic intervention by the state when it banned large players from selling their shares in listed companies – arresting the over 30% decline of the past four weeks.
July 8th
Two Things the US Government Got Right
Submitted by Capitalist Exploits on 07/08/2015 19:02 -0500A shocking and uncharacteristic display of common sense
Click Here for a 5 Minute Vacation
Submitted by George Washington on 07/08/2015 17:33 -0500Need a Quick Break From It All?
HiSToRY RHYMeS...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 07/08/2015 17:27 -0500Don't spend too much time wondering why, it just does...over and over and over
WWJD?
Submitted by Eric Parnell on 07/08/2015 15:28 -0500China stocks have fallen by as much as -30% over the past three weeks. What would Janet Yellen do if the S&P 500 Index was falling by -30% in similarly short order?
Leveraged Chinese “Investors” Learning a Painful Lesson
Submitted by GoldCore on 07/08/2015 14:02 -0500Markets have begun seizing up as sellers overwhelm the system. The China Securities Regulatory Commission, has described market participants as being “irrationally” driven by “panic sentiment” despite there having been no rational basis for the run up in Chinese markets before they peaked last month.
Systemic "Holidays" Are Coming to Banks, Money Market Accounts and More in the Weeks Ahead
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 07/08/2015 11:21 -0500As the next Crisis unfolds, it will more and more difficult to get your money out of the financial system.
MeeT THe CHiNeSe TRaDiNG DoGS...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 07/08/2015 10:38 -0500Every dog have it's bad trading day...
Department Of Labor Announces Raise For Overtime Threshold
Submitted by EquityNet on 07/08/2015 10:24 -0500The DOL recently proposed raising the overtime threshold from $23,600 to $50,400 making this only the second time they’ve addressed the issue since 1975. According to the department, 62 percent of workers qualified for overtime back then, whereas today, only eight percent do. At the current overtime threshold, Americans would have to live below the poverty threshold ($24,008 for a family of four) before a jobholder could qualify for overtime.
Silver Craters: Exhaustion, Capitulation ... Or Opportunity Ahead?
Submitted by Secular Investor on 07/08/2015 08:01 -0500We are entering the final phase of a cyclical bear market...
Dodd-Frank and the AIG Litigation: Implications for Investors
Submitted by rcwhalen on 07/08/2015 07:45 -0500- AIG
- American International Group
- B+
- Bankruptcy Code
- Bear Stearns
- Bond
- Chrysler
- Citigroup
- Consumer protection
- Creditors
- Davis Polk
- default
- Discount Window
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Reserve
- General Motors
- Greece
- Lehman
- Lehman Brothers
- Monetary Policy
- Paul Volcker
- Prudential
- Rating Agency
- White House
The rescue of AIG should not serve as a source of comfort to investors.
July 7th
VaRouFaKiS vs THe SQuiD...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 07/07/2015 17:57 -0500Hey, what's that sucking noise...
Faber: “Wake Up, People of the World! Greece Will Come to You …Very Soon”
Submitted by GoldCore on 07/07/2015 15:03 -0500“Wake up, people of the world and investors! Greece will come to your neighbourhood very soon, maybe not this year but next year or whenever…because the world is over-indebted and defaults will follow or they’ll have to create very high inflation rates”.
Top Corrupt Leaders in the World
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 07/07/2015 12:55 -0500Corruption has been the coveted jewel in everybody’s crown since antiquity. Aristotelian philosophy believed that everybody who had power could become corrupt.
