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China's export situation isn't as dire as you might assume ...

The government is STILL defending too big to fail on several ridiculous grounds.

Chief executive officer and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (and ex-Goldmanite), William Dudley, delivered a speech this afternoon that contains, with supreme gall and irony, a subsection called “Transparency.” The title of the speech was thoughtfully crafted to allow a redirect. So here we go…

Project Mayhem reviews the most important financial and geopolitical news of the past week and takes a look at the week ahead.

It appears as if the guys from the SEC that read my blog are contemplating doing the right thing. They have actually looked into the company which I have nicknamed the "Flim Flam Scam" (my opinion only, but I feel it is aptly coined of course) after many years of flim flamming and... (you can guess the rest)

More risk? More complexity? What are investors and trustees to do? Let me share some comments with you. The financial engineers are working hard to "tame risk" but in my experience when everyone is rushing to play the same game, they all knowingly (or inadvertently) add to systemic risk.

We Wouldn't Want Anyone to Get Hurt, Now Would We?

Since we are already in a deflation, the argument over inflation or deflation is moot. The real question is: how long will we remain in a deflation? And, if deflation ends, will we then see inflation, hyperinflation, or real growth?

Many deflationists assume that since we are following the Japanese path that we will have the same economic results as Japan. That is, a stagnant economy with generally falling prices as has been seen for the last 19 years in Japan.

While it depends mostly on what the government's responses will be, our experience will more likely be stagnation with long-term inflation rather than long-term deflation. The economic differences are significant.

Think you know what aspects of America's banking system need to be changed?

Are you sure you're not missing anything?

A California Court case is headed for a resolution. It looks like AIG is the loser. But that means the taxpayers will suffer. If the case is overturned then the taxpayers will suffer. Another no win situation for the folks writing the checks.

On Sept. 4, the NYMEX October futures contract for natural gas closed at $2.73/mmbtu, a 7-year low, as the ratio of oil to natural gas prices ballooned to 25-to-1, compared to its energy conversion ratio of 6-to-1.

Now, just one month later, natural gas has rebounded 75% to close at $4.77/mmbtu for NYMEX November delivery last Friday on record high levels of natural gas in storage, leaving investors to wonder if prices have bottomed out and it's time to jump back into the market, or if the sector is dead.

There's been a coup.