Contributing Editors' Blog Entries
Treasury Minutes Suggest Fed to Remove $1 Trillion in Excess Reserves by March 2010
Submitted by EB on 11/04/2009 - 13:23 Excess Reserves Is the Fed really considering this maniacal path, or are the PD's just bullying for more QE business?
It Appears that the Doo Doo Bank List is Not for Everyone
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 11/04/2009 - 13:18 I know some company executives may be a little pissed at me for revealing what I see as weaknesses in their opertations. Please let it be known that I am quite fair and do not have an axe to grind or set agenda, other than the dissemination of the truth. I can do this since I am truly independent and disinterested and can take any side of a trade. I do not have clients that I need to appease, or consituents that I need to bend the truth for. With that being said...
A Move on Gold? Willy-Nilly Did It.
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 11/03/2009 - 22:38 A question for you. Can gold move up against a basket of currencies? If it does what does it mean for Bernanke and the QE party? Drink up, it's coming to last call. Seven years ago Bernanke said that the Fed would never print money 'willy-nilly'. The gold market thinks he did.
Will Pensions Adopt Fundamental Indexing?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 11/03/2009 - 21:48 My own views on fundamental indexing is that it has merits but it also has limitations. Sure, AP2 will not suffer the same drawdowns as other pensions during bad years, but it will also not participate as much on the upside during good years.
Gold: It’s All about the Dollar…and Yes, Dr. Roubini, Inflation
Submitted by asiablues on 11/03/2009 - 20:55 The title says it all.....
Take the Power to Create Credit Away from the Giant Banks and Give It Back to the People
Submitted by George Washington on 11/03/2009 - 18:47 What we've got ain't workin... Should we go back to the gold standard? Should the government take over the Fed? Should we have state public banking? Local public banking?The Inverse Relationship Between Gold and the Dollar
Submitted by George Washington on 11/03/2009 - 14:16 Do you agree or disagree?
A massive drop in KSA US oil exports
Submitted by Cheeky Bastard on 11/03/2009 - 13:58 Saudi Arabia has been a long time number one supplier of crude oil to the US. But as recent data shows the historical trend hit a reversal and not only have the KSA oil exports to the US fallen, they have fallen so much that the present number represents less than half of the number which denominated the KSA exported US oil from its peak in 2008. The number now denominates a 22-year low.
Silver: Hangin' On by a Sliver
Submitted by Fibozachi on 11/03/2009 - 11:43 Over the course of the next two weeks, we at Fibozachi will present a series of analyses that detail both the technical and fundamental landscapes of gold, silver, copper, oil, the CRB (Commodity Index), the US Dollar, the EURO and the remaining major currencies of the G8 (the “Group of Eight”) in relation to one another. After examining Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) yesterday, and to presage the bulk of our upcoming series, today we present an initial look into the technical composition of silver.European Highlights: November 3
Submitted by Cheeky Bastard on 11/03/2009 - 11:33 These are some of the more important headlines coming from around the World this morning.
Good morning, worker drones: This Week In Mayhem
Submitted by Project Mayhem on 11/03/2009 - 07:27 Audit the Federal Reserve bill gutted, EU monster rises from abyss, new strain of failflu emerges in Ukraine.Re: Commerical Real Estate and REITs - It's About That Time, again...
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 11/03/2009 - 06:09 Real estate REITs The recent bear rally has driven most of the solvent, semi-solvent and absolutely insolvent CRE stocks up, quite a few approaching 100%, while their macro outlook has deteriorated significantly, along with their fundamentals. Quite a few have actually acted in cahoots with the banks that held their increasingly worthless debt, having issued secondary offerings basically converting the bank holdings of debt that didn't have an icicles chance in the hottest portion of Hell of getting repaid, into worthless toilet paper, heretofore marketed as stock certificates. They have also begun offering...India, China, Russia and Some EU Central Banks Buying Gold
Submitted by George Washington on 11/03/2009 - 01:31 Central Banks China India India buys 200 metric tons of IMF gold. Who's next?Time to Get Serious on Pension Governance?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 11/03/2009 - 00:18 So are problems with pensions only limited to the UK and Ireland? Of course not. There are governance issues plaguing private and public pension plans all around the world. Unless we get serious and address these issues, pension systems will remain vulnerable to flagrant abuses. Do we need a total collapse of pensions to rectify these issues?
