Leo Kolivakis's picture

Will China Save the Eurozone?

Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 10/02/2010 - 19:14 Bond China Credit Rating Agencies default European Union Eurozone George Papandreou Global Economy Greece Gross Domestic Product International Monetary Fund Rating Agencies Rating Agency recovery Reuters Wen Jiabao Sure looks that way....
George Washington's picture

Bernanke Knew Back in 1988 that Quantitative Easing Doesn't Work

Submitted by George Washington on 10/02/2010 - 16:57 Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Open Market Operations Quantitative Easing For the little guy or the economy as a whole, that is ... But it's GREAT for the people who really matter
ilene's picture

Scientists, Secrets and Wall Street's Lost $4 Trillion

Submitted by ilene on 10/02/2010 - 16:15 Algorithmic Trading Black Swan Bond Central Banks Citigroup Collateralized Debt Obligations Corruption Credit Rating Agencies Fannie Mae International Monetary Fund Mars Morgan Stanley Nassim Taleb Rating Agencies Risk Management Robert Rubin Securities and Exchange Commission Testimony Volatility What Wall Street bears no relationship to any longer is its primary mission in the U.S. economy: to be a fair and efficient allocator of capital to worthy businesses and innovators to propel job growth while also providing a medium for allowing investors to buy or sell stocks and bonds of those businesses at a fair price.
mikla's picture

Nightmare Scenario: The Fed Outlives the US Federal Government

Submitted by mikla on 10/02/2010 - 13:47 AIG American International Group Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke Bond default ETC European Central Bank Federal Reserve Germany Greece International Monetary Fund POMO Reserve Currency Sovereign Debt Sovereign Default If I were Ben Bernanke, and I wanted to be King of the World, here's what I would do. Not only is this plausible, it's rather simple. If Ben can't pull this off, he really is a moron.
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My Big Miss in Cotton

Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 10/02/2010 - 08:52 China India Since the Great Ag Boom of 2010 started in May, the white staple has rocketed 38% to over $1/pound, a 15 year high, and only the second time since the Civil War that it has broken the buck. Get used to this story. Demand from Asia is soaring. “Double dippers” beware.
Leo Kolivakis's picture

Full Plate for Teachers' New Private Equity Head?

Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 10/02/2010 - 07:14 CanWest China Private Equity Securities and Exchange Commission The new head of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s $10-billion private equity portfolio will have to hit the ground running when she assumes the position in mid-October.
Bruce Krasting's picture

Bernanke's “All In"

Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 10/01/2010 - 17:22 Ben Bernanke Congressional Budget Office fixed Gambling QE-2 recovery Unemployment William Dudley I don't get it. Why?
Reggie Middleton's picture

Is the US Government About to Forgive Mortgage Debt? Let’s Crowdsource Our Way Through a Scenario or Two!

Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/01/2010 - 15:53 AIG American International Group default ETC Fitch Foreclosures Grayson Housing Prices Jamie Dimon ratings Real estate recovery Reggie Middleton Treasury Department Wells Fargo Yeah, I know what you're saying as you read this, but many of the signs are there. Here are the legal, economic and financial widgets to contribute to an interesting crowdsourced debate, discussion and analysis for the weekend.
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Will We Have Hyperinflation In America?

Submitted by Econophile on 10/01/2010 - 15:14 Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke Bond Central Banks China CPI Creditors default ETC Eurozone Germany Gross Domestic Product headlines Hyperinflation Israel Japan Jim Rogers John Hussman John Williams Marc Faber Medicare Milton Friedman Monetary Policy Money Supply Nassim Taleb Nationalization None Obamacare Peter Schiff President Obama Quantitative Easing ratings Real estate Recession Reserve Currency Sovereign Debt Sovereign Default Sovereign Risk Sovereign Risk Sovereigns Stagflation Trichet Unemployment United Kingdom There have been a lot of articles about the coming hyperinflation in America. Many of the commentators with whom I agree most of the time say hyperinflation is inevitable here. The problem is that it is an easy thing to say but more difficult to prove. If one does a careful analysis of the hows and whys of hyperinflation, it is highly unlikely to happen here.
madhedgefundtrader's picture

Is Coal the New Black Gold?

Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 10/01/2010 - 14:08 Berkshire Hathaway China Exchange Traded Fund Japan Natural Gas Obama Administration Demand from emerging markets is absolutely exploding. A major super cycle of buying from Asia is creating a long term structural shortage for the black stuff. A US dependence of 50% of its power generation from coal isn’t changing any time soon. If the Republicans win the November elections, a regulatory back off will deliver a sudden boost to profitability. (BTU), (MEE), (JOYG), (KOL).
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Two Original “WET INK” Notes Discovered in Same Foreclosure Case – Beth Cottrell JPMorgan Chase Team – 18,000 Documents a Month!

Submitted by 4closureFraud on 10/01/2010 - 13:24 default Florida GMAC JPMorgan Chase Wells Fargo Housingwire: "In the memo, Chase says it believes the factual information given in the affidavits are accurate and not affected by whether or not the signer knew the details." In the memo, Chase says it believes the factual information given in the affidavits are accurate and not affected by whether or not the signer knew the details. 4closureFraud here... Factual information eh?? Explain this then… Why were Two Original “WET INK” Notes Discovered in Same Foreclosure Case? It looks like two different attorneys from the Florida Default Law Group did not realize that the other attorney filed a...
ilene's picture

China's Syndrome

Submitted by ilene on 10/01/2010 - 13:05 Bond China Corruption Free Money Global Economy Gross Domestic Product Housing Bubble President Obama Real estate recovery Trade Deficit Unemployment China has created a monster for itself that has already begun to turn on its master, and will one day devour it.
ilene's picture

TGIF - The Tale of the Asian Tiger

Submitted by ilene on 10/01/2010 - 12:02 Australia Brazil China Copper CPI Dumb Money Exchange Traded Fund Gross Domestic Product India Japan New Zealand Nikkei SPY Trade Deficit Yen Yuan A total global growth rate of 2.47% is simply not enough to sustain $3.70 copper and $80 oil… Speculators, fortunately for the commodity pushers, cannot do complex math like that – they just hear the words “China” and “growth” and they begin to foam at the mouth and throw all their dollars at shiny bits of metal and black sticky goo.
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George Washington's picture

Scientists: 40 Times More Cancer-Causing Toxics in Gulf than Before Spill ... Dispersants to Blame

Submitted by George Washington on 10/01/2010 - 11:07 Crude Crude Oil KIM Mexico NOAA University of California Nothing to see here, move along ...
Reggie Middleton's picture

Are We In a “Banking” Depression?

Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 10/01/2010 - 10:29 BAC Florida Foreclosures goldman sachs Goldman Sachs Great Depression Gross Domestic Product Housing Market Illinois Lehman Lehman Brothers Mark To Market Morgan Stanley Real estate Reality Recession Reggie Middleton Stress Test Volatility Wells Fargo I am not an economist or anything of the sort, but the bank loss situation looks an awful lot like it did during the great depression.
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