Contributing Editors' Blog Entries
JP Morgan Aids in the (Fraudulent???) Sale of Restricted Stock and Insider Stock Sales
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 07/29/2010 - 13:03 10b5-1 Commercial Real Estate Countrywide CRE CRE goldman sachs Goldman Sachs Insider Trading Monetization Morgan Stanley Real estate Reggie Middleton Restricted Stock WaMu Could it be??? I don't know, so I'll let you decide...- Comments: 26
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Why Singapore is Sizzling
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 07/29/2010 - 12:35 Gambling goldman sachs Goldman Sachs Gross Domestic Product Morgan Stanley The Economist Singapore has won the sweepstakes to become the world’s fastest growing economy. A white hot first half 18.1% GDP growth rate. The financial sector is booming, thanks to an explosion of newly minted Chinese billionaires. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley scrambling to add local staff. Time to bury old grudges? (EWS).- Comments: 49
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Technical Analysis of S&P 500 futures
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 07/29/2010 - 11:29 Technical Analysis Multi Technical Analysis method based Technical Confluence Support & Resistance PowerZones for the S&P 500 futures- Comments: 21
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After Getting a Glimpse of the New Windows Phone 7 Functionality, RIMM is Looking More Like a Short Play
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 07/29/2010 - 09:25 Apple ETC Google Don't be so quick to dismiss the behemoth known as Microsoft!- Comments: 44
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Pivotfarm Daily News Harvest 29th July 2010
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 07/29/2010 - 09:00 British Pound Copper Double Dip Equity Markets Eurozone Natural Gas Nikkei Recession Unemployment • Asian equity markets had a mixed session overnight. The Hang Seng finished flat +0.01% up. The Nikkei 225 was down -0.59%. • European equity markets are making gains today and are progressively getting higher. This is on the back of strong European economic data. • Commodities are pushing higher this morning. Oil and Gold are both trading higher in today’s session while copper is up over +1%- Comments: 3
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The Problem With Rosie On Inflation
Submitted by Econophile on 07/29/2010 - 00:06 Bond David Rosenberg fixed Gluskin Sheff Gross Domestic Product Hyperinflation Money Supply Open Market Operations Rosenberg Tyler Durden While I tremendously respect David Rosenberg, his article on Wednesday on inflation and deflation is a confusing mishmash of Keynesian ideas which are clearly wrong. But in the end, despite his struggle with concepts, he may have the market timing right.- Comments: 55
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False Recovery in Commercial Real Estate?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 07/28/2010 - 22:49 China Commercial Real Estate CRE CRE Credit Crisis Deutsche Bank Double Dip Excess Reserves Foreclosures France Germany goldman sachs Goldman Sachs Insurance Companies Market Conditions Middle East Monsanto PIMCO Private Equity Prudential Real estate Reality Recession recovery SL Green Special Servicing Structured Finance United Kingdom While some industry participants are heralding the recovery in commercial real estate, other experts warn that this is a false recovery and it's too early for such proclamations...- Comments: 6
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The Stinging Critique of a Worker Bee
Submitted by Phoenix Capital... on 07/28/2010 - 16:53 Alan Greenspan Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke Bureau of Labor Statistics China Commodity Futures Trading Commission Fail Federal Reserve fixed Larry Summers OPEC Purchasing Power The Economist Unemployment A little while back, a Fed Economist by the name of Kartik Athreya, wrote a piece urging the public to only listen to economists who have PhDs from top level universities when searching for economic insights. Obviously this paper was a lot of fun for me to read. So I thought I’d present some thoughts on Mr. Athreya and the group of “experts” he represents- Comments: 21
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I Thought Quantitative Easing Ended?
Submitted by Phoenix Capital... on 07/28/2010 - 16:50 Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve Quantitative Easing Back in April investor bullishness was at extremes. Consequently, Wall Street ramped stocks first upwards (the usual predilection) to shank the puts… only to swiftly reverse the action in the middle of the week to shake out the calls. This whole system occurs courtesy of the Federal Reserve which openly and blatantly pumps the market on options expiration week. I’ve shown the below chart before. It’s staggering that no one in Congress or any of the regulators actually bother following up on this. How much more obvious does Bernanke need to get?- Comments: 32
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Mainstream Economists: "Mission Accomplished"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/28/2010 - 15:10 Afghanistan AIG American International Group Consumer Confidence Credit Default Swaps default Federal Reserve Great Depression Insider Trading New York Times Reality Recession recovery TARP Treasury Department Unbelievable ...- Comments: 41
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"Federal Debt and the Risk of a Financial Crisis" - CBO
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 07/28/2010 - 15:04 Ben Bernanke Congressional Budget Office Gross Domestic Product Happy Talk Larry Kudlow Monetary Policy Another well timed report from the CBO. This time they crap on those who have been advocating sustaining the Bush tax cuts. Funny thing is, if we do eliminate those tax cuts we are in for a hell of a recession come January. Is that a no win?- Comments: 34
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5 Reasons to Fear a US Double Dip Recession
Submitted by inoculatedinvestor on 07/28/2010 - 13:51 Double Dip Recession As the prospects for a double dip recession in the US seem to increase by the day, just about every bearish market commentator has his or her reasons why we should beware the triumphant return of the Great Recession. Even though I am not usually one to follow the herd, in this care I figured I might as well join the party and discuss my 5 favorite reasons a double dip may be upon us.- Comments: 5
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The Hard Numbers About Obama’s Anti Business Campaign.
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 07/28/2010 - 10:37 BAC Bank of America Bank of America BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics Citigroup Fat Cats Fox News Gross Domestic Product Illinois Morgan Stanley None President Obama recovery Unemployment You may have heard from the media lately that President Obama hates business, despises businessmen, and is derailing the economic recovery with his anti business policies. A close examination of the hard data delivers a different conclusion. Is Obama actually a closet pro-business president?- Comments: 71
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Pivotfarm Daily News Harvest 28th July 2010
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 07/28/2010 - 08:43 Bank of England Beige Book British Pound Equity Markets Mervyn King Nikkei United Kingdom Markets in a Flash · Asian equity markets closed up across the board overnight posting strong gains. The Nikkei 225 was up + 2.70%, while the Shanghai Index was up +2.26%. · European equity markets started the day positive but at the European lunchtime the markets had fallen into negative territory. The FTSE 100 was down more than -0.25%.- Reads: 888
A New Spin on Bank Fraud: Banks Defrauding Their Invesors, Auditors and Regulators, Which Also Helps Delinquent Mortgagees
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 07/28/2010 - 06:52 Bank of America Bank of America Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke Capital Markets Credit Crisis Defaulted Loans Foreclosures Great Depression Green Shoots Housing Prices Non-performing assets NPAs ratings Real estate Reggie Middleton Sovereign Debt Volatility WaMu Now we know how those banks were able to post improving credit metrics last quarter!- Comments: 16
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