Contributing Editors' Blog Entries
Reggie Middleton vs Goldman Sachs, Pt. Deux: Buy into a Collapsing Market to Fund Bonuses, PLEASE!!!
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 12/09/2009 - 11:26 goldman sachs Goldman Sachs Reggie Middleton Just a quick perusal of news (and an analytical fact or two) in the CRE space that makes one wonder why Goldman Sachs thinks that anyone would believe them. Then again, looking at the ($19 billion) bonus pool, much of which was just nearly halved by the UK government, it appears as if enough people believe them. Let's see what we can to do alleviate that...
A Look at the US Dollar on Multiple Time-Frames
Submitted by Fibozachi on 12/09/2009 - 08:45 A Detailed Technical look at the DXY / US Dollar Index on the 34-minute, 55-minute, 89-minute, 144-minute, daily, weekly and monthly time-frames.
World Bank Sounds Alarm on Pension Crisis
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 12/08/2009 - 22:39 Pension Crisis World Bank “It is alarming to look at what the Europe and Central Asian countries are soon to face as the region continues to age,” said Schwarz. “Future pension system deficits can be threefold than what is currently expected, and are expected to remain at that level for more than 20 years before slightly improving. Policymakers need to use the opportunity of the current crisis to address long-term issues, which could bankrupt pension systems precisely when the numbers of people who need them are growing.”FTU : Fibozachi Technical Update - 12.8.09
Submitted by Fibozachi on 12/08/2009 - 19:00 Fibozachi A Detailed Technical update of the DJIA Cash, S&P Cash, Gold Futures, US Dollar Index and Goldman Sachs
Japan's Government Encourages Unemployment
Submitted by Econophile on 12/08/2009 - 15:13 Japan Unemployment Japan has been the poster child of what not to do. They are a textbook case for the failure of Keynesian stimulus. After 20 years of repeating the same mistakes with the same results, you would think they would learn. They haven't. Now they may enact a policy that will lead to depression level unemployment. Remember the definition of insanity: do the same thing over and over and expect a different result?
Head of California's Cap and Trade Offsets Program: Cap and Trade Won't Work for Climate, It's a Scam
Submitted by George Washington on 12/08/2009 - 13:49 Cap and Trade It's a scam ...Reggie Middleton vs Goldman Sachs, Round 1
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 12/08/2009 - 08:35 goldman sachs Goldman Sachs Reggie Middleton I don't want anyone to think this is a Goldman bashing exercise. I actually admire their prowess. Not for operational excellence (as many mistakenly consider them to have when not adjusting accounting returns for risk), but for the way they seem to get away with murder, time after time. You gotta give it to them. I want readers to take time to go through the anecdotal evidence here and decide if it is more profitable to invest with Goldman, or actually attempt to put your bid in to get a slice of that $19 billion, middle class taxpayer funded, regulator protected bonus pool.Seeking Alternatives in Hunt for Yield?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 12/08/2009 - 07:56 Large public pension funds in New York, California and Ohio are looking increasingly to alternative investments in hedge funds, private equity and emerging markets in a global hunt for yield, senior managers and trustees said. What does this mean for the rest of us?
Good morning, worker drones: This Week In Mayhem
Submitted by Project Mayhem on 12/07/2009 - 08:47 Gold takes a hit to the chin, Nobel 'Peace Prize' winner Obama escalates in Afghanistan, doctored jobs report causes mayhem in sentient AI, ECB to discuss potential Greece debt default, Yahoo threatens Cryptome over leaked surveillance document.A Granular Look Into a $6 Billion REIT: Is This the Next GGP?
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 12/07/2009 - 07:52 The magnifying glass has been wiped clean and is re-focused on the under-appreciated, sell side manipulated train wreck that is the commercial real estate space. Goldman has just upgraded the sector and is currently peddling CMBS to to clients who obviously don't believe a thing that I say. I am now provided a peak into a large CRE REIT, down to the property level and will follow up with a look into the CMBS that hold the mortgages behind these properties. Next up, Reggie vs. Goldman, a head to head CRE confrontation...79% of Americans Want an Audit of the Fed, Only 21% are in Favor of Confirming Bernanke, and Only 20% Think Geithner is Doing a Good Job
Submitted by George Washington on 12/07/2009 - 02:37 The economy will not recover until Ben and Tim are fired ...
Three Strikes on Ben Bernanke: AIG, Goldman Sachs & BAC/TARP
Submitted by rc whalen on 12/06/2009 - 21:19 AIG BAC Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke goldman sachs Goldman Sachs TARP To us, the confirmation hearings last week before the Senate Banking Committee only reaffirm in our minds that Benjamin Shalom Bernanke does not deserve a second term as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.No Way to Run an Economy?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 12/06/2009 - 18:42 Graham Turner is an outsider. In his view, the Japanese experience offers a frightening glimpse into our future, with deflation, where the prices of assets such as houses and shares are locked into a downward spiral, becoming entrenched. If that happens, conventional policy measures, such as reducing interest rates and pushing through huge increases in government spending, can fail, as indeed they have in Japan.
