Thu 2008-02-14 00:00 EST

Apocalypse Now?

by Stephen Holmes (The Nation 2007-10-29); review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemisis; blowback

Apocalypse.

Sat 2008-01-05 00:00 EST

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Unemployment Soars as Private Sector Jobs Contract

understating unemployment; birth/death adjustments added 1.3 million "jobs" since 2007-02

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Private Sector Jobs Contract; Unemployment Soars.

Thu 2008-01-03 00:00 EST

Sudden Debt: Further On CDS

(2007-11-30)

CDS; further; Sudden Debt.

Sat 2007-12-29 00:00 EST

Calculated Risk: Tanta: Mortgage Servicing for UberNerds

(2007-02-20)

Calculated Risk; mortgage services; Tanta; UberNerds.

Mon 2007-12-10 00:00 EST

Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: December 10, 2007 - Overbought in an Unfavorable Market Climate

"Treasure plan...equivalent of the FEMA response after hurricane Katrina"; "Provably incorrect ideas are eventually proven incorrect."

2007; December 10; Hussman Funds; Overbought; Unfavorable Market Climate; weekly market comments.

Thu 2007-12-06 00:00 EST

Bear In Mind > Too Much Like 1929

Bear In Mind > Too Much Like 1929 (2007-04); chinese-american economic interconnections; similarities to pre-depression US-British conditions

1929; Bear; mind.

Tue 2007-12-04 00:00 EST

Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: An Irrelevant Fed - Thimbles of Water in a Forest Fire - December 4, 2007

2007; December 4; forest fire; Hussman Funds; Irrelevant Fed; thimbleful; water; weekly market comments.

Fri 2007-11-30 00:00 EST

Calculated Risk: Florida REO: Priced Below 2002 New Home Price

2002 new 122K, 2006 260K, 2007 foreclosed; asking 100K!

2002 New Home Price; Calculated Risk; Florida REO; Price.

Fri 2007-11-30 00:00 EST

Five Things You Need to Know: Why Should You Care About LIBOR?; Risk Aversion Leads to Risk Aversion: Financial News - Yahoo!

Five Things You Need to Know: Why Should You Care About LIBOR?; Risk Aversion Leads to Risk Aversion, by Kevin Depew (minyanvill); watching LIBOR; banks hoarding cash, reluctant to lend (2007-11-16)

care; financial News; know; LIBOR; needed; risk aversion; Risk Aversion Leads; thing; Yahoo.

Fri 2007-11-16 00:00 EST

Bankruptcy Reform and Credit Cards

by Michelle J. White (NBER, July 2007)

bankruptcy reform; credit cards.

Tue 2007-11-13 00:00 EST

Wall Street firms increasingly relying on risky assets - Nov. 12, 2007

Wall Street firms increasingly relying on risky assets, by Peter Eavis, Fortune; Level 3 bank assets increase ominously - Nov. 12, 2007

12; 2007; Nov; risky assets; Wall Street firms increasingly relying.

Mon 2007-11-12 00:00 EST

Minyanville -

Minyan Peter: Bank Earnings Post Mortem (2007-10-26); originate for resale/securitization business model broken; balance sheets growing; credit quality deteriorating; formerly abundant credit becoming scarce resource

Minyanville.

Mon 2007-11-12 00:00 EST

Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: Expecting A Recession - November 12, 2007

2007; expectations; Hussman Funds; November 12; Recession; weekly market comments.

Tue 2007-10-02 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: The Rise of the Free Trade Heretics

2007-04-14; Ralph Gomory; divergence of interests between multinational firms and their home country

Free Trade Heretics; naked capitalism; rising.

Tue 2007-10-02 00:00 EDT

The Establishment Rethinks Globalization

by Willam Greider (The Nation 2007-04-30); Ralph Gomory "what established authorities teach Americans about global trade is simply wrong"

Establishment Rethinks Globalization.

Tue 2007-10-02 00:00 EDT

Minyanville -

Bank Earnings 101: Banks are generally leveraged 10:1; by Minyan Peter (2007-09-10)

Minyanville.