Sun 2008-10-26 00:00 EDT
by "the masked political consultant"; ``what "Moving to the Center," means is: moving towards power and money''; ``What voters are expected to believe is that after a 30-year class war against the bottom 90% of income earners, the source of their troubles are black rappers and inner city fathers and not criminality on Wall Street or a corrupt political system.''; 2008-08-27
Sun 2008-08-24 00:00 EDT
Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Here They Go Again; many early subprime modifications failing; banks which ``moved early and aggressively to deal with this in terms of raising new capital, foreclosing instead of restructuring, and tightening down early on lax credit, may be the last people standing''; loss severity increasing; ``third quarter is going to be an unmitigated disaster for the financial sector'', ``foreign money will move in a big way to gobble up American assets''
Tue 2008-08-19 00:00 EDT
"US$ is very under-valued relative to the euro on a purchasing-power-parity basis"; "recent intermediate-term trend reversals in the commodity markets removed the pressure that had previously been preventing the US dollar from moving back towards fair valuation."
Dollar; gold; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Steve Saville.
Wed 2008-08-06 00:00 EDT
Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> A Modern Day Alexander Hamilton; "moving to the end game, where massive American assets...marked down and sold to new foreign masters"
economic; Market; Modern Day Alexander Hamilton; watch; winter.
Thu 2008-07-03 00:00 EDT
"eems a move designed to mollify critics without admitting to bad practices in bread-and-butter products"
CPDOs; Moody's Sacks Structured Finance Head; naked capitalism.
Fri 2008-06-06 00:00 EDT
"Robert Cassidy, former assistant U.S. trade for Asia and for China, and Bill Clinton's point man in negotiating China's entry into the WTO, now admits the agreement was flawed from the start, benefiting two groups: multinationals that moved to China and financial firms that financed those investments."; "how globalization was designed"
Angry Bear; confessed; Failed Trade Policy; guys; Negotiated China's Entry; WTO.
Sun 2008-05-18 00:00 EDT
"nventory of homes is now beyond a two year supply and growing, while prices are falling off the cliff." "at least a third of todays builders will be bankrupt within the next 18 months."largest source of inventory is the homes moving through the foreclosure process" "The snakes have moved out of the mortgage business and into the REO disposition business."
Decession; Depression; Mike Morgan; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.
Fri 2008-05-16 00:00 EDT
Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Paint Lipstick on this Pig; Freddie Mac moves 120 billion to level 3 assets; moved entire ABS portfolio into level 3; level 3 assets now 23% of total assets
Thu 2008-03-27 00:00 EDT
"buy the SPY...when the 20 week moving average crosses the 50 week moving average by more than 1%, and you go to cash (or treasuries) when the 20 week moving average crosses the 50 week moving average in the downward direct by more than 1%."
Long Term Investment Timing Signal; Ticker Classics; working.
Mon 2008-03-17 00:00 EDT
Mon 2007-12-17 00:00 EST
Citigroup's Move A Sign of Deflation, by Mr. Practical, minyanville; Citi takes 50B busted SIVs onto balance sheet
Sun 2007-11-25 00:00 EST
Fed moves irrelevant as banking system collapses; "Slashing rates to 1% was what created this mess. Cutting them to 1% again can hardly be the solution."
Liquidity Pump Runs Dry; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.
Mon 2007-08-20 00:00 EDT
by Lee Adler; recent Fed moves are smoke and mirrors
