Fri 2008-06-06 00:00 EDT

Angry Bear: Failed Trade Policy: Confessions from Our Guy Who Negotiated China's Entry into the WTO

"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.

Tue 2008-06-03 00:00 EDT

[ The Financial Ninja ]: Really Scary Fed Charts: MAY, False Alarm?

"ed has basically traded in high quality instruments, US treasuries, for low quality instruments that the market doesn't want at all"

False Alarm; Financial Ninja; Really Scary Fed Charts.

Sun 2008-06-01 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: CFTC Investigation of Oil Trading Focuses on Tankers, Storage

CFTC Investigation; naked capitalism; Oil Trading Focuses; storage; Tanker.

Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Aunt Millie-iced

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Aunt Millie-iced; Jefferson County bankruptcy looming over failed derivatives trades; Bill Gross said to bet on mortagage debt

Aunt Millie-iced; economic; Market; watch; winter.

Thu 2008-05-15 00:00 EDT

The Secret Bailout of J. P. Morgan: How Insider Trading Looted Bear Stearns and the American Taxpayer

by Ellen Brown

American Taxpayer; Insider Trading Looted Bear Stearns; J.P. Morgan; Secret Bailout.

Sat 2008-04-12 00:00 EDT

Angry Bear: After the Recession: What then?

"We have to ask: What is it that we can trade? In order to compete globally, we must have something to offer the rest of the world, something to trade"

Angry Bear; Recession.

Tue 2008-04-01 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Bear Conspiracy Theories and Carry Trade Unwind

Bear Conspiracy Theories; carry trade unwind; naked capitalism.

Mon 2008-03-31 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Who's Holding The Bag?

Buffett versus Greenspan on derivatives; "the development of credit derivatives has contributed to the stability of the banking system", or "rapidly growing trade in derivatives poses a "mega-catastrophic risk" for the economy"; 2007-07-04

bag; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; S hold.

Thu 2008-03-27 00:00 EDT

It's Time To Cut The Trade Deficit - Forbes.com

It's Time To Cut The Trade Deficit, by Peter Morici - Forbes.com; "Globalization is not an unalloyed good. We don't need 300-horsepower cars. And Wall Street is not a citadel of integrity."

com; cutting; Forbes; Time; Trade Deficit.

Mon 2008-03-24 00:00 EDT

AlterNet: NY Public Library 'Trades Naming Rights' to Greedy Hedge Fund Billionaire for Big Bucks

AlterNet: NY Public Library "Trades Naming Rights" to Greedy Hedge Fund Billionaire for Big Bucks, by David Morris; Stephen A. Schwarzman Library for $100 million

AlterNet; Big Buck; Greedy Hedge Fund Billionaire; NY Public Library; Trades Naming Rights.

Mon 2008-03-24 00:00 EDT

Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: Why is Bear Stearns Trading at $6 Instead of $2

"unelected bureaucrats went beyond their legal mandates, delivered a windfall to a single private company at public expense, entered agreements that violate the the public trust, and created a situation where even if the bureaucratic malfeasance stands, the shareholders of Bear Stearns will either reject the deal or be deprived of their right to determine the fate of the company they own"

2; 6; Bear Stearns trade; Hussman Funds; weekly market comments.

Wed 2008-03-19 00:00 EDT

Whistleblower exposes insider trading program at JP Morgan - Wikileaks

JP Morgan; Whistleblower exposes insider trading program; Wikileaks.

Wed 2008-03-19 00:00 EDT

JP Morgan Private Bank insider trading how-to - Wikileaks

JP Morgan Private Bank Barry Diller insider trading how-to - Wikileaks; pdf link

JP Morgan Private Bank insider trading; Wikileaks.

Fri 2008-02-22 00:00 EST

Between The Lines > Inside Bernanke's Brain - The Fed's Response To The Crisis

Between The Lines > Inside Bernanke's Brain - The Fed's Response To The Crisis, by Aaron Krowne; "Fed doesnt actually control rates, at least not directly. It only sets a TARGET"; "in times of great distress (as now), the rates can get away from the Feds grasp, and it becomes important to distinguish. Specifically, if the Fed were to try to force the funds rate up to the 4.5% target while they were naturally trading around 3%, they would actually have to WITHDRAW liquidity from the system, causing a catastrophic deflationary spiral."

Bernanke's Brain; Crisis; Fed's responsibilities; lines.

Tue 2008-02-12 00:00 EST

The Wall Street Examiner >> Fed Eunuchs Reveal True Selves In Technicolor

by Lee Adler; "Fed has aggressively collapsed the size of the System Open Market Account...to withdraw billions of dollars of what is, in essence, margin buying power from the trading accounts of the Primary Dealers"

Feds Eunuchs Reveals True Selves; Technicolor; Wall Street Examiner.

Mon 2008-01-07 00:00 EST

Money Matters: Yen Rises, Nikkei Falls

by Elaine Meinel Supkis; "Thus is the inglorious end to globalization: the simultaneous attempt at kamikaze-inspired crashing of currencies into the flight decks of trade rivals."; Japanese use of forex reserves to weaken the yen caused the Asian currency crisis

money matters; Nikkei falls; yen Rises.