The 3 Reasons Why Stocks Have Skyrocketed Over the Past Couple of Years
Stocks have soared since 2009 because the Fed's quantitative easing has – intentionally – pumped them up. They've also skyrocketed because the Fed and other central banks are directly buying stocks. NBC News reports on a third major reason that stocks took off … corporate buybacks: It's the narcissist rally. [...]
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Market Pulse: Don’t bank on euro rally – CIBC
Greece’s debt buyback plan is lifting the euro, but a U.S. debt deal will see the dollar reassert itself sooner or later says CIBC FX strategist Jeremy Stretch.
FX Price Action: What’s Next?
The main development in the foreign change market over the past week has been the short squeeze of the yen, and to a lesser extent, the Swiss franc. The move coincided with a backing up in JGB yields, with the 10-year approaching the 1.0% threshold, a nearly three-fold increase since [...]
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Jack Lew’s Triple Whammy – IRS Ignorance, Corzine Corruption, And The ‘War On The Poor’
While some, we are sure, will view this brief clip as partisan showmanship by Representative Steve Pearce, the questions he asks Treasury Secretary should surely be responded to in some manner that is anything but the typical perfunctory shrug these matters normally garner. From Lew’s apparent disbelief that the IRS [...]
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One Experience That Really Shaped My Thinking
Submitted by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog, Years ago as a young intelligence officer, I served a stint in Saudi Arabia running a team of counter-terrorism analysts and agents. We used to have regular “threat working groups,” a fancy way of saying we would get together at the US [...]
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Discussion in Spain on Leaving the Euro; Euro Exit Manifest
Some common sense discussion is taking place in Spain regarding the necessity of Spain exiting the eurozone. For example, please consider Opposition to the euro breaks: first manifesto to leave the single currency as translated from El Economista. The political opposition that Spain remains part of the euro begins to [...]
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Another Look at Bernanke’s Employment Recovery in Chart Form
Reader Tim Wallace took note of Bernanke’s testimony on jobs (see Bernanke’s Semi-Annual Tap-Dance of Distortions, Half-truths, Lies, and Hypocrisy to U.S. Congress) and sent me the following chart. April Employment vs. April Employment in Previous Years click on chart for sharper image Tim writes … Hello Mish Bernanke was [...]
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Despite ‘Promises’, Japanese Market Chaos Continues
UPDATE: Japanese stocks turned negative (NKY -600pts from highs, -0.4% on day; and TOPIX down over4% from highs); S&P futures down 8 points from after-hours highs… For the second day in a row, and in spite of comments from Abe and Kuroda on communicating with the market (as Kuroda says [...]
Channel 7 – Treasurer Wayne Swan on Bank Reform at Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management
Channel 7 News 15 December 2010.
Is America’s Economy Being Sovietized?
Submitted by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market blog, The foundation of the Soviet model of trade and investment was centralization under the guise of “universal public ownership”. The entire goal of communism in general was not to give more social and political power to the people, but to extinguish alternative options [...]
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Christine Lagarde, Head of IMF, In Court Facing Questions on Embezzlement and Fraud
Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, is in court today addressing her role in a $ 366 million payout to Bernard Tapie, a close friend of former president Nicolas Sarkozy who was also Lagarde’s boss at the time. Lagarde was Sarkozy’s finance minister. Reuters reports IMF’s Lagarde in court for [...]
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Ron Paul and Alan Grayson, Bank Reform, Fraud & Theft (2) (3/May/10)(NWO ECONOMICS SERIES)
TheYouNetwork- ‘INFORM yourself then ‘SERVE’ – SUPPORT OUR WORK – visit YouFoundation (Youtube Channel) This series has been uploaded following a request and…
Japan’s Words Of Advice To Doomsayers: “Please Do Not Worry” And “Maintain Fiscal Discipline”
Six months ago, Japan’s message to the Kyle Bassians of the world – was simple: Q. If Japan has a financial collapse, what will happen to its government bonds? A. Please do not worry. Uhm, Ok. The somewhat vague, if very reassuring, warning above has since been revised to provide [...]
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China Manufacturing Slips Back Into Contraction
The HSBC Flash China Manufacturing PMI™ shows China Manufacturing Slips Back Into Contraction. Key Points Flash China Manufacturing PMI™ at 49.6 (50.4 in April). Seven-month low. Flash China Manufacturing Output Index at 51.0 (51.1 in April). Three-month low. click on chart for sharper image Commenting on the Flash China Manufacturing [...]
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Ron Paul and Alan Grayson, Bank Reform, Fraud & Theft (2) (3/May/10)(NWO ECONOMICS SERIES)
TheYouNetwork- ‘INFORM yourself then ‘SERVE’ – SUPPORT OUR WORK – visit YouFoundation (Youtube Channel) This series has been uploaded following a request and… Video Rating: 5 / 5
Rand Paul Has the Right Idea, Congress Should Apologize to Apple; Holy Grail of Tax Avoidance; The “Golden Goose”; Hypocrite McCain
Rand Paul created quite a stir in Congress when he Tweeted ‘The Senate should apologize to Apple’. @SenRandPaul: Instead of examining our broken tax system, the US Senate is about to harass Apple-one of the greatest business success stories in history. @SenRandPaul: I am offended by a $ 4 trillion [...]
Bernanke’s Semi-Annual Tap-Dance of Distortions, Half-truths, Lies, and Hypocrisy to U.S. Congress
Inquiring minds with extra time on their hands this morning are plodding through the Full Transcript of Bernanke’s Testimony To Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress looking for the usual collection of half-truths, distortions, and outright lies it usually contains. Here are some point-by-point statements by Bernanke with my comments immediately [...]
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Obamacare Premiums 47% Higher But Deductibles 27% Lower Than Grandfathered Health Plans; Obamacare Lies
Here’s the question of the day: If you have a choice (and you many not for long because companies are abandoning grandfathered plans) Should you skip Obamacare and keep your old plan? Any policy in place on March 23, 2010, the day health reform was enacted, falls under the grandfather [...]
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Guest Post: The Coming Collapse Of The Petrodollar System
Authored by Andrew McKillop, PETRODOLLAR WAR The theory of Petrodollar Warfare can be attributed to US analyst and author William R Clarke, and his 2005 book of that title which interpreted the US-UK decision to invade Iraq in 2003. He called this an “oil currency war”, but the concept of [...]
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Saudi ‘Religious Police’ Warn Anyone Using Twitter Will Go To Hell
Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Bitzkrieg blog, Saudi Religious Police Chief Goes on the Attack… Against Twitter You know something isn’t right in your country when you have a “religious police force.” You know something is really, really not right in your country when the head of that religious [...]
EU On Collision Course With Germany Over Tariffs; Yet Another Reason for UK to Exit EU
The threat by the EU to impose huge tariffs on solar panels from China has run into staunch opposition. The Financial Times reports Germany warns EU solar tariffs would be ‘grave mistake’ Germany’s vice-chancellor and economy minister put Berlin on a collision course with Brussels by warning that imposing anti-dumping [...]
EU On Collision Course With Germany Over Tariffs; Yet Another Reason for UK to Exit EU
The threat by the EU to impose huge tariffs on solar panels from China has run into staunch opposition. The Financial Times reports Germany warns EU solar tariffs would be ‘grave mistake’ Germany’s vice-chancellor and economy minister put Berlin on a collision course with Brussels by warning that imposing anti-dumping [...]
EU On Collision Course With Germany Over Tariffs; Yet Another Reason for UK to Exit EU
The threat by the EU to impose huge tariffs on solar panels from China has run into staunch opposition. The Financial Times reports Germany warns EU solar tariffs would be ‘grave mistake’ Germany’s vice-chancellor and economy minister put Berlin on a collision course with Brussels by warning that imposing anti-dumping [...]
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Folly of Preserving the Euro at All Costs; Should France Lead Breakup of Euro?
The Local, a website with German news in English reports Economists warn against German euro exit. “Even a believable rumour that Germany would exit the euro would result in a massive capital flight from the countries of southern Europe to Germany.” The southern European banking system would then collapse, bringing [...]
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Folly of Preserving the Euro at All Costs; Should France Lead Breakup of Euro?
The Local, a website with German news in English reports Economists warn against German euro exit. “Even a believable rumour that Germany would exit the euro would result in a massive capital flight from the countries of southern Europe to Germany.” The southern European banking system would then collapse, bringing [...]
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