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Worst Case Scenario = 73% Down From Here
WORST CASE SCENARIO = 73% DOWN FROM HERE As the stock market gyrates higher and lower in a fairly narrow range, the spokesmodels and talking heads on CNBC breathlessly regurgitate the standard bullish mantra designed to keep the muppets in the market. They are employees of a massive corporation whose bottom line and stock price […]
All is Not Well
All is Not Well The 1987 stock market crash raised concerns for the dangers associated with mounting U.S. “twin deficits.” Fiscal and trade deficits were reflective of poor economic management. Credit excesses – certainly including excessive government borrowings – were stimulating demand that was reflected in expanding U.S. trade and Current Account Deficits. Concerns dissipated […]
‘Days of Revolt’: Chris Hedges, Michael Hudson Discuss How We Got to Junk Economics (Video)
‘Days of Revolt’: Chris Hedges, Michael Hudson Discuss How We Got to Junk Economics (Video) teleSUR In this episode of teleSUR’s “Days of Revolt,” Chris Hedges interviews Michael Hudson on the history of classical economics and explores Marx’s interpretation of capitalism as exploitation. Hudson is a professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City […]
The US military industrial complex, Wall Street and Big Oil are vying to buy the presidency
The US military industrial complex, Wall Street and Big Oil are vying to buy the presidency A dummies guide to who might own the White House The Republican primaries have represented a veritable political orgasm in the mainstreaming of xenophobia. And the two leading GOP candidates, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, have been quick to […]
A Scam Called Valeant——Why The Casino Is Going To Blow
A Scam Called Valeant——Why The Casino Is Going To Blow If you need evidence that Wall Street is a financial time bomb waiting for ignition look no further than the recent meltdown of Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX). In round terms, its market cap of $90 billion on August 5th has suddenly become the embodiment of that proverbial sucking sound […]
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Who Killed the Electric Car? [ Who cares about electric CARS? Civilization ends when trucks stop running, and trucks can’t run on batteries because they’re too heavy (93% of the cargo weight, 25% of the cargo space), and an all-electric truck fleet would require thousands of new power plants, mostly running on finite fossil fuels. Although Wall […]
Yellen, Draghi, Kuroda: Deranged Lab Rats
YELLEN, DRAGHI, KURODA: DERANGED LAB RATS The stock market has regained all of its loses year to date as economic indicators continue to flash red, corporate profits continue to plunge, consumers continue to spend less at retailers, real wages continue to fall, and housing sales continue to decline. The entire dead cat bounce has been […]
Interest Rates Are Never Going Back to Normal
Interest Rates Are Never Going Back to Normal Grotesque Mutants BALTIMORE – Let’s see… U.S. corporate earnings have been going down for three quarters in a row. The median household income is lower than it was 10 years ago. And now JPMorgan Chase has increased its estimated risk of a recession to about one in […]
Wall Street Bankers and Lobbyists Move to Ensure Industry Continues to Regulate Itself
Wall Street Bankers and Lobbyists Move to Ensure Industry Continues to Regulate Itself Not content with continued prosecutorial immunity and trillions in taxpayer bailouts and backstops, Wall Street banksters are making moves to ensure they regulate themselves. In case you’re still wondering who the real owners of this country are… The Wall Street Journal reports: ORLANDO, Fla.—Wall Street’s top […]
This Chart Shows the First Big Crash Is Likely Just Ahead
This Chart Shows the First Big Crash Is Likely Just Ahead The story on Wall Street and CNBC continues to be that we’re in a correction and this is a buying opportunity. Even Warren Buffett joins the chorus of stock market cheerleaders for the skeptical public. Well, I agree with the skeptical public, not the […]
Greenspan Explains The Fed’s Miserable Track Record: “We Didn’t Forecast Better Because We Can’t”
Greenspan Explains The Fed’s Miserable Track Record: “We Didn’t Forecast Better Because We Can’t” On March 11, the National Archives announced its first opening of Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) records, along with a detailed 1,400-page online finding aid (yes, just the index is 1,400 pages). The records which are available via DropBox, seek to identify the […]
David Stockman: Thanks for the Corporate Bond Bubble, Fed
DAVID STOCKMAN: THANKS FOR THE CORPORATE BOND BUBBLE, FED Once upon a time businesses borrowed long term money—-if they borrowed at all—-in order to fund plant, equipment and other long-lived productive assets. That kind of debt was self-liquidating in the sense that it usually generated a stream of income and cash flow that was sufficient to […]
The Price Isn’t Right——-How Central Banks Are Fixing To Ambush The Casino
The Price Isn’t Right——-How Central Banks Are Fixing To Ambush The Casino The casino is incorrigible. After a monumental short squeeze that has lifted the averages right into the jaws of danger, Goldman Sachs has the temerity to print the following: “Our model suggests SPX calls are more attractive than at any time over the past 20 years”. […]
A Secret About Oil You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
A Secret About Oil You Won’t Find Anywhere Else This is going to be a far larger problem than Wall Street realizes. In early 1983 – the first week of February, to be precise – the inventory of crude oil in the U.S. reached an all-time economic high. I say “economic high” because nominal supply […]
The Fed’s Nightmare Scenario
The Fed’s Nightmare Scenario Operating under the mistaken belief that a modest dose of inflation is either a prerequisite for, or a by-product of, economic growth, the nation’s top economists have been assuring us for quite some time that inflation will stay very low until the currently mediocre economy finally catches fire. As a result, […]
