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Ten years after the crisis… they’re doing the same thing and expecting different results
Ten years after the crisis… they’re doing the same thing and expecting different results “Holy Crap– turn on your TV! This is crazy!” It was Sunday, September 14, 2008. Exactly 10 years ago to the day. My friend Jeff called me and told me to turn on the television—where I saw dozens of people on […]
The Bank Bailout of 2008 was Unnecessa
The Bank Bailout of 2008 was Unnecessary Photo Source Xavier | CC BY 2.0 This week marked 10 years since the harrowing descent into the financial crisis — when the huge investment bank Lehman Bros. went into bankruptcy, with the country’s largest insurer, AIG, about to follow. No one was sure which financial institution might […]
As The Fed Raises Rates, The Ghost of Lehman Bros Lingers
As The Fed Raises Rates, The Ghost of Lehman Bros Lingers In just two days – September 15 – it will be the 10-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers collapse. The date they filed bankruptcy. With nearly $620 billion in debts, it was the largest bankruptcy in history. Now, a decade late – it appears the […]
The Makings of a 2020 Recession and Financial Crisis
Carl Court/Getty Images The Makings of a 2020 Recession and Financial Crisis Although the global economy has been undergoing a sustained period of synchronized growth, it will inevitably lose steam as unsustainable fiscal policies in the US start to phase out. Come 2020, the stage will be set for another downturn – and, unlike in […]
Carmot Capital: “The Next Crisis Won’t Be A Flash Crash; It Will Be A Flash Flood”
Carmot Capital: “The Next Crisis Won’t Be A Flash Crash; It Will Be A Flash Flood” THE STRAIGHT FLUSH CRASH AN ILLUSION OF SIMPLICITY, AN ENTANGLEMENT OF COMPLEXITY Lately, there has been talk of so-called “elevated” markets. Equity markets, real estate markets and bond markets are indeed reaching new highs regularly. But how long will […]
Hong Kong Interbank Rates Spike To Highest Since Lehman
Hong Kong Interbank Rates Spike To Highest Since Lehman For only the third time since Lehman, the price of liquidity in the Hong Kong Dollar interbank markets has exploded higher. Overnight HKD Hibor soared over 60 basis points to 0.71407% in Monday trading – the highest since October 2008… Note that the two previous spikes […]
So Many Triggers
So Many Triggers It’s not a story that’s likely to appear on the evening news, but it certainly should. Deutsche Bank has announced that it will create more shares, selling them at a 35% discount. Existing shareholders have not been pleased and, in the first four days since the offer was announced, the value of […]
The Coming Collapse of the World’s Biggest Economy
The Coming Collapse of the World’s Biggest Economy The stage is set for the collapse of the world’s largest economy—the European Union. The trigger: Italy’s exit from the euro currency. The Financial Times recently put it this way: An Italian exit from the single currency would trigger the total collapse of the eurozone within a very short […]
Three reasons why the banking system is rigged against you
Three reasons why the banking system is rigged against you If there were ever any doubt about how completely RIGGED the banking system is against depositors, allow me to introduce the following: Exhibit A: Governments are working to make banks LESS safe Yesterday an unelected bureaucrat that no one has ever heard of made a stunning […]
I’m in Awe of How Fast Deutsche Bank is Falling Apart
I’m in Awe of How Fast Deutsche Bank is Falling Apart Counterparties lose confidence, withdraw cash. Deutsche Bank, with $2 trillion in assets, amounting to 58% of Germany’s GDP, one of the most globally interwoven banks, with gross notional derivatives exposure of €46 trillion, right at the top along with JP Morgan (booked as €41 billion […]
Charting The Epic Collapse Of The World’s Most Systemically Dangerous Bank
Charting The Epic Collapse Of The World’s Most Systemically Dangerous Bank It’s been almost 10 years in the making, but the fate of one of Europe’s most important financial institutions appears to be sealed. After a hard-hitting sequence of scandals, poor decisions, and unfortunate events,Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins notes that Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank shares are now down -48% on […]
Italy Seeks “Last Resort” Bailout Fund To “Ringfence” Troubled Banks, Meeting Monday
Italy Seeks “Last Resort” Bailout Fund To “Ringfence” Troubled Banks, Meeting Monday Italy’s finance minister, Pier Carlo Padoan, wants to “ringfence” its troubled banks. Padoan called a meeting of the executives of Italy’s troubled banks in Rome on Monday. The banks allegedly will come up with a “Last Resort” bailout fund. Last resort or first […]
Austria Just Announced A 54% Haircut Of Senior Creditors In First “Bail In” Under New European Rules
Austria Just Announced A 54% Haircut Of Senior Creditors In First “Bail In” Under New European Rules Just over a year ago, a black swan landed in the middle of Europe, when in what was then dubbed a “Spectacular Development” In Austria, the “bad bank” of failed Hypo Alpe Adria – the Heta Asset Resolution AG […]
Deutsche Bank Is Scared: “What Needs To Be Done” In Its Own Words
Deutsche Bank Is Scared: “What Needs To Be Done” In Its Own Words It all started in mid/late 2014, when the first whispers of a Fed rate hike emerged, which in turn led to relentless increase in the value of the US dollar and the plunge in the price of oil and all commodities, unleashing […]
The Big Short is a Great Movie, But…
The Big Short is a Great Movie, But… Paris — Michael Lewis is the chronicler of Wall Street. He takes the complexity behind which the inhabitants of the financial world hide and weaves a tale that is both understandable and compelling. Starting with the classic “Liars Poker” (1989), Lewis has produced a number of books about […]
