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“Spectacular Developments” In Austria: Bail-In Arrives After €7.6 Billion Bad Bank Capital Hole “Discovered”

“Spectacular Developments” In Austria: Bail-In Arrives After €7.6 Billion Bad Bank Capital Hole “Discovered” Slowly, all the lies of the “recovery”, all the skeletons in the closet, and all the bodies swept under the rug are emerging. Moments ago, Austrian ORF reported that there have been “spectacular developments” in the case of the Hypo Alpe Adria bad […]

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The Incredible Lies We Are Told About Wall Street

The Incredible Lies We Are Told About Wall Street The corporation has become a financial asset to be manipulated by CEOs and institutional shareholders. Fewer than half of the US population owns a single share of stock and even fewer Americans are in a position to start their own businesses. Nonetheless, at least in rhetoric […]

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The Fed and the Price of Oil

The Fed and the Price of Oil  Given the potential for financial losses triggered by oil’s price collapse to cascade into the financial sector at large, the Fed may well be forced to intervene either directly or indirectly. An email dialog with correspondent Mark G. last month alerted me to the key role the Federal […]

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Buy the All Time High | KUNSTLER

Buy the All Time High | KUNSTLER. Wall Street is only one of several financial roach motels in what has become a giant slum of a global economy. Notional “money” scuttles in for safety and nourishment, but may never get out alive. Tom Friedman of The New York Times really put one over on the soft-headed American […]

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charles hugh smith-Forget “Free Trade”–Focus on Capital Flows

charles hugh smith-Forget “Free Trade”–Focus on Capital Flows. In a world dominated by mobile capital, mobile capital is the comparative advantage. Defenders and critics of “free trade” and globalization tend to present the issue as either/or: it’s inherently good or bad. In the real world, it’s not that simple. The confusion starts with defining free trade (and […]

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Don’t Be Distracted by the Pass Rate in ECB’s Bank Exams – Bloomberg

Don’t Be Distracted by the Pass Rate in ECB’s Bank Exams – Bloomberg. For investors, the European Central Bank’s yearlong evaluation of the region’s banks isn’t just about who passes and who fails. The bigger question will be how much the ECB marks down lenders’ capital during its balance sheet inspection known as the asset quality […]

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Why Moody’s Cut Russia to Two Notches above Junk | Wolf Street

Why Moody’s Cut Russia to Two Notches above Junk | Wolf Street. It was not the most productive summit in the history of mankind. President Vladimir Putin, after watching a military parade in Belgrade, Serbia, and questioning Kosovo’s independence, arrived in Milan on Friday so late that Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom a private meeting […]

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charles hugh smith-Our New Robot Overlords & The Third Type of Capital

charles hugh smith-Our New Robot Overlords & The Third Type of Capital. Our New Robot Overlords & The Third Type of Capital   (October 18, 2014) Fortune will instead favor a third group: those who can innovate and create new products, services, and business models.A recent issue of Foreign Affairs sported a catchy cover teaser: Our New Robot […]

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