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Swimming with the Sharks: Goldman Sachs, School Districts, and Capital Appreciation Bonds
Swimming with the Sharks: Goldman Sachs, School Districts, and Capital Appreciation Bonds Remember when Goldman Sachs – dubbed by Matt Taibbi the Vampire Squid – sold derivatives to Greece so the government could conceal its debt, then bet against that debt, driving it up? It seems that the ubiquitous investment bank has also put the squeeze on California and its […]
Is Citi The Next AIG: 70 Trillion Reasons Why Citigroup And Congress Scrambled To Pass The Swaps “Push-Out” Rule
Is Citi The Next AIG: 70 Trillion Reasons Why Citigroup And Congress Scrambled To Pass The Swaps “Push-Out” Rule Earlier today, when we were conducting a routine check with the Office of the Currency Comptroller’s on the total notional amount of derivatives held at the Big 4 banks in the context of the “JPMorgan break […]
If Wishes Were Loaves and Fishes | KUNSTLER
If Wishes Were Loaves and Fishes | KUNSTLER. Janet Yellen and her Federal Reserve board of augurers might as well have spilled a bucket of goat entrails down the steps of the mysterious Eccles Building as they parsed, sliced, and diced the ramifications in altering their prior declaration of “a considerable period” (that is, before […]
The Global Bankers’ Coup: Bail-In and the Shadowy Financial Stability Board | WEB OF DEBT BLOG
The Global Bankers’ Coup: Bail-In and the Shadowy Financial Stability Board | WEB OF DEBT BLOG. On December 11, 2014, the US House passed a bill repealing the Dodd-Frank requirement that risky derivatives be pushed into big-bank subsidiaries, leaving our deposits and pensions exposed to massive derivatives losses. The bill was vigorously challenged by Senator Elizabeth Warren; […]
Three Conditions and Three Warning Signs | Mind on Money
Three Conditions and Three Warning Signs | Mind on Money. How to Tell if the Next Financial Crisis is Upon Us. In the last post, it was suggested that the rapid collapse in oil prices might have set up a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. Before we all run for the bunkers and the […]
Russia Warns May Send Troops To Ukraine After Congress Unanimously Votes To Give Lethal Aid To Kiev | Zero Hedge
Russia Warns May Send Troops To Ukraine After Congress Unanimously Votes To Give Lethal Aid To Kiev | Zero Hedge. While the market, and America’s media, was focusing over the passage of the Cromnibus, and whether Wall Street would dump a few hundred trillion in derivatives on the laps of US taxpayers once again (it […]
H.R. 4681 Passes Congress – Justin Amash Calls It: “One of the Most Egregious Sections of Law I’ve Encountered During My Time as a Representative” | Liberty Blitzkrieg
H.R. 4681 Passes Congress – Justin Amash Calls It: “One of the Most Egregious Sections of Law I’ve Encountered During My Time as a Representative” | Liberty Blitzkrieg. Decency, security, and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. In a government […]
Presenting The $303 Trillion In Derivatives That US Taxpayers Are Now On The Hook For | Zero Hedge
Presenting The $303 Trillion In Derivatives That US Taxpayers Are Now On The Hook For | Zero Hedge. Courtesy of the Cronybus(sic) last minute passage, government was provided a quid-pro-quo $1.1 trillion spending allowance with Wall Street’s blessing in exchange for assuring banks that taxpayers would be on the hook for yet another bailout, as […]
House Votes On The $1.1 Trillion Cromnibus Bill: Live Webcast | Zero Hedge
House Votes On The $1.1 Trillion Cromnibus Bill: Live Webcast | Zero Hedge. As is widely known by now, in a largely token vote, since it has the blessing of the White House, in a few moments the House will vote on H.R. 83, the bill containing $1.1 trillion in appropriations to fund the government […]
Wall Street Moves to Put Taxpayers on the Hook for Derivatives Trades | Liberty Blitzkrieg
Wall Street Moves to Put Taxpayers on the Hook for Derivatives Trades | Liberty Blitzkrieg. Wall Street has for some time attempted to put taxpayers on the hook for its derivatives trades. I highlighted this a year ago in the post: Citigroup Written Legislation Moves Through the House of Representatives. Here’s an excerpt: Five years after the […]
Plummeting Oil Prices Could Destroy The Banks That Are Holding Trillions In Commodity Derivatives
Plummeting Oil Prices Could Destroy The Banks That Are Holding Trillions In Commodity Derivatives. Could rapidly falling oil prices trigger a nightmare scenario for the commodity derivatives market? The big Wall Street banks did not expect plunging home prices to cause a mortgage-backed securities implosion back in 2008, and their models did not anticipate a […]
