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We Have Seen This Happen Before The Last 3 Recessions – And Now It Is The Worst It Has Ever Been

April 15, 2019

We Have Seen This Happen Before The Last 3 Recessions – And Now It Is The Worst It Has Ever Been Since the last financial crisis, we have witnessed the greatest corporate debt binge in U.S. history.  Corporate debt has more than doubled since then, and it is now sitting at a grand total of […]

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Could GE’s Slow Collapse Ignite A Financial Crisis?

December 3, 2018

Could GE’s Slow Collapse Ignite A Financial Crisis? Will GE be the proverbial “black swan?” – It had come to my attention that General Electric was locked out of the commercial paper market three weeks ago after Moody’s downgraded GE’s short term credit rating to a ratings level (P-2) that prevents prime money market funds […]

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General Motors And General Electric Were Both Victimized By The Same Ponzi Scheme, And They Are Both Telling Us The U.S. Economy Is In HUGE Trouble

December 2, 2018

General Motors And General Electric Were Both Victimized By The Same Ponzi Scheme, And They Are Both Telling Us The U.S. Economy Is In HUGE Trouble America’s twin economic “generals” are both in very deep trouble.  General Electric was founded in 1892, and it was once one of the most powerful corporations on the entire […]

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General Motors And General Electric Were Both Victimized By The Same Ponzi Scheme, And They Are Both Telling Us The U.S. Economy Is In HUGE Trouble

November 27, 2018

General Motors And General Electric Were Both Victimized By The Same Ponzi Scheme, And They Are Both Telling Us The U.S. Economy Is In HUGE Trouble America’s twin economic “generals” are both in very deep trouble.  General Electric was founded in 1892, and it was once one of the most powerful corporations on the entire […]

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Corporate Share Buybacks Looking Dumber By The Day

November 26, 2018

Corporate Share Buybacks Looking Dumber By The Day A recent MarketWatch article notes that: GE was one of Wall Street’s major share buyback operators between 2015 and 2017; it repurchased $40 billion of shares at prices between $20 and $32. The share price is now $8.60, so the company has liquidated between $23 billion and […]

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Weekly Commentary: Canary in the Credit Market’s Coal Mine

November 18, 2018

Weekly Commentary: Canary in the Credit Market’s Coal Mine What ever happened to “Six Sigma”?  GE was one of the most beloved and hyped S&P500 stocks during the late-nineties Bubble Era. With “visionary” Jack Welch at the helm, GE was being transformed into a New Age industrial powerhouse – epitomizing the greater revolution of the […]

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The Intolerable Scourge of Fake Capitalism

November 17, 2018

The Intolerable Scourge of Fake Capitalism Investment Grade Junk All is now bustle and hubbub in the late months of the year.  This goes for the stock market too. If you recall, on September 22nd the S&P 500 hit an all-time high of 2,940.  This was nearly 100 points above the prior high of 2,847, which […]

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Debt is back but this time its corporate

October 31, 2018

Debt is back but this time its corporate On Wednesday Feb 7th 2007 HSBC issued a profit warning.  It was the first in its 142 year history. The bank told its share holders it would have to take an unprecedented charge of $10.5 billion because one of its units, its sub prime lender, was in […]

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Five Years After Fukushima, 16 U.S. Cleanup Ships Are Still Contaminated With Radiation

March 27, 2016

Five Years After Fukushima, 16 U.S. Cleanup Ships Are Still Contaminated With Radiation The Fukushima disaster was over five years ago, and may have been largely forgotten by the general public and the media (perhaps because the Japanese olympics are just four years from now), but its effects still linger. Perhaps nowhere more so than […]

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Record Financial Engineering Will Goose Stocks: Goldman

April 29, 2015

Record Financial Engineering Will Goose Stocks: Goldman GE, in order to paper over a net loss of $13.6 billion and declining revenues in the first quarter, said on April 10 that it would buy back $50 billion of its own shares. That’s on top of the $10.8 billion in actual buybacks last year. The announcement was […]

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