Janet Tavakoli was a recent guest on “On the Edge with Max Keiser” and had some troubling things to say about the state of the present U.S. financial system.
She believes the liquidity pumped into the system will not be sufficient to reflate the economy because of over-leveraged U.S. households. The real burden of debt [...]
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Janet Tavakoli on fraud, derivatives, and bankruptcy
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Julian Robertson: “We’re in for some real rough sledding”
Sep
This is how the famed investor and Chairman of Tiger Management began an interview with CNBC yesterday. Yes, the recession is probably over, he says. But, in his view there is likely to be problems going forward because the U.S. has so much debt.
The money quote: “It’s almost Armageddon if the Chinese and Japanese don’t [...]
Tear gas and rubber bullets at G-20 Protests
Sep
In what is shaping up to be a common occurrence at these global meetings, protesters are shaking things up. My understanding, however, is that there are more police on hand than protesters. Rubber bullets, pepper spray and tear gas have been used.
Below is a five-minute video showing the mood surrounding the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh.
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Mobius: Still bullish on Emerging Markets
Sep
Mark Mobius is one of the most famous Emerging Markets investors and right now he is bullish on Emerging Markets despite a huge rally in shares from late last year. Mobius turned bullish right as shares troughed and has remained so ever since.
Mobius likes the so-called ‘Frontier’ Markets more than the well established BRICs. [...]
Faber: Gloom, Boom or Doom?
Sep
How about all three. Faber released another provocative newsletter this month that has a little grist for investor of all stripes.
Boom. His short-term outlook is bullish because he believes money-printing will underpin the market even after the 60% increase in the S&P 500 from March 2009 lows. This puts him in the same camp [...]
Steve Keen: On the Edge with Max Keiser
Sep
Last week, I highlighted some of the ideas of Australian economist Steve Keen in my post, “Politics and reform: Say I’m a politician….” Keen is of the Minsky camp and he believes that an unsustainable debt bubble has build up in the industrialized world which can only be brought to heel through a ‘debt jubilee.’
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Sheila Bair explains FDIC strategy to Bartiromo
Sep
Bair spoke to CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo about the Fed as a single regulator, her agency’s available capital, premiums for deposit insurance, FDIC seizures, private equity buyers and much more. The video is below and runs just under 11 minutes.
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Ron Paul on CNN America Morning
Sep
Ron Paul was on CNN this morning talking about unemployment, the credit crisis, the Federal Reserve and a lot more.
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“I want to be a corrupt official when I grow up”
Sep
Below is a little clip allegedly from the Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily of some precious little schoolchildren. In the clip, a number of them tell us what they want to be when they grow up (I think I wanted to be a baseball player).
Now, I don’t speak Chinese but I understand that all [...]
Dollar falls to lowest on year
Sep
The U.S. Dollar fell to its lowest against the Swiss Franc and Euro, while the Canadian dollar and the Scandinavian currencies are also near year highs as well. If you read Bloomberg, you might think this has to do with a bullish equity market call as the dollar’s status as a safe haven is less [...]
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