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CDS fraud; and a market ready to tumble?

Posted on August 13, 2009 by stacyherbert| 16 Comments

Stacy Summary: No rest for the wicked. Here, or it seems in the financial headlines. And . . . @Danny . . . don’t do it! You don’t want to start carrying around a banana, it attracts the monkeys. Just ask Max. He gets harassed by them all the time.

Royal Bank of Scotland analyst advising clients to get out of markets before September

“Ask yourself this: who bails out Government after they have bailed out everyone?”

Markopolos: CDS fraud will make Madoff look small time

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Tagged bernie madoff, harry markopolos, royal bank of scotland

Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 03 April 2009

Posted on April 3, 2009 by stacyherbert| 21 Comments

Stacy Summary: It is starting to look a lot like neo-feudalism.

Gordon Brown hails creation of ‘new world order’

RBS announces more job cuts in order to ward off shareholder revolt over Sir Fred Goodwin’s £17 million pension

What the French revolution can teach America about populist rage at bankers (subscription)

Did the ECB help Deutsche Bank meet its Comex delivery obligations?

ECB hints that it may start printing money

Costa Rica, Uruguay, Malaysia and Phillipines named and shamed as tax havens

Calpers gamble (with other people’s money) sours as private equity doubles down

US job total job losses hits 5 million

Sir Fred Goodwin a ‘benefit scrounger’ say angry shareholders

Weimar 1923, World 2009

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Tagged bankers, calpers, comex, costa rica, deutsche, ecb, ecb gold sale, french revolution, gordon brown, hyperinflation, job losses, malaysia, max keiser, new world order, passive investors, pension funds, phillipines, populist rage, printing money, quantitative easing, recession, royal bank of scotland, sir fred goodwin, tax havens, uruguay, weimar

Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 01 April 2009

Posted on April 1, 2009 by stacyherbert| 9 Comments

Stacy Summary: The word formerly known as “pension” is big news today as it looks increasingly unlikely that any non-oligarchic Americans will receive any of their previously contractually obliged retirement benefits.