Entries Tagged as 'tavakoli'

Tavakoli: It Makes No Difference Whether Humans Or Computers are Front Running & Manipulating Trades

May 10th, 2010 86 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Go Janet!  She clearly knows the Chicago Way when she sees it . . . Tavakoli:   Banging the US Stock Market

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Tavakoli: ProPublica’s “Untold” Magnetar Story Creates Excuses for Wall St and Washington

April 19th, 2010 40 Comments

Stacy Summary: Another great piece from Janet Tavakoli. Tavakoli: ProPublica’s “Untold” Magnetar Story Creates Excuses for Wall Street and Washington FYI:  For our next episode of Keiser Report to air tomorrow, we were actually scheduled to interview one of the authors of the ProPublica piece that Tavakoli refers to in her article.  That is until [...]

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Wall St high on crack, record euro shorts & scrapping 12th grade

February 15th, 2010 122 Comments

Stacy Summary:  All roads lead to a whole lot of fraudulent debt.  Thoughts? Record shorts on euro Utah considers scrapping 12th grade to save money Wall St is a high on crack driver that just drove into your house

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Replacing contractors, pushing casinos and responding to Goldman

December 26th, 2009 19 Comments

Stacy Summary:   Got through the ho ho ho.  Here is what I am reading this morning. Pentagon sees huge savings by replacing contractors with federal employees Maryland county pushes ahead with casino plans Tavakoli:  Response to Goldman Sachs

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Tavakoli: Warren Buffett, Stop Using My Credit Card!

November 23rd, 2009 215 Comments

Stacy Summary:  From Janet Tavakoli.  Great piece. Warren Buffett, Stop Using My Credit Card! [PDF] On October 25, 2009,  when BBC’s Evan Davis interviewed him, Buffett surprised me :  Click here to view the eight minute video.  It started out so well, but after six minutes the interview went sideways.  [Not shown in this clip [...]

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Ireland’s 54 bil euro gamble & White House tarps TARP

November 12th, 2009 42 Comments

Stacy Summary:  It grows more evident every day that the global economy is truly in the hands of jokers. Ireland’s 54 billion euro gamble nears approval White House wants to use TARP funds to pay down deficit (lol, very interesting way to extract a new tax) Tavakoli via Mish:  There are no criminals.  Everyone is [...]

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Tavakoli: Goldman’s Undisclosed Role in AIG’s Distress

November 11th, 2009 22 Comments

Stacy Summary:  And, of course, Goldman’s undisclosed role will not be examined by Congress or one of the commissions designed to investigate how this ‘mysterious’ financial collapse happened. Goldman’s Undisclosed Role in AIG’s Distress [PDF]

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