Bernanke: ‘Things Will Come Apart’ If Entitlements Are Not Reformed and Spending Controlled

| June 15, 2010

  I think we all know this!   Thursday, June 10, 2010 By Matt Cover, Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a frank assessment to Congress on the fate of the economy if entitlement programs are not restructured. On Wednesday, Bernanke warned that “things will come apart” if Congress allows the […]

NASA Warns Solar Flares From ‘Huge Space Storm’ Could Cause Power Blackouts

| June 15, 2010

Britain could face widespread power blackouts and be left without critical communication signals for long periods of time, after the earth is hit by a once-in-a-generation “space storm”, NASA has warned. By Andrew Hough National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working […]

Stratfor…..The Kyrgyzstan Crisis And The Russian Dilemma

| June 15, 2010

June 15, 2010   By Peter Zeihan STRATFOR often discusses how Russia is on a bit of a roll. The U.S. distraction in the Middle East has offered Russia a golden opportunity to re-establish its spheres of influence in the region, steadily expanding the Russian zone of control into a shape that is eerily reminiscent […]

Mexico Puts Restrictions On Bank Deposits In U.S. Dollars

| June 15, 2010

Mexico on Tuesday put a limit of 4,000 US dollars per month on bank deposits by individuals, a move meant to thwart drug traffickers who use the US currency to stash away their illicit profits. Officials also imposed a limit of 7,000 US dollars for deposits by Mexican businesses making deposits in greenbacks. Meanwhile foreigners […]

China’s U.S. Government Holdings At New High For 2010 And Highest Level Since November 2009

| June 15, 2010

China’s holdings of US debt climbed to the highest level this year, the U.S. Treasury said Tuesday even as Beijing stepped up attacks on the United States for its burgeoning debt. The cash-rich Chinese government raised its US Treasury bond holdings to 900.2 billion dollars in April, its highest level since November 2009, while posting […]

Oh My God If True……Gulf Oil Spill ‘Could Go Years’ If Not Dealt With

| June 14, 2010

 Woha……..This is heavy reading on the Gulf of Mexico oil blowout if  TRUE!  The disaster has a real potential cost of at least $1,000 billion ($1 trillion).  According to the Washington report of Madsen, BP statements that one of the leaks has been contained, are pure public relations disinformation designed to avoid panic and demands […]

Seabed Fissures And The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Disaster

| June 14, 2010

Rick’s Picks  Monday, June 14, 2010 “Phenomenally accurate forecasts” We’ve railed at traders and speculators recently for their arrogant and sometimes breathtaking stupidity in failing to discount an onslaught of world-shattering news. If the dolts, rubes, bozos and mountebanks who have kept stocks afloat even remotely understood what has been going on in this world, we wrote here recently, […]

61% Underfunded Illinois Teachers Pension Fund Goes For Broke, Becomes Next AIG-In-Waiting By Selling Billions In CDS

| June 14, 2010

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/14/2010 “If you were to have faxed me this balance sheet and asked me to guess who it belonged to, I would have guessed, Citadel, Magnetar or even a proprietary trading desk at a bank.” So begins a story by Alexandra Harris of the Medill Journalism school at Northwestern, which, […]

Fannie-Freddie Fix Now At $160 Billion….. $1 Trillion Worst Case

| June 14, 2010

  By Lorraine Woellert and John Gittelsohn June 14 (Bloomberg) — The cost of fixing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage companies that last year bought or guaranteed three-quarters of all U.S. home loans, will be at least $160 billion and could grow to as much as $1 trillion after the biggest bailout in […]

33 States In Big Trouble….And Yes, It Can Get Worse!

| June 13, 2010

The cat is clearly out of the bag concerning the forthcoming bankruptcy of 33 states of the USA.   This moronic New York non-solution to borrow from state pension funds, which now cannot meet their pension requirements, screams bankruptcy. The Administration calling for $50 billion for states and cities would appear to be confirmation of […]

The Times UK Says Saudi Arabia Gives Israel Clear Skies To Attack Iranian Nuclear Sites

| June 13, 2010

June 12, 2010  Hugh Tomlinson   Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal. In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf […]

Here It Comes….Obama Pushes for $50 Billion in State Aid

| June 13, 2010

The State and local governments are broke.  This will amount to an endless amount of state aid.  It will end when, not if…..foreigners flee our bonds and then interest rates explode because of it! Obama Pushes for $50 Billion in State Aid by CalculatedRisk on 6/13/2010 From Jackie Calmes and Sheryl Gay Stolberg at the NY Times: Obama […]

9 Of The 10 Largest Occupations In The U.S. Have Median Wages Between $8 Per Hour And $14 Per Hour

| June 11, 2010

The financial raid against the middle class – 9 of the 10 largest occupations in the U.S. have median wages between $8 per hour and $14per hour. The middle class is inheriting a new serfdom drowning in mountains of debt. The new two income trap. Posted: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:02:10 +0000 The war against […]

Japan Prime Minister Warns Of Greece-Like Debt Crisis

| June 11, 2010

The Japanese PM is alluding to confidence; Confidence in the currency that denominates their debt. Since gold is rising in all global currencies, it suggests that confidence in those managing the existing fiat system is beginning to fray. Once confidence reaches critical mass, there is no stopping the deterioration. Japan could face a financial mess […]

$1.2 Quadrillion Derivatives Market Dwarfs World GDP

| June 11, 2010

The downward spiral in Western world economics will continue, here is why!   This is not rocket science folks!   $1.2 Quadrillion Derivatives Market                         By PETER COHAN         One of the biggest risks to the world’s financial health is the $1.2 quadrillion derivatives market. It’s complex, it’s unregulated, and it ought to be of concern […]

U.S. Economy: Retail Sales Fall for First Time Since September

| June 11, 2010

June 11 (Bloomberg) — Sales at U.S. retailers unexpectedly dropped in May for the first time in eight months, indicating the rebound in consumer spending is cooling as Americans boost savings. Purchases fell 1.2 percent, led by a record plunge in demand at building-material stores that may reflect the end of a government rebate on […]

Arizona Sells Supreme Court Building $300 Million Leaseback Bond Deal

| June 10, 2010

Arizona Sells Supreme Court Building in $300 Million Bond Deal           By Allison Bennett and Brendan A. McGrail June 8 (Bloomberg) — Arizona, which sold state prisons and offices to raise cash six months ago, plans to borrow $300 million by marketing its Supreme Court building and about a dozen more properties through leaseback bonds […]

Oil Guru: The Real Nightmare Will Be When A Hurricane Picks Up The Oil And Paints The Gulf Coast Black

| June 10, 2010

We have (2) options according to Oil expert Matthew Simmons.  British Petroleum could be bankrupt over one bad drill hole!  Everyone should click on the link below and listen to this informative CNBC video interview of Matthew Simmons!  He says that this is the worst oil disaster ever.   Joe Weisenthal The Houston energy banker […]

Spanish Public Sector On Strike Against Austerity Plan

| June 8, 2010

         Tuesday, 8 June 2010 Spanish public sector workers are holding a strike in protest against an average 5% cut in pay that comes into effect this month.  The cuts are part of a government austerity package aimed at reducing the country’s budget deficit, swollen by almost two years of recession.  Hundreds of protesters gathered […]

A World In Trouble…..Fitch Warns Britain About Deficit

| June 8, 2010

Fitch Ratings agency warned Tuesday that Britain faces a “formidable” fiscal challenge and must cut its budget deficit faster to maintain its top credit rating. In a special report ahead of an emergency budget planned by the new coalition government, Fitch noted that the rise in public debt ratios since 2008 is faster than any […]

Tid Bits From Art Cashin On The Floor Of The New York Stock Exchange

| June 8, 2010

 From Art Cashin on the floor of The New York Stock Exchange today! Fedspeak – Chairman Bernanke gave a speech last night.  It wasn’t exactly a barn burner but he did suggest that while the recovery will be slow and joyless, it will not produce a double dip.   Janet Yellen, in her Monday speech did […]

A Cartoon For The Ages, Done 62 Years Ago!

| June 8, 2010

Remember this was done in 1948, that’s 62 years ago!!  The formula for success hasn’t changed. Keep in mind as you watch this that it was done in ‘1948‘. Keep that in mind as you view it.    Click on 1948 Cartoon below – this cartoon is timeless and is just as true today as it […]

Consumer Credit Slightly Higher After Major Prior Downward Revision, Commercial Banks Withdraw $6 Billion In Credit

| June 7, 2010

By Tyler Durden on 06/07/2010   April consumer credit came in slightly above expectations, at $2,423 billion in April, compared to $2,421.8 billion in March. The March number was interesting as it was revised notably lower from +$2 billion to -$5.4 billion, a revision the likes of which we can probably expect for April once […]

Yep, It’s The Pepsi Generation! Then Again, Maybe Not!

| June 7, 2010

Massive Gas Well Explosion Near Granbury, Texas; Raging Fireball Visible 30 Miles Away

| June 7, 2010

By Tyler Durden on 06/07/2010 Update: The pipe belongs to Enterprise Products Partners LP. Bloomberg reports: “Enterprise Products Partners LP shut a portion of its 36-inch natural gas pipeline after the line was struck by a fire. The line stretches from Waha in West Texas to the Carthage Hub in Panola,  Rick Rainey, a company […]

U.S.’s $13 Trillion Debt Poised To Overtake GDP By 2012

| June 7, 2010

More of the same old thing……..U.S.’s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP…President Barack Obama is poised to increase the U.S. debt to a level that exceeds the value of the nation’s annual economic output, a step toward what Bill Gross called a debt super cycle.  Bill Gross manages the worlds largest bond fund and […]

John Williams Of Shadowstats Shows Us What We Have To Look Forward To

| June 7, 2010

This is what we have to look forward to……………….John Williams of www.shadowstats.com, speaks.                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     – 5.9% M3 Annual Decline Deepest Since Early-1930s Banking Crisis   – Post-World War II Record Drop in Inflation-Adjusted M3 Signals  Intensifying Business Contraction – Renewed Recession Will Set Stage for U.S. Solvency Crisis and Severe Inflation Threat

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner Said The World Cannot Again Bank On The Cash-Strapped U.S. Consumer To Drive Growth!

| June 6, 2010

By Simon Kennedy and Mark Deen June 7 (Bloomberg) — Global policy makers are starting to clash over their individual prescriptions for recovery as Europe demands lower budget deficits while the U.S. warns against pushing exports instead of domestic demand. At a meeting of Group of 20 finance chiefs in Busan, South Korea, June 4-5, […]

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Wells Fargo Earned $51 Billion, The Other 980 Banks Lost Money In Aggregate

| June 4, 2010

Forbes.com Street Talk With Bob Lenzner Focus hard on this shocking Wall Street reality: The top six bank holding companies earned an aggregate of $51 billion in pretax income in 2009. We’re talking about JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Wells Fargo. All of this pretax income can be attributed […]

Robert Reich On Why We’re Falling Into A Double-Dip Recession

| June 4, 2010

Robert Reich was the nation’s 22’nd Secretary Of Labor. By Robert Reich   Jun 4, 2010  The Labor Department reports this morning that the private sector added a measly 41,000 net new jobs in May. But at least 100,000 new jobs are needed every month just to keep up with population growth. In other words, the […]

U.S. Bankruptcy Rate Near 5-Year High

| June 4, 2010

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters)     The pace of U.S. bankruptcy filings edged up in May to the second-highest daily level since 2005, reflecting the difficulty Americans have in working off excess debt even as the economy improves. There were 133,459 U.S. bankruptcy petitions filed in May, 10 percent more than a year […]

Cap In Place, BP Says May Collect More Than 90% Of Oil Leak

| June 4, 2010

  By Jim Polson and Jessica Resnick-Ault June 4 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc may be able to capture more than 90 percent of the oil leaking from its Gulf of Mexico well with the cap it put in place last night. “I’d like to see us capture 90-plus percent of this flow,” Doug Suttles, BP’s […]

One More Try…..A Bearish John Taylor Asks If Too Much Fear Is Priced In

| June 3, 2010

June 3, 2010 By John R. Taylor, Jr. Chief Investment Officer Troubles are everywhere, in the Gulf of Mexico, in Greece, and in Korea, to name just a few, but we already know about these problems. Other than the tragicomic opera being played out along the 38th parallel and in the waters around the western […]

Nuclear Option on Gulf Oil Spill? No Way, U.S. Says

| June 3, 2010

By WILLIAM J. BROAD Published: June 3, 2010 The chatter began weeks ago as armchair engineers brainstormed for ways to stop the torrent of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico: What about nuking the well? Energy Secretary Steven Chu is not considering a bomb.   Decades ago, the Soviet Union reportedly used nuclear blasts […]

Why Aren’t Banks Foreclosing More Often On More Homeowners?

| June 3, 2010

There’s more going on here. For a variety of reasons, lenders are most likely to foreclose on property they own but less likely to take action on behalf of the investors whose mortgages they’re servicing, and most loans are owned by investors. Foreclosing on a loan likely means that an investor will have to write […]

Congress’s Carried Interest Tax Folly

| June 3, 2010

JOHN RUTLEDGE,    The Wall Street Journal…..Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but at least he didn’t strike the match. Members of Congress are doing Nero one better. In the middle of the second global financial crisis in two years, Congress is preparing to dramatically raise a key tax rate on long-term investment. This is sure to […]

Retail Consumers Show Budget As Purchases Slow

| June 2, 2010

By ELIZABETH HOLMES Retail sales in May remained weak following a lackluster April, according to one spending barometer, providing further indication that any recovery in consumer spending is going to be choppy. The slowdown follows a strong holiday season and start to the year, when consumers showed a willingness to spend again and even pay […]

Warren Buffett Expects ‘Terrible Problem’ For Municipal Debt

| June 2, 2010

By Andrew Frye and William Selway June 2 (Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has been trimming its investment in municipal debt, predicted a “terrible problem” for the bonds in coming years. “There will be a terrible problem and then the question becomes will the federal government help,” Buffett, 79, said today at […]

For The Stock Market, Its Sell In May And Go Away And Commodities Aren’t Any Better

| June 2, 2010

July isn’t too shabby, but it has the misfortune of sitting between the only two months – June and September – that have produced losses, on average, since 1950. August has delivered a gain, but just barely. So when you add it all up, you can see that the stock market has not provided a […]

Absolute Debt To GDP….Not Much Cluck For Your Buck Anymore!

| June 2, 2010

Chart courtesy of Karl Denninger

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