thestatedtruth.com | February 27, 2010
 David Kotok: A Euro Bull Waiting For Storm To Pass Written by Lara Crigger  - February 26, 2010 11:56 AM  David Kotok is the co-founder, chairman and chief investment officer of Cumberland Advisors, a New Jersey-based money management firm. His thoughts on the financial markets have appeared in various media outlets, including CNBC, the […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 27, 2010
Bad seats, hey buddy….or Freddie as the case may be! Â www.ingerletter.com
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thestatedtruth.com | February 27, 2010
Written by Lara Crigger  - Posted February 27, 2010   Dennis Gartman is the mind behind The Gartman Letter, a daily newsletter discussing global capital markets. For over 20 years, The Gartman Letter has tackled the political, economic and social trends shaping the world’s markets, and Gartman himself is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg and […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 27, 2010
Bernanke is now joining Rosenberg, Ferguson and Faber, Edwards, Grice and many others in warning that the debt crisis rearing its head in Greece may spread to America, causing U.S. interest rates to climb. As the Washington Times wrote yesterday: With uncharacteristic bluntness, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned Congress on Wednesday that the […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 27, 2010
“By increasing the volume of their government securities and loans and by lowering Member Bank legal reserve requirements, the Reserve Banks can encourage an increase in the supply of money and bank deposits. They can encourage but, without taking drastic action, they cannot compel. For in the middle of a deep depression just when we […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 26, 2010
Cumberland Advisors  Commercial Real Estate: More Trouble Ahead February 26, 2010 “Between 2010 and 2014, about $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate loans will reach the end of their terms. Nearly half are at present underwater that is, the borrower owes more than the underlying property is currently worth. Commercial property values have fallen […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 25, 2010
The divergence has accelerated as the recession has deepened! Unfortunately, the employment trends depicted in the nearby chart are not the trends that typically produce national prosperity. If government employment were to continue rising while private sector employment fell, the economy would become less productive…at least that would be our guess. (Picture the post office operating […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 25, 2010
Tracy Residents Now Have To Pay For 911 Calls Posted    February 25,2010 Tracy, California residents will now have to pay every time they call 9-1-1 for a medical emergency. But there are a couple of options. Residents can pay a $48 voluntary fee for the year which allows them to call 9-1-1 as many times as […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 24, 2010
From the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Art Cashin talks about early week comments from Ex Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and SF Fed President Janet Yellen……….Not good, to say the least!    WASHINGTON — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday the U.S. economic recovery was “extremely unbalanced,” driven largely by high earners […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 24, 2010
It is hard to even comprehend that breakfast sales accounted for $57 billion in revenue. However, with more people out of work many are skipping breakfast or eating at home. On my early morning drives I will always see cars pulling up to McDonalds or Starbucks for that early morning purchase. The lines seemed a […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 24, 2010
WASHINGTON—U.S. new-home sales unexpectedly fell in January, setting a record low and erasing all gains made in the market during the past year as the economy recovers from recession. Demand for single-family homes fell 11.2% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 309,000, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Economists surveyed by […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 24, 2010
This should pretty much tell the story on copper and the recovery, Goldman has the inside track on many things.   Goldman Sachs Closes Copper Bet on Recovery Outlook By Stuart Wallace Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ended its recommendation to bet on higher copper prices because of concern that economic recovery […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 24, 2010
This may happen sooner rather then later based on how much real estate they’re building over there (many entire new towns and cities are being built on speculation and sitting empty.)  …..China’s economic growth will plunge to as low as 2 percent following the collapse of a debt- fueled bubble within 10 years, sparking a regional […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 23, 2010
FDIC Hits Record “Default” Level As Deposit Insurance Fund Plunges By $12.7 Billion To NEGATIVE 20.9 Billion From Dow Jones: The U.S. banking industry continued to struggle in the fourth quarter, as the number of banks on the brink of failure continued to rise and the government’s fund to protect deposits fell sharply into the […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 23, 2010
Dan Denning, Reporting From Melbourne, Australia… Recently we claimed that borrowing your way to national prosperity is a sure-fire way to servitude and political instability. Today, we aim to prove it. To do so, we cite this article from Reuters. It suggests that China is using or should use its large holdings of US Treasury […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 23, 2010
Shiller is saying that the real estate market is artificial in nature.  Sounds like the “free market” is down the drain, everything is now supported by the U.S. government. So…..what happens when the government backs off on these gift programs? The fear and logical conclusion is down we go until we find a “free market” bottom based on […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 23, 2010
U.S. Unprepared for Cyber War, Former Top Spy Official Says By Jeff Bliss Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. isn’t prepared for a massive attack on its computer networks by another country, a former top intelligence official said. “If the nation went to war today, in a cyber war, we would lose, former Director of […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 22, 2010
Quantitative Easing and the Electronic Money Printing Machine – Saying Goodbye to Historically Low Mortgage Interest Rates. Federal Reserve 95 Percent Complete on Buying $1.25 Trillion in Mortgage Backed Securities. Posted   02-22-2010 People forget that quantitative easing is a form of creating something out of nothing. This extreme form of monetary policy is called upon […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 22, 2010
A Five-Step Guide to Contagion By Todd Harrison Feb 10, 2010 7:35 am Why European debt matters to the United States Times are tough and those struggling to make ends meet have focused their efforts close to home. That’s a natural instinct but it doesn’t change the fact that problems on the other side of […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 22, 2010
 Dr Joe Duarte February 22, 2010  How Derivative Magic Can Turn Into A Black Hole  The Euro rallied for a period overnight, as rumors of a bailout package from Germany aimed at Greece surfaced. But a denial from the German Ministry of Finance knocked the European currency below Friday’s close. That’s the scenario with […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 22, 2010
February 22, 2010  By George Friedman The apparent Israeli assassination of a Hamas operative in the United Arab Emirates turned into a bizarre event replete with numerous fraudulent passports, alleged Israeli operatives caught on videotape and international outrage (much of it feigned), more over the use of fraudulent passports than over the operative’s death. […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 21, 2010
Buffett’s Warning Of “Dangerous Business” Grips Bond Insurers By Christine Richard and Darrell Preston  Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) — Forewarned bankruptcies linked to infrastructure projects from Las Vegas to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, may prove Warren Buffett’s conclusion that insuring municipal bonds is a dangerous business. Ambac Financial Group Inc., the second biggest bond insurer, faces as much […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 21, 2010
As saying goes, it starts in California and moves east……I would think we can hang in there until the long term cycles take us back down to a more lasting bottom between 2012 and 2014. Interestingly….. President George Bush’s Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson in his new book “On The Brink” (worth reading for everybody by the way) […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 21, 2010
IF YOU WANT CREDITABLE SOLUTIONS ……to our nation’s fiscal problems, go to a creditable source. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels gives his ideas for restoring our economy — which can be done, he says, without tax increases. Daniels is a man of deep thought and bold action. His state has one of the strongest balance sheets in the country, […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 20, 2010
Citigroup Warns Customers It May Refuse To Allow Withdrawals John Carney  Posted February 20, 2010 The image of banks locking their doors to keep customers from making withdrawals during a bank run is what immediately came to mind when we heard that Citigroup was telling customers it has the right to prevent any withdrawals from […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 20, 2010
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor . Posted February 20, 2010 . David Rosenberg from Gluskin Sheff said lending has fallen by over $100bn (£63.8bn) since January, plummeting at an annual rate of 16pc. “Since the credit crisis began, $740bn of bank credit has evaporated. This is a record 10pc decline,” he said. Mr Rosenberg […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 18, 2010
Gene Inger’s Daily Briefing . . . for Friday February 19, 2010:  Good evening;     On top of the market’s cyclical roof . . . sits tradition. Perhaps not Zero Mostel but a ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ nevertheless (and there is a slight resemblance with Bernanke I’d say; minus a couple hundred pounds). Tradition holds […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government said Tuesday that foreign demand for US Treasury securities fell by the largest amount on record in December with China reducing its holdings by $34.2 billion. The reductions in holdings, if they continue, could force the government to make higher interest payments at a time that it is running record […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 18, 2010
What is astonishing is the fact that America is funding a large portion of its newly issued debt by direct purchases from the Federal Reserve. In other words, as private-sector demand for US Treasuries wanes, Mr. Bernanke is creating new money so that Mr. Obama’s government can bail out insolvent financial institutions. Strangely, the American […]
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thestatedtruth.com | February 18, 2010
Comstock Partners, Inc. Economic Momentum May Have Already PeakedFebruary 18, 2010 Don’t look now, but economic momentum, as sluggish as it was, may have already peaked. Fiscal support for the economy may be more of a restraint as the year goes by, and any attempt at additional stimulus will face major headwinds as public sentiment […]
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