Sol Sanders | Follow the money No. 105 | A confusion of roles
"Oh, what a relief to fight, to fight enemies who defend themselves, enemies who are awake!" Ch’en Ta Erh Man's Fate Andre Malraux Latest from Uncle Sol, a version of which may appear in the...
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Ten Minutes With Italy's Mario Monti
Italy's Prime Minister (and self appointed economy minister) shot over to CNBC after his meeting with President Obama this afternoon to discuss how well everything looks for Italy since he was elected...
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The Cost Of The Combined Greek Bailout Just Rose To €320 Billion In Secured...
Some of our German readers may be laboring under the impression that following the €110 billion first Greek bailout agreed upon and executed in May 2010, the second Greek bailout would cost a "mere"...
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This Time Next US Presidential Campaign: $24.1 Trillion In Debt, 138.9% Debt/GDP
While Obama may or may not be on the way to winning his reelection, courtesy of a GOP field that is, to say the least, limited, and where the only worthy candidate is more ostracized by the right than...
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Apple at $1000/share? Oh, at LEAST!
(Note - I got an invitation from Tyler this morning to contribute to ZeroHedge, which completely made my day. I've got a little blog called the Slope of Hope, wrapping up its 7th year. I hope to...
View ArticleGreece at the Point of no Return
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com "The European Union is suffering under Germany,” Georgios Karatzaferis said on Friday. He is the president of the rightwing LAOS. With 15 members in parliament,...
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Treasury Market Panic Reversal Due To Little Known Forces Called Supply and...
Treasury Market Panic Reversal Due To Little Known Forces Called Supply and Demand Courtesy of Lee Adler of the Wall Street Examiner The Treasury market panic saw a bit of a reversal this week, partly...
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Fear of Terror Makes People Stupid … So Here’s Some Comic Relief
I have exhaustively documented the fact that fear of terror makes people stupid and easy to manipulate, and that the government intentionally exaggerates the threat of terrorism in order to make people...
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The Liberty Option
from internetanchorman.tv: The Liberty Option is the first documentary film by popular youtuber Fabian4Liberty, Fabian Calvo. The Liberty Option examines today's destruction of our Republic at the...
View ArticleMovie and Music Copyright Cops Themselves Infringe Intellectual Property
By Washington’s Blog The giant movie and music corporations – and their water-bearing politicians – pushing draconian copyright laws are hypocrites. According to TorrentFreak, members of the RIAA,...
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Europe: "The Flaw"
We have posted various extracts from this piece from Credit Suisse previously. We will post from it again, because, to loosely paraphrase Lewis Black, it bears reposting... especially in the context of...
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Whither Gold
The prophetic words of Antal Fekete in his now infamous 'essay' on Gold are as relevant now (perhaps more so) as they were when he first wrote them 15 years ago - especially as the Euro-zone migrates...
View ArticleA Greek Default Doesn't Need To Be Chaotic For Greece
From Peter Tchir of TF Market Advisors A Greek Default Doesn't Need To Be Chaotic For Greece The rhetoric coming out of Greece has reached a fever pitch. Papademos and Samaras are both out their...
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Live Streams From Athens And Greek Parliament
Today at midnight local time, 5pm Eastern, the Greek parliament is expected to pass the latest bill finalizing the terms of the second Greek bailout, which as explained yesterday has quietly increased...
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On Meredith Whitney, Munis and Leaks
Warning: Wonkish When you stick your neck out and make prognostications about the future, sometimes you're going to be wrong. I’m certainly no exception. But when it comes to really big misses, I think...
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For Greece, Bailout Two Is Just The Beginning
If one is wondering why Greece Finance Minister Venizelos is scrambling to pass the proposed bill which enacts Greek Bailout #2, without any debate or details, very much like the US Attorneys General...
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Euro Analogy Three-peat
As a companion to my post late last month of the GDX via my chicken-scratch, here's another poultry-created masterpiece: a trio of Euro drawings with my best attempt at marking the "matched" points of...
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Trade Data: Is China Losing Its Steam?
By EconMatters The latest January trade data of China showed the broadest measure of China's global trade surplus fell to a several-year low to around 2.7% of GDP. Export also collapsed to a negative...
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Investor Sentiment: Heading Into the Final Stages
As long as the bulls continue to believe, the market should continue to push higher, but there will be limit. Clearly, the best, most accelerated gains are behind us, and from this point onward, the...
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