Barclays Accused of Criminal fraud for Golden Key in Geneva
Submitted by Teri Buhl A criminal complaint has been filed against Barclays in Geneva, Switzerland this week for its role in a $1.4 billion structured investment vehicle (SIV) called Golden Key. The...
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As '11 Ends, 11 Charts Of 11 Disturbing 11 Year Trends
As we pop the corks of our proverbial champagne this weekend with an eye to a better year ahead, perhaps it is worth thinking about these 11 incredible trends that have evolved in a rather disturbing...
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Open Thread: 2011 Closes....Down
With the S&P 500 cash index closing 2011 down for the year (admittedly down 0.003181% is just 0.003181%, but it is also down), we look across asset classes and notable markets as we reflect on an...
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Guest Post: 2011 - Catch-22 Year In Review
Submitted by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform 2011 - Catch-22 Year In Review “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” - Mark Twain I...
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PaRTY LiKe IT'S 1929!
. . PARTY LIKE ITS 1929 The Asshole Formerly Known as Printz (The Artist Known as WilliamBanzai7 December 31, 2011) I was dreamin' when I wrote this Forgive me if it goes astray But when I...
View ArticleBiderman On 2012: Long Gold, Short EUR And Stop Praying For A Miracle
Wearing a shirt that only a mother could love, Charles Biderman of TrimTabs offers his insightful perspective on the year ahead. Against the backdrop of a fog-bound Sausalito, Biderman sees only one...
View Article2011 Greatest Hits: Presenting The Most Popular Posts Of The Past Year
Continuing our tradition of listing what according to Zero Hedge readers were the key news events of the year for the third year in a row (2009 and 2010 can be found here and here), we present, as is...
View ArticleGuest Post: A Future View Of Post-Bubbledemic America
Submitted by Ben Tanosborn A future view of post-bubbledemic America Balancing the budget in 2032 is going to be a rather easy, mechanical task for future American politicians. A constitutional...
View ArticleMaking Sense Of 2011
This article originally appeared in the Daily Capitalist. This is the time of year when you are supposed to look back and make sense of what happened during the year and make predictions about the new...
View ArticleTwo Lectures On The History Of Austrian Economics
When it comes to the types of people in this world, there are those who say that the only way to fix the current economic catastrophe is to keep doing more of the same that got us in this condition in...
View ArticlePresenting The Exchange Stabilization Fund In 5 Parts: Is This The Real...
When it comes to the fabled President's Working Group on Capital Markets, also known as the Plunge Protection Team, the myths about the subject are certainly far greater than any underlying reality. To...
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I love a stink
My kind of story in the Swiss papers today. I love it when big shot central bankers get their dirty laundry made public. Kashya, the wife of Phillip Hilldebrand (head of the Swiss National Bank) sold...
View ArticleIran Makes First Nuclear Fuel Rods, Fires Mid-Range SAM In Retaliation For...
The political press has been abuzz over the much anticipated signing of the NDAA by Barack Obama on Saturday: this move was not surprising because Obama had already made it clear he would go ahead and...
View ArticleGoldman's Jim O'Neill Is Now Officially A Completely Broken Record
How Jim O'Neill still has a job is beyond us. Not only is he the head of the worst performing vertical at Goldman Sachs, not only is he the creator of the Bloody Ridiculous Investment Concept (BRIC),...
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Trading Physical Gold: Is Gold In A Bubble?
Happy New Year to all on this first day of January, 2012! This is the 4th installment (of 5) of my interview of the CEO of GBI (Gold Bullion International), a unique firm located on Wall Street that...
View ArticleHappy Zombiversary Euro
Because on the tenth birthday (and with trillions of dollars pledged to keep it alive, we use the term very loosely) of the most loathed currency in the history of the world, we find out that in the...
View ArticleAs The GOP Primary Race Goes Into Production, Here Are The Facts
With two days left until the GOP primary circus is fully underway, here, courtesy of Reuters, are the key facts to keep in mind as all that endless talk finally shifts to action. From Reuters: "Voters...
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The Main Question Of Early 2012
If there is only one question we would love to have answered early as we make our investment allocation decisions in 2012, it is this: which way will the following chart compress, because compress it...
View ArticlePresenting NSSM 200: "Implications of Worldwide Population Growth For U.S....
One of the topics touched upon by Eric deCarbonnel in the earlier article discussing the potential, if not necessarily probable absent further validation, implications of the Exchange Stabilization...
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Stock World Weekly: Sound and Fury
Sound and Fury (Excerpts from this week's Stock World Weekly) “Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale, Told...
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