Posts Tagged ‘ Disaster ’

Retailers Change the Calendar

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December 16, 2011

Having been out to do a little "research" on Black Friday eve, I warned here then that the boost in Black Friday sales were only robbing from future weeks as stores opened longer hours, drawing in a younger crowd looking for bargains when there's nothi...
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Europe: Bernakenstein to the rescue

Two stories in the past 24 hours on this, one from Aljazeera and the other AE-P. The idea is that the Fed buys European govt bonds to hold down yields. The Aljazeera story (an opinion piece from a Washington think tank) gives more background detail, co...
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SPX Update and More: Market Playing Its Cards Close to the Vest

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November 8, 2011
SPX Update and More: Market Playing Its Cards Close to the Vest

I believe it was Yogi Berra who said, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." The market has now reached a point where it clearly does not want to telegraph its next move.  There are times, when the larger trend is clearl...
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Loop Theory – Capitalism vs. Socialism

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August 29, 2011
Loop Theory – Capitalism vs. Socialism

Global Economic Intersection Article of the Week In this article, I will present a loop theory to further support my writings on politics. The loop theory is to simply and clearly define the relationship between capit...
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The REAL reason the S&P downgrade is a disaster for the economy

There's already been a bevy of analysts coming out with their forecasts on what the S&P downgrade means for the economy, what it will do to interest rates, other financial institutions, junk borrowers, and other entities somehow connected to the US ...
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I expect a poor number

I'm expecting July's nonfarm payroll at 40,000 to 45,000. This number would spell disaster! DOW 11,400 for sure!
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Trump: GOP Should Let U.S. Default

"Frankly the Republicans would be crazy unless they get 100 percent of the deal that they want right now to make any deal,” Trump said on "Fox and Friends" Monday. "If this happens, for instance if this stuff is going on prior to an election, he c...
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Ron Paul’s Debt Ceiling Plan

Excerpt: Paul's plan starts with the Federal Reserve. In the last year or two the Fed has been buying up U.S. Treasury bonds in an effort to lower interest rates and boost the economy. The most recent round of that buying has been dubbed QE2, and has ...
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Late day disaster

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June 22, 2011
Late day disaster

Sell Mortimer,Sell! LOOK AT THAT CLOSING VOLUME SPIKE!
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Why you shouldn’t fear the market’s next "Lehman Moment"

Avoiding disasters hasn’t worked. At least, not avoiding debt disasters. No matter what tricks the authorities do – monetary, fiscal, or unconventional – the debt is still there. And since all those tricks cost money…it gets bigger and bigge...
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The Unwisdom of Elites

The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies. The United States has mass long-term unemployment for the first time since the 1930s. Meanwhile, Europe’s single currency is coming apart at the seams. How did it all go so wron...
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Market Averts Disaster, But For How Long

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May 8, 2011

The market saved itself from disaster by rallying on Friday. Click here to download complete report in pdf format (Professional Edition Subscribers). Try the Professional Edition risk free for thirty days. If, within that time, you don’t find the information useful, I will give you a full refund. It’s that simple. Click here to...
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Reporting on Meltdown – Oil Spill

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April 8, 2011

I am not familiar enough with nuclear reactors to comment. However, I am familiar enough with the oil and gas business to comment on the reporting regarding last summer's oil spill. Recall, the estimates of oil being released from the well at as high...
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China Tightens again!

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March 21, 2011

China Tightens FurtherFNArena News - March 22 2011 - Beijing increases its reserve ratio for the ninth time in 12 months - Another rate hike already priced in - Economists at odds over the ongoing pace of tightening measures By Greg Peel Last F...
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30 Powerful Images from Japan – Just unbelievable

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March 17, 2011

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8385237/Japan- disaster-30-powerful-images-of-the-earthquake-and-tsunami.html?image=1
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Fed Twitters While Athens Burns- Professional Edition

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May 7, 2010

This week we finally got to see what happens in the market when the Fed stops propping in the midst of a year long liquidity collapse, which had been papered over by the Fed’s cash infusions. We can only wonder what the Fed’s next step will be, which is, I am sure, what the...
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Treasury Roller Coaster Ahead of Summer Housing Disaster- Professional Edition

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April 22, 2010

The Treasury market got the boost expected from the bill paydowns this week. The $24 billion net paydown figure included $17 billion in CMB expirations on Monday. That cash flowed into investors pockets and had nowhere to go. So they bid up everything. By Thursday, the effect of that had worn off in the...
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Russ Winter’s Actionable- One Trick Pony

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April 21, 2010

Lee Adler reports tax receipts through April 16th and it paints a not at all surprising picture of whatever the US economy is today. Federal tax receipts through April 16 showed a year to year gain of 8.3% versus the same period in April 2009, which was a very easy comparison, with collections at disaster levels. Withholding...
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Retail Bull

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December 12, 2009
Retail Bull

The Wall Street media was in a frenzy over the “better than expected” news on retailing from the Commerce Department on Friday. It’s all a matter of  perspective. Yes, the data was up strongly month to month, and yes, it was higher than last November when the economy seized up following the stock market...
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Papering Over Disaster, Temporarily – Professional Edition

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September 21, 2009

We now have an inkling of how the Treasury will handle the paydown of $185 billion in Treasury CMBs. It will turn what would have been a horrendously bearish period into something less so, but the respite will be temporary. At the very least, it should give the smart money the opportunity to tiptoe...
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Uncle Ben’s Exit Door – Professional Edition Fed Report

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May 18, 2009

One thing that I noticed today, thanks to a poster on Capitalstool.com’s Stool Pigeons Wire message board, is that the amount of paper the Primary Dealers are offering the Fed has exploded to 5 to 10 times what the Fed actually takes at each operation where the Fed offers to buy Treasuries. In the...
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A Heavy Load – Professional Edition Fed Report

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February 23, 2009

If new Treasury supply of $48 billion was a problem last week, what will $124 billion do this week? We haven’t seen numbers this high since the period between mid September and mid October last year, and we know the disaster that caused. Click here to download complete report in pdf format (Professional Edition...
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Credit Cards, Disaster or Discovery?

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December 10, 2008

One of the primary questions of the day is to what extent and how rapidly is the average consumer is using his massive commodity rebate towards rebuilding his balance sheet. This has a number of significant ramifications, including Joe Sixpacks future ability to service and payoff debt that is currently selling in the market...
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