Before we say goodbye to 2011, let us pause to remember it…briefly. We spent 365 days with it – 365 days in a row. We can’t just move on to 2012 without a least a backward glance. What kind of a year was it? In what direction did it take the world, dear reader? Should we cheer that it is gone…or merely dry our eyes and hope for the best?
January 4th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "bankers"
Goldman Sachs Facts
A cynic would point out that both the new Greek and Italian leaders are Goldman Sachs insiders. As is the new European Central Bank president, Mario Draghi.
But why does Goldman Sachs’ influence matter?
November 19th, 2011 | Nickolai Hubble | 0 comments | Continued
Summers Believes You Can Manipulate the Economy All You Want
Summers is jubilant. He got the latest employment figures on Friday. They tell the story of an economy that he thinks is headed into outer space…
April 7th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Japanese Government Displays Generosity as Prices Fall in Japan
“Japan Deflation Hits a Record Pace,” reported the BBC. Prices in Japan were falling faster than they ever had since they began keeping track in 1970.
February 8th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 5 comments | Continued
Bankers Admit Faults in Congress
“The bankers – whose companies collectively received more than $100 billion in taxpayer assistance to weather the crisis – offered no regrets for executive pay that is now likely to increase…
January 18th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
Everyone is Getting Tough on Bankers
Good ol’ Paul Volcker is giving them hell. He told a group of bankers that the only innovation they came up with that actually added value was the automatic teller machine.
December 16th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
Government Pretends to Punish the Bankers
As for the US, the argument goes on. Goldman has tried to head it off with various gestures. Its top man said the firm wasn’t just trying to make money; it was doing “God’s work.”
December 15th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 8 comments | Continued
FDIC Wants Banks to Make More Loans to their Business Customers
This secular shift away from “productive” lending to businesses toward “nonproductive” lending to consumers creates a new kind of structural weakness for the American economy.
December 10th, 2009 | Douglas French | 0 comments | Continued
You Buy Gold When the Government is Making a Mess of the Monetary Situation
Are the feds making a mess of the monetary situation? Oh dear, dear reader…please ask us something harder. Trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see…
November 24th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
World of Super Collides With World of Credit Crunch
Meanwhile, mischief is still afoot in the world of superannuation. Australian super assets under management exceed $1.2 trillion. That’s the fourth largest pool of investable savings in the Western world.
November 11th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
We Expect No Recovery from the Economy
..how does it all work? We’re doing some serious thinking this week. What is it that actually causes a depression? A stock market collapse? Or too much debt?
September 29th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
US Dollar As Reserve Currency Not Working Very Well
Their report makes some of the right noises, “The dollar-based reserve system is increasingly challenged.” Hmm, a slight understatement there. If “increasingly challenged” is a euphemism for “dead” then we’d agree.
But we don’t think that’s what they mean.
September 10th, 2009 | Kris Sayce | 38 comments | Continued
Aussie Gold Price Moves Up
For investors, it means gold is going to have a good solid run at US$1,000. It’s in the neighbourhood already. But in the lead up to the G-20 leader meeting in Pittsburgh later this month, we wouldn’t be surprised to see gold price in a lot more fiat money creation.
September 7th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 15 comments | Continued
Should You Buy Stocks Now to Take Advantage of Bull Market?
Stocks and oil are at their highest levels so far this year. With such profits at hand people figure they don’t need the dollar. Investors run to the safety of the greenback when financial storms approach. But now…they think it will be clear sailing.
August 25th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Investors Are Betting On Recovery
Make no mistake though. No one knows how long this rally will last – certainly no one here at The Daily Reckoning vacation headquarters. It will continue until it runs out of gas. That could be tomorrow. It could be months from now.
August 6th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
