This is the media name for the bond traders who scuppered Bill Clinton’s big spending plans during his first term. Back then, the market was capable of imposing some fiscal discipline on the U.S. government by forcing it to pay higher rates of interest for the debt it sold to finance its spending plans.
February 12th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 3 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "geithner"
A Pivot Point
It’s at a turning point right now. One thing your editor has learned in the last eleven years of daily market observation is that when public sentiment reaches a point of maximum anxiety, it breaks like a wave crashing on the rocks. This is not as bad as it sounds. What we mean is that though the general trend of the market is obvious-lower stock prices on a weak economy and a confused policy response to the crisis-you will often be surprised at when the rallies come and how high they go…
February 11th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 12 comments | Continued
Signs of Life
Here’s a thought: if Washington can set salary caps on Wall Street because taxpayer money is involved, why can’t the rest of America set salary caps on American legislators? Those clowns get government money every single day. They even spend money they don’t have by robbing from generations of unborn Americans. And they’ve run regular structural budget deficits for decades!…
February 5th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | Continued
