Think about that again – the death of four young people is directly linked to government policy – and no one has been fired, lost a job, or held accountable for it at all. If, for example, four diggers were killed in Afghanistan after being sent on poorly planned mission, what do you think the coverage in the media would be like?
April 8th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 24 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "government policy"
The Investor in Indian Bonds has Ben Bernanke on His Side
Stocks rose again yesterday – largely on the good feelings inspired by Ben Bernanke. The US Fed chief let it be known that if the economy slips back into a slump it won’t be his fault.
March 22nd, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Short-selling of Financial Stocks
“Unbridled short selling is contributing to the recent, sudden price declines in the securities of financial institutions, unrelated to true price valuation,” said SEC chairman Christopher Cox…
November 27th, 2009 | Adrian Ash | 0 comments | Continued
We Don’t Expect to See Australian Banks Suddenly Keen to Expand their Loan Books
Maybe this will sound like a bunch of whining by the end of the week. After all, three of the big four Aussie banks will report results this week. There will be billion dollar cash profit figures tossed around. But as we said last week, the earnings performance of financial firms in the last six months is a sham.
September 28th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 5 comments | Continued
