Matt Taibbi — like many other cynical financial market observers — has learned to regard every pronouncement from Goldman Sachs with suspicion. Recent experience has demonstrated that “tame” and “harmless” are attributes that rarely operate within the Goldman Sachs business model.
February 6th, 2012 | Eric J. Fry | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "QE"
6 Things Governments Might Do To You This Christmas
The break over Christmas is a pretty convenient time for politicians to spring something unexpected on you. Well, unexpected for those who don’t read the Daily Reckoning, that is.
So here is a list of things the governments of the world might unleash on you and your portfolio over the holidays:
December 24th, 2011 | Nickolai Hubble | 7 comments | Continued
Central Banks Play: Print…Ready…Aim
All central banks are desperate to stop stress from building in the global banking system. Despite what they say, job No. 1 of every central bank is to do whatever it takes to prevent a disorderly collapse of banks caused by “bank runs.”
December 6th, 2011 | Dan Amoss | 0 comments | Continued
Alphabet Soup Economy
Here’s what happens in our Alphabet Soup Economy:
Plan A doesn’t work…neither does Plan Z.
Last week ended with a whimper and a bang. Stock markets whimpered. Investors didn’t know what to think. And nothing happened last week to help them figure it out.
November 29th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Fed Trying to Push Private Investors into Riskier Asset Classes
So from a strategic point of view, we believe equity investors want and need to see stronger economic and earnings results to drive indexes higher, while bond investors need just the opposite to calm Treasury yields down.
June 3rd, 2009 | Rob Parenteau | 0 comments | Continued
