ECONOMY REMAINS IN
AN ECONOMIC DEPRESSION, WHICH IS ABOUT TO
INTENSIFY ANEW. . .”
Lonely Bears and the Successful Bubble Goldman (no, not that goldman)
‘…I find it difficult to own financials when all they appear to do is to lever
up 2-year notes. i can do that myself without paying a trading floor big
bonuses to do that for me. Banks aren’t making money lending with their
loan books down by 20% (the last reporting week for big commercial banks
showed a tiny uptick — hardly a trend); they are reporting huge “fixed
income trading” profits. That comes from two sources; 1) tightening of
spread assets to the best levels in history in the case of mortgages and
extremely tight levels in the case of corporates, and 2) a huge amount of
carry-trade leverage in Treasuries. What do you do for an encore?
Investors appear to expect lending to go back to normal. I am not so sure.
In other words, the expansion of the federal balance sheet has generated a
huge volume of paper profits. The Federal Reserve banks show an increase
in their profits from an annual rate of $38 billion in 2007 to $68 billion in
2009, no surprise, given that they expanded their balance sheets
massively. In any event, with the discount rate on equities near zero at the
front end and very low at the long end of the curve, any positive level of
profits can produce very high valuations indeed. There are pockets of
innovation, for example the always-inventive toy factory at Apple. RCA
stock rose all through the Great Depression. Manufacturing has benefitted
from a one-time increase in productivity, that is, shedding all the less
profitable operations possible. Exports were still down on a year-on-year
basis during the fourth quarter and flattened out during the first two
months of 2010. Domestic demand has bounced off the bottom, but it’s
dicey to count on US consumers to dig into their nest egg for big-ticket
items. Too much of the profit snapback has been pure bubble. I’m still
investing in Asian raw materials and suchlike, close to the actual source of
growth. But I just can’t bring myself to trust the US market.’
(4-26-10) Dow 11,205 +0 Nasdaq 2523 -7 S&P 500 1,212 -5 [CLOSE- OIL
$85.13 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS
$2.85 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS $3.11 REG./ $3.26 MID-
GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.08 DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,154 [video] Gold
Surges Stocks/Gold Comparison (+24% for year 2009) / SILVER $18.34
(+47% for year 2009) PLATINUM $1,745 (+56% for year 2009) /
DOLLAR= .74 EURO, 93 YEN, .64 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low
can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.82% …..… AP Business
Highlights ...Yahoo Market Update... ] T. Rowe Price Weekly
Recap – Stocks / Bonds / Currencies - Domestic / International
MARKET MANIPULATION AND HOW THE LATEST BUBBLE-FRAUD
PRE-COMING CRASH IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED 3-11-10 6 Theories
On Why the Stock Market Has Rallied 3-9-10 [archived website file]
Risks Lurk for ETF Investors The bull market that never was/were
beyond wall street b.s. when measured in gold Property Values
Projected to Fall 12% in 2010 Jan 31, 2010 The Week Ahead: Risk
Is Off the Cliff; Unwind Has Begun Jan 31, 2010 01-13-10 Forecast for
2010 from Seeking Alpha Contributor THE COMING MARKET
CRASH / CORRECTION 1-28-10 Maierhofer (01-15-10) 11 Clear
Signs Economy Sinking Economic Black Hole 1-22-10: 20 Reasons
Why The U.S. Economy Is Dying And Is Simply Not Going To Recover
Current Economic / Fiscal Charts Trendsresearch.com forecast for
2009 1-7-10 Crash is coming! ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
EVER’ Must Read Economic / Financial Data This
Depression is just beginning The coming depression…
thecomingdepression.net MUST READ: JEREMY GRANTHAM’S
QUARTERLY UPDATE 25 January 2010 (850 on the S&P) by TPC The
Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think Sliding
Back Into the Great Recession ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY,
RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN SINCE MUCH,
MUCH WORSE TO COME!
http://www.albertpeia.com/alresume.htm
Geithner: 'I Never Had A Real Job'… sounds like a plan!... US prepares
to push for global capital rules FT | The US is preparing to push for a
tough new international capital regime after the weekend’s G20 and
International Monetary Fund meetings glossed over differences
between leading economies. Unemployment for Those Who Earn
$150,000 or More is Only 3%, While Unemployment for the Poor is 31%
Washington’s Blog | The study is subtitled “A Truly Great Depression
Among the Nation’s Low Income Workers Amidst Full Employment
Among the Most Affluent.” Bankers Said ‘Anything’ to Get High
Rating, S&P Ex-Analyst Says Bloomberg | On May 3, 2005, Standard &
Poor’s analyst Chui Ng e-mailed co-workers to broker a solution to
demands by Goldman Sachs bankers that he said violated two or
more of the ratings company’s internal guidelines. Housing Sales
and Inflation Surge Greg Hunter | Please do not get fooled into thinking
we are on the brink of a real recovery. Economists: The stimulus
didn’t help … just indebted the nation more_ Tent City In New
York Set Up In Hopes For Elevator Job... camped out for 3 days for
chance at getting an application
For nations living the good life, the party’s over, IMF says In the lingo of
the International Monetary Fund, the future of the world hinges on
“rebalancing and consolidation,” antiseptic words that would not
seem to raise a fuss. Facebook Steps Up Lobbying, Deepens Ties
with Intelligence Agencies, FTC Facebook is a CIA cutout that’s
frantically lobbying for privacy legislation to remain lax so that it can
continue to run its various intelligence operations on the platform.
18 veterans kill themselves every day: report The suicide rate among
war veterans is extraordinary, new data reveals.
Launch of secret US space ship masks even more secret launch of new
weapon Somewhere above earth is America’s latest spaceship, a 30ft
craft so classified that the Pentagon will not divulge its mission nor
how much it cost to build.
Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too dangerous
… might not like us… Oh pshaw! … Human nature, man’s inhumanity
to man? What’s not to like? Such humble beginnings and evolutionary
history … Besides, not to worry. With their advanced technologies
that defy human understanding, they already know you’re here…to
stay. So, not to worry. After all, as we know from that documentary of
that same name, ‘Earth Girls Are Easy’ … and then there’s
photosynthesis in a very big way also going for it! ...
We Are Change Booted Out of California Tea Party Event Kurt Nimmo |
Establishment Tea Party pulls Republican tactic of denying First
Amendment to ideological opponents. Blackmail: How The
Controlling Elite Owns Politicians Lindsey Graham homosexual
controversy underscores why government is broken. Homosexual
rumors surrounding Senator Lindsey Graham underscore the core
reason why the vast majority of Congress members habitually support
legislation that is anathema to the interests of the people they are
supposed to represent, because politicians rarely achieve positions of
influence without being beholden to one form of blackmail or another.
Lawmakers Call for Troops on the Streets of Chicago Kurt Nimmo |
Restoring the Second Amendment to Chicago would go a long way to
reducing violent crime in the city. Obama Debt Czar Says Tax Hikes
“On The Table” President’s promise that families who earned less
than $250,000 a year would not be hit set to be shattered.
Global Bank Conspiracy RTAmerica | What is being proposed, and has been
falling into place for some time, is the framework for an unelected
global authority with powers above and beyond those of sovereign
governments. Senator Graham’s Gay Scandal Goes National and
Viral ALIPAC | ALIPAC’s William Gheen called on Senator Graham to
be honest about his homosexual lifestyle to assure that Graham’s
desire to keep it a secret could no longer be used by political insiders
to manipulate his behavior. Arizona Gov. Signs Illegal Immigration
Bill Infowars.com | Soaking Arizona’s tax payers apparently does not
fit in Obama’s “basic notions of fairness.” $338.3 Billion Paid to
Service America’s Illegal Aliens Warner Todd Huston | Free schools,
free medial care, free Medicaid, free food, free social services, it’s a
veritable cornucopia of freebies streaming out of our various
government’s coffers to these people who broke our laws to get here
and are breaking our laws to stay. Gerald Celente: Financial
Reform Is Just a Show Bullsource | Trends forecaster Gerald Celente
gives his analysis on Wall Street regulation, including problems with
the finance reform bill. Iran Sanctions an Act of War Ron Paul | We
need to see all this for what it is: Propaganda to speed us to war
against Iran for the benefit of special interests. Saboteurs hit Iraq’s
northern oil pipeline, halting exports Oil and Gas Journal | Iraqi oil
exports have been cut due to sabotage along the northern pipeline
system, according to officials who say repairs could take up to a
week. String of bombs in Iraq follows leadership losses for
insurgency Dallas Morning News | A series of bombings struck mainly
Shiite areas of Baghdad and a western province on Friday, killing at
least 69 people and demonstrating a resilient insurgency after the
recent killing or capture of several militant leaders.
http://www.albertpeia.com/alresume.htm
Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too dangerous
… might not like us… Oh pshaw! … Human nature, man’s inhumanity
to man? What’s not to like? Such humble beginnings and evolutionary
history … Besides, not to worry. With their advanced technologies
that defy human understanding, they already know you’re here…to
stay. So, not to worry. After all, as we know from that documentary of
that same name, ‘Earth Girls Are Easy’ … and then there’s
photosynthesis in a very big way also going for it! ...
Editorial: Greek woes Although the International Monetary Fund and the EU
are upping their support for the struggling Greek economy, there is a
clear lack of confidence that the Athens government is capable of
instituting the expenditure cutbacks and revenue boosts essential to
stop the country’s finances spiraling out of control. Greece hit by
new riots as pressure grows to quit euro Support for the bail-out of
debt-ridden Greece was in doubt last night, leaving the country on the
brink of financial meltdown as top German politicians said it should
be forced to quit the euro.
All in the name of Zionism israel is a zionist state (and not a secular
democratic state as often foisted off on the american if not world for
public consumption). Everybody knows that. There is no (jewish)
politician in Israel who misses an opportunity to repeat this. Last
week, when we celebrated the 62nd Independence Day, we were
flooded by a deluge of patriotic speeches. Each of the Ciceros,
without exception, declared his total commitment to zionism. By the
way, when it comes to the zionist character of israel, there is complete
agreement on this between the leaders of israel and their enemies.
Dirty money digitally laundered … a wall street, atlantic city, and american
story … a very bad one and [also see RICO case ] Fraud: It’s
Much Bigger Than Goldman Sachs Regulatory reform debate
obscures key fact: Everybody’s getting money bribes from Wall Street
Blagojevich calls feds 'cowards and liars'…[Yes. This is a rare moment for
one to say that a sleazy hypocrite like blago, who is on corrupt
federale-connected mobster trump’s celebrity apprentice, happens to
be correct based upon facts / reality and my own direct observation
and experience and the law – Don’t forget to include corrupt federal
judges as maryanne trump barry, sam alito, shiff, matz, hall, underhill,
dorsey, etc.. Defacto bankrupt america’s so-called system is
pervasively corrupt and broken] (AP) [see RICO case ]