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45 Signs That America Will Soon Be A
Nation With A Very Tiny Elite And The Rest Of Us Will Be Poor http://albertpeia.com/45signsamericatinyelitemajoritypoor.htm
‘The middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in the
United States today. America
is a nation with a very tiny elite that is rapidly becoming increasingly
wealthy while everyone else is becoming poorer , Dave’s Daily: http://www.etfdigest.com FED DISAPPOINTS BULLS 4-3-12
{ My first computer was an AppleIIc in 1986 and I’m glad they survived, having faced
extinction. I’m happy for them. But, realistically, there just aren’t that many
computer unsaavy people dumb enough to continue to
pay premiums (overpay) for less than premium products/utility (that’s no
endorsement for pathetic pc’s, etc.) – I’ve conceded the IPAD breakthrough to
their credit but even that’s going to be facing competition; and, tv? That’s always been a tough road to hoe for whomever,
though I wish them luck, though more than luck’s required! Apple just provides
the frauds on wall street with a hopium
story to jazz the HFT algos, suck suckers in, and
churn and earn! } ‘Fed minutes were released at 2 PM and disappointed
those bulls looking for more QE and/or stimulus. Not finding any, they sold.
But in the last half hour of trading, dip buyers were once again present
halving the losses from the announcement. Those “stick saves’ are something to behold!Factory Orders (1.3% vs 1.5% exp & prior -1.00%) were positive but a mild
disappointment overall.The dollar (UUP) rallied on
the lack of further stimulus; bonds (IEF & TLT) were weak as were
commodities (USO, GLD & DBC).Stocks fell sharply, then as indicated,
recovered led higher by…wait for it, Apple (AAPL) as an analyst from Topeka
Securities (seriously?) raised the stock’s price
forecast to $1,000 within 12 months. (It echoes of Qualcomm
predictions circa 1999 but Apple may be a different case, right?) If the
stock were to rise anything like that, imagine the
current weighting effect it would have on indices like the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) and
SPDR Technology ETF (XLK). Anyway, the shares rose an additional $10 once again
masking underlying overall market weakness…’ , The
Fed’s Latest Announcement: “The Easy Money Spigot is Being Turned Off…”April 3, 2012 By gpc1981 , Man
Vs Machine: How Each Sees The Stock Market Durden
4-3-12 , Guest
Post: Gold's Critical Metric , Guest
Post: Global Oil Risks in the Early 21st Century , "The
Broken Window Fallacy": Why Government Stimulus Spending Will Keep The
Unemployment Rate High , Putting It All
Into Perspective ,
Durden
So much for the Hatzius and
Hilsenrath prognostications. Headlines
coming in:
- FOMC SAW NO NEED TO EASE ANEW UNLESS GROWTH
SLOWS, MINUTES SHOW
- MOST FOMC PARTICIPANTS SAW `LITTLE
EVIDENCE OF COST PRESSURES
- FOMC PARTICIPANTS SAID LABOR
MARKET CONDITIONS HAD IMPROVED
- MOST FOMC PARTICIPANTS EXPECTED
INFLATION RATE AT 2% OR LESS
- MANY FOMC PARTICIPANTS SAW `EASED'
STRAINS IN GLOBAL MARKETS
- MOST ON FOMC SAW TEMPORARY IMPACT
FROM RISING OIL, GAS PRICES
- FOMC SAID SIGNIFICANT OUTLOOK
CHANGE COULD ALTER 2014 RATE PLAN
Apparently
$4 gas has an impact. ,
Guest
Post: Four Signs Of Asia’s Rise Over The West , The 2013 Fiscal Logjam
Durden With the political season heating up, and tax
season upon us, we thought it worthwhile drilling into exactly how painful the
potential pre-programmed fiscal tightening in 2013 is likely to be. As Credit
Suisse notes, "it ain't over til
its over" as the suspicion is that a lame duck session of Congress will
forestall some of the tightening but until
Congress acts, the economy is still technically in a collision course with the
largest fiscal hit in modern times. , Guest
Post: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Part Two Durden Anyone
who hasn’t sensed a mood change in this country since the 2008 financial
meltdown is either ignorant or in denial. Millions of Americans fall into one
of these categories, but many people realize something has changed – and not
for the better. The sense of pure financial panic that existed during September
and October of 2008 had not been seen since the dark days of 1929. Our leaders
used the initial terror and fear to ram through TARP and stimulus packages that
rewarded the perpetrators of the financial collapse rather than helping the
middle class who lost 8 million jobs, destroyed by Wall Street criminality. The
stock market plunged by 57% from its 2007 high by March 2009. What has happened
since September 2008 has set the stage for the next downward leg in this
Crisis. The rich and powerful have pulled out all the stops and saved
themselves at the expense of the many. Despite overwhelming proof of unabashed
mortgage fraud, rating agency bribery, document forgery on a grand scale and
insider trading based on non-public information, the brazen audacity of Wall
Street oligarchs is reminiscent of the late stages of the Roman Empire.
Miscellaneous
Business Headlines
03-Apr-12 11:44PM How to Spot a Market Top ETFguide 07:49PM Are the Markets Really Concerned About the Fed and Spain? at Wall St.
Cheat Sheet 06:06PM Tomorrow's Tape: ADP Jobs Data On Tap! at The Wall Street Journal 05:41PM Train Reading: Watch Out, TVIX Premium Creeping Higher Again
at The Wall Street Journal 05:15PM Minyanville's T3 Daily Recap: Market
Recovers After Brief Fed Inspired Sell-Off at Minyanville 05:04PM Dividend Stocks May Not Look So Hot Next Year at The Wall Street Journal 04:55PM Chips Forecast a Slowdown Is Coming at The Wall Street Journal 04:52PM Why Corporate Income Taxes Are Horribly Destructive at Forbes 04:38PM How to Spot a Market Top ETFguide 04:24PM No QE3: Gold, silver, bonds get creamed at MarketWatch 04:23PM Chips Forecast a Slowdown Is Coming at The Wall Street Journal 04:19PM Fed's Williams: Economy Still Needs Aggressive Central Bank
Support at The Wall
Street Journal 03:59PM STOCKS FALL AFTER FED MINUTES: Here's What You Need To Know
Business Insider 03:48PM Markets' Focus on QE3 Doubts Misses Fed's Worries About Jobs
at The Wall Street Journal 03:25PM Good Friday + Nonfarm Payrolls Collide! Not Much Happens at The Wall Street Journal 03:10PM InPlay:
Stock indices put together sizeable recovery extension in recent action -- Dow
-83, S&P -8.7, Nasdaq Comp -11 Briefing.com 03:07PM Fed Discusses Further Efforts to Explain Policies at The Wall Street Journal 03:04PM Deutsche Bank: Low Volumes Ain't Bad
News For Stocks at The
Wall Street Journal 02:46PM Fed Debates Economy's Potential Growth at The Wall Street Journal 02:26PM Market Falls Hard as Fed Questions QE3; Dow Drops 100 Points
at Barrons.com 02:21PM Sell In May And Go Away at Forbes
02:21PM FOMC Minutes: No QE3 Anytime Soon, Stocks Drop at The Wall Street Journal 02:18PM Market Falls Hard as Fed Questions QE3; Dow Drops 100 Points
at Barrons.com 02:15PM FOMC Minutes: No QE3 Anytime Soon, Stocks Drop at The Wall Street Journal 02:02PM InPlay:
Stock index bounce off midday lows stalls after FOMC headlines, back hovering
near lows -- Dow -68, S&P -7, Nasdaq Comp -7 Briefing.com 01:51PM Fed Minutes May Reinforce Status Quo And the Dollar at The Wall Street Journal 01:51PM Midday Market Report: Stocks Slip on Factory Orders at Minyanville 01:21PM RIM Shares: The Bloodbath Continues at The Wall Street Journal 01:05PM Lagarde Warns Against Policymaker
Complacency at The
Wall Street Journal 01:01PM RIMM Shares: The Bloodbath Continues at The Wall Street Journal 12:25PM How to Spot a Market Top ETFguide 12:13PM Four of the Top-Performing Stocks of the First Quarter of 2012
at Minyanville 12:07PM InPlay:
Minor new lows into midday for stock indices -- Dow -61, S&P -7, Nasdaq Comp -7.9 Briefing.com
12:05PM Fed Minutes May Sting Treasury Bond Bulls at The Wall Street Journal 12:03PM 9 Weeks to Better Options Trading: Iron Condors at Minyanville 11:50AM Netflix: Rising Competition a Big Concern, Barclays Says at The Wall Street Journal 11:50AM [video] Retail Options Action Bodes Well For Bulls at TheStreet 11:29AM Global Central Banks Boost Dollar Holdings, Cut Euro Stores
at The Wall Street Journal 11:25AM Index, ETF option volumes near midday optionMONSTER 11:19AM ETF Chart of the Day: Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Trends 10:44AM Apple: The $1 Trillion Company? at The Wall Street Journal 10:07AM Stocks to Watch: CVR Energy, Cavium,
Uranium Energy and More at
The Wall Street Journal
10:02AM InPlay: Limited reaction to below consensus orders data --
Dow -25, S&P -3.1, Nasdaq Comp +3 Briefing.com 10:00AM Health-Care Sector's Paltry Insurance Against Risk of Change
at Minyanville 09:55AM Secondary Sources: 1940 Census, Uncertainty and Stimulus,
European Crisis at The
Wall Street Journal 09:53AM Apple: The $1 Trillion Company? at The Wall Street Journal 09:42AM Willful Blindness Explains The March Of Folly In Finance at Forbes 09:36AM InPlay: Mixed bias for the start --
Dow -18, S&P -2, Nasdaq Comp +3.1 Briefing.com 09:34AM Pre-Market Primer: Futures Fall Ahead of Factory Orders, FOMC
Minutes at Minyanville
09:09AM Morning Links: What's Next For Stocks? at The Wall Street Journal 08:45AM Vital Signs: Warm Weather Fails to Lift Construction at The Wall Street Journal 08:44AM Five Ways to Break Up the Euro at The Wall Street Journal 08:00AM [video] Markets Pause Ahead of FOMC Minutes at TheStreet 07:23AM Morning MarketBeat: Stocks Can't Go
Straight Up Forever at
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