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84% of All Stock Trades Are By High-Frequency Computers … Only 16% Are Done By Human Traders Washington’s Blog | As of 2010, 50-70% of all stock trades were done by high frequency trading computer algorithms.[ Churning / earning without regard to learning! That money has to come from someplace; hence, the horrendous economy and jobs picture! ] , Forrester: Apple is Entering a Long Decline Written by Damon Poeter PC Magazine ‘ At least one analyst is bucking the trend of gushing over Apple. Forrester Research chief executive George Colony laid out his case in a blog post Wednesday for why he thinks the company will start looking like just another tech .. ‘ [ As much as I like Apple, my first computer, and am glad they survived in a big way, I’m constrained to agree. Moreover, and I can’t prove this, I believe there to be some ‘soft’ stimulation of the heavily weighted, more bang for the buck, Apple stock by way of subsidized purchases. Remember those $275,000 per car government purchases, and the $278,000 cost per stimulus job? What’s $500 per ipad or iphone, etc., to a nation hopelessly, insurmountably indebted to the tune of $211 trillion, especially in their election year desperation. This should in no way be construed as a slight to Cook; but rather, just the reality there’s a limit to what one’s willing to pay for fairly common utility. That said, I’d still buy an IPad since, as with the ipod and the simple technology involved, amazingly, ultimate competitors as, ie., microsoft with zune, etc., didn’t measure up at all! I think the IPhone’s totally underwhelming! Contrary to the tenor of the article, I believe charisma has nothing whatsoever to do with the inevitable decline ahead; and, not just Apple. Moreover, I believe Apple’s success is a testament to the pathetic state of american/global technology generally, and the somewhat ‘curious’ state of the consuming public. The only really ‘big thing’ has been the internet. And, given time, they’ll mess that up as they’re so desperately trying to do with all forms of censorship and constraints; just ask Timothy Berners-Lee Inventor of World Wide Web Savages Government’s Big Brother Plans http://albertpeia.com/bernersleeantibigbrotherwebintrusion.htm ] , The Family Farm Is Being Systematically Wiped Out Of Existence In America http://albertpeia.com/familyfarmwipedoutinamerica.htm , Dave’s Daily: http://www.etfdigest.com PENDING HOME SALES TRUMP POOR JOBLESS CLAIMS DATA 4-26-12 ‘Jobless Claims (388K vs 375K expected & prior revised higher 389K) allowed for a beat with (ahem) revisions. Pending Home Sales (4.1% vs 1% expected & prior at -.5%) is what bulls seized on shrugging off poor employment data. Bulls see claims data as just more of the same. But people are also losing their benefits with 700K expected to be out of luck by next month… Ongoing weakness in Europe (Eurozone confidence 92.8 vs 94.2) pointed to contraction… Volume was unimpressive once again as we enter end of month window dressing while breadth per the WSJ was positive once again…’ , Bill Gross On Europe's Dysfunction And US Double-Dips Tyler Durden (ZeroHedge.com) , S&P Cuts Spain to BBB+, Outlook Negative , Student Loan Debt Slaves In Perpetuity - A True Story Of "Bankruptcy Hell" , BoJ Eases. Einstein Rolls Over In Grave Einstein's definition of insanity by doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome , Memo To Draghi: We, The People, "Don't Trust You One Inch" , Jim Grant On The Monetary Priesthood's "Atlas Complex" , Guest Post: Social Security Has A Real Problem , Amazon Surges After Hours On After-Tax Accounting Gimmick, Cash Burn, Collapsing Margins, And Negative Guidance , Market Meltup Meets Non-Farm-Payroll Resistance , When Did Austerity Become A 4 Letter Word? Suddenly, everywhere you look, “austerity” has become a 4 letter word. Clearly it wasn’t excessive spending that caused too much debt. (This is sarcasm which ‘Durden’ doesn’t do that well and doesn’t become him:) Surely we didn’t hit a financial crisis in spite of excessive spending (and huge, still extant wall street frauds yet unprosecuted), nope, it is all the fault of austerity…’ , Project 'End-Up-Like-Japan' Continues , Of Disasters Natural And Keynesian The symbiosis between the Keynesian expansion of the economy and the growth of suburbs in US cities has been ably discussed by Beauregard (2006). Sprawl was driven by the flow of money, the "American dream" of owning a home in the suburbs, and facilitated by the widespread ownership of cars. The suburbs were designed with cars in mind. The growth of suburbs fulfilled two roles. Lots of houses were available for new buyers, which kept prices down; and city governments discovered that developer's fees and the new land taxes initially exceeded the maintenance cost of the new roads and infrastructure built to support them,. Unfortunately, as time passed and the infrastructure aged, soon maintenance costs exceeded tax revenues, necessitating another round of growth. Suburbs were able to maintain the required level of growth for a few decades, but we are reaching the point everywhere (it seems) where there cannot be enough new growth to maintain our crumbling infrastructure. The mindset of the "ownership society" really drove demand for housing, and the best places to expand were in the southwest, so that cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas really grew. Low interest rates plus easy money led to a bubble in house prices and an explosion of sprawl. The Austrian school of economics teaches us that easy money leads to malinvestment. Suburban growth certainly seems to qualify. Our urban sprawl malinvestment has left us with the interwoven problems of unlivable cities, financial crisis, and increased death and destruction from natural disasters. , Houston, We Have A Coupling: US Macro Data Worst In Six Months Confirming the lack of decoupling in major developed economies (which we noted yesterday), US macro data (as tracked by Citigroup's ECO Surprise Index) has turned negative for the first time in six months. Having trended lower (i.e. missed expectations to the downside) for much of the last few months, this shift now puts aggregate US macro data in the deteriorating case and infers considerable risks of downside to equity prices in the next three months (Corporate insiders know this and are already selling like mad!) , Consumer Comfort in U.S. Falls by the Most in More Than a Year USAGold(Bloomberg) — Consumer confidence in the U.S. dropped last week by the most in more than a year as perceptions of personal finances and the buying climate dimmed. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index fell to minus 35.8 in the period to April 22 from minus 31.4 the previous week, the biggest decline since March 2011. A gauge of the buying climate decreased to a two-month low, and a measure of household financial wherewithal fell by the most since September. PG View: Weaker than expected KC Fed index today too, seems to fly a bit in the face of Bernanke’s rosier outlook from yesterday.

National Geographic Exposé on The NYPD Finest “The Lombardo”

Luke Rudkowski | Holding patterns to deal with OWS: The main objective of this piece is to hopefully make you and also officer Lombardo laugh.

More Americans Than Projected Filed Jobless Claims Last Week

Timothy R. Homan | More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week.

5 New Lies That The Federal Reserve Is Telling The American People

The Economic Collapse | The Federal Reserve says that everything is going to be okay.

The Bailout Of The US Postal Service Begins: Cost To Taxpayers – $110,000 Per Union Vote “Saved Or Gained”

Zero Hedge | The Senate bill faces an uncertain future.

Any New Growth Not Coming Fast Enough

Bob Chapman | Zero interest rates certainly limits what the elitists can do in that end of the market.

Possible imminent Eurozone collapse a game-changer for gold

Mineweb | Gold is currently in a protracted period of consolidation and expecting a break-out but it is unclear in which direction! Down to $1,525 or up to $2,000 + – or maybe first one then the other. Interesting times!

84% of All Stock Trades Are By High-Frequency Computers … Only 16% Are Done By Human Traders

Washington’s Blog | As of 2010, 50-70% of all stock trades were done by high frequency trading computer algorithms. .[ Churning / earning without regard to learning! That money has to come from someplace; hence, the horrendous economy and jobs picture! ]

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Impeach Obama 2012. Join the National Campaign

Infowars.com | Now is the time to put an end to Obama’s treasonous and tyrannical behavior.

http://albertpeia.com/impeachobama.htm

Nancy Pelosi Wants to Amend the First Amendment Kurt Nimmo | When Pelosi says “special interests,” she means interests opposed to establishment Democrats. [ Here’s a look at the pelosi / wobama styled new california ( 16 Reasons To Move Away From California `http://albertpeia.com/16reasonstomoveawayfromcalifornia.htm` ) . pelosi’s incompetent / senile in that chronological order. At this point, wobama the b for bs is just incompetent but acts and seems as if he’s senile, particularly with regard to previous things he’s said and prior promises that he’s made. ]

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{ some prior links of current interest }

A Warning Sign For The World http://albertpeia.com/warningsignfortheworld.htm, Inventor of World Wide Web Savages Government’s Big Brother Plans http://albertpeia.com/bernersleeantibigbrotherwebintrusion.htm , 16 Reasons To Move Away From California `http://albertpeia.com/16reasonstomoveawayfromcalifornia.htm` , 20 Signs You Might Be A Typical American Worker http://albertpeia.com/20signsoftypicalamericanworker.htm , 10 Signs That America Is Decomposing Right In Front Of Our Eyes http://albertpeia.com/10signsamericadecomposing.htm , 8 Reasons Why The Greek Debt Deal May Not Stop A Chaotic Greek Debt Default http://albertpeia.com/8reasonsgreekdebtdefaultstillcoming.htm , 55 Interesting Facts About The U.S. Economy In 2012 http://albertpeia.com/55factsaboutus2012economy.htm , http://albertpeia.com/debtpercapita.jpg , Double-dip recession setting in across eurozone: EU , America 1950 vs. America 2012 http://albertpeia.com/downhillslideofamerica.htm , Society’s Five Stages of Economic Collapse http://albertpeia.com/5stagesofcollapse.htm , No Housing Recovery - Case Shiller Shows 8th Consecutive Month Of House Price Declines Durden , Goldman: Germany Is Now On The Hook By €1 Trillion (Or 40% Of GDP) Durden, , 20 Economic Statistics To Use To Wake Sheeple Up From Their Entertainment-Induced Comas http://albertpeia.com/20ecostatstowakesheeple.htm , Central bank balance sheet expansion since end 2007 Mar 1st, 2012 by News (ZeroHedge) — SNB +230%; Fed +222%, BOJ +125%, BOE +87%, PBOC +93%, ECB +51%. USA Gold / PG View: Pretty strong evidence that the rally in bonds — and by extension the rally in stocks — is nothing but a charade. , 10.7 Percent: Unemployment In Europe Is Worse Than It Was At The Peak Of The Last Recession http://albertpeia.com/europeunemploymentworsethanrecession.htm , Inflation Is A Tax And The Federal Reserve Is Taxing The Living Daylights Out Of Us http://albertpeia.com/inflationisatax.htm , 15 Potentially Massive Threats To The U.S. Economy Over The Next 12 Months http://albertpeia.com/15massivethreatstoeconomy.htm , 1 Through 30 – The Coming U.S. Financial Crisis By The Numbers http://albertpeia.com/1-30usfinancialcrisiscoming.htm , Greece Has Defaulted - Which Country In Europe Is Next? http://albertpeia.com/greecehasdefaultedwhonext.htm , Five Charts That Prove We’re in a Depression and That the Federal Reserve and Washington Are Wasting Money gpc1981 http://albertpeia.com/usindepressionfedandgovwastingmoney.htm , Broken Promises: Pensions All Over America Are Being Savagely Cut Or Are Vanishing Completely .http://albertpeia.com/uspensionscutorvanishing.htm , America Is Being Transformed From A Wealthy Nation Into A Poor Nation At Breathtaking Speed http://albertpeia.com/ustransformedfromwealthytopoor.htm , ECRI Stays with Recession Call New American | The vicious cycle is starting where lower sales, lower production, lower employment and lower income [leads] back to lower sales…BOB ADELMANN New American Tuesday, March 13, 2012 http://albertpeia.com/ecricallsrecession.htm , Consumer prices rise on high gas costs But outside higher pump prices, inflation stayed mild. (Washington Post) [ Wake up! They’d have a hard time denying what’s in plain sight for everyone to see. Yet, apparently they’ve not gone grocery shopping lately; you know, all that catered food for fools in Washington. , Financial Crisis Phase II Is Ahead at Forbes Bert Dohmen ‘ In late 2007, I wrote the book Prelude To Meltdown, predicting the global crisis that occurred the following year. I now see a similar confluence of events that warns of phase II of the global crisis… My work shows that “the new recession has started.”… Over the past 33 years, we have called the start of every recession, often on the exact month, or within one month, of the official start as determined one year later by the official arbiter of recession, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… However, inflation is far understated for political reasons. Currently, the GDP deflator is 1.8%, which hardly reflects the true rise in prices. Therefore, what is counted as “growth,” is actually price increases. Actual inflation, according to free market economists who calculate inflation as it was done in 1980 before the politician re-engineered it, is now more than 11%. Using that to adjust GDP for inflation, would show that the economy is now in a very sharp contraction…’ , Conned 2012: Joseph Kony Is A CIA Contractor [ Yeah, cia, mossad, kony, they look like and are a bunch of spooks. ] Saman Mohammadi | Former European MP, journalist, and author Richard Cottrell says Lord Resistance Army is backed by CIA and Mossad. , 11 Reasons Why America Would Be A Better Place Without Goldman Sachs [ If only it was just 11 and not an endless number of reasons why the aforesaid is true! And, though america particularly, not just america, but the entire world as well! ] http://albertpeia.com/americabetterwithoutgoldmansachs.com , The Obama Flag: Who Decided That It Was Okay To Replace The Stars On The American Flag With The Face Of Barack Obama? http://endoftheamericandream.com http://albertpeia.com/monkeyflag.htm [Aside from the desecration issues, from a purely aesthetic perspective, that picture on the flag of that ugly monkey obama is an absolute disgrace and affront to any rational person’s aesthetic sensibilities!] , Who Decided That It Would Be A Good Idea.... http://albertpeia.com/misplacedfaith.htm , Chimps Throwing Poop And 29 Other Mind Blowing Ways That The Government Is Wasting Your Money http://albertpeia.com/whydochimpslikeobamasthrowpoop29waysgovernmentwastesmoney.htm , Failed Wobama model illustrated: 16 Reasons To Move Away From California `http://albertpeia.com/16reasonstomoveawayfromcalifornia.htm ,` No Housing Recovery Until 2020 In 5 Simple Charts
http://albertpeia.com/nohousingrecoveryuntil2020in5charts.htm Durden `,` The Mother Of All Infographics: Visualizing America's Derivatives Universe http://albertpeia.com/usderivatives221trillionof707trillionglobal.htm , Fasten Your Seatbelts: High Frequency Trading Is Coming To The Treasury Market `[` http://albertpeia.com/highfrequencytradingcomingtotreasuries.htm , As US Rakes Largest Monthly Deficit In History, 2012 Tax Revenues Net Of Refunds Trail 2011 Durden, Guest Post: Money from Nothing - A Primer On Fake Wealth Creation And Its Implications (Part 1) Durden 3-12-12 What is fraud except creating “value” from nothing and passing it off as something? Frauds interlink and grow upon each other. Our debt-based money system serves as the fraud foundation. In our debt-based money system, debt must grow in order to create money. Therefore, there is no way to pay off aggregate debt with available money. More money must be lent into the system to make the payments for old debts. This causes overall debt to expand as new money for actual people (vs. banks) always arrives at interest and compounds exponentially. This process is called financialization. Financialization: The process of making money from nothing in which debt (i.e. poverty, lack) is paradoxically considered an asset (i.e. wealth, gain). In current financialized economies “wealth expansion” comes from the parasitic taxation of productivity in the form of interest on fiat lending. This interest over time consumes a greater and greater share of resources, assets, labor, and livelihood until nothing is left., Guest Post: Money from Nothing - A Primer on Fake Wealth Creation and its Implications (Part 2) ZeroHedge.com 3-14-12 Only in a debt-based money system could debt be curiously cast as an asset. We’ve made “extend and pretend” a quaint phrase for a burgeoning market for financial lying and profiteering aimed toward preventing the collapse of a debt- (or lack-) based system that was already doomed by its initial design to collapse. , Guest Post: The Audacity of Bonuses At MF Global Durden 3-12-12 In the spirit of George Orwell’s Animal Farm commandment: “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal then others” comes the galling news that bankruptcy trustee, Louis Freeh, could approve the defunct, MF Global to pay bonuses to certain senior executives. This, despite the fact that nearly $1.6 billion of customer funds remains “missing” or otherwise partially accounted for, yet beyond the reach of those customers, perhaps forever, since before the firm declared bankruptcy on October 31, 2011... ,