(9-28-09) Dow  9,789 +124 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2130 +39 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,063 +18 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $66.05 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.10 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $994 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.20 PLATINUM $1,313 / DOLLAR= .67 EURO, 89 YEN, .62 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.28% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED /SHORT-COVERING /BEAR MARKET RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BAD DATA, BULL S**T (IE., MERGER MANTRA-LIKE CHURN AND EARN COMMISSIONS GREAT FOR WALL STREET FEES BUT BAD FOR EVERYONE ELSE ESPECIALLY SINCE LEADING INDICATORS WITH B.S. STOCK COMPONENT THE ULTIMATE BOOTSTRAP, MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, ETC.), BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [   We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets    The Recession Is Far from Over    Defaults on Credit Cards Climbed to Record 11.49%...          It Is Going To Be A Rocky Road Chuck Baldwin | America is on the verge of total financial collapse.   The Economy is a Lie, too Paul Craig Roberts | The worst part of the decline is yet to come.   BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN         WAY TOO MUCH RISK IN THE EQUITY MARKET        Mark Hulbert (9-22-09): Corporate insiders selling at faster pace      The stock market rally is just another bubble — and it’s set to pop      Marc Faber Says U.S. Government Will Fail in 5 to 10 Years     Push For New Global Currency At G20        HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy      US To Face ‘Armageddon’: China, Japan Can’t Keep Buying Worthless Debt             Senator Sanders: “Don’t Believe Anybody Who’s Telling You ‘The Recession is Over’ ”             FDIC May Tap Fed Treasury Funds     State Unemployment Keeps Rising; Three Hit Record Highs     John Browne…And the markets just don't get it. Technically, S&P profits are down some 90 percent, but the Index has risen to push P/E ratios to levels not seen since 1929.    Bernanke Says Recession Over. Should You Believe Him?  Barry Ritholtz | Based on his track record as a forecaster and his acumen in identifying economic problems before they exploded, his views on starts and finishes of recessions are, to be blunt, irrelevant.  Market Rally Exaggerates Reality     Plunging Pensions: Taxpayers Below        Some Scary Implications of US Debt          Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman       “Everything the US has done since the crisis is wrong” – economist     US credit shrinks at Great Depression rate prompting reality of double-dip recession        Ron Paul: Federal government ‘one giant toxic asset’         Bankster Bailout Did Nothing to Solve Problem, Crisis Now Worse          16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon      WHY THE BULLS ARE SKATING ON THIN ICE      Treasury: Millions more foreclosures coming        Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed       PAPER: AMERICA 'FACES ARGENTINA-STYLE FALL'...       Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed     Predicting Worse Ahead from America’s Economic Crisis     3 more bank failures bring 2009 total to 92      WHITE HOUSE ECON ADVISER: HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT FOR YEARS TO COME...      The Coming Consequences of Banking Fraud           Job losses slow if you believe their fake numbers (they revealed prior better than expected numbers which previously rallied stocks, were indeed not better than expected in fact, and then rallied them again); jobless rate at 26-year high     We are reminded of Japan where rates were microscopic for years and the Nikkei certainly did enjoy no fewer than four 50% rallies and over 420,000 rally points in a market that is still more than 70% lower today than it was two decades ago ,  The market is basically discounting an earnings stream that even the consensus does not see for another two to three years  ], EVER MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, INCREASED FORECLOSURE SALES AND BEN (HE STILL HAS A JOB - AS AMERICANS LOSE THEIRS) BERNANKE BULL S**T (REMEMBER HIS NO RECESSION TALKS, MANY OF THEM, TO FROTH THE MARKET THEN AS NOW AND HOW MANY SUCKERS’ POINTS TO THE UPSIDE THEREFROM – WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T, WHAT FRAUDS!) EVEN AS ECONOMIST KELLNER JOINS THE RATIONAL CROWD SAYING ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT IN 2010 AND CONTINUED BAD NEWS [ INSIDERS ARE DUMPING STOCK   Insiders Selling Stocks at Highest Level Since May 2008 (8-31-09)         INSIDERS CONTINUE TO SELL, SELL, SELL (AT SEEKING ALPHA 8/13/09)      PAPER: FRESH ALERT ON GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS...    The Great Depression and Today - Sobering Parallels Abound         Roubini: “When Governments Reach the Point Where They Are Borrowing to Pay the Interest on Their Borrowing They Are … Running a Ponzi Scheme”      Economic Collapse: Bank Runs, China, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser   Oldest Swiss Bank Wisely Tells Clients to Sell U.S. Assets or Leave   Looming Global Debt Crisis    Congressman Grayson: Fed Secretly “Stuffed” $500 Billion into “Foreign Private Pockets” and Gave $230 Billion to Citi “As a Secret Bailout”       Ron Paul: End the Fed, Save the Dollar       Gerald Celente: There is No Recovery     Madoff Files: A Chronicle of SEC Failure       US jobless soars as companies squeeze workers   US jobless soars as companies squeeze workers        Food stamp list soars past 35 million...  and New record; up 22% from '08...      Fairy Tales of Recovery, Reality of More Failures         Goldman Sachs Wrong on Economic Recovery, Macro Hedge Funds Say       The Coming Deposit Insurance Bailout   Five banks closed by U.S. regulators with 89 total closures         Russian Professor: Collapse Of America Could Begin In Two Months       The $531 Trillion Dollar Derivatives Time Bomb       Dollar Is Funny Money in Push for World Currency: Kevin Hassett    Commercial Real Estate Next Mortgage Crisis     Federal Reserve made $14 billion on turmoil loans           Banks' struggles have worsened...       Lehman claims could reach $100 billion: PwC       [$$] Raft of Deals for Failed Banks Puts U.S. on Hook for Billions (at The Wall Street Journal Online)         Three more banks fail; 2009 total hits 84             Goldman "Trading Huddles" Expose Fiction of Level Playing Field      1,000 Banks to Fail In Next Two Years           AP sources: $2 trillion higher deficit projected (AP)   Judge Orders Fed To Disclose Who Received Bailout Trillions      Zero Hedge Claims that the Federal Reserve ITSELF Traded Over a Trillion Dollars Worth of Derivatives in March Alone           Geithner: Auditing the Fed is a “line that we don’t want to cross”     The Federal Reserve Must Die      “True Deleveraging Has Not Begun Yet Because Losses of Financial Institutions Have Been Socialized”        Obama Predicts Unemployment, Deficits Far Worse Than Previously Stated...     Grim...     "Artificially Sweetened" Market Could Face "Seismic Readjustment," Harrison Says      Official: Real unemployment rate at 16%...      WSJ: Dollar Steadily Losing Influence...    Senator warns of hyperinflation...     Failed banks mount; Ga, Ala, and large Texas banks shut    Learn to Love the Depression       US jobless claims in surprise jump for second week      WHY DO EQUITY MARKETS DISAGREE WITH THE DATA?      Brookings “Experts” Admit Stimulus a Bust         Analyst warns of 150-200 more U.S. bank failures       Government Revises Deficit Estimates Again: We Will Exceed Expectations        Manufacturing Jobs Drop To Lowest Level Since 1941      What rebound? Foreclosures rise as jobs and income drop    Fed to Steal State Pension Funds          IMF Says You’ll Have to Pay More Taxes      The risk of continuing depression rising             CALPERS IS UNSUSTAINABLE        What rebound? Foreclosures rise...         Grab Your Shorts, The Correction Has Begun          THE SECOND WAVE OF THE DEPRESSION: HYPERINFLATION IS LIKELY      THE FDIC IS BROKE. NOW WHAT? (PART II)     DOLLAR TO DECLINE AMID CONCERN AS IT 'LOSES RESERVE STATUS'...      JOBLESS SPIKE COMPOUNDS FORECLOSURE CRISIS            STOCKS SLIDE ON ECONOMY CONCERN    WORLD STOCKS, OIL TUMBLE ON U.S. FRAUD EXPOSURE AND CONSUMER WORRIES     Connecticut Not Learning the Right Lessons from California       Weekly Market Outlook: Commercial Real Estate Continues to Deteriorate         Retail sales fall, new jobless claims rise (Reuters)     US Home Foreclosures Set Another Record in July    Colonial BancGroup shut down by federal officials (largest bank failure this year) (AP)       Economist: Claim that Economy Has Recovered “Is Like Somebody Borrowing Money from Their Uncle and Then Celebrating that Their Income Has Gone Up”    ]  PERSONAL & BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES UP, WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR DOWN, FORECLOSURES UP (32% YOY AND 7% MOM AT NEW RECORD, 50% HOMES UNDERWATER, COMMERCIAL TO FOLLOW), CONFIDENCE REALISTICALLY DOWN, $100+ OIL AROUND CORNER (2010-HOGAN); HILLARY KRAMER-10% CORRECTION, CELENTE-DEPRESSION NOW UNDERWAY  Bob Prechter Quite Sure Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break    Gerald Celente 2.5 Million Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Presidency   PAPER: Fresh alert on global stock markets...  TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [     Insiders Continue to Sell, Sell, Sell (at Seeking Alpha – 8/13/09)          (7-29-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels        Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [Tarp banks award billions in bonuses...     Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)   Cody Willard: Goldman Sachs Is A Ponzi Scheme, Should Be Punished Accordingly  Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate   The Market's Horoscope: Downside Correction   ! [  Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     Geithner asks Congress for higher U.S. debt limit      U.S. regulators close 3 banks, total now 72     US deficit climbs to 1.3 trillion dollars    This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think Back in the Great Depression of 1929 through the 1930’s, we saw a similar Zig-zag pattern. There was a crash in 1929, followed by a nice rally, but then the most devastating part of the market collapse followed into the 1930’s.      Feds Hit With Biggest Tax Revenue Drop Since 1932...       The Great Depression Two Continues There is no coincident data which is demonstrating this recession is over. Some may be at the bottom, others have a way to go…    An Artifical Recovery       [$$] Why I Went Fully Into Cash     Bob Prechter "Quite Sure" Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break         A REALITY CHECK ON U.S. 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'  Jeff Nielson - U.S. equities are rallying again today, and (as usual) it is a rally with no basis in reality.  Most of the enthusiasm comes from another string of corporate quarterly results which “beat expectations”. I had hoped that the sheep were starting to clue-in to this silly game, however it appears there is a still a large pack of Pavlov's Dogs out there – who respond to their propaganda cues without a moment of actual thought. The truth is that all of the companies “beating expectations” are still reporting steadily worse results year-over-year – and in many cases, much worse results. Among the few exceptions are U.S. financial corporations. However, since accounting-fraud was legalized in the United States (see “FASB strong-armed into mark-to-fantasy accounting”), their bottom-lines have had absolutely no connection to their business operations… The Real Economy Versus the Make-Believe World of the Government and Financial Giants  In the real economy, unemployment is at Depression-era levels.     Top firms' pension funds plummet    Consumer bankruptcies jump 34%    Nine Of Ten Sectors Overbought      This Depression is just beginning   US companies axe 371,000 jobs in July       Half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011...     Recovery ‘not in sight’ says BMW    ] CONTINUED FRAUD WITH PROGRAMMED SUCKERS’ RALLY DESPITE NEW RECORD FOR CONTINUING UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS AT 6.3 MILLION AND AS I WARNED, WATCH FOR FAKE REPORTS IN DESPERATION – AND LABOR DEPT. CAME THROUGH WITH FAKE REPORT AND NEW LIE BASED UPON PEOPLE STOPPED LOOKING FOR JOBS SO THEIR RATE 9.4 BUT OBAMA SAYS 10% - REALITY IS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS WELL OVER 10%, THEN AIG SOARS ON “PROFIT” WITH $87 BILLION IN TAXPAYER FUNDS TO PLAY WITH  [  Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate   Insiders Continue to Sell, Sell, Sell (at Seeking Alpha)      PAPER: Fresh alert on global stock markets...    Retail sales fall, new jobless claims rise (Reuters)     US Home Foreclosures Set Another Record in July      (7-29-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels …Although the level of insider selling is certainly alarming it's important to note that the very low levels of buying are particularly alarming. Insiders sell stock for many reasons, but they generally only buy stock for one reason: they believe the stock is going up. Despite the fact the media is reporting an end to the recession, a bottom in housing and a trough in earnings we are seeing a vote of zero confidence from the people who know these companies better than anyone else…  Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     Geithner asks Congress for higher U.S. debt limit      U.S. regulators close 3 banks, total now 72     US deficit climbs to 1.3 trillion dollars    Causes of This Depression Yet To Be Addressed   Further impoverishment is on the way. More and more will be laid off and they’ll be no new jobs available. Savings will be exhausted and most homes that have been financed will be under water.   Some banks paid bonuses bigger than income: o     This Depression is just beginning    You read that right! Only $400 billion of that fantastic 6 month “green shoots” stock market rally came from money market accounts. The rest ($2.3 trillion) was laundered through the banks and other financial institutions to create the appearance of recovery and to raise equity for underwater banks rather than forcing them into receivership (which is where they belong) Bernanke probably knew that congress wouldn’t approve another TARP-type bailout for dodgy mortgage-backed assets, so he settled on this shifty plan instead. The only problem is, the banks are still broke, business investment is at historic lows, consumers are on the ropes, the unemployment lines are swelling, the homeless shelters are bulging, the pawn shops are bustling, tent cities are sprouting up everywhere, and according to MarketWatch, Corporate insiders have recently been selling their companies’ shares at a greater pace than at any time since the top of the bull market in the fall of 2007.” Face it; the economy is in the crapper and Bernanke’s trickery hasn’t done a lick of good.    The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think Back in the Great Depression of 1929 through the 1930’s, we saw a similar Zig-zag pattern. There was a crash in 1929, followed by a nice rally, but then the most devastating part of the market collapse followed into the 1930’s.  Bob Prechter "Quite Sure" Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break          The Real Economy Versus the Make-Believe World of the Government and Financial Giants  In the real economy, unemployment is at Depression-era levels.     Top firms' pension funds plummet     Consumer bankruptcies jump 34%       Nine Of Ten Sectors Overbought      This Depression is just beginning            Feds Hit With Biggest Tax Revenue Drop Since 1932...       The Great Depression Two Continues There is no coincident data which is demonstrating this recession is over. Some may be at the bottom, others have a way to go…    An Artifical Recovery       [$$] Why I Went Fully Into Cash      US food stamp list tops 34 million for first time      The Banks Own the Fed, and the Central Banks Own BIS         AIG breakup nets Wall Street $1 billion bonanza: report      ‘Underwater’ Mortgages to Hit 48%, Deutsche Bank Says     Oil price hits $76, highest since October...    US companies axe 371,000 jobs in July       Half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011...     Recovery ‘not in sight’ says BMW      Half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011...     Recovery ‘not in sight’ says BMW             Recession Worse Than Prior Estimates, Revisions Show  Bloomberg | The first 12 months of the U.S. recession saw the economy shrink more than twice as much as previously estimated, reflecting even bigger declines in consumer spending and housing, revised figures showed. DO YOU REALIZE HOW MANY SUCKERS’ RALLY POINTS WERE ADDED BY THE FAKE NUMBERS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS NEW COMMISSIONING BUBBLE!     REVISED: ECONOMY 2X WORSE...  The government plans big revisions to historical economic data... Developing...   Regulators shut banks in Fla., NJ, Ohio, Okla... WASHINGTON (7-31-09) (AP) -- Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma and Illinois, boosting to 69 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year amid the pressures of the weak economy and mounting loan defaults.    PhD Economist: Fed has Caused Soaring Unemployment, Millions of Foreclosures, Millions Losing Life Savings and More than $6 Trillion in Lost Output      DOLLAR DROPS TO '09 LOW...  Unemployment spreads distress in U.S. home loans       Weak Treasury Auctions Raise Worries About Debt Burden...     [$$] Senate Probes Banks for Meltdown Fraud (at The Wall Street Journal Online)     Even Bernanke Admits this Could be Worse than the Great Depression      Senate probes Goldman, Deutsche: report (Reuters)      The Real Unemployment Rate Hits a 68-Year High       2009 Looking More Like 1929         Dollar Falls to 2009 Low...    U.S. Markets Decline After Weaker Than Expected Data    A REALITY CHECK ON U.S. 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'  Jeff Nielson - U.S. equities are rallying again today, and (as usual) it is a rally with no basis in reality.   ] AND NOTHING REAL OR POSITIVE AT ALL (IE., STILL NO PROSECUTIONS OF THE FRAUDS ON WALL STREET SO JUST ANOTHER BUILT-IN COST BY CHURN-AND-EARN COMMISSIONS TO, DEFACTO TAX ON NON-PERFORMING / DECLINING ECONOMY, DURABLE GOODS DOWN/FORECLOSURES UP, CONFIDENCE REALISTICALLY DOWN, CORRUPT COMMERCE DEPARTMENT CHIMES IN WITH FAKE NUMBERS, USED HOME SALES UP WITH DEFAULTS/ SHORT SALES, JOB LOSSES UP, BETTER THAN EXPECTED MANTRA, GUIDANCE THAT DEFIES REALITY BY A LONG SHOT AS IN LAST COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE BUST, JOB/COST CUTS TO BONE, ETC.) (  Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate     Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs Are “Scum,” “Financial Terrorists”     Bank profits not as impressive as they seem when you take into account TARP funding, changed accounting rules to fudge books, new stock issues, etc… um   Cost Of Bailout Hits A Whopping $24 Trillion Dollars    Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     Geithner asks Congress for higher U.S. debt limit      U.S. regulators close 3 banks, total now 72     US deficit climbs to 1.3 trillion dollars      Stearns Crucifies Paulson On Bailout Bait And Switch     Fiscal ruin of the Western world beckons     Foreign Embassies Urged to Stockpile Local Currencies     Bailout Overseer Says Banks Misused TARP Funds     Regulators shut banks in Calif., Ga. and SD  ) TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [   (7-29-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels        Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    Bob Prechter "Quite Sure" Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break       ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [Tarp banks award billions in bonuses...     Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)   Cody Willard: Goldman Sachs Is A Ponzi Scheme, Should Be Punished Accordingly  Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate       Corporate Media Spotlights Distortion of Market by High Frequency Trading     [$$] Big Pay Packages Return to Wall Street as new fraud gains steam (at The Wall Street Journal Online)   Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs gang are ’scum’ who have co-opted U.S. gov’t    Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs Are “Scum,” “Financial Terrorists”  Max Keiser goes on the offensive during an appearance on France 24 as he slams Goldman Sachs as “scum” and “financial terrorists” who should be thrown in jail.   ‘Printing money will lead to serious problems down the road,’ says Jim Rogers      Spitzer: Federal Reserve is ‘a Ponzi scheme, an inside job’    2009 Looking More Like 1929    AIG breakup nets Wall Street $1 billion bonanza: report      ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...    Scams And Bailouts The Cause of World Depression    Insiders Continue to Sell, Sell, Sell (at Seeking Alpha 8/13/09)      PAPER: Fresh alert on global stock markets...    Retail sales fall, new jobless claims rise (Reuters)     US Home Foreclosures Set Another Record in July       (7-29-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels   Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.   The Market's Horoscope: Downside Correction        Geithner asks Congress for higher U.S. debt limit      U.S. regulators close 3 banks, total now 72     US deficit climbs to 1.3 trillion dollars   Causes of Depression Yet To Be Addressed   Further impoverishment is on the way. More and more will be laid off and they’ll be no new jobs available. Savings will be exhausted and most homes that have been financed will be under water.   Some banks paid bonuses bigger than income: o     This Depression is just beginning    You read that right! Only $400 billion of that fantastic 6 month “green shoots” stock market rally came from money market accounts. The rest ($2.3 trillion) was laundered through the banks and other financial institutions to create the appearance of recovery and to raise equity for underwater banks rather than forcing them into receivership (which is where they belong) Bernanke probably knew that congress wouldn’t approve another TARP-type bailout for dodgy mortgage-backed assets, so he settled on this shifty plan instead. The only problem is, the banks are still broke, business investment is at historic lows, consumers are on the ropes, the unemployment lines are swelling, the homeless shelters are bulging, the pawn shops are bustling, tent cities are sprouting up everywhere, and according to MarketWatch, Corporate insiders have recently been selling their companies’ shares at a greater pace than at any time since the top of the bull market in the fall of 2007.” Face it; the economy is in the crapper and Bernanke’s trickery hasn’t done a lick of good.    The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think Back in the Great Depression of 1929 through the 1930’s, we saw a similar Zig-zag pattern. There was a crash in 1929, followed by a nice rally, but then the most devastating part of the market collapse followed into the 1930’s.      Feds Hit With Biggest Tax Revenue Drop Since 1932...       The Great Depression Two Continues There is no coincident data which is demonstrating this recession is over. Some may be at the bottom, others have a way to go…    An Artifical Recovery       [$$] Why I Went Fully Into Cash     Bob Prechter "Quite Sure" Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break         The Real Economy Versus the Make-Believe World of the Government and Financial Giants  In the real economy, unemployment is at Depression-era levels.    US companies axe 371,000 jobs in July       Half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011...     Recovery ‘not in sight’ says BMW          Top firms' pension funds plummet    Consumer bankruptcies jump 34%    Nine Of Ten Sectors Overbought      This Depression is just beginning        US food stamp list tops 34 million for first time      The Banks Own the Fed, and the Central Banks Own BIS         AIG breakup nets Wall Street $1 billion bonanza: report      ‘Underwater’ Mortgages to Hit 48%, Deutsche Bank Says     Oil price hits $76, highest since October...    US companies axe 371,000 jobs in July       Half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011...     Recovery ‘not in sight’ says BMW           Unemployment spreads distress in U.S. home loans   Cities in the U.S. Sun Belt states of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona dominated the record foreclosure spree in the first half of the year, but distress in other regions emerged as joblessness spread, RealtyTrac said on Thursday.   Recession Worse Than Prior Estimates, Revisions Show  Bloomberg | The first 12 months of the U.S. recession saw the economy shrink more than twice as much as previously estimated, reflecting even bigger declines in consumer spending and housing, revised figures showed. Do you realize how many suckers’ rally points were added by the fake numbers contributing to this new commissioning bubble!     REVISED: ECONOMY 2X WORSE...  The government plans big revisions to historical economic data... Developing...   Regulators shut banks in Fla., NJ, Ohio, Okla... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma and Illinois, boosting to 69 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year amid the pressures of the weak economy and mounting loan defaults.    PhD Economist: Fed has Caused Soaring Unemployment, Millions of Foreclosures, Millions Losing Life Savings and More than $6 Trillion in Lost Output      DOLLAR DROPS TO '09 LOW...    75% Favor Auditing The Fed      Tarp banks award billions in bonuses...    The Real Unemployment Rate Hits a 68-Year High       2009 Looking More Like 1929         Dollar Falls to 2009 Low...        Six Georgia banks fail, bringing year tally to 64....    Rally may cool on earnings reality check    Dollar Falls to Near 2009 Low as Economy Pares Refuge Demand         Ben Bernanke Was Wrong        Wall Street’s Love Affair with Ben Bernanke Mike Whitney | bernanke knows that the country is in a Depression Scams And Bailouts The Cause of World Depression     New US weekly jobless claims jump      Its Official: U.S. Trapped in an Extended Depressionary Cycle       MICROSOFT Profit Drops 29% as PC Slowdown Weighs on Revenue… they haven’t availed themselves of the fake assets/books legislation recently passed...      AMAZON.COM Profit Drops 10%...         Bernanke: “I Don’t Know” Which Foreign Banks Were Given Half a Trillion   Paul Joseph Watson Grayson grills Fed chairman on destination of credit swaps.         Fed: unemployment will top 10 percent this year...         Foreclosures (those increased home sales that has been fueling suckers’ rally)  rise 15 percent in first half of 2009    (7-17) Three more banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to more than double all of 2008 at a total thus far of 57    Lower Markets on the Horizon      Cody Willard: Goldman Sachs Is A Ponzi Scheme, Should Be Punished Accordingly     The Ultimate Insider Trading Scheme    Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs gang are ’scum’ who have co-opted U.S. gov’t       Cost Of Bailout Hits A Whopping $24 Trillion Dollars     Stearns Crucifies Paulson On Bailout Bait And Switch     Fiscal ruin of the Western world beckons     Foreign Embassies Urged to Stockpile Local Currencies     Bailout Overseer Says Banks Misused TARP Funds     TARP watchdog says Treasury lacking bank data     Goldman Sachs  caused  the problems in the first place… Who can deny that?             Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time (AP)      CIT Watch: Analysts Says Debt Load Isn't the Only Problem       Geithner Refuses to Rule Out Continuing Using American Taxpayer as Piggy Bank for Derivatives Losses    WHITE HOUSE ECON ADVISER CLAIMS SUCCESS: FEWER PEOPLE SEARCHING 'ECONOMIC DEPRESSION' ON GOOGLE BECAUSE EXPERIENCING IT FIRST-HAND THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT ECONOMIC DEPRESSION IS...      What Economy? There’s Nothing Left to Recover  There is no economy left to recover. The US manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring and free trade ideology. It was replaced by a mythical “New Economy “ ; less bad, not as bad as expected…riiiiight!, tarp money for the commission frauds on wall street in new manufactured bubble as actual/real manufacturing down again; consumer confidence down, commercial loans begin default phase of downturn, 6.9 million continuing unemployment claims for new record; retail sales down sharply A REALITY CHECK ON U.S. 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'  Jeff Nielson - U.S. equities are rallying again today, and (as usual) it is a rally with no basis in reality.   Economist: FDIC gearing up for bank closures     Goldman Sachs Admits Its Software Can “Manipulate Markets in Unfair Ways and fraudulently generate commissions /trade volume”     Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs gang are ’scum’ who have co-opted U.S. gov’t You Tube | Goldman Sachs are scum– that’s the bottom line. They have co-opted the government, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve’s functionality. They’ve co-opted the Obama administration & Barack Obama dances to Goldman Sachs’ tune.         True unemployment rate already at 20%    This Depression Will Last For Years       Wyoming sees first bank failure since 1991     China criticizes dollar          AIG Preparing to Pay New Round of Bonuses...     While Talking About Keynesian Stimulus, Feds Are Really Just Giving Money to the Big Frauds            FDIC Insurance Fund: It Doesn’t Actually Exist      Replacing the dollar as reserve currency         US loses 467,000 jobs, unemployment at 9.5%       'We're in the Middle of a Crash': Black Swan...    Economic Expectations – Unemployment Rate Will Reach 15%    David Tice: We are going into a depression-15% unemployment or more on horizon.   U.S. consumers fall behind on loans at record pace       FBI: Mortgage fraud 'rampant' and growing...       Celente and Schiff Predict Food Panic This Year. Watch clips HERE. Fema Camps Built.      Wall Street hits 10-week low amid talk of new stimulus      (7-2)Seven more banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to more than double all of 2008 at a total thus far of 52; Private sector sheds another 473,000 jobs in June...    US lurching towards ‘debt explosion’ with long-term interest rates on course to double         Jim Rogers Sells Dollars, Plans to Short Treasuries               ‘Sucker’s Rally Beginning To Unwind’ daaaah…?    Calls grow to supplant dollar as global currency     China officials call for displacing dollar, in time       Tracking Two Depressions, 1929 and now this            Mortgage applications fall to 7-month low...         Private sector sheds another 473,000 jobs in June...        'Layoffs may be worsening'...      AIG shares drop after 1-for-20 reverse-stock split (AP)     Manhattan apartment prices skid 13 to 19 percent          Job losses / job concerns realistically weigh on confidence, real estate values/prices continue downward trend as per Case / Shiller Index (-18.1%, -21% in california)    Consumer confidence suffers steep fall...     Home prices post 18% annual drop...    Worldwide Depression: Review of Global Markets       . Four banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to 19 more than all of 2008 at a total thus far of 44       Dollar Falls Most in Month as China Urges New Reserve Currency      Gerald Celente speaks on Cap and Trade and other handicaps to the US economy       HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...    A REALITY CHECK ON U.S. 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'  Jeff Nielson - U.S. equities are rallying again today, and (as usual) it is a rally with no basis in reality.       , personal income up modest .2% and spending down, China calls for new reserve currency to supplant worthless dollar  Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency   , continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected (lennar wider than expected quarterly loss rallies stock…riiiiight!) Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q  ; soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009   A REALITY CHECK ON U.S. 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'  Jeff Nielson - U.S. equities are rallying again today, and (as usual) it is a rally with no basis in reality.     Markets See a Breakdown in Technical Support Levels             Roubini: USA sees double-dip recession...    Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q      Bernanke faces GOP-led (who are they kidding-bushies/paulsen went so far as threaten martial law- prosecute now! They continue to allow the wall street fraud and political theater doesn’t change their complicity) heat on BofA-Merrill deal    Fed Tried to Cover-up Its Involvement in Bank of America-Merrill Deal       U.S. Economy: Jobless Claims Rise in Sign Labor Market Stagnant            Dollar drops on reserve currency doubts      China sells US bonds to ’show concern’      BRICs May Buy Each Other’s Bonds in Shift From Dollar            China’s holding of US bonds drops first time in 11 months        Russia to Raise Reserve Currency Issue at BRIC              International Demand for Worthless U.S. Assets Slowed in April        IMF says worst not over        Senator cashed out during big stock collapse -- after meeting with Fed, Treasury chiefs!    America's AAA downgrade danger...        Treasury faces pressure on price of TARP exit      A depression so deep even teen shoppers scrimp      US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive         1st quarter wiped out $1.3 trillion for Americans     Get Ready for Inflation and Higher Interest Rates       Oil prices near $73 as energy rally continues      Fed Would Be Shut Down If It Were Audited        Fed says economy weak, but sees signs the slide increasing     Mounting deficits spark jitters about U.S. economy     Wall Street falls as realities dent recovery hopes     Bonds fall on worries about government's debt load (AP)      Oil prices strike new high for 2009 (AP)    The depression quietly deepens     CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT...          Oil hits 7-month high over $70... Yes, We’re STILL In a Depression      China Bank Wants U.S. Bonds Issued in Yuan       Fake government job loss report near 40% better than private forecasts…I don’t think so!…9.4% unemployment rate…try well over 10% and with stopped looking included over 20% , Jim Rogers CNBC - Jun 4th, 2009 - Currency Crisis Ahead   U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now            China explores buying $50bn in IMF bonds       US retailers report May sales declines    Tiny Tim says dollar assets safe...    Laughter from audience...      Why The Chinese Laughed At Geithner     ----- mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       The Next Bubble Is Here. Have You Bought In?      Here we go again! Barney Frank asks FANNIE and FREDDIE to relax Mortgage lending rules...       Fed Tried to Cover-up Its Involvement in Bank of America-Merrill Deal     Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency       Citigroup Ordered to Suspend Some Operations in Japan         Bernanke Grilling May Weaken Case for Fed as Risk Regulator            Citi boosting salaries to offset lower bonuses, allegedly to retain the clowns who helped make them taxpayer dependant and cause the current debacle; how ‘bout firing them instead and offering opportunity to the new, particularly non-ivy league vegetable garden grads            [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy     U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       [$$] Red Roof Inn Defaults on Mortgage Debt (at The Wall Street Journal Online)       MySpace to cut two-thirds of global workforce    GM to cut 4,000 more white-collar jobs by year end       Oracle tops forecasts despite sales, profit dip; stated another way, bad news will be shilled as good news (AP)    California Collapsing        Bankster “Holiday” Planned for September?      Recession Sparking Global Unrest       Is Your Portfolio Ready for the Next Leg Down?           S&P turns negative for year in broad sell-off (Reuters)       Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)       Numbers On Welfare See Sharp Increase          Top Insiders Playing You For A Sucker?       The death of the dollar. Who could deny it?    Stanford indicted in massive U.S. fraud case which is small potatoes compared to ubiquitously massive wall street securities fraud which caused the ongoing financial debacle        Venture Capital Bubble Set to Burst, Kedrosky Says     Obama Plans to Cut Bank Regulators, Allow Fed to Supervise Financial Holding Companies – The old fox guarding the henhouse tricks     Federal Reserve unwisely to gain power under plan      Federal Reserve Foolishly To Be Given Sweeping New Powers        Yen Strengthens Most in Month as Asian Stocks Drop, Gold Gains        RUSSIA CHALLENGES WORTHLESS DOLLAR...    AIG says former top exec plundered retirement plan     [video] The Too-Big-to-Fail Problem [6.8 min] (at MarketWatch)     [$$] Too Big to Solve? (at The Wall Street Journal Online)          Buy and Hold Is Dead. Long Live Buy and Hold!     Financial Bailout Plan Keeps Zombie Banks Alive       Bernanke then as now in denial about looming crisis 2005-2007              Retail sales, drop in jobless claims to a very high even if believed 601,000 yielding record continuing claims of 6.8 million fuel hope…if you’re a dope     Lawmakers blast Fed, Treasury for BofA "threats"       Oil climbs over $73 on hopes for rising demand     U.S. Household Worth Fell by $1.3 Trillion in First Quarter       Predictions of $250 a barrel on oil        ECB Fears Reality of Banking Crisis in 2010: Report        Get Ready for Inflation and Higher Interest Rates      Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Now Has 209 Co-Sponsors        Russia May Swap Some U.S. Treasuries for IMF Debt        Fed report shows losses on Bear Stearns, AIG holdings      Congress subpoenas the Fed ... Finally! (AP)        Brazil in recession, recovery unlikely this year       What a “Jobless Recovery” Really Means: A Massive Redistribution of Wealth from the Little Guy to the Big Boys       Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead      America’s Fed Addiction        “87 Percent of [Chinese] Respondents Believe China’s u.s. Dollar-Assets are Unsafe”       Fed Said to Retreat From Seeking Power to Sell Its Own Debt/Bills       WIRE: Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead...  Long-Term Economic Memory Loss    Obama’s economic model versus reality     Reality bites Internet as 1Q ad sales fall 5 pct (AP)      CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT        government reports better than private estimates…riiiiight!  President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Warns of Oligarchy        U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now         Benefit spending soars to new high    $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

ANALYST FORECASTS: BULLS AND BEARS    By Richard Shaw    [there were 3 bull forecasts which are bull s**t and not included in the following excerpt to preclude fraud and conserve space; even the neutrals are a stretch]
…..BEAR - May 30: Morgan Stanley equity analyst Jason Todd says sell this S&P 500 rally. He says Morgan Stanley does not see large upside above 825-850. He said, “In the rush to buy a cyclical recovery, it seems earnings or valuation no longer matters. We would be comfortable with this view if the earnings trough was closer, but it is not.”

BEAR - MAY 28: Berkshire Hathaway possible successor to Warren Buffet, David Sokol, says they see no evidence of the green shoots that been a stimulus to the stock market. He sees the most significant headwinds to the electric utility industry in his 30 years, and see continuing housing industry problems.

BEAR?/BULL? - May 28: PIMCO co-CEO Bill Gross (manager of world’s largest bond fund) portrays “new normal” including accelerating inflation toward the latter part of a three- to five-year cycle, and the need to reexamine accepted notions about investing. He said stocks have not and will not always outperform bonds, and having 60% to 80% of portfolio assets in stocks may not always make sense. He believes the dollar will lose its status as the reserve currency; Brazil, India and China (forget Russia) will offer the best growth. The U.S. government will be selling trillions in Treasuries; the US savings rate may rise significantly, and the consumer economy may be shrinking long term due to the aging of the population.

BULL?/BEAR? - May 28: GMO CEO Jeremy Grantham predicts higher US savings and lower consumption with many postponed retirements. He sees some reasonable values within the stock market now and sees the third year of the presidential cycle (2011) as the most promising. He is not certain that a robust rally will continune. Like John Bogle, he believes in the principle of having your age as the percentage of bonds in your portfolio. He expects a bubble in emerging market stocks to develop.

BEAR - MAY 26: Comstock Partners portfolio managers Charlie Minter and Marty Weiner, say P/E’s on “as reported earnings” are too high in consideration of the long-term trend in earnings (now in down phase). “Over the past 75 years, most market peaks topped at around 20 times reported earnings, and the troughs occurred at around 10 times earnings. The financial mania of the late 1990s pushed P/Es to over 40 times reported earnings, and the following bust never brought P/Es below 18 times reported earnings. … Going back to 1950, every instance where actual earnings rose above trend-line earnings was followed by a period where actual earnings went well below trend-line earnings. Comstock Partners believes that we have entered such a period now, and that the market is trading at such a high multiple of trend-line earnings that it will be difficult to make money.”

BEAR - May 19: Gluskin Sheff analyst David Rosenberg (formerly of Merill Lynch) says this rally is a sucker’s rally based on short covering. “The FTSE All-World market P/E ratio on forward earnings estimates is now around 15x, well above pre-Lehman collapse levels and nearly double the lows for the cycle … this was a rally built largely on short covering, pension fund rebalancing and the emergence of hope wrapped up in ‘green shoot’ data points. … On average, the S&P 500 undergoes a correction of more than 20% … at a minimum, take profits”

NEUTRAL (BEAR?) - May 11: Baring Asset Management portfolio manager Hayes Miller says “Estimates suggest there isn’t that much further to run because equities are fairly valued … Earnings growth for 2009 and 2010 can’t support prices too much higher than where we are today.”

BEAR - May 11: HSBC Global Asset Management chief investment officer Leon Goldfeld, chief investment officer at HSBC Global Asset Management said it’s “hard to see” enough profit growth to justify higher stock prices. The firm’s strategy will be to reduce its holdings of equities and move into bonds and cash, he said.Bloomberg TV on June 1, said HSBC forecasts 900 as the year-end price for the S&P 500 index.

NEUTRAL - May 11: Bloomberg compilation of analyst forecasts of 2009 earnings for the S&P 500 is at $57.17 (not stated whether “as reported” or “operating”). As of June 1, that puts the S&P at about 16.5 times forecasted earnings. Yale economist Robert Schiller said the historic average is a multiple of about 16.3. [we note that we are not in an average situation or stage of a market, however].

BEAR - May 11: Bank of America CIO for private wealth management expects a 10% correction. He said, “We’re going to be in a very volatile, chop-and-grind type of market. We’ve been shown that there is a small light at the end of the tunnel, it’s dim but getting brighter, and that’s why stock prices have come this far this fast. Now, it’s all about ‘show me.’”

BEAR?/ BULL? - May Letter: PIMCO co-CEO Bill Gross wrote: “Do not be deceived by the euphoric sightings of “green shoots” and the claims for new bull markets in a multitude of asset classes. Stable and secure income is still the order of the day. Shaking hands with the new government is still the prescribed strategy, although it should be done at a senior level of the balance sheet. If the government indeed becomes your investment partner, you should keep the big Uncle in clear sight and without back turned. Risk will not likely be rewarded until the global economy stabilizes and the Obama rules of order are more clearly defined.”

BEAR - April 17: Barclay’s analyst Barry Knapp forecasts S&P 500 at 757 by year-end 2009. He said, “The equity market has priced this recovery and then some. It looks pretty expensive to us.”

(7-1) SELL / TAKE ANY PROFITS IN THIS SECULAR BEAR MARKET SUCKERS’ RALLY PROGRAMMED TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)     [$$] Big Pay Packages Return to Wall Street as new fraud gains steam (at The Wall Street Journal Online)    ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...    Job losses / job concerns realistically weigh on confidence, real estate values/prices continue downward trend as per Case / Shiller Index (-18.1%, -21% in california)    Gerald Celente speaks on Cap and Trade and other handicaps to the US economy       HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... , personal income up modest .2% and spending down, China calls for new reserve currency to supplant worthless dollar  Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency   , continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected (lennar wider than expected quarterly loss rallies stock…riiiiight!) Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q  ; soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

(6-30) SECULAR BEAR MARKET SUCKERS’ RALLY TO END WELL OFF SESSION LOWS  TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED Job losses / job concerns realistically weigh on confidence, real estate values/prices continue downward trend as per Case / Shiller Index (-18.1%, -21% in california)    Consumer confidence suffers steep fall...     Home prices post 18% annual drop...    Worldwide Depression: Review of Global Markets       . Four banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to 19 more than all of 2008 at a total thus far of 44       Dollar Falls Most in Month as China Urges New Reserve Currency      Gerald Celente speaks on Cap and Trade and other handicaps to the US economy       HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... , personal income up modest .2% and spending down, China calls for new reserve currency to supplant worthless dollar  Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency   , continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected (lennar wider than expected quarterly loss rallies stock…riiiiight!) Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q  ; soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009     ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       The Next Bubble Is Here. Have You Bought In?      foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

 

 

Tiny Tim says dollar assets safe...    Laughter from audience...       Why The Chinese Laughed At Geithner  Paul Craig Roberts | The red ink that Washington is generating is a far greater threat to Americans than any foreign “enemies.”               

(6-3) ONLY MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY WITH PROGRAMMED SHORT-COVERING/SUCKERS RALLY INTO THE CLOSE TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

(6-2) SUCKERS’ RALLY CONTINUES TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS The Big Collapse Is Very Near       U.S. auto sales drop, but rays of stability seen      Economic crisis boosts distrust of business: watchdog    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Grand Theft Auto: How Stevie the Rat bankrupted GM       Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls    Home foreclosure sales up, no profit discount car sales better than expected  

Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues    YAHOO…To that point, Moody's stated that it expects U.S. rated banks will incur some $470 billion pretax loan losses and write-downs in 2009 and 2010, and also expects many banks will be unprofitable this year. Moody's is keeping a negative outlook on the banking industry rating and the industry's credit outlook. …Semiconductor stocks (-3.3%) showed weakness for the entire session. Their downturn came after Applied Materials (AMAT 11.61, -0.44) chief executive Mike Splinter stated that there will be more failures in the semiconductor equipment sector amid declining customers, according to Reuters...  Sacrifices are needed to save GM, Obama tells Americans Guardian | “Difficult times lie ahead,” said Obama. “More jobs will be lost, more plants will close. More dealerships will shut their doors and so will many parts suppliers.” The Big Collapse Is Very Near Robert Wenzel | The end of the current financial system, as we know it, is imminent.   Today we’re all prisoners in the USA    Ted Rall | Obama wants to let government goons snatch you, me and anyone else they deem annoying off the street so if true, then It’s increasingly evident that Obama should resign     Grand Theft Auto: How Stevie the Rat bankrupted GM Greg Palast | Stevie the Rat’s plan is nothing less than Grand Theft Auto Pension.     (6-1)  MORE CAN’T BE SAID, SO PREPOSTEROUS WAS THIS TYPICALLY FAKE BETTER THAN EXPECTED (RIIIIIGHT!) COMMERCE DEPARTMENT DATA SUCKERS’ RALLY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS AND BULL S**T ALONE  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! Most U.S. retailers likely saw sales fall in May     GM files for bankruptcy, urges quick action    GM: A Mighty Icon Files for Bankruptcy      Dow gets shake-up as GM, Citi kicked out of average       GM removed from S&P 500 index (AP)      Stocks Will Fall 37% and Gold Will Rally %       Even in Crisis, Banks Dig In for Fight Against Rules New York Times | The nine biggest participants in the derivatives market — including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Bank of America — created a lobbying organization, the CDS Dealers Consortium, a month after five of its members accepted federal bailout money.     Zoellick Warns Stimulus ‘Sugar High’ Won’t Stem Unemployment Bloomberg | World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned policy makers that fiscal-stimulus plans are insufficient to turn around the “real economy”        (5-29) PROGRAMMED TRADES/SUCKERS’ HIGH OIL/LOW DOLLAR (RIIIIIGHT!) RALLY INTO THE CLOSE TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON BAD NEWS ( ie.,  GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie.,   Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!    (5-28) Sowell: Government’s Current Role in Business the ‘Route’ to Fascism         Foreclosure woes mount for those with good credit         Fed Finds a Way to Use Stress Tests to Screw Bank Shareholders One More Time (at Seeking Alpha)      Time Warner to spin off AOL, ending ill-fated deal      [$$] Listen, But Don't Get Suckered      Faber: Inflation to 'Approach Zimbabwe Level'...    U.S. Weighs Single Agency to Regulate Banking Industry Yet Ignores Existing Laws, Prosecution, and Disgorgement in this Huge Fraud…Why   (5-27)  Britain's Debt Outlook Gets Bleaker: Same Implications for the U.S…how could anyone be surprised about that?              Regulators shut 2 more, 35 and 36, failed banks this year in Illinois (AP)     GM borrows $4 billion more, prepares for bankruptcy    Job losses up in 44 states as recession drags on        Florida's BankUnited fails, will cost FDIC $4.9B (AP)     Regulators seize 34th bank failure of year Florida's BankUnited FSB (AP)     Treasury Selloff Spiking Interest Rates      GM bankruptcy seen near          GM all but certain to file for Chapter 11    US Government to Take Up 70% Stake in GM          FDIC Fund Running Dry  Yahoo Finance | As the FDIC has had to step in to take over more and more insolvent banks, the fund has dwindled to dangerously low levels. At the same time, the number of problem banks continues to grow at a rapid pace.     IRS tax revenue falls along with taxpayers’ income USA Today | Federal tax revenue plunged $138 billion, or 34%, in April vs. a year ago — the biggest April drop since 1981.    (5-26)  fake consumer confidence reading 30+% better than private estimate sucker-rallies stocks ,   Current Recession Is Tracking the 1930s Bear Market   ,  Another Bottom for Stocks Coming: Rogers (at CNBC)   ,  The Sleepwalkers' Rally         ,  Rogers Echoes Warning Of “Sucker’s Rally” , don’t forget that the suckers rally stock prices accounted for the very modest but ephemeral uptick in leading indicators        Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars    )  , (5-22) Regulators shut 2 more, 35 and 36, failed banks this year in Illinois (AP)     GM borrows $4 billion more, prepares for bankruptcy    Job losses up in 44 states as recession drags on        Bill to Audit Fed Wisely Gains Serious Momentum       U.S. to Steer GM Toward Bankruptcy       Gold tops $960 for first time in two months as dollar weakens      South Afica gold coin demand hits all time high     Peter Schiff called “Extremist” by Time Magazine      Geithner Vows to Cut U.S. Deficit on Rating Concern…riiiiight!…con     Gold Poised for Third Weekly Gain as Dollar Slumps Against Euro      “The Odds on the Dollar, Treasury Bonds and the U.S. Government’s AAA Grade All Heading for the Dumpster are Shortening”       (5-21) Britain's Debt Outlook Gets Bleaker: Same Implications for the U.S…how could anyone be surprised about that?       GMAC receives $7.5 billion in new Treasury aid (AP)     Dollar hits '09 low on rating fears; stocks dip (Reuters)     U.K. to Lose AAA Rating at S&P as Finances Weaken      U.S. Stocks Decline on Jobless Claims, greenspan, who helped create the debacle and should thereby know, Warning      Gold May Test $1,200      (5-20)  The Weimar Hyperinflation is Happening Again! With fed printing/creating like mad, what did they expect?     Rogers Echoes Warning Of “Sucker’s Rally”      Green Shoots: Too Small, Too Far Apart       The Sleepwalkers' Rally       Former head of pension agency takes the Fifth (AP)      Global stocks slip, dollar tumbles after downbeat Fed     Depression hits already defacto bankrupt Social Security hard     Gold purchases up 36% as investors look to preserve wealth      China Gold Reserves May Back Yuan Internationalization-Report     22 reasons why OBAMA will raise your taxes Federal debt is now $11.5 trillion. Add $1.4 trillion this year. That’s almost 100% of GDP.            (5-19)   Deficit surges at agency that insures pensions (AP)       China and Brazil Plan to Dump Dollar          HP's profit drops, more layoffs looming        Japan logs record GDP drop      Senator: More oversight needed at insolvent pension agency (AP)     Inflating Our Way Out of This Mess? Why This Won't Work        Japan's economy in record plunge      Jim Rogers: Obama will Devastate the Economy        This Economy Ain't Healed Yet (at Seeking Alpha)         (5-18) Suckers’ rally (The Suckers Rally, Japan Style   …high oil price rally…riiiiight! )  Bilderberg 2009 Attendee List (revised)            Meanwhile: The Bilderbergers are advancing in Norway  [ I realize that jones (who parenthetically it should be noted, hypocritically censored my comments) et als really overdoes this group’s (among others) effect on the u.s. , state of the world, etc.; truth be told, this group like most of the interest/pressure groups including the masses, in the u.s., etc., are no more than a just a bunch of f**k-ups/vegetables who like the aforementioned multitudes have really ‘mucked things up’ (for lack of a more precise yet concise term) on this planet, probably irrevocably, and like the many home-grown f**k-ups/vegetables, and in america particularly criminals, jones refuses to acknowledge as culpable for the many reasons he refuses to see, are but rather typically incompetent players contributing in there own very special eccentric, neurotic, sick, venal, corrupt, etc., way to this collective and cumulative result being this ever deflating (declining) ball of chaos /confusion /criminality called earth (there are exceptions to the foregoing, but in america, the same would be 5% or less) ].       Economy limiting services of local police        Madoff Investors Probed by U.S. Prosecutors yet still not even one prosecution of the perpetrators of the largest scam/fraud in history foisted off on/funded by taxpayers        Rep. Paul’s bill to audit Federal Reserve nets 165 co-sponsors is the first of what should be many necessary wise moves     American Capitalism Gone With a Whimper    The Shrinking American Consumer       The Suckers Rally, Japan Style        Gold likely to test $950 level this week      Blue collar males lose more ground; unemployment rate surges past national average...         (5-15)Highest credit card default rates in 26 years at 10+%, the real economy in terms of unemployment, income, and debt far worse than their rosy ‘green shoots’ scenario to help froth the market. Wall Street sags on oil; S&P ends worst week in 2 months     Following Chrysler, GM slashing U.S. dealers   “The Worst Is Yet to Come”  Yahoo Finance | “If the consumer isn’t petrified, he or she is a damn fool.”       (5-14)All news worse than expected, ie., weekly job losses higher than expected 637,000, wholesale inflation rate .3%,   BEAR ALARM      US ’sham’ bank bail-outs enrich speculators  ,  The Secrets of the Federal Reserve  Bob Chapman | A manmade disaster created by the Federal Reserve, banking and Wall Street, and these are the same corrupt group who our government has chosen to rectify the problem.  The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable    etc.,  It’s worth noting in a Wall Street Journal editorial hedge fund manager Andy Kessler said in no uncertain terms, “this sure smells to me a suckers rally,” largely because “there aren't sustainable, fundamental reasons for the market's continued rise.”     I’m skeptical about this rally, reveals analyst Guy Adami.    U.S. Economy: Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall for Second Month    GM, Chrysler to cut up to 3,000 dealers: sources (Reuters)       U.S. Foreclosure Filings Hit Record for Second Straight Month        Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve?             Unemployment up to 8.9%, The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable , etc..  America is broke. How broke?   NSN Money | Government obligations for Social Security and Medicare may soon exceed the combined net worth of every household and nonprofit organization in the country.  Everyone is familiar with the old saying, "what goes up must come down." Certainly the stock market has mounted a serious challenge to this old saying since bouncing off its lows in March and continues to defy gravity…In the face of unrelenting bad news, the market has been climbing because the news is "less bad," Gentle Ben and his Merry Band of Feds see "green shoots" and the financial press continues an unrelenting mantra of "recovery lies just ahead." It seems like the markets will never stop climbing, but they will, because contrary to what you hear on CNBC and read in the financial press, the laws of gravity have not been repealed and it's still true that "what goes up, must come down."

…When measured in ounces of Gold, the DOW has been in a secular bear market since peaking in late 1999. (Click charts, courtesy of stockcharts.com, for full size image). The markets, measured by the S&P500 (S&P500 Charts) and DIJA (DJIA Charts), may have recovered to new highs in 2007, but the DOW:Gold ratio told a different, truer story of just how unhealthy the US economy was…

BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  ‘…Most recently, the S&P 500 soared 24 per cent over seven weeks ending in early January, only to plunge to a new low. It was a fairly typical sucker’s rally and bear markets often need more than one to create sufficient disillusionment for a definitive bottom.  The 2000–2002 bear market had three, with average gains of 21 per cent in the Dow Jones Industrials over 45 days. The granddaddy of all bear markets, 1929 –1932, had six false alarms with an average gain of 47 per cent. And Japan’s ongoing bear saw the Nikkei rise by at least a third four times in its first four years with 10 more false dawns since then. Bear markets typically end with a whimper rather than a bang, casting doubt on the latest recovery according to Hussman Econometrics, which analysed numerous US market bottoms and bear market rallies. With the exception of the 1987 crash, the month before the lowest point of a downturn saw a gradual descent. By contrast, bear market rallies were preceded by steeper declines and had sharper rebounds. Another characteristic of bear market rallies has been modest volume on the rebound compared to the decline. The current recovery fits the pattern of bear market rallies in terms of volume and the “V” shape of the trough. Analysts at Bespoke Investment Group noted that there have been only seven other periods in the past 110 years with rallies of similar magnitude for the Dow. Three preceded the Great Depression, three came during the Depression and one in 1982…’
  New record for continuing unemployment claims and as with all government data, adp data, etc., is fudged to whatever way necessary to help froth the market. Short-covering explaining part of what remains of this continuing suckers’ bear market rally and as admonished by analyst at Farr Miller is a bull trap. How about plain old bull crap!  One analyst (Craig Brown) points out that we’re not at the bottom yet: excerpt-‘ I hate repeating myself, but I do not see the economy at bottom just yet, so in some respects I will keep repeating myself until either other people wake up to this reality or something changes to wake me up. The markets were down a bit yesterday and, according to Bloomberg, they were down due to fears of the stress test results. I don't fear them; I fear what they hide. I fear that a reported 10 out of 19 banks failed when the tests were not at all stringent enough. I fear that the government will soft-pedal the results to make them bad enough to have a tad of credibility but not so bad that people run for the exits. Don't buy my word for it, others are saying the same, including Nouriel Roubini. Nouriel has been complaining for weeks on how the worst case scenario in the stress tests is already rosier than reality.’  Some perspective from Sajal… Excerpts – ie., …Mark Hulbert: That bullish bandwagon. Commentary: Some sentiment measures showing too much optimism   Art Cashin: "This rally is still somewhat suspect.   Albert Edwards : "Despite one of the biggest economics and profit collapses in history, US stocks have failed to get cheap in the same way that they have in Europe or Japan. My concern is that the US equity bear market has not yet fully played out. "The current pop in the market is not dissimilar to the many bear market rallies between 1929-1933, where signs of economic stabilisation were met with 25% plus rallies... This optimism was subsequently crushed."  Charles Allmon … He still thinks the stock market could decline to 3,200-4,200 on the Dow by 2011-2012 -- and that it could cross the price of gold.   Jim Bianco: "I don't think we are getting out of this for a long while. This has been a lousy stock rally.  …   …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline      "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through  Wall Street sags on oil; S&P ends worst week in 2 months     Following Chrysler, GM slashing U.S. dealers      SEC lawyers probed for insider trading      GM, Chrysler to drop 1,900 dealers by end of 2010      The Financial Storm      Obama Says U.S. Long-Term Debt Load ‘Unsustainable’       “The Worst Is Yet to Come”          China’s yuan ’set to usurp US dollar’ as world’s reserve currency       Former Treasury Official who Devised Formula for Rate-Setting Based on Outlook for Inflation and Growth Warns that Inflation Looms, Slams Fed Policy    Dr. Doom: Capitalism Could Fail Like Communism         New York Fed: Most Powerful Financial Institution You’ve Never Heard Of along with the missing $4 trillion you’ve never heard of          Home Prices Drop Most on Record...       Federal Hiring Frenzy......average pay $75,419       A Coming Flood of Equity Issuance, aka The Dilution Solution      Fed cut banks' deficits after negotiations: sounds like a plan…riiiiight!…report          Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Are stocks a loser's bet?YES!     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

Corporate CFR Members Get Most of the Bailout Money New American | Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner served as a staff member of the New York City-based Council on Foreign Relations before being hired in 2003 to head the New York City branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.Watch out for the fake government stress tests (they lie about everything!). Note the delay in the rollout. Bank analyst Cassidy says bank plan a failure. Business week business analyst /reporter says (tongue in cheek) the optimism (irrational exuberance) must be the advent of spring and the birds chirping (in the heads of the wall street lunatic/frauds…cukoos). Analysts/Economists comments include: slow release of stress test results, details and accuracy of data crucial for stress tests (good luck!), things have not bottomed out but pace of decline has slowed somewhat, bleak outlook for GM, Chrysler and bankruptcy probably necessary because of legacy costs, and public pension funds with ridiculously rich benefits the next shoe to drop. Oxdown Gazette sums up the crucial story | ‘The 12 trillion that is being floated to insolvent US banks is essentially being looted in the paper economy’ (ie., churn and earn by wall street fraudsters who must be prosecuted and forced disgorgement/forfeiture in the massive securities fraud that still goes unmentioned though the source of this economic debacle, etc.).  Four more banks closed by regulators, this years closures exceeding all of 2008 as depression continues John Letzing, MarketWatch April 24, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Four banks in Georgia, Michigan, California and Idaho were closed by regulators Friday, costing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s deposit insurance fund nearly $700 million as the effects of the credit crisis continued rippling throughout the U.S. economy.  Kennesaw, Ga.-based American Southern Bank marked the 26th bank failure of the year and the fifth in the state of Georgia, the FDIC said. Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Michigan Heritage Bank then became the 27th failure of 2009, followed by the closure of Calabasas, Ca.-based First Bank of Beverly Hills. Alpharetta, Ga.-based Bank of North Georgia has agreed to assume American Southern Bank's deposits, the FDIC said in a statement…

All reasons for previous reality plunge have been previously covered and warned of here in real time; ie., new meaningless FASB accounting standards which wall street frauds rallied on now have sold off on, worse to come in credit defaults/losses, leading indicators down again, etc.. April 17 (Bloomberg) -- David Tice, the chief portfolio strategist for bear markets at Federated Investors Inc., said the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will probably plunge about 62 percent. He spoke during a Bloomberg Television interview today. The Federated Prudent Bear Fund that he founded returned 6.7 percent last year as the S&P 500 plunged 38 percent, the most since 1937. Tice said the benchmark index for U.S. stocks may slump to about 325. It closed today at 865.30. The measure has surged 28 percent since March 9, the most in five weeks since the 1930s. SUCKER'S RALLY APPROACHING AN END by Peter Cooper: Whatever the technical reason for the 25 percent rise in the S&P over the past five weeks, or a more modest eight percent bounce in GCC regional stock prices, the absurdness of this sucker’s rally ought to be obvious to all. Unemployment is still rising, house prices are still falling, and the fundamentals of bank balance sheets are still deteriorating with total bad debts unknown except that we know they must be getting worse. Global trade fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year. Even Mercedes car sales to the oil rich of the GCC fell 23 per cent. The collapse of the world’s second largest economy, Japan, has been unprecedented.
Bad news coming … The stock market pattern in 2008-9 has so far been a mirror image of the crash of 1929-30 with a halving of prices from the autumn followed by a 25 per cent rally from March lows. In April 1930 stocks moved sideways and then they crashed another 50 per cent into the summer… New record continuing unemployment claims in excess of 6 million, -11% for new home sales (unexpected but stocks and even homebuilders rallied), Bloomberg reports $13 trillion (much unaccounted for) taxpayer/bailout funds spent/lent/stolen by who knows what/where/how (ie.,replace stolen funds?, etc.), second largest mall co. to bankruptcy with more to come along with more commercial real estate foreclosures. ‘…initial claims for the week ending April 11 totaled 610,000, which is down more than expected from the prior week, but continuing claims climbed more than expected to a new record of 6.02 million. Separately, housing starts disappointed investors hoping to find signs of a recovery in home building. Housing starts for March totaled 510,000, which was below the 540,000 starts that were expected and down from the prior month. Meanwhile, building permits in March totaled 513,000, which is below the 549,000 permits that were expected, down from February…’

SUCKER'S RALLY APPROACHING AN END by Peter Cooper: Whatever the technical reason for the 25 percent rise in the S&P over the past five weeks, or a more modest eight percent bounce in GCC regional stock prices, the absurdness of this sucker’s rally ought to be obvious to all. Unemployment is still rising, house prices are still falling, and the fundamentals of bank balance sheets are still deteriorating with total bad debts unknown except that we know they must be getting worse. Global trade fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year. Even Mercedes car sales to the oil rich of the GCC fell 23 per cent. The collapse of the world’s second largest economy, Japan, has been unprecedented.
Bad news coming
… The stock market pattern in 2008-9 has so far been a mirror image of the crash of 1929-30 with a halving of prices from the autumn followed by a 25 per cent rally from March lows. In April 1930 stocks moved sideways and then they crashed another 50 per cent into the summer. What possible reason is there for optimism to believe that history will not repeat itself? Government stimulus packages have more than likely been too small and too late to prevent another down leg in stocks, and will take time to revive the real economy, if indeed they can do so. They might just stop the worst possible scenario but are they going to prevent the plunge downwards? Governments have not managed it so far.
Consumers and unemployment
…It will take more than weasel words from US bankers and ‘green shoots’ in the waffle of President Obama to put things right. Eventually global stock markets will reach a bottom but they are not close to having visited it just yet. Wall Street and its friends are playing investors as suckers but they are in danger of overdoing it. For once these guys are impoverished where will the next bunch of fools come from? Goldman Sachs' (GS) results this week might well mark the top of the rally, beyond that the only way is down.

Industrial production down –13%, most since WW2. The wall street frauds celebrate increase real estate sales…on increased foreclosures…riiiiight! U.S. foreclosure filings jump as moratoriums end     US foreclosures up 24 percent in 1st quarter      Jim Rogers Says Investors Should Expect More Bottoms  Still not one prosecution as new churn and earn fraud/bubble begins with taxpayer bailout funds (old reliable foggy/sell the sizzle tech sector now the wall street frauds’ refuge-remember the dot com bust, etc.).  BULL S**T STORIES FOISTED AS B.S. TALKING POINTS FOR CONTINUING FRAUD/SPIKE IN STOCK PRICES FOR CHURN AND EARN COMMISSIONING: WELLS FARGO RECEIVED $25 BILLION TAXPAYER MONEY/BAILOUT FUNDS AND SHOWS (RECORD FOR THEM?) $3 BILLION QUARTERLY PROFIT- GOLDMAN RECEIVED $10 BILLION PLUS UNDISCLOSED FED/ ULTIMATELY TAXPAYER MONEY AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $1.8 BILLION PROFIT  -   MORGAN CHASE RECEIVED $25 BILLION AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $2+ BILLION PROFIT – CITI RECEIVED $25 BILLION AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $1 BILLION LOSS -  BANK OF AMERICA RECEIVED $45 BILLION AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $3+ BILLION PROFIT AND SETS ASIDE $13 BILLION FOR LOAN LOSS RESERVES – MORGAN STANLEY RECEIVED $10 BILLION AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $1 BILLION LOSS - DO THE MATH (FIRST GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS COULD DO AS WELL, AND FOR FAR LESS PAY) - AT THAT RATE, TAXPAYERS WILL SOON HAVE NOTHING LEFT FOR THEM TO TAX! WHAT FRAUDS! The Great Geithner Coverup      WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T!  …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].   U.S. Treasury asking banks keep quiet on stress tests      New unemployment claims at high 654,000 praised as positive number… riiiiight! …as continuing unemployment claims at record 5.84 million (real numbers even worse). Economy so bad that consumers can’t buy goods so trade deficit shrank but this is a structural defect in u.s. economy so not good news and consistent with bad news of still plunging retail sector. Najarian points out that wall street always a circus, consolidation, robbing peter to pay paul, take profits; while economist cite Reich that we’re in depression and government as in land of fruits and nuts out of control. Earnings revised downward for first quarter –36.5%, more weakness, more unemployment, inflation to come on fast says Hogan, and insurance companies now que up at corporate welfare/taxpayer bailout lines. In positing (suckers’) bear market rally and advocating hold cash/sell stocks Hillary Kramer points to the preposterous on wall street where bad news greated as good vis-à-vis stocks (they call what wall street does ‘fraud’…in a rational world where they would already be in jail).  Madman Cramer – the ultimate contrarian indicator - CRAMER'S CALL: ANOTHER RALLY TOP INDICATOR Greg Feirman   Wow, the bulls are really feeling good. “Wells Fargo Carries The Day” and the S&P and Dow closed at 2 months high and the Nasdaq is near its highs for the year. On Mad Money this evening, Cramer went so far as to call “a turn in the economy”, saying “the facts have changed”, “the situation has clearly improved” and “things are getting better”. This isn’t the first time Cramer has called a bottom and he’s been wrong before (For example, see “Cramer Declares The End Of The Bear Market” , Top Gun FP, July 31, 2008). The market topped out a couple weeks later. On Monday October 6, Cramer went on the today show and told people to sell any stock money they might need in the next five years. The market bottomed that Friday. It could run another couple weeks but this rally is running thin. Methinks me smells a top…..   Rational View Courtesy of ETF.COM: ‘…Due to our expectations of continued weakness in the financial sector, the looming deterioration of commercial real estate, the credit markets tepid backing of the equity rally, and the still very shaky and highly volatile global economy, it's our view at ETFdesk.com the recent run-up in stocks is unwarranted and presents an overly optimistic view of the months ahead. We believe investors should consider taking short term profits or use the recent run to reduce equity exposure they are weary of. We also believe investment grade debt (NYSEArca: LQD - News) represents an opportunity for investors seeking beaten down prices without the downside volatility of equities…

THE FOLLOWING AT LEAST TO PREVIOUS (7-6-09) IS MUST READ:

SELLER

 

April 17 (Bloomberg) -- David Tice, the chief portfolio strategist for bear markets at Federated Investors Inc., said the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will probably plunge about 62 percent. He spoke during a Bloomberg Television interview today. The Federated Prudent Bear Fund that he founded returned 6.7 percent last year as the S&P 500 plunged 38 percent, the most since 1937. Tice said the benchmark index for U.S. stocks may slump to about 325. It closed today at 865.30. The measure has surged 28 percent since March 9, the most in five weeks since the 1930s.

SUCKER'S RALLY APPROACHING AN END by Peter Cooper: Whatever the technical reason for the 25 percent rise in the S&P over the past five weeks, or a more modest eight percent bounce in GCC regional stock prices, the absurdness of this sucker’s rally ought to be obvious to all. Unemployment is still rising, house prices are still falling, and the fundamentals of bank balance sheets are still deteriorating with total bad debts unknown except that we know they must be getting worse. Global trade fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year. Even Mercedes car sales to the oil rich of the GCC fell 23 per cent. The collapse of the world’s second largest economy, Japan, has been unprecedented.
Bad news coming
… The stock market pattern in 2008-9 has so far been a mirror image of the crash of 1929-30 with a halving of prices from the autumn followed by a 25 per cent rally from March lows. In April 1930 stocks moved sideways and then they crashed another 50 per cent into the summer. What possible reason is there for optimism to believe that history will not repeat itself? Government stimulus packages have more than likely been too small and too late to prevent another down leg in stocks, and will take time to revive the real economy, if indeed they can do so. They might just stop the worst possible scenario but are they going to prevent the plunge downwards? Governments have not managed it so far.
Consumers and unemployment
…It will take more than weasel words from US bankers and ‘green shoots’ in the waffle of President Obama to put things right. Eventually global stock markets will reach a bottom but they are not close to having visited it just yet. Wall Street and its friends are playing investors as suckers but they are in danger of overdoing it. For once these guys are impoverished where will the next bunch of fools come from? Goldman Sachs' (GS) results this week might well mark the top of the rally, beyond that the only way is down.

Madman Cramer – the ultimate contrarian indicator - CRAMER'S CALL: ANOTHER RALLY TOP INDICATOR Greg Feirman   Wow, the bulls are really feeling good. “Wells Fargo Carries The Day” and the S&P and Dow closed at 2 months high and the Nasdaq is near its highs for the year. On Mad Money this evening, Cramer went so far as to call “a turn in the economy”, saying “the facts have changed”, “the situation has clearly improved” and “things are getting better”. This isn’t the first time Cramer has called a bottom and he’s been wrong before (For example, see “Cramer Declares The End Of The Bear Market” , Top Gun FP, July 31, 2008). The market topped out a couple weeks later. On Monday October 6, Cramer went on the today show and told people to sell any stock money they might need in the next five years. The market bottomed that Friday. It could run another couple weeks but this rally is running thin. Methinks me smells a top…..

Rational View Courtesy of ETF.COM: ‘…Due to our expectations of continued weakness in the financial sector, the looming deterioration of commercial real estate, the credit markets tepid backing of the equity rally, and the still very shaky and highly volatile global economy, it's our view at ETFdesk.com the recent run-up in stocks is unwarranted and presents an overly optimistic view of the months ahead. We believe investors should consider taking short term profits or use the recent run to reduce equity exposure they are weary of. We also believe investment grade debt (NYSEArca: LQD - News) represents an opportunity for investors seeking beaten down prices without the downside volatility of equities…’

Art Hogan recently summed up choosing stocks in this environment thusly: ‘pick the best-looking horse at the glue factory’…..I think he was as a courtesy to his industry overly generous. The administration pitches hardballs to the auto industry while continuing to pitch powder puffs to the wall street frauds who have perpetrated the largest (securities) fraud in recorded history, turning a cyclical downturn into what is now unavoidably depression, putting beleagered taxpayers in the unfathomable position of funders/guarantors of the scam/fraud in bailing out the perpetrators of the crimes (bush’s infamous base) who have financially benefited enormously (fees, commissions, spreads, points, salaries, expenses, bonuses, etc.) from their fraud/crimes. Still not even one prosecution from this administration even though disgorgement, the legal remedy among other criminal penalties, would aid the defacto bankrupt u.s. treasury!
ON WHETHER BEN BERNANKE HAS REDEEMED HIMSELF AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR STOCKS:

I do not think so. On the contrary, I think what the government is doing and its economic "dream team" under Mr. Bernanke and Mr. Geithner and Mr. Summers are going to be, from a longer term point of view, rather negative.
But, you understand, we can all sit here and say it will all end in disaster. That I'm sure. But, in the meantime, we can have big moves in markets.

On the new bad assets purchase plan:

I think he's doing the politically expedient thing from a very short term perspective. If you have cracks in your walls and just put paint on it, it will hide them and then you sell your house. But it won't solve the problems of the cracks - it's the next owner and these are the children of the current taxpayer who will pay for it.  Marc Faber: 'It Will All End in Disaster'    

China calls for new global currency (AP)    Why Goldman Sachs Should Return Its TARP Money (at Seeking Alpha)    Marc Faber: 'It Will All End in Disaster'    Congresswoman presses Geithner on connections to Goldman Sachs    Gerald Celente Predicts Economic Armageddon by 2012     Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers: Stiglitz

It bears repeating, so preposterous was 3-23-09 Pavlov dogs rally [conditioning to associate what’s good for fraudulent wall street, viz., privatizing profits – still not one prosecution for what now is the largest fraud/scam/swindle in the history of this planet – and socializing the losses, is somehow positive for america/the economy by the magnitude of this suckers’ bear market rally and prior market manipulations] when the same created the instant crisis in the first instance (don’t worry about the frauds on wall street, they’ll get their commissions again on the way down as they did in creating this financial debacle/fraud as they clamor for more taxpayer/treasury money).  They’re still printing/creating those worthless Weimar dollars like mad, China Urges New Money Reserve to Replace Dollar ,don’t know what they’re doing, are clueless, and disingenuously seek to divert attention from the missing/stolen/bilked $14 trillion of taxpayer money with the subterfuge of outrage over the relatively miniscule though not unimportant million dollar bonuses (AIG, etc.), so-called fixes/plans, etc., so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  What the Pros Say: US Is Now ‘Bankrupt’   US is Already Bankrupt: Analyst   U.S. Budget Office offers darker economic and deficit outlook      The Geithner-Summers-Bernanke Plan to Prop Up Asset Prices Has Failed    U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar     

Fierman: How quickly things change…..
Some stats from today’s rally:
S&P: +54 (7.1%) to 823
Dow: +497 (+6.8%) to 7776
NYSE Up Volume: 1,866,836,012
NYSE Down Volume: 44,683,760
NYSE Total Volume: 1,914,836,622
It was just 2 weeks ago (March 9th) that the S&P closed at 12-year lows and the stock market felt like it was forecasting the end of the world. We’ve now rallied 22% in 2 weeks! But if we look at the catalysts for this rally, they really don’t seem to justify such an explosive move. Citi said they were profitable in the first two months of the year and JP Morgan (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) said they were too. The Fed initiated some serious quantitative easing. And now Geithner’s toxic asset plan this morning. I agree with the Capital Spectator when he wrote this morning:

We’re skeptical largely because the rally this month has drawn power primarily from a new round of hope that Washington’s various experiments to right the economy will finally hit pay dirt. Perhaps, but it’s not the stuff that powers sustainable rallies, much less secular bull markets. We’re Sellers of This Rally!

Lawrence York

‘Treasury Secretary Geithner has released his plan to mop-up the toxic assets held by banks that threaten their solvency and the global financial system. Accordingly, the plan purposes that private equity firms partner with the Fed to purchase bank assets at some discount set by the private firms at auction. Then the Fed will leverage the purchase six-fold to buy more bank assets and assume all the risk of leverage. In other words, private firms will set the price and then put up half the initial purchase price. The Fed will then put up non-recourse loans to purchase six times more debt at the same price to be owned by the joint venture partners. If the deal works private equity splits the booty equally. If the deal fails, the government loses upwards to six times taxpayer's money and private equity loses only its original equity match equal to 1/6 the total loss.

Flabergasted? Don't be. How often can you cut a deal where you get to set the price and your partner puts in six times your money and you split the profit. IF THESE DEAL TERMS DON'T UNDERSCORE WHY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT HANDLE YOUR MONEY AND WHY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STAY OUT OF BUSINESS, WHAT DOES? Other deal terms are that the Fed will designate the private equity players, at least initially. Could it be that the Fed is creating another pass-through mechanism to simultaneously bail out or reward its friends? If so, look for Goldman Sachs (GS), Merrill, Blackstone (BX), Carlye Group, Texas Pacific Group, and perhaps Bear Stearns to be players. Look also for the typical MOS of some Structured Investment Vehicle, not much different from the Maiden Lane III SIV, to backstop or divert money where it needs to be--by gratuitous selection that is. Oh, and never mind that Private Equity may be joined by the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA and Private Equity article by Financial Times) as Private Equity at present is having a bit of a liquidity crunch with their own deflated, illiquid assets. In short, the Geithner Toxic Asset Plan is just another bank bailout and footnote to this era of 'Dark Capitalism" where profits are reaped and losses socialized in an ever transparent way.’

Trevisani: ’…The beginning of quantitative easing calls all three ideas in question; it increases the supply of dollars effectively lowering US interest rates well below Europe’s; the need for such an unprecedented step undermines the hope for a US recovery; and a devaluing dollar cannot be a safe haven. Add the projected Federal deficits and the dollar begins to look very vulnerable. If the Europeans go down the same quantitative road then the dollar’s disabilities may be matched by the euro’s. But if they are not, then the Bernanke dollar call may not be an option to buy but a call to sell…’ China and most of the financial world outside the u.s. agrees with the latter. China Urges New Money Reserve to Replace Dollar              Kremlin to Pitch New Currency...   



EMBRACE THE BEAR By Rev Shark There is an old saying that in a bear market, we slide down the slope of hope. Unfortunately, we have seen plenty of good examples of how that works over the past year. We have had dozens of new initiatives to try to bolster the economy that create hope for a few days. The market will get excited and we'll have some big point gains, but then doubts begin to surface about how easily it will be to turn this economic supertanker that is going over a waterfall. The buying stalls out, a few dip-buying attempts are made, but eventually we break support levels and more downside ensues. That is classic bear market action but the standard Wall Street reaction is to not accept it…[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion] …INVESTORS …..FOOLED (at least today) By Rev Shark …..realization that economic stimulus isn't going to be nearly as simple or easy (or effective) as it sounds. We aren't going to spend our way out of this economic spiral …We'd probably be better off if the government did less rather than more. The great likelihood is that the unintended consequences we suffer will prolong the whole cycle. We have to let some bad businesses and financial institutions fail…

 


HERE’S THE REAL DEAL:
    SUMMARY/RECAP OF LORIMER WILSON 3-17-09 ANALYSES/REVIEW
Harry Dent, Jr.
Economy will be in a Depression by 2011
The worst of this next depression is likely to hit between mid-2010 and mid-2013, especially around early 2011, but if the banking system continues to implode a deep downturn or depression could begin sometime in 2009 instead of 2010.
Dow will Fall to 3,800 – 4,500 by 2012
Nasdaq will Fall Below 1,100, its 2002 low, by late 2010 or mid-2012 at the latest.
Inflation will Increase until mid- 2010 and then turn to Deflation
Interest Rates will Increase
U.S. Dollar will Decline
Housing will Decline by 40 – 60% from Today’s Levels
Greatest Economic and Banking Crisis since the 1930s will Occur Between 2010 and 2012

Russell Napier is the author of the book “Anatomy of the Bear”, a professor at the Edinburgh Business School and a consultant to CLSA Ltd. which is one of the top research houses in Asia. Napier’s research indicates (and I paraphrase) that:
The S&P 500 will Decline to 400 by 2014 (the Dow 30 to 3800)
The S&P 500 will then undergo a major crash that will see U.S. equity prices bottom at almost 50% below current levels (i.e. to 400 or less; the Dow 30 to 3800 or less) sometime around 2014 as Tobin’s “q” drops to 0.3 signaling the end of the bear market, as it has done at the end of the four largest U.S. market declines in 1921, 1932, 1949 and 1982.
U.S. Treasury Sales Could Collapse Leading to End of U.S. Dollar as Reserve Currency

Robert R. Prechter Jr. is author of a number of newsletters and books including “Elliott Wave Principle” (1978) in which he predicted the super bull market of the 1980s; “At the Crest of the Tidal Wave – A Forecast of the Great Bear Market” (1995) in which he predicted a slow motion economic earthquake, brought about by a great asset mania, that would register 11 on the financial Richter scale causing a collapse of historic proportions; and “Conquer the Crash: You can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression” (2002) in which he described the economic cataclysm that we are just beginning to experience and advised how to position one’s self financially during that period of time.
Depression is Imminent
The Dow Jones Industrial Average will go down to at least 1000, most likely to below 777 which was the starting point of its mania back in August 1982, and quite likely drop below 400 at one or more times during the bear market.

   Regulator: Before Banks Collapsed, They Pleaded With Feds To Let Them Fudge Their Books Ryan Grim | Before financial institutions collapsed, they went to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, pleading for a change in mark-to-market accounting rules so that they can continue to appear to be solvent on their balance sheets and hence, continue to defraud the public as they are now once again trying to do. This says it all!  Will FASB remain viable by resisting fudge/fraud  factor.  Suckers’ bear market rally   ( Citigroup Inspired Bear Market Suckers’ Rally  ) to keep the suckers suckered and commission dollars flowing to the frauds on wall street

 

Why we think this is a (suckers’) bear market rally:

Citing 13 reasons that the bear will continue in spite of this rally seems appropriate.

1. Current P/E: the current 20+ P/E on trailing “as reported earnings” is too high for this set of negative sales, earnings and dividends growth conditions.

2. Forward P/E: the projected 2010 S&P 500 earnings by Standard and Poor’s at about $40 would only support 800 at best (20 P/E), and more likely would support 600 (15 P/E), assuming there was a general recovery under way — before that time, the current market should sell for less than 800, and perhaps less than 600.

3. Earnings: profits are still declining in the aggregate

4. Dividend Yield: banks and other companies continue to cut dividends, reducing stock appeal and putting total return in question until dividends stabilize and begin to grow (historically dividends generated about 1/3 of total return for the S&P 500)

5. Revenue: overall sales are down — declining sales, earnings and dividends are not reasons for bullish markets.

6. World GDP Growth: credible parties (Goldman Sachs, IMF, and noteworthy individuals, such as Nouriel Roubini, predict worsening global economies) — until forecasts for improvements within 12 months or less for the US or world economies become prevalent, the market is unlikely to “anticipate” with a sustainable trend reversal to a bull

7. Government Intervention: the US and global economies are currently highly government policy dependent, and while policies are becoming more clear, they are not all revealed, and there are suggestions more may be needed — the resulting uncertainty warrants low valuation until government policies to “save” and “stimulate” economies are no longer the centerpiece of investor hopes and earnings prospects

8. Real Estate: the US and global real estate asset deflation continues with waves of negative impact on household and institutional wealth — until property prices stabilize, or are believed to be about to stabilize, a new bull market will have difficulty gaining traction.

9. Other Bank Shoes to Drop: the major banks have not yet experienced likely future write-downs associated with non-mortgage asset types, such as credit cards and auto loans.

10. Auto Industry: the fate of GM, Chrysler and the entire supply chain is uncertain with unknown government involvement.

11. LBOs: private equity firms built on leverage may not be able to continue to service and rollover the debt they used to make recent optimistic acquisitions — those debts could be a further burden on the financial sector.

12. Retirees and Pre-Retirees: the 55 and over crowd who control the largest portion of US private assets are not as likely to risk their life accumulations in stocks relative to bonds as they were in the boom times of the last couple of decades — that will delay the onset of a bull and subdue the extent of a bull when it occurs

13. Credit Availability: the credit and leverage availability that helped the US stock market recover from the 2002-2003 bottom is not available at this time to increase household expenditures and corporate capital investment — even the US government may be put on credit rationing by China, which today said it is “worried” about the credit quality of their US Treasury holdings, which has implications about their willingness to support the borrowing our “stimulus” programs require and assume to be available.     By Richard Shaw

 

 

Analyst Andre Egleshion points to continuing effect of credit default swaps and pegs the amount of the worthless, fraudulent (previously sold, commissioned, repackaged, resold, re-commissioned, etc.) securities at $600-$675 TRILLION, their continued effect on money pit AIG, that fed’s received $11.7 trillion since 2008 yet refuses transparency as to where funds spent, who received same, etc., agrees with comment that shockingly no prosecutions yet,  economy re-tooling, need for stiffer regulation, points to historical fact that fiat currencies and private central banks have consistently failed, sees hyperinflation with dollar weakness (printed/created like mad) and higher oil. Hopes for funny assets [in addition to funny money, other fraud, relaxation of rules/laws/enforcement (real asset values) (remember the exemption from RICO garnered by fraudulent wall street-those campaign contributions really pay off, etc.) ], spur suckers’ bear market short-covering rally  to keep the suckers suckered and commission dollars flowing to the frauds on wall street so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  NOW LISTEN HERE, FOR THIS IS TRUTH!: There is not enough money in the entire world to cover the fraudulent securities foisted/commissioned/ distributed/sold by the wall street frauds/perpetrators which if assumed/guaranteed by the u.s. government (don’t forget that social security/medicare are already technically insolvent/bankrupt - all monies/reserves going into the general account and already and continually spent) will only guaranty the insolvency of / worthlessness of the currency of the u.s. treasury. Cost to buy protection against U.S. government default surges   Frank just said that he wants to prosecute those who’ve caused this crisis…waxman was supposedly doing just that in part  (fog of war fraud-360 tons of $100 dollar bills stolen), etc…. If they don’t do this as said, among others, they should be forced resign as complicit. THERE IS NO MYSTERY HERE; HENCE, NONE SHOULD BE AFRAID TO LOOK, PROSECUTE, AND FORCE DISGORGEMENT!    Celente: U.S. Has Entered “The Greatest Depression”  …‘… Watch for fake reports and continued jawboning/spin/b.s. regarding bailout/stimulus as they are desperate yet remain protective of the criminals who caused the crisis with their fraud in staggering amounts far beyond the substantial scam by madoff ($50 billion) who now audaciously from his $7 million NYC penthouse seeks ownership of same along with $62 million (only in systemically fraudulent america). Why are they not seeking disgorgement from the criminals who benefited from the huge multi-trillion dollar fraud they perpetrated? No one yet has asked tiny tim geithner where the missing $4 trillion at the fed is…Why? Then there’s the $2 trillion in taxpayer money, the destination of which the fed refuses disclosure of…Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money  …Why? How? This is criminal activity of monumental proportion, yet protected by the bureaucratic complicit frauds (I’ve experienced this directly in my RICO case), damaging lives here and abroad.  Then there’s also the illegal wars, war-profiteering, war crimes, etc., that have bankrupted this nation, killed many innocents, etc., [remember, ie., the 360 tons of hundred dollar bills flown into Iraq that democrats/land of fruits and nuts henry waxman (doesn’t he look like a hedgehog or some other rodent) the lying fraud talked endlessly about while republicans were at the helm, yet nothing…no prosecutions…the frauds who stole that money should put same in the failed ‘stimulus fraud pot’…at the least, etc.].   An analyst previously said 2011-2014 earliest for bottoming at best. Another analyst previously pointed out there has been not one prosecution thus far and the frauds on wall street should be prosecuted and forced disgorgement. …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.]. Analyst Frank Cochrane looks ahead to 4,000 to 6,000 on the DOW, 700 to 900 on the NASDAQ, and 425 to 625 on the S&P, and says spending/stimulus programs will not work, a point on which he is correct and the low end of his ranges closer to reality.  Not Just a Few Bad Apples - Corruption is Systemic in America  In case you believe that there are only “a couple of bad apples” in the United States, here is an off-the-top-of-his-head (I could give many, many more including my RICO case) list of corruption by leading pillars of american society. 

HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ]

PREVIOUS 7-6,2-09, PREPOSTEROUS WAS THIS SURGE IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES INTO THE CLOSE FOR SECULAR BEAR MARKET SUCKERS’ RALLY PROGRAMMED TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)     [$$] Big Pay Packages Return to Wall Street as new fraud gains steam (at The Wall Street Journal Online)    ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...    America’s Effective Unemployment Rate at 18.7%?     US loses 467,000 jobs, unemployment at 9.5%       'We're in the Middle of a Crash': Black Swan...    (7-2)Seven more banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to more than double all of 2008 at a total thus far of 52; Private sector sheds another 473,000 jobs in June...    US lurching towards ‘debt explosion’ with long-term interest rates on course to double         Jim Rogers Sells Dollars, Plans to Short Treasuries               ‘Sucker’s Rally Beginning To Unwind’ daaaah…?    Calls grow to supplant dollar as global currency     China officials call for displacing dollar, in time       Tracking Two Depressions, 1929 and now this            HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... , personal income up modest .2% and spending down, China calls for new reserve currency to supplant worthless dollar  Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency   , continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected (lennar wider than expected quarterly loss rallies stock…riiiiight!) Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q  ; soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 7-1-09, SELL / TAKE ANY PROFITS IN THIS SECULAR BEAR MARKET SUCKERS’ RALLY PROGRAMMED TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)     [$$] Big Pay Packages Return to Wall Street as new fraud gains steam (at The Wall Street Journal Online)    ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...    Job losses / job concerns realistically weigh on confidence, real estate values/prices continue downward trend as per Case / Shiller Index (-18.1%, -21% in california)    Gerald Celente speaks on Cap and Trade and other handicaps to the US economy       HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... , personal income up modest .2% and spending down, China calls for new reserve currency to supplant worthless dollar  Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency   , continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected (lennar wider than expected quarterly loss rallies stock…riiiiight!) Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q  ; soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 7-1-09, 6-30-09,  SECULAR BEAR MARKET SUCKERS’ RALLY TO END WELL OFF SESSION LOWS  TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED Job losses / job concerns realistically weigh on confidence, real estate values/prices continue downward trend as per Case / Shiller Index (-18.1%, -21% in california)    Consumer confidence suffers steep fall...     Home prices post 18% annual drop...    Worldwide Depression: Review of Global Markets       . Four banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to 19 more than all of 2008 at a total thus far of 44       Dollar Falls Most in Month as China Urges New Reserve Currency      Gerald Celente speaks on Cap and Trade and other handicaps to the US economy       HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... , personal income up modest .2% and spending down, China calls for new reserve currency to supplant worthless dollar  Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency   , continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected (lennar wider than expected quarterly loss rallies stock…riiiiight!) Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q  ; soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009     ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       The Next Bubble Is Here. Have You Bought In?      foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 6-29-09, Worthless dollar/High oil price stock rally…riiiiight!...Then there’s the madoff propaganda event Fraudster Madoff gets 150 years, with prosecutors patting themselves on the back when the reality is that there has been not even one prosecution in the massive securities fraud which benefited the wall street frauds greatly and make madoff look like a piker. Four banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to 19 more than all of 2008 at a total thus far of 44       Dollar Falls Most in Month as China Urges New Reserve Currency      Gerald Celente speaks on Cap and Trade and other handicaps to the US economy       HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... , personal income up modest .2% and spending down, China calls for new reserve currency to supplant worthless dollar  Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency   , continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected (lennar wider than expected quarterly loss rallies stock…riiiiight!) Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q  ; soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009     ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       The Next Bubble Is Here. Have You Bought In?    , foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 


PREVIOUS 6-26-09, Worthless dollar/High oil price stock rally…riiiiight!...Then there’s the madoff propaganda event Fraudster Madoff gets 150 years, with prosecutors patting themselves on the back when the reality is that there has been not even one prosecution in the massive securities fraud which benefited the wall street frauds greatly and make madoff look like a piker. Four banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to 19 more than all of 2008 at a total thus far of 44       Dollar Falls Most in Month as China Urges New Reserve Currency      Gerald Celente speaks on Cap and Trade and other handicaps to the US economy       HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... , personal income up modest .2% and spending down, China calls for new reserve currency to supplant worthless dollar  Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency   , continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected (lennar wider than expected quarterly loss rallies stock…riiiiight!) Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q  ; soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009     ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       The Next Bubble Is Here. Have You Bought In?    , foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 


PREVIOUS 6-26-09, SECULAR BEAR MARKET SUCKERS’ RALLY TO END MIXED. HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... , personal income up modest .2% and spending down, China calls for new reserve currency to supplant worthless dollar  Dollar And Stocks Drop As China Calls For New Global Currency   , continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       The Next Bubble Is Here. Have You Bought In?      foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 6-25-09, HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] TYPICAL END OF QUARTER FRAUD/WINDOW DRESSING TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... ,    continuing unemployment claims at or near record 627,000, weekly unemployment claims up 15,000, and GDP contraction –5.5%, all worse than expected (lennar wider than expected quarterly loss rallies stock…riiiiight!) Jobless claims rise; GDP dips in 1Q  ; soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 6-24-09, SECULAR BEAR MARKET SUCKERS RALLY CONTINUES FOR MIXED CLOSE TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY... ,       soothing words/b.s. from fed which previously predicted no recession that economy still contracting but that the contraction is somewhat slowing…what b**l s**t!…, analysts- buffet/economy in shambles, Hogan/negative GDP growth and inflation owing to debasement of the dollar as well as deficit spending/pump-priming in the trillions, joker stein/economy a mess and continued job losses, new home sales down .6%;   foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009    ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...   ,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years    BUFFET: ECONOMY IN 'SHAMBLES'; NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY...       The Next Bubble Is Here. Have You Bought In?      foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 6-23-09, SECULAR BEAR MARKET SUCKERS RALLY INTACT TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [ Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)  ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., U.S. Home Prices Drop 6.8 Percent in April as Foreclosures Rise       foreclosure sales up 2.4%, prices down 17% year over year,    [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009      ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie.,  world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets , foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 6-22-09, ONLY MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY IN THIS SECULAR BEAR MARKET TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [  Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)   ] BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie.,  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years          [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         Stocks tumble on bleak outlook for world economy           U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better, market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009      ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., world economy to shrink by worse than previously predicted 2.9% and big difference between not getting worse and getting better,  leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets  Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years          [$$] Market Suffers Some Technical Damage         -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 


PREVIOUS 6-19-09, SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY  INTO THE CLOSE AS STOCKS END MIXED STILL IN DEFIANCE OF REALITY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie.,   U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets, foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 6-18-09, SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY  INTO THE CLOSE AS STOCKS END MIXED STILL IN DEFIANCE OF REALITY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie.,   U.S. regulators close their 40th bank of the year  ,   Next Major Move In Stock Market Will Be Down     market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. , foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  


PREVIOUS 6-18-09,  MORE TALK OF NEW REGULATORY SCHEME WHEN PROSECUTION AND DISGORGEMENT WOULD REALLY BLUNT INCENTIVE FOR WALL STREET FRAUDS PROSPECTIVELY, SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY  ON LEADING INDICATORS UP FAR MORE THAN EXPECTED … BULL S**T …BASED IN LARGE PART ON INFLATED STOCK PRICE COMPONENT … MORE BULL S**T … AS STOCKS END MIXED STILL IN DEFIANCE OF REALITY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., market got ahead of itself, stalled out, still depression/more job losses, higher oil-gas prices / higher interest rates / heavy debt to pare down is 1-3 year drag on economy, even if believed (I don’t) the labor dept. far better than expected job numbers by increased debt (spending) to produce same is not economically sound or sustainable, viz., record spending with record low revenues, rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009      ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., leading indicators up far more than expected … bull s**t …based in large part on inflated stock price component … more bull s**t … new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets     foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 6-17-09,  SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY INTO THE CLOSE AS STOCKS END MIXED IN DEFIANCE OF REALITY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., rating cuts for bank sector, analysts concur in significant 5-15% (reality says 15-25%) pullback/correction for stocks , institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009      Markets See a Breakdown in Technical Support Levels             Roubini: USA sees double-dip recession...     Dollar drops on reserve currency doubts      China sells US bonds to ’show concern’      BRICs May Buy Each Other’s Bonds in Shift From Dollar            China’s holding of US bonds drops first time in 11 months        Russia to Raise Reserve Currency Issue at BRIC              International Demand for Worthless U.S. Assets Slowed in April        IMF says worst not over        Senator cashed out during big stock collapse -- after meeting with Fed, Treasury chiefs!    America's AAA downgrade danger...        Treasury faces pressure on price of TARP exit      A depression so deep even teen shoppers scrimp      US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive         1st quarter wiped out $1.3 trillion for Americans     Get Ready for Inflation and Higher Interest Rates       Oil prices near $73 as energy rally continues      Fed Would Be Shut Down If It Were Audited        Fed says economy weak, but sees signs the slide increasing     Mounting deficits spark jitters about U.S. economy     Wall Street falls as realities dent recovery hopes     Bonds fall on worries about government's debt load (AP)      Oil prices strike new high for 2009 (AP)    The depression quietly deepens     CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT...          Oil hits 7-month high over $70... Yes, We’re STILL In a Depression      China Bank Wants U.S. Bonds Issued in Yuan       Fake government job loss report near 40% better than private forecasts…I don’t think so!…9.4% unemployment rate…try well over 10% and with stopped looking included over 20% , Jim Rogers CNBC - Jun 4th, 2009 - Currency Crisis Ahead   U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now            China explores buying $50bn in IMF bonds       US retailers report May sales declines    Tiny Tim says dollar assets safe...    Laughter from audience...      Why The Chinese Laughed At Geithner     ----- mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., new reform with same old frauds say increased capital requirements and oversight of the overseers/rating agencies (riiiiight!…same old,same old - already have but no will to enforce existing laws, etc.), analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Venture Capital Bubble Set to Burst, Kedrosky Says     Obama Plans to Cut Bank Regulators, Allow Fed to Supervise Financial Holding Companies – The old fox guarding the henhouse tricks     Federal Reserve unwisely to gain power under plan      Federal Reserve Foolishly To Be Given Sweeping New Powers        Yen Strengthens Most in Month as Asian Stocks Drop, Gold Gains        RUSSIA CHALLENGES WORTHLESS DOLLAR...    AIG says former top exec plundered retirement plan     [video] The Too-Big-to-Fail Problem [6.8 min] (at MarketWatch)     [$$] Too Big to Solve? (at The Wall Street Journal Online)          Buy and Hold Is Dead. Long Live Buy and Hold!     Financial Bailout Plan Keeps Zombie Banks Alive       Bernanke then as now in denial about looming crisis 2005-2007              Retail sales, drop in jobless claims to a very high even if believed 601,000 yielding record continuing claims of 6.8 million fuel hope…if you’re a dope     Lawmakers blast Fed, Treasury for BofA "threats"       Oil climbs over $73 on hopes for rising demand     U.S. Household Worth Fell by $1.3 Trillion in First Quarter       Predictions of $250 a barrel on oil        ECB Fears Reality of Banking Crisis in 2010: Report        Get Ready for Inflation and Higher Interest Rates      Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Now Has 209 Co-Sponsors        Russia May Swap Some U.S. Treasuries for IMF Debt        Fed report shows losses on Bear Stearns, AIG holdings      Congress subpoenas the Fed ... Finally! (AP)        Brazil in recession, recovery unlikely this year       What a “Jobless Recovery” Really Means: A Massive Redistribution of Wealth from the Little Guy to the Big Boys       Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead      America’s Fed Addiction        “87 Percent of [Chinese] Respondents Believe China’s u.s. Dollar-Assets are Unsafe”       Fed Said to Retreat From Seeking Power to Sell Its Own Debt/Bills       WIRE: Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead...  Long-Term Economic Memory Loss    Obama’s economic model versus reality     Reality bites Internet as 1Q ad sales fall 5 pct (AP)      CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT        government reports better than private estimates…riiiiight!  President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Warns of Oligarchy        U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now         Benefit spending soars to new high    $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 


PREVIOUS 6-16-09,  SECULAR BEAR MARKET AND ONLY MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., analysts concur in significant 5-15% pullback/correction for stocks, institutional selling,  industrial production/construction down 1.1%, housing starts allegedly up but if believed will only increase the plethora of unsold inventories, empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   ----- mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., Analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 


PREVIOUS 6-15-09,  SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY INTO THE CLOSE TO FINISH WELL OFF THE LOWS WITH MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., empire manufacturing index suffers unexpectedly severe decline…daaaah!, credit dard defaults at record high, analysts concur that fundamentals don’t support stock rally and that pac money(defacto bribes) might derail any meaningful reform/regulation which is of concern to the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted, record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s.,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., Analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS 6-11,12-09,  HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] ,  300 - 1,000+ % SWING TO THE UPSIDE INTO THE CLOSE IN THIS SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009     Treasury faces pressure on price of TARP exit      A depression so deep even teen shoppers scrimp      US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive         1st quarter wiped out $1.3 trillion for Americans     Get Ready for Inflation and Higher Interest Rates       Oil prices near $73 as energy rally continues      Fed Would Be Shut Down If It Were Audited        Fed says economy weak, but sees signs the slide increasing     Mounting deficits spark jitters about U.S. economy     Wall Street falls as realities dent recovery hopes     Bonds fall on worries about government's debt load (AP)      Oil prices strike new high for 2009 (AP)    The depression quietly deepens     CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT...          Oil hits 7-month high over $70... Yes, We’re STILL In a Depression      China Bank Wants U.S. Bonds Issued in Yuan       Fake government job loss report near 40% better than private forecasts…I don’t think so!…9.4% unemployment rate…try well over 10% and with stopped looking included over 20% , Jim Rogers CNBC - Jun 4th, 2009 - Currency Crisis Ahead   U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now            China explores buying $50bn in IMF bonds       US retailers report May sales declines    Tiny Tim says dollar assets safe...    Laughter from audience...      Why The Chinese Laughed At Geithner     ----- mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., Analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Venture Capital Bubble Set to Burst, Kedrosky Says       Buy and Hold Is Dead. Long Live Buy and Hold!     Financial Bailout Plan Keeps Zombie Banks Alive       Bernanke then as now in denial about looming crisis 2005-2007              Retail sales, drop in jobless claims to a very high even if believed 601,000 yielding record continuing claims of 6.8 million fuel hope…if you’re a dope     Lawmakers blast Fed, Treasury for BofA "threats"       Oil climbs over $73 on hopes for rising demand     U.S. Household Worth Fell by $1.3 Trillion in First Quarter       Predictions of $250 a barrel on oil        ECB Fears Reality of Banking Crisis in 2010: Report        Get Ready for Inflation and Higher Interest Rates      Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Now Has 209 Co-Sponsors        Russia May Swap Some U.S. Treasuries for IMF Debt        Fed report shows losses on Bear Stearns, AIG holdings      Congress subpoenas the Fed ... Finally! (AP)        Brazil in recession, recovery unlikely this year       What a “Jobless Recovery” Really Means: A Massive Redistribution of Wealth from the Little Guy to the Big Boys       Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead      America’s Fed Addiction        “87 Percent of [Chinese] Respondents Believe China’s u.s. Dollar-Assets are Unsafe”       Fed Said to Retreat From Seeking Power to Sell Its Own Debt/Bills       WIRE: Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead...  Long-Term Economic Memory Loss    Obama’s economic model versus reality     Reality bites Internet as 1Q ad sales fall 5 pct (AP)      CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT        government reports better than private estimates…riiiiight!  President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Warns of Oligarchy        U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now         Benefit spending soars to new high    $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

PREVIOUS 6-10-09,  MODEST LOSSES WITH SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY INTO THE CLOSE TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie.,  budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Jim Rogers: “The Worst is Not Over” 6/9/2009      Fed Would Be Shut Down If It Were Audited        Fed says economy weak, but sees signs the slide increasing     Mounting deficits spark jitters about U.S. economy     Wall Street falls as realities dent recovery hopes     Bonds fall on worries about government's debt load (AP)      Oil prices strike new high for 2009 (AP)    The depression quietly deepens     CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT...          Oil hits 7-month high over $70... Yes, We’re STILL In a Depression      China Bank Wants U.S. Bonds Issued in Yuan       Fake government job loss report near 40% better than private forecasts…I don’t think so!…9.4% unemployment rate…try well over 10% and with stopped looking included over 20% , Jim Rogers CNBC - Jun 4th, 2009 - Currency Crisis Ahead   U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now            China explores buying $50bn in IMF bonds       US retailers report May sales declines    Tiny Tim says dollar assets safe...    Laughter from audience...      Why The Chinese Laughed At Geithner     ----- mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., Analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Get Ready for Inflation and Higher Interest Rates      Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Now Has 209 Co-Sponsors        Russia May Swap Some U.S. Treasuries for IMF Debt        Fed report shows losses on Bear Stearns, AIG holdings      Congress subpoenas the Fed ... Finally! (AP)        Brazil in recession, recovery unlikely this year       What a “Jobless Recovery” Really Means: A Massive Redistribution of Wealth from the Little Guy to the Big Boys       Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead      America’s Fed Addiction        “87 Percent of [Chinese] Respondents Believe China’s u.s. Dollar-Assets are Unsafe”       Fed Said to Retreat From Seeking Power to Sell Its Own Debt/Bills       WIRE: Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead...  Long-Term Economic Memory Loss    Obama’s economic model versus reality     Reality bites Internet as 1Q ad sales fall 5 pct (AP)      CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT        government reports better than private estimates…riiiiight!  President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Warns of Oligarchy        U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now         Benefit spending soars to new high    $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

PREVIOUS 6-8,9-09,  INFLATIONARY DEPRESSION IS THE CALL EVEN AS SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY CONTINUES TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie.,  Analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets The depression quietly deepens     CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT...          Oil hits 7-month high over $70... Yes, We’re STILL In a Depression      China Bank Wants U.S. Bonds Issued in Yuan       Fake government job loss report near 40% better than private forecasts…I don’t think so!…9.4% unemployment rate…try well over 10% and with stopped looking included over 20% , Jim Rogers CNBC - Jun 4th, 2009 - Currency Crisis Ahead   U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now            China explores buying $50bn in IMF bonds       US retailers report May sales declines    Tiny Tim says dollar assets safe...    Laughter from audience...      Why The Chinese Laughed At Geithner     ----- mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., Analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   Congress subpoenas the Fed ... Finally! (AP)        Brazil in recession, recovery unlikely this year       What a “Jobless Recovery” Really Means: A Massive Redistribution of Wealth from the Little Guy to the Big Boys       Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead      America’s Fed Addiction        “87 Percent of [Chinese] Respondents Believe China’s u.s. Dollar-Assets are Unsafe”       Fed Said to Retreat From Seeking Power to Sell Its Own Debt/Bills       WIRE: Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead...  Long-Term Economic Memory Loss    Obama’s economic model versus reality     Reality bites Internet as 1Q ad sales fall 5 pct (AP)      CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT        government reports better than private estimates…riiiiight!  President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Warns of Oligarchy        U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now         Benefit spending soars to new high    $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

PREVIOUS 6-5-09,  SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY INTO THE CLOSE TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., Yes, We’re STILL In a Depression      China Bank Wants U.S. Bonds Issued in Yuan       Fake government job loss report near 40% better than private forecasts…I don’t think so!…9.4% unemployment rate…try well over 10% and with stopped looking included over 20% , Jim Rogers CNBC - Jun 4th, 2009 - Currency Crisis Ahead   U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now            China explores buying $50bn in IMF bonds       US retailers report May sales declines    Tiny Tim says dollar assets safe...    Laughter from audience...      Why The Chinese Laughed At Geithner     ----- mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie.,  Long-Term Economic Memory Loss    Obama’s economic model versus reality     Reality bites Internet as 1Q ad sales fall 5 pct (AP)      CHINA AIRS FEARS ON DOLLAR, DEBT        government reports better than private estimates…riiiiight!  President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Warns of Oligarchy        U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now         Benefit spending soars to new high    $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

PREVIOUS 6-5-09,  FAKE GOVERNMENT JOBS REPORT FUELS SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., Fake government job loss report near 40% better than private forecasts…I don’t think so!…9.4% unemployment rate…try well over 10% and with stopped looking included over 20% , Jim Rogers CNBC - Jun 4th, 2009 - Currency Crisis Ahead   U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now            China explores buying $50bn in IMF bonds       US retailers report May sales declines    Tiny Tim says dollar assets safe...    Laughter from audience...      Why The Chinese Laughed At Geithner     ----- mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., government reports better than private estimates…riiiiight!  President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Warns of Oligarchy        U.S. unemployment hits record but job losses slow if you foolishly believe fake government reports near 40% better than private estimates - I don’t think so! …now         Benefit spending soars to new high    $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 


PREVIOUS 6-4-09,  SHORT-COVERING/SUCKERS RALLY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., US retailers report May sales declines    Tiny Tim says dollar assets safe...    Laughter from audience...      Why The Chinese Laughed At Geithner     ----- mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., government reports slightly better than private estimates…riiiiight!  Benefit spending soars to new high    $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 


PREVIOUS 6-3-09,  ONLY MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY WITH PROGRAMMED SHORT-COVERING/SUCKERS RALLY INTO THE CLOSE TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., mortgage apps. down, service sector job losses/factory orders worse than expected, new record continuing unemployment claims, bernanke spend more money you don’t have but cut debilitating deficit…riiiiight…sounds like a plan with more job losses to come, etc., Economic data disappoint, indicate slow recovery     Worse-than-expected economic data thwarts rally      Jobless rates in U.S. cities zoom higher in April      Sector Snap: Homebuilders tumble (AP)       As the Dollar Falls Off the Cliff …    Bernanke warns on deficits as Treasury rates rise   -----        GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         The Big Collapse Is Very Near    Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternative     Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., $100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill        Economic recovery is wishful thinking          Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls      OPEC: OIL COULD REACH $90...        -----     Existing home foreclosure sales up, and no profit discount car sales better than expected     Diluting like crazy through new stock bubble issues       Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 


PREVIOUS 6-1-09,  MORE CAN’T BE SAID, SO PREPOSTEROUS WAS THIS TYPICALLY FAKE BETTER THAN EXPECTED (RIIIIIGHT!) COMMERCE DEPARTMENT DATA SUCKERS’ RALLY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie.,  GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie.,   Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Most U.S. retailers likely saw sales fall in May     GM files for bankruptcy, urges quick action    GM: A Mighty Icon Files for Bankruptcy      Dow gets shake-up as GM, Citi kicked out of average       GM removed from S&P 500 index (AP)      Stocks Will Fall 37% and Gold Will Rally %       Even in Crisis, Banks Dig In for Fight Against Rules New York Times | The nine biggest participants in the derivatives market — including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Bank of America — created a lobbying organization, the CDS Dealers Consortium, a month after five of its members accepted federal bailout money.     Zoellick Warns Stimulus ‘Sugar High’ Won’t Stem Unemployment Bloomberg | World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned policy makers that fiscal-stimulus plans are insufficient to turn around the “real economy”         

 

ANALYST FORECASTS: BULLS AND BEARS    By Richard Shaw    [there were 3 bull forecasts which are bull s**t and not included in the following excerpt to preclude fraud and conserve space; even the neutrals are a stretch]
…..BEAR - May 30: Morgan Stanley equity analyst Jason Todd says sell this S&P 500 rally. He says Morgan Stanley does not see large upside above 825-850. He said, “In the rush to buy a cyclical recovery, it seems earnings or valuation no longer matters. We would be comfortable with this view if the earnings trough was closer, but it is not.”

BEAR - MAY 28: Berkshire Hathaway possible successor to Warren Buffet, David Sokol, says they see no evidence of the green shoots that been a stimulus to the stock market. He sees the most significant headwinds to the electric utility industry in his 30 years, and see continuing housing industry problems.

BEAR?/BULL? - May 28: PIMCO co-CEO Bill Gross (manager of world’s largest bond fund) portrays “new normal” including accelerating inflation toward the latter part of a three- to five-year cycle, and the need to reexamine accepted notions about investing. He said stocks have not and will not always outperform bonds, and having 60% to 80% of portfolio assets in stocks may not always make sense. He believes the dollar will lose its status as the reserve currency; Brazil, India and China (forget Russia) will offer the best growth. The U.S. government will be selling trillions in Treasuries; the US savings rate may rise significantly, and the consumer economy may be shrinking long term due to the aging of the population.

BULL?/BEAR? - May 28: GMO CEO Jeremy Grantham predicts higher US savings and lower consumption with many postponed retirements. He sees some reasonable values within the stock market now and sees the third year of the presidential cycle (2011) as the most promising. He is not certain that a robust rally will continune. Like John Bogle, he believes in the principle of having your age as the percentage of bonds in your portfolio. He expects a bubble in emerging market stocks to develop.

BEAR - MAY 26: Comstock Partners portfolio managers Charlie Minter and Marty Weiner, say P/E’s on “as reported earnings” are too high in consideration of the long-term trend in earnings (now in down phase). “Over the past 75 years, most market peaks topped at around 20 times reported earnings, and the troughs occurred at around 10 times earnings. The financial mania of the late 1990s pushed P/Es to over 40 times reported earnings, and the following bust never brought P/Es below 18 times reported earnings. … Going back to 1950, every instance where actual earnings rose above trend-line earnings was followed by a period where actual earnings went well below trend-line earnings. Comstock Partners believes that we have entered such a period now, and that the market is trading at such a high multiple of trend-line earnings that it will be difficult to make money.”

BEAR - May 19: Gluskin Sheff analyst David Rosenberg (formerly of Merill Lynch) says this rally is a sucker’s rally based on short covering. “The FTSE All-World market P/E ratio on forward earnings estimates is now around 15x, well above pre-Lehman collapse levels and nearly double the lows for the cycle … this was a rally built largely on short covering, pension fund rebalancing and the emergence of hope wrapped up in ‘green shoot’ data points. … On average, the S&P 500 undergoes a correction of more than 20% … at a minimum, take profits”

NEUTRAL (BEAR?) - May 11: Baring Asset Management portfolio manager Hayes Miller says “Estimates suggest there isn’t that much further to run because equities are fairly valued … Earnings growth for 2009 and 2010 can’t support prices too much higher than where we are today.”

BEAR - May 11: HSBC Global Asset Management chief investment officer Leon Goldfeld, chief investment officer at HSBC Global Asset Management said it’s “hard to see” enough profit growth to justify higher stock prices. The firm’s strategy will be to reduce its holdings of equities and move into bonds and cash, he said.Bloomberg TV on June 1, said HSBC forecasts 900 as the year-end price for the S&P 500 index.

NEUTRAL - May 11: Bloomberg compilation of analyst forecasts of 2009 earnings for the S&P 500 is at $57.17 (not stated whether “as reported” or “operating”). As of June 1, that puts the S&P at about 16.5 times forecasted earnings. Yale economist Robert Schiller said the historic average is a multiple of about 16.3. [we note that we are not in an average situation or stage of a market, however].

BEAR - May 11: Bank of America CIO for private wealth management expects a 10% correction. He said, “We’re going to be in a very volatile, chop-and-grind type of market. We’ve been shown that there is a small light at the end of the tunnel, it’s dim but getting brighter, and that’s why stock prices have come this far this fast. Now, it’s all about ‘show me.’”

BEAR?/ BULL? - May Letter: PIMCO co-CEO Bill Gross wrote: “Do not be deceived by the euphoric sightings of “green shoots” and the claims for new bull markets in a multitude of asset classes. Stable and secure income is still the order of the day. Shaking hands with the new government is still the prescribed strategy, although it should be done at a senior level of the balance sheet. If the government indeed becomes your investment partner, you should keep the big Uncle in clear sight and without back turned. Risk will not likely be rewarded until the global economy stabilizes and the Obama rules of order are more clearly defined.”

BEAR - April 17: Barclay’s analyst Barry Knapp forecasts S&P 500 at 757 by year-end 2009. He said, “The equity market has priced this recovery and then some. It looks pretty expensive to us.”

PROGRAMMED TRADES/SUCKERS’ HIGH OIL/LOW DOLLAR (RIIIIIGHT!) RALLY INTO THE CLOSE TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON BAD NEWS ( ie.,  GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie.,   Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!   

PREVIOUS 5-29-09, PROGRAMMED TRADES/SUCKERS’ HIGH OIL/LOW DOLLAR (RIIIIIGHT!) RALLY INTO THE CLOSE TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON BAD NEWS ( ie.,  GOV'T OWES RECORD $63.8 TRILLION...         Dollar Falls Most In A Month Since 1985    Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink        Gold jumps above $970/oz as dollar weakens          Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie.,   Market Manipulation/Fraud: How Financial Markets Really Work         Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!   

PREVIOUS 5-28-09, SUCKERS’ RALLY INTO THE CLOSE TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON BAD NEWS ( ie., Double-Dip Depression  , New Record Continuing Unemployment Claims,    Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off      Obama continuing Bush’s assault on the middle class       Government will now own 72.5% of 'New GM'...         Roubini: U.S. economy to  dip again next year...         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down  ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Foreclosure woes mount for those with good credit      Fed Finds a Way to Use Stress Tests to Screw Bank Shareholders One More Time (at Seeking Alpha)      Time Warner to spin off AOL, ending ill-fated deal      [$$] Listen, But Don't Get Suckered      Faber: Inflation to 'Approach Zimbabwe Level'...    U.S. Weighs Single Agency to Regulate Banking Industry Yet Ignores Existing Laws, Prosecution, and Disgorgement in this Huge Fraud…Why   

PREVIOUS 5-27-09, MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED BASED ON BAD NEWS ( ie., Double-Dip Depression      Marc Faber: “I Am 100% Sure that the U.S. Will Go Into Hyperinflation”         Why We'll  See Another Serious Equities Sell-Off         Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,    $80+ oil coming this year    Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   Britain's Debt Outlook Gets Bleaker: Same Implications for the U.S…how could anyone be surprised about that?              Regulators shut 2 more, 35 and 36, failed banks this year in Illinois (AP)     GM borrows $4 billion more, prepares for bankruptcy    Job losses up in 44 states as recession drags on        Florida's BankUnited fails, will cost FDIC $4.9B (AP)     Regulators seize 34th bank failure of year Florida's BankUnited FSB (AP)      ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., Economist Warns Fed Will Bring About Zimbabwe Style Hyperinflation     The $4 trillion housing headache (at Fortune)  foreclosure sales up, prices down    Treasury Selloff Spiking Interest Rates      GM bankruptcy seen near          GM all but certain to file for Chapter 11    US Government to Take Up 70% Stake in GM          FDIC Fund Running Dry  Yahoo Finance | As the FDIC has had to step in to take over more and more insolvent banks, the fund has dwindled to dangerously low levels. At the same time, the number of problem banks continues to grow at a rapid pace.     IRS tax revenue falls along with taxpayers’ income USA Today | Federal tax revenue plunged $138 billion, or 34%, in April vs. a year ago — the biggest April drop since 1981. ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through  Wall Street sags on oil; S&P ends worst week in 2 months     Following Chrysler, GM slashing U.S. dealers      SEC lawyers probed for insider trading      GM, Chrysler to drop 1,900 dealers by end of 2010      The Financial Storm      Obama Says U.S. Long-Term Debt Load ‘Unsustainable’       “The Worst Is Yet to Come”          China’s yuan ’set to usurp US dollar’ as world’s reserve currency       Former Treasury Official who Devised Formula for Rate-Setting Based on Outlook for Inflation and Growth Warns that Inflation Looms, Slams Fed Policy    Dr. Doom: Capitalism Could Fail Like Communism         New York Fed: Most Powerful Financial Institution You’ve Never Heard Of along with the missing $4 trillion you’ve never heard of          Home Prices Drop Most on Record...       Federal Hiring Frenzy......average pay $75,419       A Coming Flood of Equity Issuance, aka The Dilution Solution      Fed cut banks' deficits after negotiations: sounds like a plan…riiiiight!…report          Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Are stocks a loser's bet?YES!     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-26-09, suckers’ rally to keep suckers suckered based on bad news ( ie.,   Case-Shillers index shows new record decline in real estate prices,        Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars          Waterboard the Fed      Obama: We Are Broke. Well, Duh!            Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   Britain's Debt Outlook Gets Bleaker: Same Implications for the U.S…how could anyone be surprised about that?              Regulators shut 2 more, 35 and 36, failed banks this year in Illinois (AP)     GM borrows $4 billion more, prepares for bankruptcy    Job losses up in 44 states as recession drags on        Florida's BankUnited fails, will cost FDIC $4.9B (AP)     Regulators seize 34th bank failure of year Florida's BankUnited FSB (AP)      ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) and bull s**t alone (ie.,  fake consumer confidence reading 30+% better than private estimate sucker-rallies stocks ,   Current Recession Is Tracking the 1930s Bear Market   ,  Another Bottom for Stocks Coming: Rogers (at CNBC)   ,  The Sleepwalkers' Rally         ,  Rogers Echoes Warning Of “Sucker’s Rally” , don’t forget that the suckers rally stock prices accounted for the very modest but ephemeral uptick in leading indicators        Dallas Federal Reserve: Unfunded Pension and Health-Care Liabilities Exceeds $99 Trillion Dollars    )  , ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-22-09, only very modest losses relative to reality based on bad news ( ie.,  Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro   Britain's Debt Outlook Gets Bleaker: Same Implications for the U.S…how could anyone be surprised about that?              Regulators shut 2 more, 35 and 36, failed banks this year in Illinois (AP)     GM borrows $4 billion more, prepares for bankruptcy    Job losses up in 44 states as recession drags on        Florida's BankUnited fails, will cost FDIC $4.9B (AP)     Regulators seize 34th bank failure of year Florida's BankUnited FSB (AP)      ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) and bull s**t alone (Current Recession Is Tracking the 1930s Bear Market   ,  Another Bottom for Stocks Coming: Rogers (at CNBC)   ,  The Sleepwalkers' Rally         ,  Rogers Echoes Warning Of “Sucker’s Rally” , don’t forget that the suckers rally stock prices accounted for the very modest but ephemeral uptick in leading indicators   )  , ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Regulators shut 2 more, 35 and 36, failed banks this year in Illinois (AP)     GM borrows $4 billion more, prepares for bankruptcy    Job losses up in 44 states as recession drags on        Bill to Audit Fed Wisely Gains Serious Momentum       U.S. to Steer GM Toward Bankruptcy       Gold tops $960 for first time in two months as dollar weakens      South Afica gold coin demand hits all time high     Peter Schiff called “Extremist” by Time Magazine      Geithner Vows to Cut U.S. Deficit on Rating Concern…riiiiight!…con     Gold Poised for Third Weekly Gain as Dollar Slumps Against Euro      SEC lawyers probed for insider trading      GM, Chrysler to drop 1,900 dealers by end of 2010      The Financial Storm      Obama Says U.S. Long-Term Debt Load ‘Unsustainable’       “The Worst Is Yet to Come”          China’s yuan ’set to usurp US dollar’ as world’s reserve currency       Former Treasury Official who Devised Formula for Rate-Setting Based on Outlook for Inflation and Growth Warns that Inflation Looms, Slams Fed Policy    Dr. Doom: Capitalism Could Fail Like Communism         New York Fed: Most Powerful Financial Institution You’ve Never Heard Of along with the missing $4 trillion you’ve never heard of          Home Prices Drop Most on Record...       Federal Hiring Frenzy......average pay $75,419       A Coming Flood of Equity Issuance, aka The Dilution Solution      Fed cut banks' deficits after negotiations: sounds like a plan…riiiiight!…report          Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Are stocks a loser's bet?YES!     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-21-09, only modest losses relative to reality as rally into the close keeps suckers suckered based on bad news ( ie.,  Russia Rationally Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro     Florida's BankUnited fails, will cost FDIC $4.9B (AP)     Regulators seize 34th bank failure of year Florida's BankUnited FSB (AP)      ,    new record for continuing unemployment claims, fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) and bull s**t alone (Current Recession Is Tracking the 1930s Bear Market   ,  Another Bottom for Stocks Coming: Rogers (at CNBC)   ,  The Sleepwalkers' Rally         ,  Rogers Echoes Warning Of “Sucker’s Rally” , don’t forget that the suckers rally stock prices accounted for the very modest but ephemeral uptick in leading indicators   )  , ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Britain's Debt Outlook Gets Bleaker: Same Implications for the U.S…how could anyone be surprised about that?       GMAC receives $7.5 billion in new Treasury aid (AP)     Dollar hits '09 low on rating fears; stocks dip (Reuters)     U.K. to Lose AAA Rating at S&P as Finances Weaken      U.S. Stocks Decline on Jobless Claims, greenspan, who helped create the debacle and should thereby know, Warning      Gold May Test $1,200      (5-20)  The Weimar Hyperinflation is Happening Again! With fed printing/creating like mad, what did they expect?     Rogers Echoes Warning Of “Sucker’s Rally”      Green Shoots: Too Small, Too Far Apart       The Sleepwalkers' Rally       Former head of pension agency takes the Fifth (AP)      Global stocks slip, dollar tumbles after downbeat Fed     Depression hits already defacto bankrupt Social Security hard     Gold purchases up 36% as investors look to preserve wealth      China Gold Reserves May Back Yuan Internationalization-Report     22 reasons why OBAMA will raise your taxes Federal debt is now $11.5 trillion. Add $1.4 trillion this year. That’s almost 100% of GDP.            (5-19)   Deficit surges at agency that insures pensions (AP)       China and Brazil Plan to Dump Dollar          HP's profit drops, more layoffs looming        Japan logs record GDP drop      Senator: More oversight needed at insolvent pension agency (AP)     Inflating Our Way Out of This Mess? Why This Won't Work        Japan's economy in record plunge      Jim Rogers: Obama will Devastate the Economy        This Economy Ain't Healed Yet (at Seeking Alpha)         (5-18) Suckers’ rally (The Suckers Rally, Japan Style   …high oil price rally…riiiiight! )  Bilderberg 2009 Attendee List (revised)            Meanwhile: The Bilderbergers are advancing in Norway  [ I realize that jones (who parenthetically it should be noted, hypocritically censored my comments) et als really overdoes this group’s (among others) effect on the u.s. , state of the world, etc.; truth be told, this group like most of the interest/pressure groups including the masses, in the u.s., etc., are no more than a just a bunch of f**k-ups/vegetables who like the aforementioned multitudes have really ‘mucked things up’ (for lack of a more precise yet concise term) on this planet, probably irrevocably, and like the many home-grown f**k-ups/vegetables, and in america particularly criminals, jones refuses to acknowledge as culpable for the many reasons he refuses to see, are but rather typically incompetent players contributing in there own very special eccentric, neurotic, sick, venal, corrupt, etc., way to this collective and cumulative result being this ever deflating (declining) ball of chaos /confusion /criminality called earth (there are exceptions to the foregoing, but in america, the same would be 5% or less) ].       Economy limiting services of local police        Madoff Investors Probed by U.S. Prosecutors yet still not even one prosecution of the perpetrators of the largest scam/fraud in history foisted off on/funded by taxpayers        Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-20-09, only modest losses relative to reality based on bad news ( ie., fed downgrades outlook that previously provided b.s. for suckers’ rally, record low for new housing starts, etc.) and bull s**t alone (Current Recession Is Tracking the 1930s Bear Market   ,  Another Bottom for Stocks Coming: Rogers (at CNBC)   ,  The Sleepwalkers' Rally         ,  Rogers Echoes Warning Of “Sucker’s Rally”    )  , ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!   The Weimar Hyperinflation is Happening Again! With fed printing/creating like mad, what did they expect?     Rogers Echoes Warning Of “Sucker’s Rally”      Green Shoots: Too Small, Too Far Apart       The Sleepwalkers' Rally       Former head of pension agency takes the Fifth (AP)      Global stocks slip, dollar tumbles after downbeat Fed     Depression hits already defacto bankrupt Social Security hard     Gold purchases up 36% as investors look to preserve wealth      China Gold Reserves May Back Yuan Internationalization-Report     22 reasons why OBAMA will raise your taxes Federal debt is now $11.5 trillion. Add $1.4 trillion this year. That’s almost 100% of GDP.            (5-19)   Deficit surges at agency that insures pensions (AP)       China and Brazil Plan to Dump Dollar          HP's profit drops, more layoffs looming        Japan logs record GDP drop      Senator: More oversight needed at insolvent pension agency (AP)     Inflating Our Way Out of This Mess? Why This Won't Work        Japan's economy in record plunge      Jim Rogers: Obama will Devastate the Economy        This Economy Ain't Healed Yet (at Seeking Alpha)         (5-18) Suckers’ rally (The Suckers Rally, Japan Style   …high oil price rally…riiiiight! )  Bilderberg 2009 Attendee List (revised)            Meanwhile: The Bilderbergers are advancing in Norway  [ I realize that jones (who parenthetically it should be noted, hypocritically censored my comments) et als really overdoes this group’s (among others) effect on the u.s. , state of the world, etc.; truth be told, this group like most of the interest/pressure groups including the masses, in the u.s., etc., are no more than a just a bunch of f**k-ups/vegetables who like the aforementioned multitudes have really ‘mucked things up’ (for lack of a more precise yet concise term) on this planet, probably irrevocably, and like the many home-grown f**k-ups/vegetables, and in america particularly criminals, jones refuses to acknowledge as culpable for the many reasons he refuses to see, are but rather typically incompetent players contributing in there own very special eccentric, neurotic, sick, venal, corrupt, etc., way to this collective and cumulative result being this ever deflating (declining) ball of chaos /confusion /criminality called earth (there are exceptions to the foregoing, but in america, the same would be 5% or less) ].       Economy limiting services of local police        Madoff Investors Probed by U.S. Prosecutors yet still not even one prosecution of the perpetrators of the largest scam/fraud in history foisted off on/funded by taxpayers        Rep. Paul’s bill to audit Federal Reserve nets 165 co-sponsors is the first of what should be many necessary wise moves     American Capitalism Gone With a Whimper    The Shrinking American Consumer       The Suckers Rally, Japan Style        Gold likely to test $950 level this week      Blue collar males lose more ground; unemployment rate surges past national average...         

PREVIOUS 5-19-09, only modest losses relative to reality based on bad news ( ie., record low for new housing starts, etc.) and bull s**t alone (Current Recession Is Tracking the 1930s Bear Market   ,  Another Bottom for Stocks Coming: Rogers (at CNBC)       )  , ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Deficit surges at agency that insures pensions (AP)       China and Brazil Plan to Dump Dollar          HP's profit drops, more layoffs looming        Japan logs record GDP drop      Senator: More oversight needed at insolvent pension agency (AP)     Inflating Our Way Out of This Mess? Why This Won't Work        Japan's economy in record plunge      Jim Rogers: Obama will Devastate the Economy        This Economy Ain't Healed Yet (at Seeking Alpha)         (5-18) Suckers’ rally (The Suckers Rally, Japan Style   …high oil price rally…riiiiight! )  Bilderberg 2009 Attendee List (revised)            Meanwhile: The Bilderbergers are advancing in Norway  [ I realize that jones (who parenthetically it should be noted, hypocritically censored my comments) et als really overdoes this group’s (among others) effect on the u.s. , state of the world, etc.; truth be told, this group like most of the interest/pressure groups including the masses, in the u.s., etc., are no more than a just a bunch of f**k-ups/vegetables who like the aforementioned multitudes have really ‘mucked things up’ (for lack of a more precise yet concise term) on this planet, probably irrevocably, and like the many home-grown f**k-ups/vegetables, and in america particularly criminals, jones refuses to acknowledge as culpable for the many reasons he refuses to see, are but rather typically incompetent players contributing in there own very special eccentric, neurotic, sick, venal, corrupt, etc., way to this collective and cumulative result being this ever deflating (declining) ball of chaos /confusion /criminality called earth (there are exceptions to the foregoing, but in america, the same would be 5% or less) ].       Economy limiting services of local police        Madoff Investors Probed by U.S. Prosecutors yet still not even one prosecution of the perpetrators of the largest scam/fraud in history foisted off on/funded by taxpayers        Rep. Paul’s bill to audit Federal Reserve nets 165 co-sponsors is the first of what should be many necessary wise moves     American Capitalism Gone With a Whimper    The Shrinking American Consumer       The Suckers Rally, Japan Style        Gold likely to test $950 level this week      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-18-09, suckers’ rally (The Suckers Rally, Japan Style   …high oil price rally…riiiiight! )  accelerates into the close based on bad news and bull s**t alone (Current Recession Is Tracking the 1930s Bear Market  )  , ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  American Capitalism Gone With a Whimper    The Shrinking American Consumer       The Suckers Rally, Japan Style        Bilderberg 2009 Attendee List (revised)            Meanwhile: The Bilderbergers are advancing in Norway  [ I realize that jones (who parenthetically it should be noted, hypocritically censored my comments) et als really overdoes this group’s (among others) effect on the u.s. , state of the world, etc.; truth be told, this group like most of the interest/pressure groups including the masses, in the u.s., etc., are no more than a just a bunch of f**k-ups/vegetables who like the aforementioned multitudes have really ‘mucked things up’ (for lack of a more precise yet concise term) on this planet, probably irrevocably, and like the many home-grown f**k-ups/vegetables, and in america particularly criminals, jones refuses to acknowledge as culpable for the many reasons he refuses to see, are but rather typically incompetent players contributing in there own very special eccentric, neurotic, sick, venal, corrupt, etc., way to this collective and cumulative result being this ever deflating (declining) ball of chaos /confusion /criminality called earth (there are exceptions to the foregoing, but in america, the same would be 5% or less) ].       Economy limiting services of local police        Madoff Investors Probed by U.S. Prosecutors yet still not even one prosecution of the perpetrators of the largest scam/fraud in history foisted off on/funded by taxpayers      Rep. Paul’s bill to audit Federal Reserve nets 165 co-sponsors is the first of what should be many necessary wise moves        Gold likely to test $950 level this week      Blue collar males lose more ground; unemployment rate surges past national average...         (5-15)Highest credit card default rates in 26 years at 10+%, the real economy in terms of unemployment, income, and debt far worse than their rosy ‘green shoots’ scenario to help froth the market. Wall Street sags on oil; S&P ends worst week in 2 months     Following Chrysler, GM slashing U.S. dealers   “The Worst Is Yet to Come”  Yahoo Finance | “If the consumer isn’t petrified, he or she is a damn fool.”       (5-14)All news worse than expected, ie., weekly job losses higher than expected 637,000, wholesale inflation rate .3%,   BEAR ALARM      US ’sham’ bank bail-outs enrich speculators  ,  The Secrets of the Federal Reserve  Bob Chapman | A manmade disaster created by the Federal Reserve, banking and Wall Street, and these are the same corrupt group who our government has chosen to rectify the problem.  The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable    etc.,  It’s worth noting in a Wall Street Journal editorial hedge fund manager Andy Kessler said in no uncertain terms, “this sure smells to me a suckers rally,” largely because “there aren't sustainable, fundamental reasons for the market's continued rise.”     I’m skeptical about this rally, reveals analyst Guy Adami.      Wall Street sags on oil; S&P ends worst week in 2 months     Following Chrysler, GM slashing U.S. dealers      SEC lawyers probed for insider trading      GM, Chrysler to drop 1,900 dealers by end of 2010      The Financial Storm      Obama Says U.S. Long-Term Debt Load ‘Unsustainable’       “The Worst Is Yet to Come”          China’s yuan ’set to usurp US dollar’ as world’s reserve currency       Former Treasury Official who Devised Formula for Rate-Setting Based on Outlook for Inflation and Growth Warns that Inflation Looms, Slams Fed Policy    Dr. Doom: Capitalism Could Fail Like Communism         New York Fed: Most Powerful Financial Institution You’ve Never Heard Of along with the missing $4 trillion you’ve never heard of          Home Prices Drop Most on Record...       Federal Hiring Frenzy......average pay $75,419       A Coming Flood of Equity Issuance, aka The Dilution Solution      Fed cut banks' deficits after negotiations: sounds like a plan…riiiiight!…report          Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Are stocks a loser's bet?YES!     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-15-09,  only modest losses relative to reality as this suckers’ rally has been based on bad news and bull s**t alone, ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! Highest credit card default rates in 26 years at 10+%, the real economy in terms of unemployment, income, and debt far worse than their rosy ‘green shoots’ scenario to help froth the market. Wall Street sags on oil; S&P ends worst week in 2 months     Following Chrysler, GM slashing U.S. dealers   “The Worst Is Yet to Come”  Yahoo Finance | “If the consumer isn’t petrified, he or she is a damn fool.”       (5-14)All news worse than expected, ie., weekly job losses higher than expected 637,000, wholesale inflation rate .3%,   BEAR ALARM      US ’sham’ bank bail-outs enrich speculators  ,  The Secrets of the Federal Reserve  Bob Chapman | A manmade disaster created by the Federal Reserve, banking and Wall Street, and these are the same corrupt group who our government has chosen to rectify the problem.  The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable    etc.,  It’s worth noting in a Wall Street Journal editorial hedge fund manager Andy Kessler said in no uncertain terms, “this sure smells to me a suckers rally,” largely because “there aren't sustainable, fundamental reasons for the market's continued rise.”     I’m skeptical about this rally, reveals analyst Guy Adami.    U.S. Economy: Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall for Second Month    GM, Chrysler to cut up to 3,000 dealers: sources (Reuters)       U.S. Foreclosure Filings Hit Record for Second Straight Month        Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve?             Unemployment up to 8.9%, The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable , etc..  America is broke. How broke?   NSN Money | Government obligations for Social Security and Medicare may soon exceed the combined net worth of every household and nonprofit organization in the country. "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through  Wall Street sags on oil; S&P ends worst week in 2 months     Following Chrysler, GM slashing U.S. dealers      SEC lawyers probed for insider trading      GM, Chrysler to drop 1,900 dealers by end of 2010      The Financial Storm      Obama Says U.S. Long-Term Debt Load ‘Unsustainable’       “The Worst Is Yet to Come”          China’s yuan ’set to usurp US dollar’ as world’s reserve currency       Former Treasury Official who Devised Formula for Rate-Setting Based on Outlook for Inflation and Growth Warns that Inflation Looms, Slams Fed Policy    Dr. Doom: Capitalism Could Fail Like Communism         New York Fed: Most Powerful Financial Institution You’ve Never Heard Of along with the missing $4 trillion you’ve never heard of          Home Prices Drop Most on Record...       Federal Hiring Frenzy......average pay $75,419       A Coming Flood of Equity Issuance, aka The Dilution Solution      Fed cut banks' deficits after negotiations: sounds like a plan…riiiiight!…report          Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Are stocks a loser's bet?YES!     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-14-09,  suckers’ rally has been based on bad news and bull s**t alone, ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! Highest credit card default rates in 26 years at 10+%, the real economy in terms of unemployment, income, and debt far worse than their rosy ‘green shoots’ scenario to help froth the market. Wall Street sags on oil; S&P ends worst week in 2 months     Following Chrysler, GM slashing U.S. dealers   “The Worst Is Yet to Come”  Yahoo Finance | “If the consumer isn’t petrified, he or she is a damn fool.”  (5-14)All news worse than expected, ie., weekly job losses higher than expected 637,000, wholesale inflation rate .3%,   BEAR ALARM      US ’sham’ bank bail-outs enrich speculators  ,  The Secrets of the Federal Reserve  Bob Chapman | A manmade disaster created by the Federal Reserve, banking and Wall Street, and these are the same corrupt group who our government has chosen to rectify the problem.  The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable    etc.,  It’s worth noting in a Wall Street Journal editorial hedge fund manager Andy Kessler said in no uncertain terms, “this sure smells to me a suckers rally,” largely because “there aren't sustainable, fundamental reasons for the market's continued rise.”     I’m skeptical about this rally, reveals analyst Guy Adami.    U.S. Economy: Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall for Second Month    GM, Chrysler to cut up to 3,000 dealers: sources (Reuters)       U.S. Foreclosure Filings Hit Record for Second Straight Month        Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve?             Unemployment up to 8.9%, The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable , etc..  America is broke. How broke?   NSN Money | Government obligations for Social Security and Medicare may soon exceed the combined net worth of every household and nonprofit organization in the country Oil jumps above $60 on weak US currency       U.S. Trade Deficit Widens First Time in Eight Months        U.S. Federal Deficit to Worsen due to Dismal Economic Projections       Median home prices fall in 88 percent of cities      Freddie Mac seeks $6.1B in US aid after 1Q loss       Higher Taxes Coming, Just Like Obama Promised           New York Fed: Most Powerful Financial Institution You’ve Never Heard Of along with the missing $4 trillion you’ve never heard of          Home Prices Drop Most on Record...       Federal Hiring Frenzy......average pay $75,419       A Coming Flood of Equity Issuance, aka The Dilution Solution      Fed cut banks' deficits after negotiations: sounds like a plan…riiiiight!…report          Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Are stocks a loser's bet?YES!     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-13-09,  modest losses relative to reality, ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  It’s worth noting in a Wall Street Journal editorial hedge fund manager Andy Kessler said in no uncertain terms, “this sure smells to me a suckers rally,” largely because “there aren't sustainable, fundamental reasons for the market's continued rise.”     I’m skeptical about this rally, reveals analyst Guy Adami.    U.S. Economy: Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall for Second Month    GM, Chrysler to cut up to 3,000 dealers: sources (Reuters)       U.S. Foreclosure Filings Hit Record for Second Straight Month        Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve?             Unemployment up to 8.9%, The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable , etc..  America is broke. How broke?   NSN Money | Government obligations for Social Security and Medicare may soon exceed the combined net worth of every household and nonprofit organization in the country.  Everyone is familiar with the old saying, "what goes up must come down." Certainly the stock market has mounted a serious challenge to this old saying since bouncing off its lows in March and continues to defy gravity…In the face of unrelenting bad news, the market has been climbing because the news is "less bad," Gentle Ben and his Merry Band of Feds see "green shoots" and the financial press continues an unrelenting mantra of "recovery lies just ahead." It seems like the markets will never stop climbing, but they will, because contrary to what you hear on CNBC and read in the financial press, the laws of gravity have not been repealed and it's still true that "what goes up, must come down."

…When measured in ounces of Gold, the DOW has been in a secular bear market since peaking in late 1999. (Click charts, courtesy of stockcharts.com, for full size image). The markets, measured by the S&P500 (S&P500 Charts) and DIJA (DJIA Charts), may have recovered to new highs in 2007, but the DOW:Gold ratio told a different, truer story of just how unhealthy the US economy was…

Oil jumps above $60 on weak US currency       U.S. Trade Deficit Widens First Time in Eight Months        U.S. Federal Deficit to Worsen due to Dismal Economic Projections       Median home prices fall in 88 percent of cities      Freddie Mac seeks $6.1B in US aid after 1Q loss       Higher Taxes Coming, Just Like Obama Promised           New York Fed: Most Powerful Financial Institution You’ve Never Heard Of along with the missing $4 trillion you’ve never heard of          Home Prices Drop Most on Record...       Federal Hiring Frenzy......average pay $75,419       A Coming Flood of Equity Issuance, aka The Dilution Solution      Fed cut banks' deficits after negotiations: sounds like a plan…riiiiight!…report          Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Are stocks a loser's bet?YES!     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-12-09,  It’s worth noting in a Wall Street Journal editorial hedge fund manager Andy Kessler said in no uncertain terms, “this sure smells to me a suckers rally,” largely because “there aren't sustainable, fundamental reasons for the market's continued rise.”     I’m skeptical about this rally, reveals analyst Guy Adami.  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’ so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Unemployment up to 8.9%, The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable , etc.. Everyone is familiar with the old saying, "what goes up must come down." Certainly the stock market has mounted a serious challenge to this old saying since bouncing off its lows in March and continues to defy gravity…In the face of unrelenting bad news, the market has been climbing because the news is "less bad," Gentle Ben and his Merry Band of Feds see "green shoots" and the financial press continues an unrelenting mantra of "recovery lies just ahead." It seems like the markets will never stop climbing, but they will, because contrary to what you hear on CNBC and read in the financial press, the laws of gravity have not been repealed and it's still true that "what goes up, must come down."

…When measured in ounces of Gold, the DOW has been in a secular bear market since peaking in late 1999. (Click charts, courtesy of stockcharts.com, for full size image). The markets, measured by the S&P500 (S&P500 Charts) and DIJA (DJIA Charts), may have recovered to new highs in 2007, but the DOW:Gold ratio told a different, truer story of just how unhealthy the US economy was…

BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  ‘…Most recently, the S&P 500 soared 24 per cent over seven weeks ending in early January, only to plunge to a new low. It was a fairly typical sucker’s rally and bear markets often need more than one to create sufficient disillusionment for a definitive bottom.  The 2000–2002 bear market had three, with average gains of 21 per cent in the Dow Jones Industrials over 45 days. The granddaddy of all bear markets, 1929 –1932, had six false alarms with an average gain of 47 per cent. And Japan’s ongoing bear saw the Nikkei rise by at least a third four times in its first four years with 10 more false dawns since then. Bear markets typically end with a whimper rather than a bang, casting doubt on the latest recovery according to Hussman Econometrics, which analysed numerous US market bottoms and bear market rallies. With the exception of the 1987 crash, the month before the lowest point of a downturn saw a gradual descent. By contrast, bear market rallies were preceded by steeper declines and had sharper rebounds. Another characteristic of bear market rallies has been modest volume on the rebound compared to the decline. The current recovery fits the pattern of bear market rallies in terms of volume and the “V” shape of the trough. Analysts at Bespoke Investment Group noted that there have been only seven other periods in the past 110 years with rallies of similar magnitude for the Dow. Three preceded the Great Depression, three came during the Depression and one in 1982…’
  New record for continuing unemployment claims and as with all government data, adp data, etc., is fudged to whatever way necessary to help froth the market. Short-covering explaining part of what remains of this continuing suckers’ bear market rally and as admonished by analyst at Farr Miller is a bull trap. How about plain old bull crap!  One analyst (Craig Brown) points out that we’re not at the bottom yet: excerpt-‘ I hate repeating myself, but I do not see the economy at bottom just yet, so in some respects I will keep repeating myself until either other people wake up to this reality or something changes to wake me up. The markets were down a bit yesterday and, according to Bloomberg, they were down due to fears of the stress test results. I don't fear them; I fear what they hide. I fear that a reported 10 out of 19 banks failed when the tests were not at all stringent enough. I fear that the government will soft-pedal the results to make them bad enough to have a tad of credibility but not so bad that people run for the exits. Don't buy my word for it, others are saying the same, including Nouriel Roubini. Nouriel has been complaining for weeks on how the worst case scenario in the stress tests is already rosier than reality.’  Some perspective from Sajal… Excerpts – ie., …Mark Hulbert: That bullish bandwagon. Commentary: Some sentiment measures showing too much optimism   Art Cashin: "This rally is still somewhat suspect.   Albert Edwards : "Despite one of the biggest economics and profit collapses in history, US stocks have failed to get cheap in the same way that they have in Europe or Japan. My concern is that the US equity bear market has not yet fully played out. "The current pop in the market is not dissimilar to the many bear market rallies between 1929-1933, where signs of economic stabilisation were met with 25% plus rallies... This optimism was subsequently crushed."  Charles Allmon … He still thinks the stock market could decline to 3,200-4,200 on the Dow by 2011-2012 -- and that it could cross the price of gold.   Jim Bianco: "I don't think we are getting out of this for a long while. This has been a lousy stock rally.  …   …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline      "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through  Oil jumps above $60 on weak US currency       U.S. Trade Deficit Widens First Time in Eight Months        U.S. Federal Deficit to Worsen due to Dismal Economic Projections       Median home prices fall in 88 percent of cities      Freddie Mac seeks $6.1B in US aid after 1Q loss       Higher Taxes Coming, Just Like Obama Promised           New York Fed: Most Powerful Financial Institution You’ve Never Heard Of along with the missing $4 trillion you’ve never heard of          Home Prices Drop Most on Record...       Federal Hiring Frenzy......average pay $75,419       A Coming Flood of Equity Issuance, aka The Dilution Solution      Fed cut banks' deficits after negotiations: sounds like a plan…riiiiight!…report          Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Are stocks a loser's bet?YES!     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-11-09, only modest losses relative to reality, ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’ so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Unemployment up to 8.9%, The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable , etc.. Everyone is familiar with the old saying, "what goes up must come down." Certainly the stock market has mounted a serious challenge to this old saying since bouncing off its lows in March and continues to defy gravity…In the face of unrelenting bad news, the market has been climbing because the news is "less bad," Gentle Ben and his Merry Band of Feds see "green shoots" and the financial press continues an unrelenting mantra of "recovery lies just ahead." It seems like the markets will never stop climbing, but they will, because contrary to what you hear on CNBC and read in the financial press, the laws of gravity have not been repealed and it's still true that "what goes up, must come down."

…When measured in ounces of Gold, the DOW has been in a secular bear market since peaking in late 1999. (Click charts, courtesy of stockcharts.com, for full size image). The markets, measured by the S&P500 (S&P500 Charts) and DIJA (DJIA Charts), may have recovered to new highs in 2007, but the DOW:Gold ratio told a different, truer story of just how unhealthy the US economy was…

BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  ‘…Most recently, the S&P 500 soared 24 per cent over seven weeks ending in early January, only to plunge to a new low. It was a fairly typical sucker’s rally and bear markets often need more than one to create sufficient disillusionment for a definitive bottom.  The 2000–2002 bear market had three, with average gains of 21 per cent in the Dow Jones Industrials over 45 days. The granddaddy of all bear markets, 1929 –1932, had six false alarms with an average gain of 47 per cent. And Japan’s ongoing bear saw the Nikkei rise by at least a third four times in its first four years with 10 more false dawns since then. Bear markets typically end with a whimper rather than a bang, casting doubt on the latest recovery according to Hussman Econometrics, which analysed numerous US market bottoms and bear market rallies. With the exception of the 1987 crash, the month before the lowest point of a downturn saw a gradual descent. By contrast, bear market rallies were preceded by steeper declines and had sharper rebounds. Another characteristic of bear market rallies has been modest volume on the rebound compared to the decline. The current recovery fits the pattern of bear market rallies in terms of volume and the “V” shape of the trough. Analysts at Bespoke Investment Group noted that there have been only seven other periods in the past 110 years with rallies of similar magnitude for the Dow. Three preceded the Great Depression, three came during the Depression and one in 1982…’
  New record for continuing unemployment claims and as with all government data, adp data, etc., is fudged to whatever way necessary to help froth the market. Short-covering explaining part of what remains of this continuing suckers’ bear market rally and as admonished by analyst at Farr Miller is a bull trap. How about plain old bull crap!  One analyst (Craig Brown) points out that we’re not at the bottom yet: excerpt-‘ I hate repeating myself, but I do not see the economy at bottom just yet, so in some respects I will keep repeating myself until either other people wake up to this reality or something changes to wake me up. The markets were down a bit yesterday and, according to Bloomberg, they were down due to fears of the stress test results. I don't fear them; I fear what they hide. I fear that a reported 10 out of 19 banks failed when the tests were not at all stringent enough. I fear that the government will soft-pedal the results to make them bad enough to have a tad of credibility but not so bad that people run for the exits. Don't buy my word for it, others are saying the same, including Nouriel Roubini. Nouriel has been complaining for weeks on how the worst case scenario in the stress tests is already rosier than reality.’  Some perspective from Sajal… Excerpts – ie., …Mark Hulbert: That bullish bandwagon. Commentary: Some sentiment measures showing too much optimism   Art Cashin: "This rally is still somewhat suspect.   Albert Edwards : "Despite one of the biggest economics and profit collapses in history, US stocks have failed to get cheap in the same way that they have in Europe or Japan. My concern is that the US equity bear market has not yet fully played out. "The current pop in the market is not dissimilar to the many bear market rallies between 1929-1933, where signs of economic stabilisation were met with 25% plus rallies... This optimism was subsequently crushed."  Charles Allmon … He still thinks the stock market could decline to 3,200-4,200 on the Dow by 2011-2012 -- and that it could cross the price of gold.   Jim Bianco: "I don't think we are getting out of this for a long while. This has been a lousy stock rally.  …   …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline      "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through    A Coming Flood of Equity Issuance, aka The Dilution Solution      Fed cut banks' deficits after negotiations: sounds like a plan…riiiiight!…report          Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Are stocks a loser's bet?YES!     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...    America is broke. How broke?    White House forecasts higher budget deficit       US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T     Deficits soar even with rosy assumptions in new Obama budget...     STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest; Auditors can't track transportation funds...      Gas price jumps to 6-month high...        Six GM executives sell more than 200,000 shares       John Hussman: Post Crash Bubbles   …Unfortunately, “fear” lows are only evident in hindsight, because as we saw in 2008, a deeply oversold market can become spectacularly more oversold before recovering, and the “fast, furious” spikes off of those lows are often followed by steep failures....     Fed Inspector General Claims She Does Not Know Where Trillions Went  Rep. Alan Grayson | Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.    Recovery? What Recovery?   Newsweek | Don’t tell me that the economy is getting better, or has even hit rock bottom.     Prospects of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold      Boosting The Dying Dollar With A False Rally  Suckers rally sets up the unwinding of the market, Rally just like in 1933, wealth producers becoming impoverished, Fed officer busted for fraud, troubles in the Economy are far beyond fixing, interdependence of banks around the world expected to worsen economic problems.      New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-8-09, the flaming full moon and effect on lunatic wall street frauds and bull s**t alone (false data, not as bad as expected…riiiiight!…, etc.) irrationally exuberantly rally stocks so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Unemployment up to 8.9%, US unemployment hits 25-year high       China fears bond crisis as it slams quantitative easing   The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable , etc..  BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  ‘…Most recently, the S&P 500 soared 24 per cent over seven weeks ending in early January, only to plunge to a new low. It was a fairly typical sucker’s rally and bear markets often need more than one to create sufficient disillusionment for a definitive bottom.  The 2000–2002 bear market had three, with average gains of 21 per cent in the Dow Jones Industrials over 45 days. The granddaddy of all bear markets, 1929 –1932, had six false alarms with an average gain of 47 per cent. And Japan’s ongoing bear saw the Nikkei rise by at least a third four times in its first four years with 10 more false dawns since then. Bear markets typically end with a whimper rather than a bang, casting doubt on the latest recovery according to Hussman Econometrics, which analysed numerous US market bottoms and bear market rallies. With the exception of the 1987 crash, the month before the lowest point of a downturn saw a gradual descent. By contrast, bear market rallies were preceded by steeper declines and had sharper rebounds. Another characteristic of bear market rallies has been modest volume on the rebound compared to the decline. The current recovery fits the pattern of bear market rallies in terms of volume and the “V” shape of the trough. Analysts at Bespoke Investment Group noted that there have been only seven other periods in the past 110 years with rallies of similar magnitude for the Dow. Three preceded the Great Depression, three came during the Depression and one in 1982…’
  New record for continuing unemployment claims and as with all government data, adp data, etc., is fudged to whatever way necessary to help froth the market. Short-covering explaining part of what remains of this continuing suckers’ bear market rally and as admonished by analyst at Farr Miller is a bull trap. How about plain old bull crap!  One analyst (Craig Brown) points out that we’re not at the bottom yet: excerpt-‘ I hate repeating myself, but I do not see the economy at bottom just yet, so in some respects I will keep repeating myself until either other people wake up to this reality or something changes to wake me up. The markets were down a bit yesterday and, according to Bloomberg, they were down due to fears of the stress test results. I don't fear them; I fear what they hide. I fear that a reported 10 out of 19 banks failed when the tests were not at all stringent enough. I fear that the government will soft-pedal the results to make them bad enough to have a tad of credibility but not so bad that people run for the exits. Don't buy my word for it, others are saying the same, including Nouriel Roubini. Nouriel has been complaining for weeks on how the worst case scenario in the stress tests is already rosier than reality.’  Some perspective from Sajal… Excerpts – ie., …Mark Hulbert: That bullish bandwagon. Commentary: Some sentiment measures showing too much optimism   Art Cashin: "This rally is still somewhat suspect.   Albert Edwards : "Despite one of the biggest economics and profit collapses in history, US stocks have failed to get cheap in the same way that they have in Europe or Japan. My concern is that the US equity bear market has not yet fully played out. "The current pop in the market is not dissimilar to the many bear market rallies between 1929-1933, where signs of economic stabilisation were met with 25% plus rallies... This optimism was subsequently crushed."  Charles Allmon … He still thinks the stock market could decline to 3,200-4,200 on the Dow by 2011-2012 -- and that it could cross the price of gold.   Jim Bianco: "I don't think we are getting out of this for a long while. This has been a lousy stock rally.  …   …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline      "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through    [$$] Banks Won Concessions on Tests (at The Wall Street Journal Online)      [$$] Hit by Mortgage Defaults, Fannie Needs $19 Billion (at The Wall Street Journal Online)     [$$] Bank Shares Range-Bound Near Term (at Barron's Online)       AP Sources: Obama wants Fed to be finance supercop which is one of the dumber things I’ve ever heard (very bushy) since the fed is the super criminal, capo, godfather, etc., in the criminal enterprise called american finance/scam the taxpayer/etc., in this fraud of monumental proportion …  the bubble will again pop        Fannie Mae seeks $19B in US aid after 1Q loss     Buffett's Berkshire has first loss since 2001       Fed Sees Up to $599 Billion in Bank Losses       Is Rupert Murdoch losing it? Already past tense; he’s lost it…so…..?      EU Calls for “Internet G12″ for Global Internet Governance     US unemployment hits 25-year high       China fears bond crisis as it slams quantitative easing   The Economy Will Not Recover Until The Perpetrators Of Our Crises Are Held Accountable     New York Fed chairman Friedman abruptly resigns      BEWARE OF THE SUCKER'S RALLY?  Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-7-09, yes, there is a flaming full moon which explains in large part only modest losses relative to reality by the lunatic frauds on wall street so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  New record for continuing unemployment claims and as with all government data, adp data, etc., is fudged to whatever way necessary to help froth the market. Short-covering explaining part of what remains of this continuing suckers’ bear market rally and as admonished by analyst at Farr Miller is a bull trap. How about plain old bull crap!  One analyst (Craig Brown) points out that we’re not at the bottom yet: excerpt-‘ I hate repeating myself, but I do not see the economy at bottom just yet, so in some respects I will keep repeating myself until either other people wake up to this reality or something changes to wake me up. The markets were down a bit yesterday and, according to Bloomberg, they were down due to fears of the stress test results. I don't fear them; I fear what they hide. I fear that a reported 10 out of 19 banks failed when the tests were not at all stringent enough. I fear that the government will soft-pedal the results to make them bad enough to have a tad of credibility but not so bad that people run for the exits. Don't buy my word for it, others are saying the same, including Nouriel Roubini. Nouriel has been complaining for weeks on how the worst case scenario in the stress tests is already rosier than reality.’  Some perspective from Sajal… Excerpts – ie., …Mark Hulbert: That bullish bandwagon. Commentary: Some sentiment measures showing too much optimism   Art Cashin: "This rally is still somewhat suspect.   Albert Edwards : "Despite one of the biggest economics and profit collapses in history, US stocks have failed to get cheap in the same way that they have in Europe or Japan. My concern is that the US equity bear market has not yet fully played out. "The current pop in the market is not dissimilar to the many bear market rallies between 1929-1933, where signs of economic stabilisation were met with 25% plus rallies... This optimism was subsequently crushed."  Charles Allmon … He still thinks the stock market could decline to 3,200-4,200 on the Dow by 2011-2012 -- and that it could cross the price of gold.   Jim Bianco: "I don't think we are getting out of this for a long while. This has been a lousy stock rally.  …   …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline      "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through    U.S. banks race to fill $74.6 billion stress test hole        NY Fed chair resigns amid stock purchase questions and while they’re at it ask him and tiny tim geithner about the missing $4 trillion at the N.Y. fed bank among other things        BofA needs $33.9 billion, eyes stock and asset sales      Cyberbullying Bill Not About Protecting Kids, It is About Shutting Down the Opposition      Rupert Murdoch: “Internet Will Soon Be Over – in his wet dreams along with presidents hillary, rudy, and mccain – must be ancestral flashbacks to the penal colony days in australia”       Taking on the banking cabal       Looking Back on the Greatest Depression       401(k)s Hit by Withdrawal Freezes      Taleb: Global Crisis “Vastly Worse” Than 1930s, Buy Gold and Copper      Dollar Hovering at Cliff’s Edge      Group names 25 lenders responsible for economic meltdown       $58: Oil prices jump to new six-month high...     GM posts $6 billion loss for first quarter...     Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-6-09, Yes, there is a full moon which explains inlarge part this ridiculous up move on bad news and bull s**t alone so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Some short-covering explaining part of this continuing suckers’ bear market rally, the other as admonished by analyst at Farr Miller is a bull trap. How about plain old bull crap!  One analyst (Craig Brown) points out that we’re not at the bottom yet: excerpt-‘ I hate repeating myself, but I do not see the economy at bottom just yet, so in some respects I will keep repeating myself until either other people wake up to this reality or something changes to wake me up. The markets were down a bit yesterday and, according to Bloomberg, they were down due to fears of the stress test results. I don't fear them; I fear what they hide. I fear that a reported 10 out of 19 banks failed when the tests were not at all stringent enough. I fear that the government will soft-pedal the results to make them bad enough to have a tad of credibility but not so bad that people run for the exits. Don't buy my word for it, others are saying the same, including Nouriel Roubini. Nouriel has been complaining for weeks on how the worst case scenario in the stress tests is already rosier than reality.’  Some perspective from Sajal… Excerpts – ie., …Mark Hulbert: That bullish bandwagon. Commentary: Some sentiment measures showing too much optimism   Art Cashin: "This rally is still somewhat suspect.   Albert Edwards : "Despite one of the biggest economics and profit collapses in history, US stocks have failed to get cheap in the same way that they have in Europe or Japan. My concern is that the US equity bear market has not yet fully played out. "The current pop in the market is not dissimilar to the many bear market rallies between 1929-1933, where signs of economic stabilisation were met with 25% plus rallies... This optimism was subsequently crushed."  Charles Allmon … He still thinks the stock market could decline to 3,200-4,200 on the Dow by 2011-2012 -- and that it could cross the price of gold.   Jim Bianco: "I don't think we are getting out of this for a long while. This has been a lousy stock rally.  …   …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline      "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through    BofA, Citi, Wells need capital under stress tests        NEED BILLIONS AND BILLIONS MORE       Bank stress tests show some banks need more funds       Almost a Quarter of U.S. Homeowners Are Underwater       Banks Need Billions More       Globalizing the Internet       Hedge Fund Leader Blasts Obama for “Bullying” and “Abuse of Power”        About that “loan”: Obama team writes off $7 billion taxpayers loaned Chrysler    $56: Oil prices jump to new high for year...       US wants Israel, India, Iran to sign NPT     Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-5-09, So small were the losses relative to reality that to try and make sense of same (americans among other investors must love getting burned by the frauds on wall street who are commissioning the new bubble like mad and don’t worry since in america today they socialize their losses and privatize their gains) is but a fool’s errand so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  One analyst (Craig Brown) points out that we’re not at the bottom yet: excerpt-‘ I hate repeating myself, but I do not see the economy at bottom just yet, so in some respects I will keep repeating myself until either other people wake up to this reality or something changes to wake me up. The markets were down a bit yesterday and, according to Bloomberg, they were down due to fears of the stress test results. I don't fear them; I fear what they hide. I fear that a reported 10 out of 19 banks failed when the tests were not at all stringent enough. I fear that the government will soft-pedal the results to make them bad enough to have a tad of credibility but not so bad that people run for the exits. Don't buy my word for it, others are saying the same, including Nouriel Roubini. Nouriel has been complaining for weeks on how the worst case scenario in the stress tests is already rosier than reality.’  Some perspective from Sajal… Excerpts – ie., …Mark Hulbert: That bullish bandwagon. Commentary: Some sentiment measures showing too much optimism   Art Cashin: "This rally is still somewhat suspect.   Albert Edwards : "Despite one of the biggest economics and profit collapses in history, US stocks have failed to get cheap in the same way that they have in Europe or Japan. My concern is that the US equity bear market has not yet fully played out. "The current pop in the market is not dissimilar to the many bear market rallies between 1929-1933, where signs of economic stabilisation were met with 25% plus rallies... This optimism was subsequently crushed."  Charles Allmon … He still thinks the stock market could decline to 3,200-4,200 on the Dow by 2011-2012 -- and that it could cross the price of gold.   Jim Bianco: "I don't think we are getting out of this for a long while. This has been a lousy stock rally.  …   …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline      "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through    Bank of America to need $34 billion in capital: source       Yen rises, stocks slip on Bank of America needs      Moody's downgrades NYSE Euronext debt (AP)     Auditors see SEC deficiencies      Stress Test Results Seem to Be Changing Daily (at Seeking Alpha)     We Haven't Reached the Bottom Yet       About that “loan”: Obama team writes off $7 billion taxpayers loaned Chrysler    US Fed rejects request to help credit card holders         Fed Stress Tests to Show About 10 Banks Need Capital       Gold Climbs to One-Week High as Dollar Declines; Platinum Gains     Editorial: Bleak forecast for EU economies     Michigan residents mine bodies for cash; Sellers offer hair, blood...  GM plans 1-for-100 reverse stock split...         The Economic Pain Ain't Over Yet      Economic downturn ‘twice as bad as feared’       NEEDS MORE: House Dems seek $94.2 billion in 'emergency funds'...          Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-4-09, so preposterous was the day’s suckers’ rally that I cannot dignify same with my own commentary other than to say SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! Some perspective from Sajal… Excerpts – ie., …Mark Hulbert: That bullish bandwagon. Commentary: Some sentiment measures showing too much optimism   Art Cashin: "This rally is still somewhat suspect.   Albert Edwards : "Despite one of the biggest economics and profit collapses in history, US stocks have failed to get cheap in the same way that they have in Europe or Japan. My concern is that the US equity bear market has not yet fully played out. "The current pop in the market is not dissimilar to the many bear market rallies between 1929-1933, where signs of economic stabilisation were met with 25% plus rallies... This optimism was subsequently crushed."  Charles Allmon … He still thinks the stock market could decline to 3,200-4,200 on the Dow by 2011-2012 -- and that it could cross the price of gold.   Jim Bianco: "I don't think we are getting out of this for a long while. This has been a lousy stock rally.  …   …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline      "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming    Georgia, N.J. and Utah banks fail     The Economic Pain Ain't Over Yet      Obama says financial sector to shrink (Reuters)      Buffett dispenses gloom at Berkshire fest…daaaah!       Warren Buffett warns inflation is on the horizon …daaah!(at Fortune)     SHOCK CLAIM: WHITE HOUSE BULLY THREAT OVER AUTO BANKRUPTCY...     China 'cutting down purchases of US Treasury bonds'...       Obama: Wall Street will play less dominant role...      ...financial sector to shrink      European economy 'will shrink 4%'       About 10 U.S. stress test banks to need more capital         UBS remains cautious after confirming first-quarter loss      AIG to post first-quarter loss, no new bailout: source     Prepare for Another Round of U.S. 'Stimulus' Propaganda      Swine Flu A Hoax, But Martial Law All Too Real      U.S. families rely on handouts in world’s richest country      Attack on the Chrysler Capitalists      Obama Pushes ‘Crackdown’ on Legal Tax ‘Havens’      Economic downturn ‘twice as bad as feared’       NEEDS MORE: House Dems seek $94.2 billion in 'emergency funds'...          Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 5-1-09, suckers’ rally into the close to keep suckers sucked in based on very bad news [U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years  ,  Georgia, N.J. banks fail, bringing '09 total to 31    ,    Auto sales plunge to near 30-year lows     ,    Chrysler to close 5 more plants; court case begins     ,   ‘China cancels America’s credit card’    ,     Mark Hulbert who tracks investment consensus says bear market rally and new lows before new highs ,   continuing claims for unemployment at new record 6.3 million, new claims at 631,000 for prior week, worse than expected are consumer spending -.2% and personal income -.3%, Chrysler receives additional $8 billion in taxpayer funds and files for bankruptcy,  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline  ,  leading economic indicators ( a forward looking guage of economic activity/growth) declined a much worse than expected –6.1% which one analyst commented was negative and getting worse, pandemic level raised to 5, banks need another trillion, new home sales down, durable goods sales down, 4 more bank failures to 27 for 2009 thus far, GM borrows $2 billion more/close dealers/many more layoffs, Ford loses almost $2 billion, Microsoft reports first decline in revenue ever,  U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 640,000 Last Week as Continuing Claims Exceed 6.1 million for new record …k, etc. , home sales down 3%, prices down 12%, etc. ] and bull s**t ( fed says pace of decline slowing…riiiiight!, dilutive stock issues, not as bad as expected, Consumer confidence soars past forecasts (on fake conference board report) in April – riiiiight! Come on! Even americans are not that shortsighted /blind /dumb!…  l , etc. ) alone to keep fraudulent wall street’s churn and earn commissionable bubble ( Interview with Peter Schiff: Reflating the Bubble  ) fraud rolling (on the way up and on the way down) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! ‘…economic conditions remain dour. Factory orders for March declined 0.9%, which is worse than the 0.6% decline that was widely expected, and February orders were revised lower to reflect an increase of 0.7%. Meanwhile, the ISM Manufacturing Index for April showed continued contraction. It came in at 40.1. However, that was better than the 38.4 that was expected, and was also up from 36.3 in March. With economic conditions continuing to challenge businesses and consumers, Ford (F 5.69, -0.29) announced April auto sales fell 31.6%, while General Motors (GM 1.81, -0.11) said its US sales fell 34% in April…’  …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline        Dollar falls on euro, up on yen on GDP hopes…riiiiight!        "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming throughSocial Security: Bankrupt System Will Impact Markets Sooner Than Expected       Georgia, N.J. banks fail, bringing '09 total to 31     U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years      Auto sales plunge to near 30-year lows     [$$] The Overvalued Market Needs a Healthy Pullback         Major wholesale bank shuttered …Silverton, Ga…and then Ridgewood, n.j. for 31st  bank failure this year (at CNNMoney.com)       Manufacturing declines at slower rate in April … riiiiight!…(AP)      Chrysler to close 5 more plants; court case begins      Results delayed again on banks stress tests …the fudge factor!…(at bizjournals.com)   Regulators close two more banks      U.S. families rely on handouts in world’s formerly richest country        Elliot Wave Theorists Claim Pandemics Always Happen In a Bear Market      CITI Said to Need Up to $10 Billion; Bank Disputes 'Stress Test' Result...       ‘China cancels America’s credit card’ China, wary of the troubled US economy, has ‘canceled America’s credit card’ by cutting down purchases of debt, a US congressman says.     Top Senate Democrat: bankers “own” the U.S. Congress        Stress-Test Results Are Delayed by Fed as Examiners, Banks Debate Findings...      Economy shrinks at worse-than-expected pace...          Metro Unemployment Skyrockets; Some Cities See Rates Comparable To Great Depression...        STRESS: Fed Finds at Least 6 of 19 Biggest Banks Need to Raise More Capital...       CITI scrambles...          MSNBC's Washington HQ Can't Make Rent: Looking to Share Space with Local U...     Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 4-30-09, very modest losses relative to reality to keep suckers sucked in based on very bad news [Continuing claims for unemployment at new record 6.3 million, new claims at 631,000 for prior week, worse than expected are consumer spending -.2% and personal income -.3%, Chrysler receives additional $8 billion in taxpayer funds and files for bankruptcy,  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline  ,  leading economic indicators ( a forward looking guage of economic activity/growth) declined a much worse than expected –6.1% which one analyst commented was negative and getting worse, pandemic level raised to 5, banks need another trillion, new home sales down, durable goods sales down, 4 more bank failures to 27 for 2009 thus far, GM borrows $2 billion more/close dealers/many more layoffs, Ford loses almost $2 billion, Microsoft reports first decline in revenue ever,  U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 640,000 Last Week as Continuing Claims Exceed 6.1 million for new record …k, etc. , home sales down 3%, prices down 12%, etc. ] and bull s**t ( fed says pace of decline slowing…riiiiight!, dilutive stock issues, not as bad as expected, Consumer confidence soars past forecasts (on fake conference board report) in April – riiiiight! Come on! Even americans are not that shortsighted /blind /dumb!…  l , etc. ) alone to keep fraudulent wall street’s churn and earn commissionable bubble ( Interview with Peter Schiff: Reflating the Bubble  ) fraud rolling (on the way up and on the way down) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline        Dollar falls on euro, up on yen on GDP hopes…riiiiight!        "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…”   Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy       Motorola loss widens; analysts see worrisome signs      Dow Chemical 1Q profit tumbles 97 percent      With earnings bar low, April fraudulently strong for stocks        Will the Swine Flu Get the Same Response as the Financial Crisis - Protect the Status Quo without Really Changing Anything?      U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks in Worst Slump in 50 Years         Top Senate Democrat: bankers “own” the U.S. Congress        Stress-Test Results Are Delayed by Fed as Examiners, Banks Debate Findings...      Economy shrinks at worse-than-expected pace...          Metro Unemployment Skyrockets; Some Cities See Rates Comparable To Great Depression...        STRESS: Fed Finds at Least 6 of 19 Biggest Banks Need to Raise More Capital...       CITI scrambles...          MSNBC's Washington HQ Can't Make Rent: Looking to Share Space with Local U...     Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 4-29-09, flagrant suckers’ rally to keep suckers sucked in based on very bad news [ U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline   leading economic indicators ( a forward looking guage of economic activity/growth) declined a much worse than expected –6.1% which one analyst commented was negative and getting worse, pandemic level raised to 5, banks need another trillion, new home sales down, durable goods sales down, 4 more bank failures to 27 for 2009 thus far, GM borrows $2 billion more/close dealers/many more layoffs, Ford loses almost $2 billion, Microsoft reports first decline in revenue ever,  U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 640,000 Last Week as Continuing Claims Exceed 6.1 million for new record …k, etc. , home sales down 3%, prices down 12%, etc. ] and bull s**t ( fed says pace of decline slowing…riiiiight!, dilutive stock issues, not as bad as expected, Consumer confidence soars past forecasts (on fake conference board report) in April – riiiiight! Come on! Even americans are not that shortsighted /blind /dumb!…  l , etc. ) alone to keep fraudulent wall street’s churn and earn commissionable bubble ( Interview with Peter Schiff: Reflating the Bubble  ) fraud rolling (on the way up and on the way down) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says. Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…” …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].  U.S. Economy in 2nd Straight Quarter of Steep Decline        Dollar falls on euro, up on yen on GDP hopes…riiiiight!        "You have to balance hope with reality," says Doug Sandler, chief equity officer at Riverfront Investment Group. Sandler tells Andrew O'Day "this is a good example of a year where you probably have a lot of hope early, then the reality coming through…”      Economy shrinks at worse-than-expected pace...          Metro Unemployment Skyrockets; Some Cities See Rates Comparable To Great Depression...        STRESS: Fed Finds at Least 6 of 19 Biggest Banks Need to Raise More Capital...       CITI scrambles...          MSNBC's Washington HQ Can't Make Rent: Looking to Share Space with Local U...     Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 4-28-09, very modest losses relative to reality to keep suckers sucked in based on bad news (banks need another trillion, new home sales down, durable goods sales down, 4 more bank failures, GM borrows $2 billion more, Ford loses almost $2 billion, Microsoft reports first decline in revenue ever,  U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 640,000 Last Week as Continuing Claims Exceed 6.1 million for new record …k, etc. , home sales down 3%, prices down 12%, etc. ) and bull s**t ( dilutive stock issues, not as bad as expected, Consumer confidence soars past forecasts (on fake conference board report) in April – riiiiight! Come on! Even americans are not that shortsighted /blind /dumb!…  l    etc. ) alone to keep fraudulent wall street’s churn and earn commissionable bubble ( Interview with Peter Schiff: Reflating the Bubble  ) fraud rolling (on the way up and on the way down) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! Sun's loss widens on restructuring, slumping sales      Citi, BofA may need more capital after stress tests (Reuters)     GM to force more than 1,000 dealers to close     Douglas, Stone head back to `Wall Street' (AP)      E-Trade Financial 1st-qtr loss widens, shares fall (AP)      Textron's 1st-quarter profit falls 63 pct (AP)  …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says.Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government            FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 4-27-09, only modest losses relative to reality to keep suckers sucked in based on bad news (banks need another trillion, new home sales down, durable goods sales down, 4 more bank failures, GM borrows $2 billion more, Ford loses almost $2 billion, Microsoft reports first decline in revenue ever,  U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 640,000 Last Week as Continuing Claims Exceed 6.1 million for new record …k, etc. , home sales down 3%, prices down 12%, etc. ) and bull s**t ( dilutive stock issues, not as bad as expected, etc. ) alone to keep fraudulent wall street’s churn and earn commissionable bubble ( Interview with Peter Schiff: Reflating the Bubble  ) fraud rolling (on the way up and on the way down) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! …traders living in a fool's paradise if they continue to drive the markets higher by buying stocks based on earnings that are down, say, 50 percent from this time last year, only because they're not down 75 percent… Diane Garnick, investment strategist at Invesco...In an interview on Tech Ticker, Garnick says that companies are beating earnings expectations in the first quarter by Draconian cost-cutting, an unsustainable strategy for long-term growth. More importantly, although companies are beating profit estimates, thanks to the cost-cutting, they are missing expectations for revenue, she says.Further, cost-cutting via layoffs hurts the economy as a whole, Garnick argues, because the unemployed spend less money… Betrayal of the People By Wall Street, Banks, and Government        GM OFFERS ITSELF UP FOR NATIONALIZATION...       FLASH: Treasury Borrows Record $361 Billion for 2nd Quarter...      GM goes for broke       Corporate CFR Members Get Most of the Bailout Money       Flu fears dampen talk of tentative world recovery       Raised pandemic risk, bank capital report fuels fresh fears     US newspaper circulation sees biggest decline yet (AP)       WSJ: Regulators urge BofA, Citi to boost capital     

GM goes for broke   CNNMoney | General Motors announced plans Monday to cut 23,000 U.S. jobs by 2011, drop its storied Pontiac brand and slash 40% of its dealer network in its latest bid to stay out of bankruptcy.

U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 640,000 Last Week

Gore Denies that Ken Lay, Goldman Sachs CEOs Helped Develop C02 Trading ‘Scheme’: VIDEO

PREVIOUS 4-24-09, suckers’ bear market rally to keep suckers sucked in based on bad news ( new home sales down, durable goods sales down, 4 more bank failures, GM borrows $2 billion more, Ford loses almost $2 billion, Microsoft reports first decline in revenue ever,  U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 640,000 Last Week as Continuing Claims Exceed 6.1 million for new record …k, etc. , home sales down 3%, prices down 12%, etc. ) and bull s**t ( dilutive stock issues, not as bad as expected, etc. ) alone to keep fraudulent wall street’s churn and earn commissionable bubble ( Interview with Peter Schiff: Reflating the Bubble  ) fraud rolling (on the way up and on the way down) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Watch out for the fake government stress tests (they lie about everything!). Note the delay in the rollout. Bank analyst Cassidy says bank plan a failure. Business week business analyst /reporter says (tongue in cheek) the optimism (irrational exuberance) must be the advent of spring and the birds chirping (in the heads of the wall street lunatic/frauds…cukoos). Analysts/Economists comments include: slow release of stress test results, details and accuracy of data crucial for stress tests (good luck!), things have not bottomed out but pace of decline has slowed somewhat, bleak outlook for GM, Chrysler and bankruptcy probably necessary because of legacy costs, and public pension funds with ridiculously rich benefits the next shoe to drop. Oxdown Gazette sums up the crucial story | ‘The 12 trillion that is being floated to insolvent US banks is essentially being looted in the paper economy’ (ie., churn and earn by wall street fraudsters who must be prosecuted and forced disgorgement/forfeiture in the massive securities fraud that still goes unmentioned though the source of this economic debacle, etc.).
Four more banks shuttered as credit crunch shakes out    Why Housing Is Not Coming Back       Obama Talks Credit Cards, Summers Nods Off          This Volatility Is Off the Charts!     Banks May Struggle After 'Stress Tests'; Bad Assets Triple...    

R.I.P.: GM to pull the plug on Pontiac...

 

Four more banks closed by regulators, this years closures exceeding all of 2008 as depression continues John Letzing, MarketWatch April 24, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Four banks in Georgia, Michigan, California and Idaho were closed by regulators Friday, costing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s deposit insurance fund nearly $700 million as the effects of the credit crisis continued rippling throughout the U.S. economy.  Kennesaw, Ga.-based American Southern Bank marked the 26th bank failure of the year and the fifth in the state of Georgia, the FDIC said. Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Michigan Heritage Bank then became the 27th failure of 2009, followed by the closure of Calabasas, Ca.-based First Bank of Beverly Hills. Alpharetta, Ga.-based Bank of North Georgia has agreed to assume American Southern Bank's deposits, the FDIC said in a statement…
Germany’s slump risks ‘explosive’ mood as second banking crisis looms       China Increases Gold Reserves 76% to Fifth-Largest        

PREVIOUS 4-23-09, suckers’ rally in last 30 minutes to keep suckers sucked in based on bad news ( U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 640,000 Last Week as Continuing Claims Exceed 6.1 million for new record …k, etc. , home sales down 3%, prices down 12%, etc. ) and bull s**t ( dilutive stock issues, not as bad as expected, etc. ) alone to keep fraudulent wall street’s churn and earn commissionable bubble ( Interview with Peter Schiff: Reflating the Bubble  ) fraud rolling (on the way up and on the way down) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Watch out for the fake government stress tests (they lie about everything!). Oxdown Gazette sums up the crucial story | ‘The 12 trillion that is being floated to insolvent US banks is essentially being looted in the paper economy’ (ie., churn and earn by wall street fraudsters who must be prosecuted and forced disgorgement/forfeiture in the massive securities fraud that still goes unmentioned though the source of this economic debacle, etc.). U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 640,000 Last Week as Continuing Claims Exceed 6.1 million for new record …k       Russia’s economy shrank a staggering 9.5% in first quarter      Truth About TARP       Reports: GM to Shut Down Plants for the Summer      President's financial adviser falls asleep while Obama talks!      ON THE BRINK: Feds preparing bankruptcy filing for CHRYSLER...       AMEX Profit Drops 58% as Defaults Rise, Consumers Cut Spending...      Microsoft's sales show fallout of recession       Normura posts record $7.3 billion annual loss      Interview with Peter Schiff: Reflating the Bubble

 Soaring U.S. Budget Deficit Will Mean Billions in Bond Sales     Housing bubble smackdown: Huge “shadow inventory” portends a bigger crash ahead      AP Sources:GM to shut many US plants up to 9 weeks - General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles, three people bri…    [$$] Morgan Stanley Still at Loss (at The Wall Street Journal Online)       [$$] Gauging Stress: More Losses Likely (at The Wall Street Journal Online)       No quick cybersecurity fix seen        Banks still in distress, Geithner tells overseers…DAAAAAH! How ‘bout insolvent!…(AP)                  David Tice: S&P 500 To Plunge to 325     Housing Starts Fall Sharply...         Wall Street loses 3,100 jobs in March … Should lose another 90% OF THEIR CHURN AND EARN JOBS (Reuters)     Treasury Stress Test Won't Add Clarity or Transparency - Just Inconsistency … and lack of meaningful FASB standard (ie., mark to market abolition, etc.) means more fraud (at Seeking Alpha)   Questions linger over Tarp funding...      MAJOR MALL OPERATOR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY...        JPMorgan and Goldman trading profits unlikely to last Reuters      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 4-22-09,  modest losses relative to reality in mixed market close so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Oxdown Gazette sums up the crucial story | ‘The 12 trillion that is being floated to insolvent US banks is essentially being looted in the paper economy’(ie., churn and earn by wall street fraudsters who must be prosecuted and forced disgorgement/forfeiture in the massive securities fraud that still goes unmentioned though the source of this economic debacle, etc.). ‘For the second session in a row, stocks opened lower but buyers moved in to bid the major indices higher (based on nothing at all). However, upward momentum stalled as the S&P 500 approached the 850 level in the final hour of trading, which prompted sellers to re-enter the fold and hand stocks a sizeable loss. The late selling effort focused on financial stocks, which closed with a loss of 3.8%, worse than any other sector in the S&P 500. Shares of Morgan Stanley (MS 22.44, -2.21) weighed heavily on the financial sector after the company reported a larger-than-expected first quarter loss and a dividend cut.’

 Gold Heading Above $2,000 by End of 2010: Strategist     Soaring U.S. Budget Deficit Will Mean Billions in Bond Sales     Housing bubble smackdown: Huge “shadow inventory” portends a bigger crash ahead      AP Sources:GM to shut many US plants up to 9 weeks - General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles, three people bri... Falling bank stocks unravel rally; Dow loses 83 - Nagging worries about banks upended a stock market rally Wednesday.     [$$] Morgan Stanley Still at Loss (at The Wall Street Journal Online)       Talks on mortgage relief plan hit a snag (AP) - Negotiations between the banking industry and Senate Democrats on a mortgage relief plan hit a snag Wednesday after a trade association representing credit unions said it could not endorse the proposa...        [$$] Gauging Stress: More Losses Likely (at The Wall Street Journal Online)       No quick cybersecurity fix seen        Banks still in distress, Geithner tells overseers…DAAAAAH! How ‘bout insolvent!…(AP)                  David Tice: S&P 500 To Plunge to 325     Housing Starts Fall Sharply...         Wall Street loses 3,100 jobs in March … Should lose another 90% OF THEIR CHURN AND EARN JOBS (Reuters)     Treasury Stress Test Won't Add Clarity or Transparency - Just Inconsistency … and lack of meaningful FASB standard (ie., mark to market abolition, etc.) means more fraud (at Seeking Alpha)   Questions linger over Tarp funding...      MAJOR MALL OPERATOR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY...        JPMorgan and Goldman trading profits unlikely to last Reuters      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

PREVIOUS 4-21-09, Tiny Tim talks the talk in testimony tit for tat talking the talk, or stated another way, how much talk could tiny tim talk if a tiny tim could talk talk, said three times fast and you have the inspiration for a rally on fraudulent wall street based on bull s**t alone as bad news and bull s**t alone has kept the churn and earn commissionable bubble fraud rolling (on the way up and on the way down) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Even main stream business radio reporter Laura Gregory references the ‘rally based on nothing at all’, which of course is true. One analyst said all bank problems remain and reality would not limit the remaining problems to banks.  IMF says $2.7 trillion in losses ahead for (u.s.) banks.  judd greg says u.s. couldn’t meet the economic criteria for admission to EU. WOW! Given the economic state of the EU, that’s worse than bad!     Seeking Alpha Analyst sums it up ‘…The six-week-long rally is over. It was huge. The Dow Jones is up almost 1500 points. But the party is over. The Dow Jones fell under its 13 day moving average, the same thing happened to the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite. I had some hope that the Naz could stay above its 13 day MA, but no such luck. Now what? According to the 1932 scenario, we might have a 2-3 months long slump, followed by another bull market. Or the market can go down big time, cross down its 50 day MA and test the March lows…’ - The latter is the scenario consonant with reality. - He assumes best case scenario as he concludes that ‘…means that either the March low holds or a new low will not be much lower. – Reality disagrees with that overly rosy scenario based upon his stated overly rosy assumption! Crimes suspected in 20 bailout cases — for starters      AIG eats another $30 billion-ish      Housing Bubble Smackdown: Bigger Crash Ahead     U.S. Stocks To Fall at Least 6%: Doug Kass       Key Points About the Coming Hyperinflation     Wall St gains as banks lifted by tiny tim’s b.s      NYT losses worsen as ad sales plunge 27%...     Yahoo to cut 5 percent of jobs       Wall St gains as banks lifted by tiny tim’s b.s.       AMD posts deeper loss, shares fall (AP)         [$$] Connecticut Treasurer Joins Critics of BofA CEO (at The Wall Street Journal Online)       [$$] Citi Investors Vent About Losses (at The Wall Street Journal Online)      Banks still in distress, Geithner tells overseers…DAAAAAH! How ‘bout insolvent!…(AP)                  David Tice: S&P 500 To Plunge to 325     Housing Starts Fall Sharply...         Wall Street loses 3,100 jobs in March … Should lose another 90% OF THEIR CHURN AND EARN JOBS (Reuters)     Treasury Stress Test Won't Add Clarity or Transparency - Just Inconsistency … and lack of meaningful FASB standard (ie., mark to market abolition, etc.) means more fraud (at Seeking Alpha)   Questions linger over Tarp funding...      MAJOR MALL OPERATOR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY...        JPMorgan and Goldman trading profits unlikely to last Reuters      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     

 

PREVIOUS 4-20-09, Modest losses relative to reality as bad news and bull s**t alone has kept the churn and earn commissionable bubble fraud rolling (on the way up and on the way down) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  All reasons for today’s reality plunge have been previously covered and warned of here in real time; ie., new meaningless FASB accounting standards which wall street frauds rallied on now have sold off on, worse to come in credit defaults/losses, leading indicators down again, etc.. David Tice: S&P 500 To Plunge to 325     Housing Starts Fall Sharply...         Sony Ericsson posts Q1 loss, plans more cost cuts    Wall Street loses 3,100 jobs in March … Should lose another 90% OF THEIR CHURN AND EARN JOBS (Reuters)     Treasury Stress Test Won't Add Clarity or Transparency - Just Inconsistency … and lack of meaningful FASB standard (ie., mark to market abolition, etc.) means more fraud (at Seeking Alpha)   Questions linger over Tarp funding...      MAJOR MALL OPERATOR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY...        JPMorgan and Goldman trading profits unlikely to last Reuters      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     Fed sees economy sliding further     A Bear in Bull's Clothing: Why This Rally Will Fall Short   Ron Paul: Reckless Spending And Taxation Prolonged Great Depression       Goldman Sachs: Wall St Largest Crooks  

Citigroup: The Beginning and End of the Current Rally (at Seeking Alpha)          Why BAC Will Beat: Understanding a New Bull Market Is Not Underway (at Seeking Alpha)       Government's Handling of Economic Crisis - Einstein Would Call It Insane (at Seeking Alpha)    Bank of America net up, shares sink on bad loans    GM cutting 1,600 U.S. salaried positions     IBM sales fall more than expected, but b.s. up     Wall Street sinks on banks' woes     Wall Street tumbles as investors dump financials (AP)      IBM shares slip as 1Q sales fall short (AP)      New embrace of reality about bank health grip Wall Street    Backdoor Path To Bank Nationalization (at CNBC)     Zions Bancorp Swings To 1Q Loss; Moody's Cuts Ratings     Economic Downturn Negatively Affecting Credit Markets in Varied Industries      Celente: “America lives in a fascist state”      Backdoor Nationalization? U.S. May Convert Banks’ Bailouts to Equity Share      Why a 50% Drop in Housing Is Not the Bottom          

PREVIOUS 4-17-09 (4-14,15,16,-09), Suckers’ rally into the close to keep the suckers’ suckered on bad news and bull s**t alone so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

April 17 (Bloomberg) -- David Tice, the chief portfolio strategist for bear markets at Federated Investors Inc., said the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will probably plunge about 62 percent. He spoke during a Bloomberg Television interview today. The Federated Prudent Bear Fund that he founded returned 6.7 percent last year as the S&P 500 plunged 38 percent, the most since 1937. Tice said the benchmark index for U.S. stocks may slump to about 325. It closed today at 865.30. The measure has surged 28 percent since March 9, the most in five weeks since the 1930s. SUCKER'S RALLY APPROACHING AN END by Peter Cooper: Whatever the technical reason for the 25 percent rise in the S&P over the past five weeks, or a more modest eight percent bounce in GCC regional stock prices, the absurdness of this sucker’s rally ought to be obvious to all. Unemployment is still rising, house prices are still falling, and the fundamentals of bank balance sheets are still deteriorating with total bad debts unknown except that we know they must be getting worse. Global trade fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year. Even Mercedes car sales to the oil rich of the GCC fell 23 per cent. The collapse of the world’s second largest economy, Japan, has been unprecedented.
Bad news coming … The stock market pattern in 2008-9 has so far been a mirror image of the crash of 1929-30 with a halving of prices from the autumn followed by a 25 per cent rally from March lows. In April 1930 stocks moved sideways and then they crashed another 50 per cent into the summer… New record continuing unemployment claims in excess of 6 million, -11% for new home sales (unexpected but stocks and even homebuilders rallied), Bloomberg reports $13 trillion (much unaccounted for) taxpayer/bailout funds spent/lent/stolen by who knows what/where/how (ie.,replace stolen funds?, etc.), second largest mall co. to bankruptcy with more to come along with more commercial real estate foreclosures. ‘…initial claims for the week ending April 11 totaled 610,000, which is down more than expected from the prior week, but continuing claims climbed more than expected to a new record of 6.02 million. Separately, housing starts disappointed investors hoping to find signs of a recovery in home building. Housing starts for March totaled 510,000, which was below the 540,000 starts that were expected and down from the prior month. Meanwhile, building permits in March totaled 513,000, which is below the 549,000 permits that were expected, down from February…’

SUCKER'S RALLY APPROACHING AN END by Peter Cooper: Whatever the technical reason for the 25 percent rise in the S&P over the past five weeks, or a more modest eight percent bounce in GCC regional stock prices, the absurdness of this sucker’s rally ought to be obvious to all. Unemployment is still rising, house prices are still falling, and the fundamentals of bank balance sheets are still deteriorating with total bad debts unknown except that we know they must be getting worse. Global trade fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year. Even Mercedes car sales to the oil rich of the GCC fell 23 per cent. The collapse of the world’s second largest economy, Japan, has been unprecedented.
Bad news coming
… The stock market pattern in 2008-9 has so far been a mirror image of the crash of 1929-30 with a halving of prices from the autumn followed by a 25 per cent rally from March lows. In April 1930 stocks moved sideways and then they crashed another 50 per cent into the summer. What possible reason is there for optimism to believe that history will not repeat itself? Government stimulus packages have more than likely been too small and too late to prevent another down leg in stocks, and will take time to revive the real economy, if indeed they can do so. They might just stop the worst possible scenario but are they going to prevent the plunge downwards? Governments have not managed it so far.
Consumers and unemployment
…It will take more than weasel words from US bankers and ‘green shoots’ in the waffle of President Obama to put things right. Eventually global stock markets will reach a bottom but they are not close to having visited it just yet. Wall Street and its friends are playing investors as suckers but they are in danger of overdoing it. For once these guys are impoverished where will the next bunch of fools come from? Goldman Sachs' (GS) results this week might well mark the top of the rally, beyond that the only way is down.

Industrial production down –13%, most since WW2. The wall street frauds celebrate increase real estate sales…on increased foreclosures…riiiiight! U.S. foreclosure filings jump as moratoriums end     US foreclosures up 24 percent in 1st quarter      Jim Rogers Says Investors Should Expect More Bottoms  Still not one prosecution as new churn and earn fraud/bubble begins with taxpayer bailout funds (old reliable foggy/sell the sizzle tech sector now the wall street frauds’ refuge-remember the dot com bust, etc.).  BULL S**T STORIES FOISTED AS B.S. TALKING POINTS FOR CONTINUING FRAUD/SPIKE IN STOCK PRICES FOR CHURN AND EARN COMMISSIONING: WELLS FARGO RECEIVED $25 BILLION TAXPAYER MONEY/BAILOUT FUNDS AND SHOWS (RECORD FOR THEM?) $3 BILLION QUARTERLY PROFIT- GOLDMAN RECEIVED $10 BILLION PLUS UNDISCLOSED FED/ ULTIMATELY TAXPAYER MONEY AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $1.8 BILLION PROFIT  -   MORGAN CHASE RECEIVED $25 BILLION AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $2+ BILLION PROFIT – CITI RECEIVED $25 BILLION AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $__ BILLION PROFIT -  DO THE MATH (FIRST GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS COULD DO AS WELL, AND FOR FAR LESS PAY) - AT THAT RATE, TAXPAYERS WILL SOON HAVE NOTHING LEFT FOR THEM TO TAX! WHAT FRAUDS! The Great Geithner Coverup      WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T!  …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.].   U.S. Treasury asking banks keep quiet on stress tests      New unemployment claims at high 654,000 praised as positive number… riiiiight! …as continuing unemployment claims at record 5.84 million (real numbers even worse). Economy so bad that consumers can’t buy goods so trade deficit shrank but this is a structural defect in u.s. economy so not good news and consistent with bad news of still plunging retail sector. Najarian points out that wall street always a circus, consolidation, robbing peter to pay paul, take profits; while economist cite Reich that we’re in depression and government as in land of fruits and nuts out of control. Earnings revised downward for first quarter –36.5%, more weakness, more unemployment, inflation to come on fast says Hogan, and insurance companies now que up at corporate welfare/taxpayer bailout lines. In positing (suckers’) bear market rally and advocating hold cash/sell stocks Hillary Kramer points to the preposterous on wall street where bad news greated as good vis-à-vis stocks (they call what wall street does ‘fraud’…in a rational world where they would already be in jail).  Madman Cramer – the ultimate contrarian indicator - CRAMER'S CALL: ANOTHER RALLY TOP INDICATOR Greg Feirman   Wow, the bulls are really feeling good. “Wells Fargo Carries The Day” and the S&P and Dow closed at 2 months high and the Nasdaq is near its highs for the year. On Mad Money this evening, Cramer went so far as to call “a turn in the economy”, saying “the facts have changed”, “the situation has clearly improved” and “things are getting better”. This isn’t the first time Cramer has called a bottom and he’s been wrong before (For example, see “Cramer Declares The End Of The Bear Market” , Top Gun FP, July 31, 2008). The market topped out a couple weeks later. On Monday October 6, Cramer went on the today show and told people to sell any stock money they might need in the next five years. The market bottomed that Friday. It could run another couple weeks but this rally is running thin. Methinks me smells a top…..   Rational View Courtesy of ETF.COM: ‘…Due to our expectations of continued weakness in the financial sector, the looming deterioration of commercial real estate, the credit markets tepid backing of the equity rally, and the still very shaky and highly volatile global economy, it's our view at ETFdesk.com the recent run-up in stocks is unwarranted and presents an overly optimistic view of the months ahead. We believe investors should consider taking short term profits or use the recent run to reduce equity exposure they are weary of. We also believe investment grade debt (NYSEArca: LQD - News) represents an opportunity for investors seeking beaten down prices without the downside volatility of equities…David Tice: S&P 500 To Plunge to 325     Housing Starts Fall Sharply...         Sony Ericsson posts Q1 loss, plans more cost cuts    Wall Street loses 3,100 jobs in March … Should lose another 90% OF THEIR CHURN AND EARN JOBS (Reuters)     Toshiba expects bigger loss, contract job cuts     Sony Ericsson posts loss, to cut 2,000 jobs     Treasury Stress Test Won't Add Clarity or Transparency - Just Inconsistency … and lack of meaningful FASB standard (ie., mark to market abolition, etc.) means more fraud (at Seeking Alpha)   Questions linger over Tarp funding...      MAJOR MALL OPERATOR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY...        JPMorgan and Goldman trading profits unlikely to last Reuters      The Great Geithner Coverup    Obama Maintains His Perfect Batting Average for Appointing  Failed Insiders to Key Economic Posts    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     Fed sees economy sliding further     A Bear in Bull's Clothing: Why This Rally Will Fall Short   Ron Paul: Reckless Spending And Taxation Prolonged Great Depression       Goldman Sachs: Wall St Largest Crooks  

Citigroup: The Beginning and End of the Current Rally (at Seeking Alpha)          Why BAC Will Beat: Understanding a New Bull Market Is Not Underway (at Seeking Alpha)       Government's Handling of Economic Crisis - Einstein Would Call It Insane (at Seeking Alpha)    Bank of America net up, shares sink on bad loans    GM cutting 1,600 U.S. salaried positions     IBM sales fall more than expected, but b.s. up     Wall Street sinks on banks' woes     Wall Street tumbles as investors dump financials (AP)      IBM shares slip as 1Q sales fall short (AP)      New embrace of reality about bank health grip Wall Street    Backdoor Path To Bank Nationalization (at CNBC)     Zions Bancorp Swings To 1Q Loss; Moody's Cuts Ratings     Economic Downturn Negatively Affecting Credit Markets in Varied Industries      Celente: “America lives in a fascist state”      Backdoor Nationalization? U.S. May Convert Banks’ Bailouts to Equity Share      Why a 50% Drop in Housing Is Not the Bottom          

PREVIOUS (4-14-09), Suckers’ rally into the close to keep the suckers’ suckered on bad news and bull s**t alone so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Retail sales down –1.1%. ‘…The downward push came as financial stocks fell out of favor and disappointing retail sales data led some to second guess the prospects of retailers. Financial stocks weighed on the broader market for the entire session and finished with a 7.7% loss. The sector's weakness was widespread, but investment banks and brokerages (-10.7%) suffered some of the steepest declines after Goldman Sachs (GS 115.92, -14.23) announced a $5 billion common equity offering that was discounted from the prior session's closing price. The offering will also prove dilutive to existing shareholders…’  Jim Rogers Says Investors Should Expect More Bottoms    BULL S**T STORIES FOISTED AS B.S. TALKING POINT FOR CONTINUING FRAUD/SPIKE IN STOCK PRICES FOR CHURN AND EARN COMMISSIONING: WELLS FARGO RECEIVES $25 BILLION TAXPAYER MONEY/BAILOUT FUNDS AND SHOWS (RECORD FOR THEM?) $3 BILLION QUARTERLY PROFIT- GOLDMAN RECEIVED $10 BILLION PLUS UNDISCLOSED FED/ ULTIMATELY TAXPAYER MONEY AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $1.8 BILLION PROFIT  - DO THE MATH (FIRST GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS COULD DO AS WELL, AND FOR FAR LESS PAY) - AT THAT RATE, TAXPAYERS WILL SOON HAVE NOTHING LEFT FOR THEM TO TAX! WHAT FRAUDS! The Great Geithner Coverup      WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T!    U.S. Treasury asking banks keep quiet on stress tests      New unemployment claims at high 654,000 praised as positive number…riiiiight!…as continuing unemployment claims at record 5.84 million (real numbers even worse). Economy so bad that consumers can’t buy goods so trade deficit shrank but this is a structural defect in u.s. economy so not good news and consistent with bad news of still plunging retail sector. Najarian points out that wall street always a circus, consolidation, robbing peter to pay paul, take profits; while economist cite Reich that we’re in depression and government as in land of fruits and nuts out of control. Earnings revised downward for first quarter –36.5%, more weakness, more unemployment, inflation to come on fast says Hogan, and insurance companies now que up at corporate welfare/taxpayer bailout lines. In positing (suckers’) bear market rally and advocating hold cash/sell stocks Hillary Kramer points to the preposterous on wall street where bad news greated as good vis-à-vis stocks (they call what wall street does ‘fraud’…in a rational world where they would already be in jail).  Madman Cramer – the ultimate contrarian indicator - CRAMER'S CALL: ANOTHER RALLY TOP INDICATOR Greg Feirman   Wow, the bulls are really feeling good. “Wells Fargo Carries The Day” and the S&P and Dow closed at 2 months high and the Nasdaq is near its highs for the year. On Mad Money this evening, Cramer went so far as to call “a turn in the economy”, saying “the facts have changed”, “the situation has clearly improved” and “things are getting better”. This isn’t the first time Cramer has called a bottom and he’s been wrong before (For example, see “Cramer Declares The End Of The Bear Market” , Top Gun FP, July 31, 2008). The market topped out a couple weeks later. On Monday October 6, Cramer went on the today show and told people to sell any stock money they might need in the next five years. The market bottomed that Friday. It could run another couple weeks but this rally is running thin. Methinks me smells a top…..   Rational View Courtesy of ETF.COM: ‘…Due to our expectations of continued weakness in the financial sector, the looming deterioration of commercial real estate, the credit markets tepid backing of the equity rally, and the still very shaky and highly volatile global economy, it's our view at ETFdesk.com the recent run-up in stocks is unwarranted and presents an overly optimistic view of the months ahead. We believe investors should consider taking short term profits or use the recent run to reduce equity exposure they are weary of. We also believe investment grade debt (NYSEArca: LQD - News) represents an opportunity for investors seeking beaten down prices without the downside volatility of equities…’ The Great Geithner Coverup      Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     Fed sees economy sliding further     A Bear in Bull's Clothing: Why This Rally Will Fall Short    Goldman Sachs Q1: Pay Up, People Down     Dealbreaker Afterdark: Fannie Mae CEO To Head Bailout Nation       UBS cuts 8,700 more jobs     Let's Keep Big Banks from Ruining America Forever (at Seeking Alpha)     China's ICBC now world's largest bank by deposits (at MarketWatch)      UBS faces $1.8 billion loss, will cut almost 9,000 more jobs          World Economy Falling Faster Than in 1929-1930     The Geithner-Summers Plan is Even Worse Than Thought       Author who predicted crisis sees hyperinflation ahead

PREVIOUS (4-13-09), ’  Jim Rogers Says Investors Should Expect More Bottoms    BULL S**T STORIES FOISTED AS B.S. TALKING POINT FOR CONTINUING FRAUD/SPIKE IN STOCK PRICES FOR CHURN AND EARN COMMISSIONING: WELLS FARGO RECEIVES $25 BILLION TAXPAYER MONEY/BAILOUT FUNDS AND SHOWS (RECORD FOR THEM?) $3 BILLION QUARTERLY PROFIT- GOLDMAN RECEIVED $10 BILLION PLUS UNDISCLOSED FED/ ULTIMATELY TAXPAYER MONEY AND REPORTS QUARTERLY  $1.8 BILLION PROFIT  - DO THE MATH (FIRST GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS COULD DO AS WELL, AND FOR FAR LESS PAY) - AT THAT RATE, TAXPAYERS WILL SOON HAVE NOTHING LEFT FOR THEM TO TAX! WHAT FRAUDS! The Great Geithner Coverup      WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T!    U.S. Treasury asking banks keep quiet on stress tests      New unemployment claims at high 654,000 praised as positive number…riiiiight!…as continuing unemployment claims at record 5.84 million (real numbers even worse). Economy so bad that consumers can’t buy goods so trade deficit shrank but this is a structural defect in u.s. economy so not good news and consistent with bad news of still plunging retail sector. Najarian points out that wall street always a circus, consolidation, robbing peter to pay paul, take profits; while economist cite Reich that we’re in depression and government as in land of fruits and nuts out of control. Earnings revised downward for first quarter –36.5%, more weakness, more unemployment, inflation to come on fast says Hogan, and insurance companies now que up at corporate welfare/taxpayer bailout lines. In positing (suckers’) bear market rally and advocating hold cash/sell stocks Hillary Kramer points to the preposterous on wall street where bad news greated as good vis-à-vis stocks (they call what wall street does ‘fraud’…in a rational world where they would already be in jail).  Madman Cramer – the ultimate contrarian indicator - CRAMER'S CALL: ANOTHER RALLY TOP INDICATOR Greg Feirman   Wow, the bulls are really feeling good. “Wells Fargo Carries The Day” and the S&P and Dow closed at 2 months high and the Nasdaq is near its highs for the year. On Mad Money this evening, Cramer went so far as to call “a turn in the economy”, saying “the facts have changed”, “the situation has clearly improved” and “things are getting better”. This isn’t the first time Cramer has called a bottom and he’s been wrong before (For example, see “Cramer Declares The End Of The Bear Market” , Top Gun FP, July 31, 2008). The market topped out a couple weeks later. On Monday October 6, Cramer went on the today show and told people to sell any stock money they might need in the next five years. The market bottomed that Friday. It could run another couple weeks but this rally is running thin. Methinks me smells a top…..   Rational View Courtesy of ETF.COM: ‘…Due to our expectations of continued weakness in the financial sector, the looming deterioration of commercial real estate, the credit markets tepid backing of the equity rally, and the still very shaky and highly volatile global economy, it's our view at ETFdesk.com the recent run-up in stocks is unwarranted and presents an overly optimistic view of the months ahead. We believe investors should consider taking short term profits or use the recent run to reduce equity exposure they are weary of. We also believe investment grade debt (NYSEArca: LQD - News) represents an opportunity for investors seeking beaten down prices without the downside volatility of equities…’ The Great Geithner Coverup      China Slows Purchases of U.S. and Other Bonds      Goldman Sachs hires law firm to shut blogger’s site for pointing to truth about the fraud firm e      Singapore economy shrinks sharply more than expected    WELLS FARGO 'May Need $50 Billion to Pay Feds, Cover Loan Losses'...     Reporters threatened with arrest for filming private Federal Reserve building       SURGE IN DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS; WASHINGTON VOWS SYMPATHY     Warren Buffett's electric car venture; CEO drinks 'battery fluid'...    Goldman Sachs mulls dilutive worthless stock sale to repay TARP money with other TARP money: now you know where the fed trillions in part are going: report     GOLDMAN SACHS announces $5B public stock offering, reports $1.8B quarterly profit...         Bailed-Out Banks Face Probe over Fees: Report      You Know Things Are Bad When Even Newsweek Is Slamming the Obama Administration for Caving in to the Financial Status Quo      Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     Fed sees economy sliding further    A Bear in Bull's Clothing: Why This Rally Will Fall Short    World Economy Falling Faster Than in 1929-1930     The Geithner-Summers Plan is Even Worse Than Thought       Author who predicted crisis sees hyperinflation ahead

PREVIOUS (4-9-09), suckers’ bear market rally into the close on bad news and bull s**t alone so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! LATE-BREAKING BULL S**T STORY FOISTED AS B.S. TALKING POINT FOR CONTINUING FRAUD/SPIKE IN STOCK PRICES FOR COMMISSIONING: WELLS FARGO RECEIVES $25 BILLION TAXPAYER MONEY/BAILOUT FUNDS AND SHOWS (RECORD FOR THEM?) $3 BILLION QUARTERLY PROFIT - DO THE MATH (FIRST GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS COULD DO AS WELL, AND FOR FAR LESS PAY) - AT THAT RATE, TAXPAYERS WILL SOON HAVE NOTHING LEFT FOR THEM TO TAX! WHAT FRAUDS!  WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T!    U.S. Treasury asking banks keep quiet on stress tests      New unemployment claims at high 654,000 praised as positive number…riiiiight!…as continuing unemployment claims at record 5.84 million (real numbers even worse). Economy so bad that consumers can’t buy goods so trade deficit shrank but this is a structural defect in u.s. economy so not good news and consistent with bad news of still plunging retail sector. Najarian points out that wall street always a circus, consolidation, robbing peter to pay paul, take profits; while economist cite Reich that we’re in depression and government as in land of fruits and nuts out of control. Earnings revised downward for first quarter –36.5%, more weakness, more unemployment, inflation to come on fast says Hogan, and insurance companies now que up at corporate welfare/taxpayer bailout lines. In positing (suckers’) bear market rally and advocating hold cash/sell stocks Hillary Kramer points to the preposterous on wall street where bad news greated as good vis-à-vis stocks (they call what wall street does ‘fraud’…in a rational world where they would already be in jail). Rational View Courtesy of ETF.COM: ‘…Due to our expectations of continued weakness in the financial sector, the looming deterioration of commercial real estate, the credit markets tepid backing of the equity rally, and the still very shaky and highly volatile global economy, it's our view at ETFdesk.com the recent run-up in stocks is unwarranted and presents an overly optimistic view of the months ahead. We believe investors should consider taking short term profits or use the recent run to reduce equity exposure they are weary of. We also believe investment grade debt (NYSEArca: LQD - News) represents an opportunity for investors seeking beaten down prices without the downside volatility of equities…’  Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     Fed sees economy sliding further    A Bear in Bull's Clothing: Why This Rally Will Fall Short    World Economy Falling Faster Than in 1929-1930     The Geithner-Summers Plan is Even Worse Than Thought        Market bear Roubini sticks to dour forecasts     U.S. Treasury asking banks keep quiet on stress tests      Boeing warns on Q1 profit, to cut plane output     Wall Street sets 5th weekly gain on banks, Boeing off late     U.S. Squeezes Auto Creditors (at The Wall Street Journal Online)      Nikkei comes off 9,000, as banks hit by SMFG news     Obama seeks $83.4 billion more in 2009 war funds     Bank of Japan likely to cut economic outlook in next report    Author who predicted crisis sees hyperinflation ahead

PREVIOUS (4-8-09), suckers’ bear market rally into the close on worse than expected bad news and bull s**t alone so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! LATE-BREAKING BULL S**T STORY FOR B.S. TALKING POINT FOR CONTINUING FRAUD/SPIKE IN STOCK PRICES FOR COMMISSIONING: WELLS FARGO RECEIVES $25 BILLION TAXPAYER MONEY/BAILOUT FUNDS AND SHOWS (RECORD FOR THEM?) $3 BILLION QUARTERLY PROFIT - DO THE MATH (FIRST GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS COULD DO AS WELL, AND FOR FAR LESS PAY) - AT THAT RATE, TAXPAYERS WILL SOON HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO TAX! WHAT FRAUDS!  WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T!  Earnings revised downward for first quarter –36.5%, more weakness, more unemployment, inflation to come on fast says Hogan, and insurance companies now que up at corporate welfare/taxpayer bailout lines. In positing (suckers’) bear market rally and advocating hold cash/sell stocks Hillary Kramer points to the preposterous on wall street where bad news greated as good vis-à-vis stocks (they call what wall street does ‘fraud’…in a rational world where they would already be in jail). Rational View Courtesy of ETF.COM: ‘…Due to our expectations of continued weakness in the financial sector, the looming deterioration of commercial real estate, the credit markets tepid backing of the equity rally, and the still very shaky and highly volatile global economy, it's our view at ETFdesk.com the recent run-up in stocks is unwarranted and presents an overly optimistic view of the months ahead. We believe investors should consider taking short term profits or use the recent run to reduce equity exposure they are weary of. We also believe investment grade debt (NYSEArca: LQD - News) represents an opportunity for investors seeking beaten down prices without the downside volatility of equities…’  Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression     Fed sees economy sliding further    A Bear in Bull's Clothing: Why This Rally Will Fall Short    World Economy Falling Faster Than in 1929-1930      [$$] Little Optimism From FOMC    Fed sees no economic recovery until next year and then next year and year after that and next year           Moody's strips Berkshire Hathaway of top rating    Danger lurks behind banks' results    Reality of worsening depression drove Fed action     [$$] Morgan Stanley to Post a Loss From Volatile, Complex Bonds (at The Wall Street Journal Online)     Bank Earnings Will Be Hit by Consumer Woes (at TheStreet.com)   Financial Crisis ‘Far From Over,’ Panel Says       A Bear in Bull's Clothing: Why This Rally Will Fall Short    The Geithner-Summers Plan is Even Worse Than Thought   SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!    

PREVIOUS (4-7-09), Economics Professors: Global Crash Worse Than During First Year of Great Depression     TRENDSRESEARCH.COM     GERALD CELENTE  points out that trillion dollar foreign banks got billions of taxpayer bailout funds and Goldman Sachs ceo’s, former ceo’s, board members were among the only few limited government personnel privy to the bailout cramdown/scheme/fraud and further, that new ‘regulation’ now permits valuation of bank assets at whatever they so choose…disaster and 25% unemployment and hyperinflation around the corner, DEPRESSION-level economic conditions already extent, already in depression. Bernanke’s Failed Financial Rescue Plan  Fed chief Ben Bernanke has embarked on a radical and ruinous financial rescue plan. According to Bloomberg News, the Fed has already lent or committed $12.8 trillion trying to stabilize the financial system after the the bursting of Wall Street’s speculative mega-bubble, so still great opportunity to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Cat found alive after 5 weeks under rubble       Fed's Fisher says U.S. economy grim      AIG aircraft unit seeks $5 billion Fed credit line: report    Sustainable Bull Market Unlikely     More Correction on the Way in This Bear Market      US Bancorp's Loan Losses Loom (at TheStreet.com)    Asia Markets: Asian miners lead regional stock tumble     Alex Jones interviewed by RT: U.S. is a puppet of private bankers    TARP panel: Financial Crisis 'Far From Over,' Govt. May Spend More than $4 Trillion...      Cities Collapsing throughout the USA      Hundreds of Thousands of Unemployed Run Out of Benefits     Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and Wall Street’s ownership of government      Estimated U.S. taxpayer cost for bailout jumps     Bernanke’s Failed Financial Rescue Plan    The G20 moves the world a step closer to a global currency      Soros: Dollar WIll Be Replaced By World Currency     

PREVIOUS (4-6-09), suckers’ bear market rally into the close to finish off lows on bad news and bull s**t alone (ie., real bad numbers though favorably fudged greeted with reiteration ‘better than expected’, etc…riiiiight!), so still great opportunity to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Respected banking analyst Mayo brought the lunatic frauds on wall street back to earth predicting bank loan losses will exceed those of the Great Depression. Mayo Says Loan Losses Will Exceed Depression Levels... ‘Despite the absence of positive catalysts in afternoon trading, stocks were able to pare their losses. The stock market had been down as much as 2.3%, but was able to more than cut that loss in half.    Financial Stocks Have Run Up Too Hard, Too Fast (at Seeking Alpha)    Slow down: We're Not at the Bottom Yet     U.S. deficit nearly $1 trillion in first half of FY2009      Americans Feel 15.6% Unemployment as Unemployment Surges     SOROS SEES END OF DOLLAR AS WORLD CURRENCY...     GM Speeds Up Bankruptcy Preparations...   Bernanke ‘Green Shoots’ Signals False Spring Amid Job Losses      Bush and Obama Administrations Both Broke Law By Refusing to Close Insolvent Banks     Murdoch: Long-Term Economic Situation ‘Dangerous’; Recovery 2-3 Years Away      Massive Checkpoint Operation in Tennessee Violated Posse Comitatus, Fourth Amendment     Hundreds of Thousands of Unemployed Run Out of Benefits     Larry Summers, Tiny Tim Geithner and Wall Street’s ownership of government    ‘  Mayo Says Loan Losses Will Exceed Depression Levels...    Obama Economic Advisors Linked to Bankers   

PREVIOUS (4-3-09), suckers’ bear market rally continues on bad news and bull s**t alone (ie., real bad numbers though favorably fudged greeted with reiteration ‘better than expected’, etc…riiiiight!), so still great opportunity to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  5.1 million jobs lost, -663,000 in past month, unemployment rate jumps to 8.5% and 15% for underemployed/part time (I’m sure these data understate the far worse reality according to some who say 15% and 20+% respectively), credit card problems/defaults to worsen according to analyst, even service sector down, and providing insult to injury/damage Goldman, et als using taxpayer funds for toxic assets (the real boondoggle is the complicit multi-trillion dollar fraud concerning taxpayer funds to bailout/coverup massive securities law violations/crimes for which prosecution/disgorgement of gains should have already begun). Outrageous and preposterous!   U.S. jobless rate hits 25-year high    Lawmaker sees Fannie, Freddie bonus "insult"      NYC protesters ask US to 'bail out the people' (AP)    Soros: Global Depression Ahead      Buchanan: We Should Kill the Fed    One in 10 Americans gets help to buy food     Ex-AIG chief: Bailout will not succeed      Unemployment in U.S. Climbed in March to 25-Year High      G-20 Shapes New World Order With Wisely Lesser Role for u.s., u.s. Markets    -663,000: Unemployment Rate Reaches 25-Year High of 8.5%...     1 in every 10 Americans receive food stamps...

Buchanan: We Should Kill the Fed    Patrick J. Buchanan | Hoover did what Obama is doing.

Watchdogs: Treasury won't disclose bank bailout details.(I think it’s obvious they’re covering up the substantial securities fraud, using taxpayer money to do so, as yet there’s not even one prosecution which makes the government complicit, after the fact, in consummating the fraud) ...       

PREVIOUS (4-2-09), suckers’ bear market rally based upon decisively bad news (26 Year High as New US jobless claims hit 669,000 in week , except for fake government reports by corrupt scandal-scarred commerce department on manufacturing/index up 1.8% though almost all private forecasts saw decline, etc.), in addition to funny money the frauds on wall street applauded the funny assets courtesy of f.a.s.b. (there are no accounting standards in the u.s.), which makes for wall street style securities fraud as now and in the past (fed also pumped in another $23 billion in last 3 days to fuel same, despite earnings going down and stock prices soaring with stratospherically high p/e ratios). Analyst/fund manager Najarian ‘taking a lot off the table’ (selling), while Analyst/fund manager Farr/Miller who called this bear market rally see’s test of the lows, so if you don’t celebrate All Fools’ Day (you’re not a fool) you’ll continue to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  New US jobless claims hit 669,000 in week     WASHPOST: Before Crisis, Geithner Fell Short; He regulated banks...   Outstanding Credit Default Swaps Down to “Only” About Twice America’s GDP     Layoffs rise despite hope recession is easing (AP)        G-20 to give $1 trillion to IMF, World Bank      UN chief says crisis could result in failed states      Tax dodgers multiply as underground economy cushions job cuts   The Wall Street Journal Criticizes Capitol Hill Bonuses (and don’t forget the raises) (at Seeking Alpha)    Inflationary Depression  Dr. Marc Faber runs his own business, Marc Faber Limited, which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager. He publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletters The Gloom Boom & Doom report which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books including Tomorrow’s Gold – Asia’s Age of Discovery which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world.  

PREVIOUS (4-1-09), suckers’ bear market rally into the close with 250 point swing to the upside based on decisively bad news and bull s**t alone, viz., better than dismal expectations…I don’t think so! …That dog don’t hunt no more…remember the last market burn and that similar refrain among others, and the ever indecipherable to most, that infamous tech sector will save us (bust)…riiiiight!  Oh wait, I get it. April Fools Day, as in ‘fool you once, shame on them, fool you twice, thrice, etc., …shame on you’. How ‘bout all fools day.  U.S. private sector axes 742,000 jobs in March    March auto sales plunge...    U.S. seen facing danger of 2nd recession next year or stated another more realistic way, the depression though flush with ever more worthless weimar dollars providing ephemeral b.s. talking points of happy days are here again will be exacerbated thereby and continue with a vengeance   r    So, SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!      

AIG crisis could be the tip of an insurance iceberg     U.S. Spending 100% of GDP on Bailouts and Related Programs     Watchdogs: Treasury won't disclose bank bailout details.(I think it’s obvious they’re covering up the substantial securities fraud, using taxpayer money to do so, as yet there’s not even one prosecution which makes the government complicit, after the fact, in consummating the fraud) ...       U.S. private sector axes 742,000 jobs in March    March auto sales plunge...    U.S. seen facing danger of 2nd recession next year or stated another more realistic way, the depression though flush with ever more worthless weimar dollars providing ephemeral b.s. talking points of happy days are here again will be exacerbated thereby and continue with a vengeance   r       Financial Rescue Nears GDP as Pledges Top $12.8 Trillion      U.S. auto sales plunge, but bottom not yet near    "Hurt, Frightened and Very Angry:" Risk of Social Unrest Rising, Says FT's Martin Wolf       [$$] Accounting Rules Should Avoid Impairment (at The Wall Street Journal Online)      Nightmare on Wall Street   Destination Collapse     Foreclosure Crisis Hits Warp Speed: 6 Million Families Face Losing Their Homes in the Next Three Years

PREVIOUS (3-31-09), suckers’ bear market rally continues to keep suckers suckered and commission dollars flowing by window-dressing this past month (and quarter) with gains based on bad news and hence bull s**t alone so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Global Meltdown, Part III    $$] It's Only Window-Dressing     Why This Is Just Another Bear Market Rally   All news decisively negative with prospectively negative implications as the jawboners/frauds talk up that ever elusive bottom for stocks/real estate despite reality indicating otherwise [have you noticed the wide divergence of private reports (though somewhat skewed to the upside because of flawed/fake data they must rely upon from the government) as opposed to false government reports]. Confidence near historically record lows and Case/Shiller index showing declining real estate values (-19.4%)  Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Fell by a Record 19%    with declines at highest rate on record   Global Meltdown, Part III        $$] It's Only Window-Dressing     Why This Is Just Another Bear Market Rally      An Autopsy of the Glass-Steagall Act     U.S. Spending 100% of GDP on Bailouts and Related Programs     TARP Watchdog: “We Do Not Seem To Be A Priority For The Treasury Department”     NEWS BROKE: SUN-TIMES Files For Bankruptcy, Both Major Chicago Dailies Now In Chapter 11...     Ontario, CA, Tent City Residents Required to Wear Wristbands       Government website now offers ’suicide warning signs’ for victims of recession  .

PREVIOUS (3-30-09), Art Hogan recently summed up choosing stocks in this environment thusly: ‘pick the best-looking horse at the glue factory’…..I think he was as a courtesy to his industry overly generous. The administration pitches hardballs to the auto industry while continuing to pitch powder puffs to the wall street frauds who have perpetrated the largest (securities) fraud in recorded history, turning a cyclical downturn into what is now unavoidably depression, putting beleagered taxpayers in the unfathomable position of funders/guarantors of the scam/fraud in bailing out the perpetrators of the crimes (bush’s infamous base) who have financially benefited enormously (fees, commissions, spreads, points, salaries, expenses, bonuses, etc.) from their fraud/crimes. Still not even one prosecution from this administration even though disgorgement, the legal remedy among other criminal penalties, would aid the defacto bankrupt u.s. treasury!     Obama's tough auto stance may include bankruptcy     Wall Street hits the brakes on autos, bank woes     Workers say Obama treated autos worse than Wall St (AP)     UBS shares fall as writedowns, job cuts expected (AP)    Obama puts GM, Chrysler on short leash     Stocks fall as automaker plans are rejected    Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial crisis    Looting by U.S. Government at All-Time Highs    White House to let Chrysler fail    US Banks Operate Without Reserve Requirements     GM, Peugeot CEOs forced out as auto woes deepen    Geithner won't say if more bailout money needed   AIG delays funds to some real-estate ventures: report     Asian stocks tumble on auto, bank concerns (AP)    UBS shares fall as more writedowns, job cuts seen (Reuters)     GM, Chrysler have no 'viable' plans: US task force      Pension insurer shifted to stocks to froth the fraudulent market Boston Globe | Just months before the start of last year’s stock market collapse, the federal agency that insures the retirement funds of 44 million Americans departed from its conservative investment strategy and decided to put much of its $64 billion insurance fund into stocks to froth the frudulent market at behest of frauds on wall street.   

PREVIOUS (3-27-09), very modest losses relative to reality so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Sugar coated though still bad numbers, usual suspects/concerns cited, ie., bankruptcies on rise, omni 22nd bank to fail this year, printing hyperinflationary funny money like mad, etc. (don’t forget, as now, in 2008 they predicted improvement in second half and no recession though we now know we were already in recession and now depression).   Nobel Laureate Dr. Joseph Stiglitz Says “The Geithner Plan Amounts To Robbery Of The American People”   Ninth Georgia bank collapses (at Atlanta Journal Constitution - 22nd this year)      Economy shrinks most in 25 years; Unemployment continues climb  Roubini Says Stocks Will Drop, Government Will Nationalize More Banks...    Ron Paul Predicts 15-year Depression    The Credit Bust Is Not Almost Over (at Seeking Alpha)   Top bank regulator placed on leave pending review (AP)   PAPER: Rahm Emanuel's Short FREDDIE MAC stay made him $320,000+...         On PPIP and Geithner's Latest Power Grab (Linkfest) (at Seeking Alpha)   Will SDRs Become World’s Reserve Currency?     UN PANEL TOUTS NEW GLOBAL CURRENCY...      Rep. to Geithner: Your Plan Is 'Radical'...     The Bubble That Must Burst     

PREVIOUS (3-26-09), all news decisively bad, viz., continuing unemployment claims at new record high 5.56 million, new unemployment claims at very bad 653,000, economic contraction a worse than previously reported –6.3%, corporate profits down and at worst levels in decades, J.D. Power and Associates reports auto sales decline of a whopping –40%, Economy shrinks most in 25 years; Unemployment continues climb  Roubini Says Stocks Will Drop, Government Will Nationalize More Banks...    Ron Paul Predicts 15-year Depression  , yet suckers’ bear market rally to keep those suckers suckered so take this folly as a great opportunity to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  The Credit Bust Is Not Almost Over (at Seeking Alpha)   Top bank regulator placed on leave pending review (AP)   PAPER: Rahm Emanuel's Short FREDDIE MAC stay made him $320,000+...         On PPIP and Geithner's Latest Power Grab (Linkfest) (at Seeking Alpha)   Will SDRs Become World’s Reserve Currency?     UN PANEL TOUTS NEW GLOBAL CURRENCY...      Rep. to Geithner: Your Plan Is 'Radical'...     The Bubble That Must Burst     

PREVIOUS (3-25-09), The corrupt, scandal-scarred commerce department notorious for institutionalized lying comes out with numbers  three times/300% better than private forecasts for now into the third week in a row for such very forecastable data as used home sales, new home sales, and durable goods (mostly government/military with funny at that) in an attempt to froth that font of fraud called the american stock market/wall street which is how this financial/economic crisis came to be, with the parasitic churn-and-earn commisioning on the way up (and then down) based on bull s**t alone. Still not one prosecution of that huge collateralized securities fraud for which disgorgement would constitute substantial contribution to treasury as opposed to the just announced diversion to small potatoes (like madoff, which should be pursued but not a priority to the multi-trillion dollar collateralized securities fraud, etc.), viz., the sub-prime mortgage origination fraud (encouraged by actions of fed and government), etc.. With 80% debt-to-GDP ratio, the u.s. is now the leader of banana republic nations.   Nobel Laureate Dr. Joseph Stiglitz Says “The Geithner Plan Amounts To Robbery Of The American People”     IBM to cut 5,000 jobs in U.S.      Wall St. rallies late as data offsets bond sale gloom    [$$] Government-Debt Auctions Disappoint as Demand Subsides (at The Wall Street Journal Online)    Asian Shares Mostly Lower, Mkts Overcooked; Nikkei Down 0.7%    CDS ‘Godfather’ Says Blow ‘Em All Up’     Obama Denounces Global Currency While Creating The Very Means For Its Introduction      Code Pink and Barney’s Bailout Circus   One Small Problem With Geithner’s Plan: It Will Bankrupt The Banks        White House to Hunt for New Tax Revenues     Bank Of England warns Gordon Brown to stop the spending         U.K. Bond Auction Fails for First Time Since 2002          Obama’s Economic Plan a “Road to Hell”  Associated Press | The president of the European Union on Wednesday slammed U.S. plans to spend its way out of recession as “a road to hell.”    

PREVIOUS (3-24-09): Modest losses relative to an increasingly grim reality so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  
 

 ETF Death Watch: Why Are Funds Closing? The financial crisis isn’t just shrinking portfolios and profits. It’s also putting exchange-traded funds and notes out of business. According to State Street, 58 exchange-traded products closed last year and another 30 or so from companies like SPA, Credit Suisse and Northern Trust have stopped trading the last three months. With more on the way, the liquidation process is shaping up to be a prominent trend for investors to watch in 2009.       
Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers: Stiglitz The U.S. government plan to rid banks of toxic assets will rob American taxpayers by exposing them to too much risk and is unlikely to work as long as the economy remains weak, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on Tuesday.
Geithner Grilled on Goldman Sachs Connections David Edwards | Geithner told Waters that Goldman Sachs could help manage the new program to help banks remove toxic assets from their books. Haven’t goldman and goldman people done enough damage?  Their abilities and competence are vastly overrated and overstated.   Be Gentle with the Bankers? No, Indict Them for Fraud/High Treason


U.S. woos investors to buy toxic assets   Falling Japan land prices stir deflation worries    China Telecom's annual profit plunges 96% on write-down     Japan automakers' sales tumble in February      China Urges New Money Reserve to Replace Dollar     The Fed Did Indeed Cause the Housing Bubble     China Voices Support For New Global Currency To Replace Dollar    

US unveils public-private plan for toxic assets     

Donating for dollars? Many bailed-out banks still contributing to campaign funds The federal bank bailouts may be giving new meaning to the term “kickback.”   JPMorgan Chase To Spend Millions on New Jets and Luxury Airport Hangar   YouTube Caught Censoring Obama Deception Video    The Fed Did Indeed Cause the Housing Bubble

What the Pros Say: US Is Now ‘Bankrupt’  US Federal Reserve announces massive increase in government debt     U.S. Budget Office offers darker economic and deficit outlook    [$$] Market Overbought and Overbelieved      Auditors project deeper deficits for Obama budget    Rothschild: Economic crisis will leave governments with “enormous public debt”     The Fed Did It, and Greenspan Should Admit It      

Launching Lifeboats Before the Ship Sinks Paul Craig Roberts | If the US government is forced to print money to cover the high costs of its wars and bailouts, things could fall apart very quickly.

US Federal Reserve announces massive increase in government debt Barry Grey | The essence of all of the measures taken in response to the crisis is an effort to rescue the system and protect the wealth and power of the financial elite at the expense of the broad masses of the population.

Tax Time Covert Ops Catherine Austin Fitts | Hate. Divide and conquer. It’s a business. The media is pushing it. The people directing it are the same people who brought you the AIG bonuses.

PREVIOUS (3-23-09): So preposterous was today’s Pavlov dogs rally [conditioning to associate what’s good for fraudulent wall street, viz., privatizing profits – still not one prosecution for what now is the largest fraud/scam/swindle in the history of this planet – and socializing the losses, is somehow positive for america/the economy by the magnitude of this suckers’ bear market rally and prior market manipulations] when the same created the instant crisis in the first instance (don’t worry about the frauds on wall street, they’ll get their commissions again on the way down as they did in creating this financial debacle/fraud as they clamor for more taxpayer/treasury money).  They’re still printing/creating those worthless Weimar dollars like mad, China Urges New Money Reserve to Replace Dollar ,don’t know what they’re doing, are clueless, and disingenuously seek to divert attention from the missing/stolen/bilked $14 trillion of taxpayer money with the subterfuge of outrage over the relatively miniscule though not unimportant million dollar bonuses (AIG, etc.), so-called fixes/plans, etc., so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  What the Pros Say: US Is Now ‘Bankrupt’   US is Already Bankrupt: Analyst   U.S. Budget Office offers darker economic and deficit outlook      The Geithner-Summers-Bernanke Plan to Prop Up Asset Prices Has Failed    U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar     

Fierman: How quickly things change…..
Some stats from today’s rally:
S&P: +54 (7.1%) to 823
Dow: +497 (+6.8%) to 7776
NYSE Up Volume: 1,866,836,012
NYSE Down Volume: 44,683,760
NYSE Total Volume: 1,914,836,622
It was just 2 weeks ago (March 9th) that the S&P closed at 12-year lows and the stock market felt like it was forecasting the end of the world. We’ve now rallied 22% in 2 weeks! But if we look at the catalysts for this rally, they really don’t seem to justify such an explosive move. Citi said they were profitable in the first two months of the year and JP Morgan (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) said they were too. The Fed initiated some serious quantitative easing. And now Geithner’s toxic asset plan this morning. I agree with the Capital Spectator when he wrote this morning:

We’re skeptical largely because the rally this month has drawn power primarily from a new round of hope that Washington’s various experiments to right the economy will finally hit pay dirt. Perhaps, but it’s not the stuff that powers sustainable rallies, much less secular bull markets.

I’M A SELLER OF THIS RALLY AT THIS POINT…..


PREVIOUS (3-20-09), Modest losses relative to reality and their printing those worthless Weimar dollars like mad, don’t know what they’re doing, are clueless, and disingenuously seek to divert attention from the missing/stolen/bilked $14 trillion of taxpayer money with the subterfuge of outrage over the relatively miniscule though not unimportant million dollar bonuses (AIG, etc.) so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  What the Pros Say: US Is Now ‘Bankrupt’   US is Already Bankrupt: Analyst   U.S. Budget Office offers darker economic and deficit outlook      The Geithner-Summers-Bernanke Plan to Prop Up Asset Prices Has Failed    U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar     

 

PREVIOUS (3-19-09), ‘…Economic news remains uninspiring. Weekly initial claims dipped 12,000 to 646,000, which was better than the consensus estimate of 655,000. Continuing claims hit another record high, though, jumping to 5.47 million from 5.29 million. Leading indicators for February showed a 0.4% decline, which wasn't as bad as the 0.6% decline that was expected… Energy stocks (+1.4%) and materials stocks (+1.4%) were helped by stronger commodity prices. The CRB Commodity Index climbed more than 5% in this year's largest single-session advance by percent. Crude oil futures prices gained 6.5% to close pit trading at $51.25 per barrel, while gold prices advanced 7.8% to close at $958.50 per ounce. Underpinning the strength in commodity prices was a considerably weaker U.S. dollar. According to the Dollar Index, the greenback sank 1.7% this session, and more than 4% during the last two sessions. The dollar's weakness follows the Fed's latest policy directive…’

 

 

US is Already Bankrupt: Analyst   The Geithner-Summers-Bernanke Plan to Prop Up Asset Prices Has Failed    U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar     Corporate Media Disses Gold     Citigroup May Spend $10 Million for Executive Suite       It’s Not Just AIG: Fannie Plans Exec Bonuses      Gold Re-Couples with Euro, “Dollar Getting Destroyed”     House passes tax to recoup most of AIG bonuses ($200 million); what about the $14 trillion in fraudulent bailouts and the missing $4 trillion at the New York fed… s     Bank of America involved in Merrill Q4 writedowns: report     Put/Call Ratio Indicates Overbought Market Condition      SUPER PUMP: $1 TRILLION CREATED OUT OF THIN AIR...   Oil Nears $52; Hits high for 2009...      

 

PREVIOUS (3-18-09), absolute desperation by the fed as fed in panic mode buys bonds with even more fake money (ultimately you pay). Shot in the dark, they unequivocally do not know what they’re doing; don’t have even the slightest clue. Some well deserved guilt as greenspan, bernanke, paulson, geithner, etc., are authors of this debacle with compliant politics as usual facilitating same (wall street/hedge fund gamblers shouldn’t be bailed out, etc.), but the divergence of so-called opinion from stagflation to applauding same in light of fraudulent stock market up-tick (isn’t that how we got here, to this financial/economic disaster).
 

Depression Unrest Turmoil Instability Riots all coming and SOON   As depression deepens, more americans go fishing (Reuters)    It’s Not Just AIG: Fannie Plans Exec Bonuses      Stimulus plan: Spend now, details later (promise)      Dollar Plunges After Fed Announcement     Senate quietly stripped measure restricting bonuses from bailout legislation    Hedge funds could reap billions from AIG which should not reward soured bets/gambles with taxpayer funds as now slated.   Citi, Morgan Stanley Looking to Issue More Diluting Shares for Bonus Payments (at Seeking Alpha)    Editorials: Rewards instead of punishments

PREVIOUS (3-17-09), all private forecasts of the very forecastable housing starts defied the false report of the corrupt, scandal-scarred commerce department (remember the fake reports that spurred recent ralleys which ultimately burned the buyers) spurred suckers’ bear market ralley so great opportunity to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!

Dent, Napier, and Prechter - Wise to Heed Their Predictions    Is Mistrust in Wall Street Pointing to New Lows?    RECORD: NATIONAL DEBT HITS $11 TRILLION...    The Size of Derivatives Bubble = $190K Per Person on Planet      Washington knew AIG was preparing to pay bonuses (AP)     U.S. to claw back AIG bonuses, lawmakers eye tax     House committee scrutinizes Merrill bonuses        Bad year or good, fraud or just preparing for fraud with wall street,  AIG employees got big bonuses (AP)  Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat    Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money     World Bank cuts China GDP estimate again, to 6.5%      Obama Confronts “Populist Anger” Over Bankster Giveaways     IMF poised to print billions of dollars       Jim Rogers Expects Civil Unrest in the US and all around the World

PREVIOUS 3-16-09, Very modest losses relative to reality so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! ‘…February industrial production declined 1.4%, which is essentially in-line with the consensus 1.3% decline. Capacity utilization dipped to 70.9% from 71.9%, as generally expected. The February report continues to reflect a weak demand environment that will ultimately drag on GDP...’’… The nation's industrial output fell for the fourth straight month in February, with factories operating at their lowest level in six decades of record keeping. Analysts forecast more production cuts to come as companies are battered by recessions at home and abroad. The Federal Reserve reported Monday that industrial output dropped by 1.4 percent last month, slightly larger than the 1.2 percent decline economists had expected. The weakness included a 0.7 percent fall in manufacturing output, which pushed the operating rate at the nation's factories down to 67.4 percent of capacity last month, the lowest level on records that go back to 1948…’

Treasury to rework AIG aid to recoup bonuses    AIG massive payments to banks stoke bailout rage      Hearst prints final Seattle PI   Hearst hopes Web-only Seattle P-I will turn profit       AIG Bonuses Add to Reality of Public Revolt against Wall Street, Federal Reserve      Bracing for a Bailout Backlash     Dollar Crisis In The Making     Think recession’s bad? Try a cataclysm!       Insurance giant AIG to pay $165 million in bonuses (AP) AP - American International Group is giving its executives tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses even though it received a taxpayer bailout of more than $170 billion dollars.   AIG plans to disclose CDS counterparties: source     Chrysler faces July cash crunch even with more aid    Accounting Rule Changes Creating False Rally in Financials (at Seeking Alpha)     Cash-hungry U.S. states turn to Web to auction goods     Bernanke: recession could end in '09 and if his grandmother had wheels she could be a trolley car and as he previously said we could avoid recession though we were already in one which is now a depression with worse yet to come and most assuredly will not end in 2009 except in the b.s. talking points in their dreams (AP)     Millions in AIG bonuses draw chorus of outrage (AP)    AIG payments to banks stoke bailout rage     White House says economy is sound despite 'mess’ or stated another way, a sound mess…..riiiiight!'     

AIG Bonuses Add to Reality of Public Revolt against Wall Street, Federal Reserve  Mike Adams | People will be marching in the streets, demanding the arrest of all the rich executives and corrupt bureaucrats who took part in this massive financial theft.

PREVIOUS 3-13-09, Suckers’ bear market rally   ( Citigroup Inspired Bear Market Suckers’ Rally  ) to keep the suckers suckered and commission dollars flowing to the frauds on wall street Regulator: Before Banks Collapsed, They Pleaded With Feds To Let Them Fudge Their Books Ryan Grim | Before financial institutions collapsed, they went to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, pleading for a change in mark-to-market accounting rules so that they can continue to appear to be solvent on their balance sheets and hence, continue to defraud the public as they are now once again trying to do.   Unemployment in 7 States Has Exceeded 20% in February     China Debates If It Should Continue to Foolish Buy Evermore Worthless U.S. Treasuries      America faces new Depression misery as financial crisis worsens       Tent Cities, Unemployment, Homelessness Growing         Dmitry Orlov: “America will collapse”       Warren Buffett's BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY stripped of its 'AAA' credit rating...  THE INFLUENCE/BRIBE/PROTECTION RACKET: New record for number of PACs

 

PREVIOUS (3-12-09), the waning full moon still compounding the frivolity of the criminally insane; particularly the lunatic frauds on wall street, and truth be told, the lunatics who follow in lock-step behind them. Suckers’ bear market rally    ( Citigroup Inspired Bear Market Suckers’ Rally  ) to keep the suckers suckered and commission dollars flowing to the frauds on wall street so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  There are no bulls or bears on fraudulent wall street, just ostriches. One senile land of fruits and nuts analyst/ broker / master planner of the lost angeles failed paradigm quips with glee: it’s impressive to see the market ignore so much bad news and rally…riiiiight!  Ron Paul, A Rare Voice of Reason on Capital Hill: Culprits Of Financial Collapse Should Be Arrested, Prosecuted, and Disgorgement Of Fraudulent Gains Would Inure to the Benefit of the Technically/Defacto Insolvent/Bankrupt u.s. Treasury in the Multi-Trillions as Recovered (Their greed and fraud has further bankrupted this country and damaged other nations and recoupment of their fraudulent gains must be required as the law already provides since taxpayers are bearing the brunt of government inaction. What they did is not ok. They must pay. This is not difficult to grasp and must be done or there is no hope prospectively for america since all will know of this government fostered/complicit fraud). ‘…Better-than-expected (but typically fake as per scandal scarred commerce department) retail sales data suggested consumers haven't completely rolled over. February retail sales declined just 0.1%, which is better than the 0.5% decline that was expected. Excluding autos, retail sales increased 0.7%. A decline of 0.1% was expected. Meanwhile, January total sales and sales less autos were revised to show an even larger increase. The upbeat retail sales data comes in the face of ongoing consumer headwinds, such as mounting job losses. Weekly initial claims climbed 9,000 to 654,000, which was worse than expected. Continuing claims jumped nearly 200,000 to 5.32 million, which was also worse than expected (new record). In other economic news, February business inventories declined 1.1%, which is essentially in-line with the consensus estimate...’
’…This week's rally got an extra dose of adrenaline after an accounting board told Congress Thursday it may recommend (more fraud as we’re currently experiencing by way of ) a let-up in financial reporting rules for troubled banks in three weeks… Fed reports record fall in household net worth WASHINGTON (AP) -- The net worth of American households fell by the largest amount in more than a half-century of record keeping during the fourth quarter of last year…The Federal Reserve said Thursday that household net worth dropped by a record 9 percent from the level in the third quarter. The decline was the sixth straight quarterly drop in net worth and underscored the battering that U.S. families are undergoing in the midst of a steep recession with unemployment surging and the value of their homes and investments plunging. Net worth represents total assets such as homes and checking accounts minus liabilities like mortgages and credit card debt. Jobless claims rise as retail sales slip WASHINGTON (AP) -- With layoffs spreading, the number of initial claims for jobless benefits rose last week, while the total number of people continuing to receive benefits set a record high, the government said Thursday. The Labor Department reported that first-time requests for unemployment insurance rose to 654,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised figure of 645,000, above analysts' expectations. The number of people receiving benefits for more than a week increased by 193,000 to 5.3 million, the most on records dating back to 1967. That's the sixth time in the past seven weeks that the jobless claims rolls have set a record high…’

 

Ron Paul, A Rare Voice of Reason on Capital Hill: Culprits Of Financial Collapse Should Be Arrested, Prosecuted, and Forced Disgorgement Of Fraudulent Gains Would Inure to the Benefit of the Technically/Defacto Insolvent/Bankrupt u.s. Treasury in the Multi-Trillions as Recovered -  Compared to them, madoff was a mere piker    Citigroup Inspired Bear Market Suckers’ Rally     Unemployment in 7 States May Have Exceeded 20% in February     45 percent of world’s wealth destroyed: Blackstone CEO      Madoff jailed after pleading guilty to $50-65 billion fraud and telling court: ‘I am deeply sorry and ashamed of my crimes’      Newmont CEO sees gold in range of $1,200      House prices to drop another 55% and leave Britain bankrupt      Madoff sent to jail as furious victims applaud (AP)     Madoff pleads guilty, is jailed for $65 billion fraud     Don't Sweat Hypernflation Just Yet: Deflation/Depression "In the Cards" for 2009 and Beyond, Shilling Says       More on Roubini and Shiller's Dour Outlook      Pelosi dodges chance to end automatic pay raises       Ron Paul: Culprits Of Financial Collapse Should Be Arrested      SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

PREVIOUS (3-11-09), Analyst chatter: Not through the worst of it, the worst (of depression) still ahead, investing in this market is like trying to catch a falling knife. Foreclosures up and spreading as unemployment also rises and will continue to rise. Freddy lost another $50 billion and wants another $31 billion, while Fanny lost another $60 billion and wants another $15 billion. Hillary Kramer says trading only, in-and-out, so if you can’t, don’t jump into market to try and catch the falling knife. Dividend cuts for 2009 have already surpassed that for all of 2008 at $46.8 billion.

53% of Americans (and Senator Specter) Think the U.S. Depression is Like the 1930’s    This is a Depression! For Markets, What they call it does Not Matter       Billionaire Stanford to take the 5th in fraud case (AP)    Madoff mysteries remain as he nears guilty plea     Merrill misled Congress on bonuses o       Freddie Mac seeks $30.8B in US aid after 4Q loss    Earnings Growth Estimates: The Bad, the Bad and the Ugly      Japan's economy shrinks an annualized 12.1% in the fourth quarter       Dell Cuts Staff Worldwide     Last year REITs lost 38% - that's a bit worse than the S&P 500    Credit card delinquencies hit index record   Thousands Line Up at Indiana Mall for Food Handouts      The Fed Has Destroyed Your Retirement SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

PREVIOUS (3-10-09), yes, indeed, a rally with power of a speeding locomotive based on….. b.s. talk point with early release of  CITI showing a profit [not counting more writedowns, bad/worthless assets(loans)/securities, expenses, etc.] of $8 billion with receipt of $45 billion (plus loans/guarantees/investments in excess of $100 billion) taxpayer bailout … WOW!…at this rate the treasury will deplete even faster than originally projected. But the math is so simple that elementary school kids with a handle on third grade arithmetic can accomplish the same and hence, can and should replace top management at a much lower price and without delay.   ‘…bernanke says regulatory overhaul needed…WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's financial rule book must be rewritten to prevent a repeat of the global economic crisis now gripping the United States and other countries, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday…Bernanke offered new details on how to bolster mutual funds and a program that insures bank deposits. He also stressed the need for regulators to make sure financial companies have a sufficient capital cushion against potential losses…The Fed chief's remarks come as the Obama administration and Congress are crafting their overhaul strategies. For the administration, critical work will be carried out among global finance officials this weekend in London ahead of next month's meeting of leaders from the world's 20 major economic powers…Madoff's lawyer says client will plead guilty …NEW YORK (AP) -- In a courtroom surprise, it was revealed Tuesday that Bernard Madoff will plead guilty Thursday to securities fraud, perjury and other crimes, knowing that he could face up to 150 years in prison for one of the largest frauds in history…’ ‘…All three major indices registered fresh multiyear closing lows in the prior session, but came rallying back this session to log their best single-session performance by percent in months. The rebound came after Citigroup issued an encouraging update and reports indicated the uptick rule may be reinstated… Rep. Frank stated mark-to-market accounting rules must be improved, but Senator Shelby says any mark-to-market accounting changes should be made by the SEC. The SEC stated it will not seek to suspend such rules (since such would make valuations a fraud)... The stock market's advance was further helped by short-covering. Still, trading volume on the NYSE climbed above 2 billion shares…’  

Cost to buy protection against U.S. government default surges   Good News! Economist Sees GDP Down 7% in Q1 and 9.25% Unemployment in 2010      Madoff faces life in prison on 11 criminal charges     Citi's fake profit view, uptick talk drive big rally    Roubini: Depression Could Last beyond 36 Months; Dow at 5000...      United Tech to cut 11,600 jobs     Why Commodities Prices May Rise, Even In Deflation    IMF warns of Great Depression, All Nations at risk     Oil at $50 Looms as OPEC Plans Cut, Keeps to Quota     53% Say It’s Likely the U.S. Will Enter a Depression Similar to 1930’s even though we’re already in one worse than the 1930’s     Washington plans for big bank failure     SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

PREVIOUS (3-9-09), …‘Despite a rebound by financial stocks and a batch of merger news, the stock market was unable to put together a sustainable advance. Stocks finished with a broad-based loss, a bit above session lows. Uncertainty in foreign indices fueled early losses in the headline indices. Financials were the focal point of the weakness, falling to a loss of 2.2%. The drop was short-lived, though. Financials rallied to a gain of 5.3%, but finished with a gain of 2.5%’… …’ Wall Street fell more than 1 percent Monday as uneasiness about the economy eclipsed a bounce in troubled financial stocks and news of a big drug company merger. Stocks rose in the early going but turned lower in a now familiar pattern where short-lived bursts of optimism give way to concerns about the country's economic woes’ (in the real world they call that mental illness, lunacy –note the full moon, manic depression/bipolar disorder, etc., or just plain fraudulent wall street )’
World Bank offers dire forecast for world economy       Depression Dynamic Ensues as Markets Revisit 1930s   Global Financial Assets Lost $50 Trillion Last Year    SEC says money manager invented big accounts     Who got AIG's bailout billions?    ‘The collapse of America is unavoidable’ Regulators seize seventh bank in Georgia...    Kerry: 'Animal House' Party Days Are Over for u.s. government...      Bank stocks rally despite their insolvency (AP)    Too big to fail? 5 biggest banks are 'dead men walking' (McClatchy Newspapers)     [video] Next Dead Dividend (at TheStreet.com)      Oil at $50 Looms as OPEC Plans Cut, Keeps to Quota     Too Big Has Failed: KC Fed Prez Says We Need Temporary Nationalization (at Seeking Alpha)     World Bank says global economy will shrink in 2009 (AP)      Recession on track to be longest in postwar period (AP)      Cash In A Mattress? No, Gold In The Closet    Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat    Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money    


PREVIOUS (3-6-09), fudged in a manner most favorable to the frauds (we past these unemployment percentages quite some time ago and they were much worse then and still worse now, etc.), the news remains bleak and reality says even bleaker. Any economist who in discussing this depression mindlessly compares this Greatest Depression to any other contraction without pointing out crucial negative distinguishing characteristics; viz., insurmountable debt, increasingly worthless (Weimar) currency, irrevocable and unrelenting trade/budget deficits, global antipathy (stemming from illegal wars, war crimes, massive securities fraud, etc.), lack of significant manufacturing base, pervasive corruption/theft /plundering/incompetence, etc., cannot be considered a serious economist (just a joker who probably missed the call on recession/depression, etc.). …’Huge layoffs push joblessness toward double digits WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tolling grimly higher, the recession snatched more than 650,000 Americans' jobs for a record third straight month in February as unemployment climbed to a quarter-century peak of 8.1 percent and surged toward even more wrenching double digits.The human carnage from the recession, well into its second year, now stands at 4.4 million lost jobs. Some 12.5 million people are searching for work -- more than the population of the entire state of Pennsylvania. No one seems immune: The jobless rate for college graduates has hit its highest point on record, just like the rate for people lacking high school diplomas… GM shares reach 75-year low amid bankruptcy talk…’ The broader market turned in a modest gain, thanks to a late rally effort that overcame steep losses. Initial gains were broad-based as participants began buying in the wake of the February jobs report, which indicated nonfarm payrolls fell 651,000, in-line with expectations, and unemployment climbed more than expected to a 25-year high of 8.1%. Stocks were up as much as 2.4% in what resembled past trends that saw stocks sell off leading up to the monthly jobs report, but then rally in its wake as traders "bought the bad news."

Madoff expected to plead guilty to fraud charges      How to Spot a Ponzi Con Artist? Follow the Yachts (Time.com)    U.S. jobless rate hits 25-year high    Goldman, others get AIG payouts: report      US Bancorp CEO got pay package valued at $6.8M (AP)    Huge layoffs push joblessness toward double digits   AP source: Madoff guilty plea expected next week    Stocks facing uphill battle; budget, retail sales loom    $11 Trillion Wipeout: Wall Street's Year-and-a-Half of Dangerous Living     Economy in 'Free-Fall': Unemployment Rate Surges to 8.1%, Highest in 25 Years    GM shares reach 75-year low amid bankruptcy talk (AP)   Fox Admits To Planting Political Brainwashing In Popular TV Shows    Pelosi Backs Senate Facist Amendment to Censor Talk Radio    Senate to Give FDIC up to $500 Billion    Senator Bernie Sanders Slams Fed Boss Ben Bernanke     Bailout Money - Instead of Being Used to Stabilize the Economy or Even the Bailed-Out Companies - is Just Going to Line the Pockets of the Wealthy    Taxpayers Furious With Budget Cuts Take Frustration To Streets Of NYC     AIG “Was Going to Bring Down Europe”: Lawmaker  

  PREVIOUS (3-5-09), Analyst/Economist Chatter: funny money (they’re printing worthless Weimar dollars like mad) and now they’re thinking funny assets (suspending reality based mark-to-market in favor of the failed fraudulent whatever they want so they can foist/spin/defraud which got us to this debacle); more bank takeovers; GM burning cash, bankruptcy probable; Merrill bonuses for jobs poorly done (my direct experience with Merril Lynch brokers was their total incompetence); higher taxes, higher inflation, $3 trillion new u.s. debt, dollar devaluation; more bank takeovers and far worse unemployment.   “Few economists expect a turnaround in the battered labor market anytime soon with companies laying off thousands of workers weekly…Still, initial requests for unemployment benefits fell to 639,000 from the previous week's figure of 670,000, the Labor Department (fake number) said Thursday. Analysts expected a smaller drop to 650,000…Retailers report sales declines in February…GM concedes in the report filed Thursday that it's on the edge of bankruptcy and won't be able to avoid it unless it gets more government money and successfully executes a huge restructuring plan…Mortgage woes break records again in 4Q. NEW YORK (AP) -- A stunning 48 percent of the nation's homeowners who have a subprime, adjustable-rate mortgage are behind on their payments or in foreclosure, and the rate for homeowners with all mortgage types hit a new record, new data Thursday showed…” “The stock market logged new multiyear lows during the session, and closed at its worst level since the fourth quarter of 1996. Roughly 95% of the companies in the S&P 500 finished with a loss...Though losses were broad-based, financials were dealt the worst blow. The sector fell 9.9% with particular weakness among diversified banks (-16.5%) and other diversified financial services companies (-13.2%). Moody's announced it is reviewing the credit ratings of Bank of America (BAC 3.17, -0.42) and Wells Fargo (WFC 8.12, -1.54) for possible downgrade. Moody's lowered its outlook for JPMorgan Chase (JPM 16.60, -2.70) to negative from stable. Sellers pushed both WFC and JPM shares to new multiyear lows…Fourth quarter nonfarm productivity declined 0.4%, though it was expected to increase 1.2% after the prior reading showed a 3.2% increase. The lower reading was a result of lower economic output in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, fourth quarter unit labor costs increased 5.7%. Economists expected a 3.8% increase. Factory orders for January fell 1.9% (fake number), which is a less severe drop than the 3.5% decline that was widely expected. The drop in factory orders reflects the retrenchment by businesses in the wake of softer spending…” Now As The Much Greater Depression Progresses    Dow and S&P hit 12-year lows    Bernanke Arrogantly Refuses To Disclose Which Banks Took Money   Treasury secretary's choice for deputy withdraws (only little people pay taxes so take this job and shove it says tiny tim deputy designate) (AP)   22 Georgia legislators fail to pay income taxes...    GM auditors raise doubt on viability     One in 8 U.S. homeowners late paying or in foreclosure     Citigroup stock falls below $1 a share (AP)     $$] SVG Swings to a Loss on Markdowns Hits (at The Wall Street Journal Online)     Why the Fed's TALF Is Bad for America     Mortgage woes break records again in 4Q (AP)    Stocks Fall Below 7,000 Again    Fed Refuses to Release Bank Data, Insists on Secrecy     


  PREVIOUS (3-4-09), all news decisively worse than expected, fed beige book outlook grim, economist outlook for recovery bleak. Celente: U.S. Has Entered “The Greatest Depression” The spin: china bailout (the frauds on wall street spinning/foolishly banking on china buying more worthless u.s. paper – their domestic needs are substantial and they’re increasing military spending by 15% as well) and high oil price suckers’ bear market/short-covering rally to again keep suckers sucked in for their commissions sake. The great red hope! How preposterous! Who would have thunk it!  ‘…strong gains overseas provided an excuse for buyers to enter the fold and short-sellers to cover their positions. Foreign indices upended their own losing streak after China announced it will add approximately $586 billion to the fiscal spending plan it announced late last year… According to the Fed's Beige Book, the Fed does not expect a significant economic recovery until late 2009 or early 2010 at best (remember, they also said no recession and now we’re in a depression). Meanwhile, the ISM Services Index for February dipped to 41.6% from 42.9%, indicating continued contraction for the services sector. The consensus estimate was pegged at 41.0%. Investors and economists got a glimpse of what may be lurking in the government's February nonfarm payroll report, which is due at the end of the week. According to the latest ADP Employment Report, 697,000 jobs were lost in February. The consensus estimate called for 630,000 job losses…’ ‘…fed survey: economy deteriorated in Jan., Feb. . After a dismal start to 2009, business people see more pain ahead, expecting no improvement in economic conditions till late this year at the earliest. Their pessimism was evident in the Federal Reserve's latest snapshot of business activity nationwide. It showed sharp cutbacks affecting both blue-collar jobs that once churned out construction equipment and white-collar professionals like business consultants and accountants. From factories in Cleveland to high-tech firms in Texas and California, the Fed's beige book reported widespread production declines. Services sector shrank in Feb., 5th straight month…’ U.S. private sector cuts 697,000 jobs in February    FDIC’s Bair Says Insurance Fund Could Be Insolvent This Year     The Never-Ending Bailout     They Done Us Wrong: Spending Our Way Into Greater Depression     Credit concerns pound GE shares in volatile trade    China hopes, oil's jump, both negatives, end Wall St 5-day rout     Warren Buffett's 'Fundamental Weakness'      ETFs Suffer Outflows In February      Celente: U.S. Has Entered “The Greatest Depression”   The D-word: The depression has become something worse (AP)   Obama Must Fire Geithner and Summers    Gold Industry Officials Warn Of Depression     Jim Rogers: Bailouts are destroying the US Economy     Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat    Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money    PREVIOUS (3-3-09), modest losses relative to reality as bad and worse than expected news just keeps on coming along with suckers bear market/short-covering rallies as here into the close to keep the suckers suckered. Defaults/delinquencies up, home/car sales down… Celente: U.S. Has Entered “The Greatest Depression” … Helicopter ben ‘bernanke indicated the near-term outlook for the economy remains weak. Economists at Goldman Sachs concur; they expect the U.S. economy will fall 7.0% in the first quarter, according to Dow Jones.  Despite housing stimulus provisions, pending home sales in January declined 7.7%. The consensus estimate called for a 3.5% decline. The data reflect the effects of ongoing job losses, lost wealth, and weak consumer confidence.  Similar forces continue weighing heavily on auto sales. Ford Motor (F 1.81, -0.07) reported February sales in North America fell roughly 48%, which is steeper than the 42% drop that was expected. General Motors (GM 1.99, -0.02) reported February sales sank nearly 53%, exceeding the 45% fall that was widely forecast. Separate reports indicated GM's chief operating officer said that without government funds the company's European unit would run out of cash in the second quarter. Chrysler down 44%’…
               ART HOGAN SAY’S ”IT’S A TOUGH ONE”… THAT’S A TRUE STATEMENT!

Celente: U.S. Has Entered “The Greatest Depression”   The D-word: The depression has become something worse (AP)   Obama Must Fire Geithner and Summers    Gold Industry Officials Warn Of Depression     Jim Rogers: Bailouts are destroying the US Economy    Gold has longest losing streak since October   U.S. auto sales fall as depression deepens   Blockbuster seeks debt overhaul, shares halted     MGM Mirage casino co. says it may default on debt (AP)    A Banana Republic By 2012? Change for the Worse     Obama Calls Bush On Troop Withdrawal Plan    Geithner Says U.S. Financial Rescue ‘Might Cost More’ (maybe he can locate the $4 trillion missing at the fed and use that)    Pension (substantial funding shortfalls) bombs going off     Pennsylvania Rep. Rohrer Introduces Tenth Amendment Resolution       Previous (3-2-09), analyst chatter: one analyst said investors just can’t take (the wall street fraud/bull sh_) it anymore and sees 5,000 on the DOW (too optimistic); another says worst levels not yet seen, but markets functioning…riiiiight…, more bad economic news, dividend cuts; another says the so-called plan changinging everyday, not stimulus but at best stabilization (doomed to fail), unrealistic expectations (that’s realistic), talks funny assets/accounting (that’s what helped get us here-the fraud), a world of hurt, hope for short-covering rallies…sounds like a plan…riiiiight; another who called the crash says worst bear market in history, if priced in gold market has fallen 80% and more decline to come, says stimulus/stabilization good money after bad and recipients with worst management (fraud, etc.) should rather be allowed to fail, treasury bond/dollar bubble, u.s. stocks still overvalued so sell, precious (money) metals and overseas markets better; and finally, mainstream analyst says gold/bonds but no stocks. Dow industrials fall below 7,000; lowest since ‘97    Buffett says economy in shambles losses on derivatives contracts tied to the stock market.   Banks and economy to keep bears' grip on stocks   Berkshire reports a 96 percent drop in 4Q profit    Chart of the Week: GDP Worse than Expected (at Seeking Alpha)   Time to Bury the Markets    NYSE Suspends $1 Stock Price Minimum   Economics of this Depression    [$$] BofA Executive Got Housing Perks (at The Wall Street Journal Online)   Madoff seeks to keep NYC penthouse, $62M in assets – Typical kike/jews      Dow finishes below 7,000 for first time since '97 (AP)    The D-word: The depression has become something worse (AP)  [$$] At Merrill, Thinning Herd of Carrion (at The Wall Street Journal Online)    AIG Will Receive More Aid, Bigger Loss...    NYSE Euronext chief gets 2008 pay valued at $9.2M (AP)    Asian stock markets tumble on worsening US slump    Sources: AIG to get up to $30B more in Fed aid  Moody's lowers ratings on Citi's Japan operations (at MarketWatch)   Oil falls below $44 on bleak US GDP, AIG news   States' budget woes will outlast the depression    israeli media denounced for insulting the Prophet    Israeli minister calls for assassination of top arab leader justifying action to eliminate/exterminate nazionist israel/israelis for the sake of world peace and justice as…   8 more civilians die in US drone raid         Buffett Says Economy Will Be 'Shambles' in 2009, Likely 'Well Beyond'...  BERKSHIRE has worst year...     Iran says USA planning 'long-term stay' in Iraq...  Kudlow: Obama Declares War on Investors, Entrepreneurs, Businesses, And More...    Bankers: Stop trashing us...    Wall Street slides after CITI-government deal...   Sets Single-Day Trading Volume...   STRUGGLING STATES LOOK TO UNORTHODOX TAXES...    Iran says USA planning 'long-term stay' in Iraq...   Warren Buffett Speaks: His Worst Year Ever – If you listened to him recently (I warned you not to) you’re down another 20-30% since his government shill/propaganda talk (did he really give away his fortune – maybe he just decided to lose it and bring everyone with him – senile, I say yes) r   A Banana Republic By 2012? Change for the Worse  Previous (2-27-09), modest losses relative to reality including news much worse than expected: ‘The economy contracted at a staggering 6.2 percent pace at the end of 2008, the worst showing in a quarter-century, as consumers and businesses ratcheted back spending, plunging the country deeper into depression. The report released Friday showed the economy sinking much faster than the 3.8 percent annualized drop for the October-December quarter first estimated last month which rallied stocks significantly to keep suckers suckered and commission dollars flowing. It also was considerably weaker than the 5.4 percent annualized decline economists expected’. ‘Economic data remains gloomy. Fourth quarter GDP was revised lower to reflect an annual rate of -6.2% versus a previously estimated -3.8%. The decrease in fourth quarter activity primarily reflected negative contributions from exports, personal consumption expenditures, equipment and software, and residential fixed investment’. US economy suffers sharp nosedive  Economy moving in reverse faster than predicted    Moody’s predicts default rate will exceed peaks hit in Great Depression    Shares tumble across globe as figures reveal U.S. economy shrank 6% in last quarter - the fastest rate in 25 years    Regulators close banks in Illinois, Nevada  FDIC Approves ‘Emergency’ Fee on Banks to Bolster Reserves      Banks and economy to keep bears' grip on stocks     FDIC raising fees on banks, adds emergency fee (AP)     AIG talks weigh securitizing life policies…..riiiiight!…: source    BofA carries loans $44 billion above market value     Citi, U.S. Reach Accord on a Third Bailout (at The Wall Street Journal Online)    Tax hikes are coming -- but you already knew that    Investors await Buffett letter as Berkshire hits 5-1/2 year lows   Five reasons buying a home in 2009 is a bad idea     Three Top Economists Agree 2009 Worst Financial Crisis/Depression Since Great Depression; Risks Increase if Right Steps are Not Taken (Business Wire)  WORST MONTH SINCE 1933     Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat    Urban Warfare Drills Linked To Coming Economic Rage  CIA Adds Economy To Threat Updates    Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money    We Watch Now As Funds Get Vaporized Bob Chapman | Business will go on as usual in Washington and on Wall Street — as corrupt as ever. Moody’s predicts default rate will exceed peaks hit in Great Depression A bigger proportion of non-investment grade companies will go bust in the US and overseas in the coming years than during the Great Depression, according to Moody’s, one of the world’s foremost experts on credit. US economy suffers sharp nosedive BBC | The US economy shrank by 6.2% in the last three months of 2008, official figures have shown, a far sharper fall than had previously been reported. FDIC Approves ‘Emergency’ Fee on Banks to Bolster Reserves Bloomberg | The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will charge U.S. banks a one-time assessment and increase other fees to replenish its insurance fund, adding $27 billion in costs to an industry already hobbled by the financial crisis. Citigroup Shares Down 36% | The Treasury, which has provided a total of $45 billion to Citigroup, left the door open for the bank to seek additional government funding.  Previous (2-26-09), Banks lost $26.2 billion last quarter, GM lost $10 billion past month, FDIC problem bank list grows to 252, u.s. broke but $3.5 trillion spending plan and $1.75 trillion budget deficit, etc., ‘FDIC reported that at the end of the fourth quarter its list of troubled institutions grew to 252 from 171 at the end of the third quarter. The latest data indicated January durable goods orders fell a more-than-expected 5.2%. Excluding transportation, durable goods fell 2.5%, which was also steeper than expected. January new home sales fell more than expected to an annualized rate of 309,000 units, which is a record low. Jobless claims continue to rise beyond expectations. Initial claims climbed 36,000 to 667,000 from the prior week. Continuing claims came in just below 5.03 million, up from nearly 5.00 million in the prior reading’.  Americans receiving unemployment top 5 million   Fannie Mae seeks $15.2B in US aid after 4Q loss    $1.75T Deficit, Higher Taxes, "Bogus" Stimulus     Obama’s Stimulus Bill is a Banker Contrived Debt Scam    Obama’s War Machine Needs $800 Billion For 2009    A $1.75 TRILLION DEFICIT...    Small Businesses To Suffer From Obama’s Tax Hike    Obama’s Budget: Almost $1 Trillion in New Taxes Over Next 10 yrs, Starting 2011  ETF Advisers: Sell Into Market's Rally    Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat    Urban Warfare Drills Linked To Coming Economic Rage  CIA Adds Economy To Threat Updates    Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money    US banks post first quarterly loss since 1990...   Record Government Note Auction; Unprecedented amount of debt...   More Fraud on Wall Street New York Times | WG Trading Company and Westridge Capital misappropriated funds from state and city pension funds, including Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.     Previous (2-25-09), suckers’ bear market/short-covering rally based on bull s**t/jawboning alone and bad news much worse than expected into the close to finish well off more realistic lows, to keep the suckers suckered so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Economic/trends/demographics forecaster/analyst Harry S. Dent says this Great Depression will bottom out (with no cognizable uptick till) early 2020’s, unemployment 14%-17%, 50%-60% decline in real estate values, dollar (and market) crash, etc. (close but no cigar), is realistic and starkly dismal in light of the convergance of major bubbles which are deflating. New b.s. talking point the convertible preferreds (all real analysts know to treat as converted said securities to account for dilution - and quite possibly nationalization), and then the so-called ‘stress-tests’ for banks…riiiiight!…read those flat lines.  Money managers accused of $550 million fraud (Reuters) TARP Said to Be Ripe for Fraud   Existing U.S. home sales, prices drop in January   Gannett slashes dividend 90 pct, saving $325M    ETF Advisers: Sell Into Market's Rally    Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat    Urban Warfare Drills Linked To Coming Economic Rage   Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money   U.S. Consumer Confidence Collapsed to Record Low   The Market Is Not Your Friend   Bernanke says depression to linger   Housing Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Fall a Record 18.5%  U.S. Economy: Consumer Confidence In Record Slump   Ron Paul Grills Bernanke: “You Can’t Reinflate The Bubble”    Stocks drop as Obama speech and housing data weigh  Gold investors make 120pc return in four months    Bailout Bank Blows Millions Partying in L.A.      How Credit Default Swaps Brought Down the World Economy    ‘Black Swan’ Author Sees Trouble Exceeding 1930s   Majority Of U.S. States Join Sovereignty Movement, Assert 10th Amendment Rights  New World Liberty | With the economy collapsing, it is a very real and immediate danger that the federal government can turn into a completely criminal and fascist government.  Rahm Emanuel Doesn’t Pay Taxes, So Why Should You?  Kurt Nimmo | Don’t expect Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Geithner, Evan Bayh, and other minions of the elite to pay their “fair share.” After all, taxes are for the little people.  Previous (2-24-09), suckers’ bear market/short-covering rally based on bull s**t/jawboning alone and bad news much worse than expected, to keep the suckers suckered so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Helicopter ben, the guy who said no recession even as now we know we were already in one (actually depression) told by handlers to be upbeat (how ‘bout just beat, burnt out, etc.) delivers still dire but sugar-coated for spin/consumption testimony/b.s.. Severe contraction…as in depression; recession/depression could end by end of year/beginning of 2010 if…and if his grandmother had wheels, she’d be a trolley car. Ridiculous bull s**t that got everyone here in the first place. Analyst chatter: talk about franchise value of banks ruined if nationalized, confidence at all-time low, end of 2010 before any recovery (if at all), orderly process of deleveraging, on defense till trends more believable; another-not there yet as contrarian indicators say otherwise and bearish industry view (newsletters); another- news bad as expected but confidence reading far worse than expected, downward momentum accelerated with occasional relief rallies at best;  Housing Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Fall a Record 18.5%  U.S. Economy: Consumer Confidence In Record Slump  U.S. consumer confidence collapsed this month and home values plunged in December, the latest evidence of a deepening economic slump that will last well into 2010 and beyond.  Analysts: New Era Of Chaos Has Taken Hold A wave of economists, investors and other financial experts issued a series of dire warnings concerning the global financial crisis over the weekend, stating that a new era of chaos has taken hold all over the globe.  Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat    Urban Warfare Drills Linked To Coming Economic Rage   Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money   U.S. Consumer Confidence Collapsed to Record Low   The Market Is Not Your Friend   Bernanke says depression to linger  Get Ready for Mass Retail Closings    Microsoft says no new cost cuts, shares hit 11-year low  Stanford a cog in the U.S. intelligence dirty money laundering machine     How the Economy was Lost      Unemployment (already past 9% in reality) Will Pass 9% This Year: NABE   SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! Previous (2-23-09), even the frauds on wall street who should be prosecuted are not buying the rhetoric/b.s. which is very, very, etc., short on detail, ie., spending money the broke u.s. doesn’t have for bailouts, while cutting the deficit in half in 4 years, etc.,…..riiiiiight! What economists / analysts are saying: Zandi - rapidly eroding economy; analyst – ugly…lots of bull s**t, no specifics/details, not pretty picture, equity holders of financials wiped out prospectively; Financial Times Editor – markets at new lows, nationalize or not (defacto they’re already nationalized), AIG trading at 50 cents has received $80 billion in bailout funds and just records loss of $60 billion, dire; bank analyst – downward pressure on financials particularly as dilution taken into account, write-offs, more capital needed, securitization market down, down, down and more capital necessary for writedowns; analyst – vicious bear, no faith in government plan, dismal! . One analyst previously pointed out there has been not one prosecution thus far and the frauds on wall street should be prosecuted and forced disgorgement. Analyst Frank Cochrane looks ahead to 4,000 to 6,000 on the DOW, 700 to 900 on the NASDAQ, and 425 to 625 on the S&P, and says spending/stimulus programs will not work, a point on which he is correct and the low end of his ranges closer to reality.  Not Just a Few Bad Apples - Corruption is Systemic in America  In case you believe that there are only “a couple of bad apples” in the United States, here is an off-the-top-of-his-head (I could give many, many more including my RICO case) list of corruption by leading pillars of american society.  Wall Street slides to 12-year low   New U.S. stake in Citigroup will not calm realities/doubts   AIG in talks with U.S. government, sees $60 billion loss: source     Pinnacle West shares fall on earnings, outlook (AP)    LaSalle Hotel shares fall on analyst outlook (AP)   Harley-Davidson shares fall on sales worries / realities (AP)   Major stock market indexes fall to 1997 levels and much further down to go given realities    Micron Tech to cut up to 2,000 more jobs in Idaho    Asian shares slump after Dow hits 1997 low (at MarketWatch)    The S&P 500's Incredibly Shrinking Market Cap The more they do, the worse it gets  Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat    Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money   The Great “Global Crisis of Maturity” and the New World Order     World Financial System In A State Of Insolvency      Urban Warfare Drills Linked To Coming Economic Rage    Britain faces summer of rage    Get Ready for Mass Retail Closings     Yahoo Finance | About 220,000 stores will close this year in America.    Editorials: Rewriting rules of global finance   GLOBAL MARKETS-US stocks slide as bear grips harder, oil falls    BACK TO 1997...    State sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000...     Obama pledges to slash deficit - after increase...    Rosy assumptions...    Philadelphia newspapers' owner files for bankruptcy...    AIG Seeks More US Funds As Record Loss Looms...    Advisers readying bankruptcy financing for automakers...     BANK MESS: HSBC CONSIDERS $20B CASH CALL FROM INVESTORS...   Sentiment Overview: Pessimists Increase by 18%   Stocks: Horrible Start to 2008, Worse in 2009     Ex-Senate aide charged in Abramoff scandal   THE FAILED INFLUENCE GAME: Stimulus still aiding K Street   Swiss party wants to punish USA for UBS bank probe... Developing...   Japan stocks fall after lender seeks bankruptcy (AP)   Gov't reportedly mulls dilution, more obfuscation, and more money down the rabbit hole by taking larger stake in Citi (AP)   RBS prepares to unveil global downsizing plan  Richard Russell: Bear Market Remains in Force    Summary of Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2009    The New Depression - The Lessons of the 1930s    Markets May be Said to be Oversold (Again), But Decisive Rally Won’t Be Forthcoming as Much Worse and Much More Selling to Come   Philly newspaper owner files for Chapter 11 (AP)  

 Previous (2-20-09), stocks tumbled around the world, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its biggest weekly drop since November, on concern the deepening recession will force banks to seek more government aid. Europe’s Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index slid to a six-year low, and Japan’s Topix Index declined to the worst level since 1984.  Analysts saying impossible to predict bottom in this dismal scenario, nationalization concerns, not bottomed yet, new bear market lows. Art Hogan says greater than 50% is defacto nationalization anyway and nothing left for shareholders, pricing mechanism for toxic assets problematic along with negative capitalization ratios, new lows in offing, gold for capital preservation along with treasuries and money markets. Nader says depression. There’s no end/bottom in sight. One says 2011-2014 earliest for bottoming at best and that nationalization means politization. One analyst previously pointed out there has been not one prosecution thus far and the frauds on wall street should be prosecuted and forced disgorgement. Analyst Frank Cochrane looks ahead to 4,000 to 6,000 on the DOW, 700 to 900 on the NASDAQ, and 425 to 625 on the S&P, and says spending/stimulus programs will not work, a point on which he is correct and the low end of his ranges closer to reality.  Not Just a Few Bad Apples - Corruption is Systemic in America  In case you believe that there are only “a couple of bad apples” in the United States, here is an off-the-top-of-his-head (I could give many, many more including my RICO case) list of corruption by leading pillars of american society. SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!    Major indexes fall more than 6 percent for week   The Great Depression has Arrived- Collapsing American Dreams    Defacto if not dejure nationalization realities hit Citi, BofA   Soros sees no bottom for world financial "collapse"  Trustee: Some Madoff stock trades were fiction   Morgan Stanley offers $3 billion broker bonuses, Wells none (Reuters)   Gold Hits $1,000   Ron Paul: Stimulus “Waste of Money”     The Inconveninent Debt    Gold Tops $1,000, First Time Since March as Depression Deepens    Stocks Drop Around the World; Stoxx 600 Falls to 6-Year Low    Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money “…The United States was in much better shape, economically, going into the Great Depression than it is now. Prosperity is not coming back to the U.S. as we know it. We are in a lot of trouble…”More Economists Say Crisis Is Worse Than Great Depression   Previous (2-18-09), all news much worse than expected as new home starts plunge 17% (-56% year over year), fed/bernanke downgrades economic forecast (rallied stocks when he made same which was bull s**t then as pointed out here) predicting reality of contraction which he says will be protracted, prolonged and increased unemployment (9%) though reality is much worse than they’re once again (falsely) predicting (we’re already significantly past 9% unemployment) and as one economist points out, in an economic freefall. bernanke’s outlook realistically dismal which sentiment is shared by analysts/economists who envision no bottoming until well into 2010 at best because…..this is a DEPRESSION!  Previous (2-19-09), ‘Initial jobless claims totaled 627,000, topping the 620,000 claims that were expected. Initial claims were unchanged week-over-week, while the four-week moving average moved up to 619,000 from 608,500. Continuing claims reached record highs of 4.99 million. Economists forecast 4.81 million continuing claims. The four-week moving average for continuing claims stands at 4.84 million, up from 4.75 million. Jobless claims were a drag on the January index of leading economic indicators, which increased 0.4%, exceeding the consensus forecast of a 0.1% increase. An increase in the money supply proved to be the main driver lifting the index, but the increased money supply contributes to inflationary concerns. Producer prices, which measure inflation, increased more than expected in January. The January PPI and core PPI were up 0.8% and 0.4%, respectively.’ Philly fed manufacturing index at 18 year low. The easiest to forecast leading economic indicator was fudged to the upside, though still marginal,  with said fake number substantially exceeding all private forecasts (stock prices, auto, housing, employment, etc., all down sharply in subject month…..hence, I don’t think so and fake report). Analysts saying stimulus plan not stimulative, specter of bank nationalization (banks insolvent), loss of pricing power across most all industries, and then the plethora of very bad economic/financial data with breakthrough technical bottoms, looking for violent sell-off/capitulation to provide minimal/short-lived bear market rallies, with some ephemeral opportunities among defensive stock plays, ie., whole foods (pricing power), auto parts (refurbishing old cars). One analyst previously pointed out there has been not one prosecution thus far and the frauds on wall street should be prosecuted and forced disgorgement. Analyst Frank Cochrane looks ahead to 4,000 to 6,000 on the DOW, 700 to 900 on the NASDAQ, and 425 to 625 on the S&P, and says spending/stimulus programs will not work, a point on which he is correct and the low end of his ranges closer to reality.  Not Just a Few Bad Apples - Corruption is Systemic in America  In case you believe that there are only “a couple of bad apples” in the United States, here is an off-the-top-of-his-head (I could give many, many more including my RICO case) list of corruption by leading pillars of american society. SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Jobless Claims Hit Record High; Inflation Jumps    Dow falls to 6-year low as banks slide  Wholesale inflation takes biggest jump in 6 months   Dow Closes at New Bear-Market Low  Dow Theorists spot a bear   Rising debt will overwhelm Obama’s effort to rescue the economy    Bank debt trades at distressed levels (at FT.com)  5 million Americans drawing jobless benefits  AP IMPACT: Jobless hit with bank fees on benefits (AP)   FBI tracks down Texas financier in fraud case (AP)    FBI finds Allen Stanford in Virginia   Stanford curried influence in DC: watchdog group   PC makers' shares fall on worsening demand     BofA and Citi shares fall on defacto or dejure nationalization near     GE shares dip to lowest since 1995    Feb. could be worst month yet for jobless claims    Fitch downgrades Marriott on lodging softness (AP)  Fed downgrades economic forecast for this year  “…The United States was in much better shape, economically, going into the Great Depression than it is now. Prosperity is not coming back to the U.S. as we know it. We are in a lot of trouble…”More Economists Say Crisis Is Worse Than Great Depression   Previous (2-18-09), all news much worse than expected as new home starts plunge 17% (-56% year over year), fed/bernanke downgrades economic forecast (rallied stocks when he made same which was bull s**t then as pointed out here) predicting reality of contraction which he says will be protracted, prolonged and increased unemployment (9%) though reality is much worse than they’re once again (falsely) predicting (we’re already significantly past 9% unemployment) and as one economist points out, in an economic freefall. bernanke’s outlook realistically dismal which sentiment is shared by analysts/economists who envision no bottoming until well into 2010 at best because…..this is a DEPRESSION!

Not Just a Few Bad Apples - Corruption is Systemic in America    Fed downgrades economic forecast for this year  Fed says US economy will get worse in 2009   Bernanke cuts growth view, considers inflation target  Hundreds seek their money as Stanford fallout spreads   HP cuts full year outlook (Reuters)   UBS to pay $780M, open secret Swiss bank records    Billionaire's bank customers denied their deposits    HP profit slumps 13 pct on weak PC and ink sales   [$$] Dow ends little-changed amid slew of grim news (at The Wall Street Journal Online)    The Bull's Case for Buying Gold     ...starts, permits plunge to new record lows SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!

  Previous (2-17-09), modest losses relative to reality so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! Analysts say not very encouraging, market saying stimulus will not work, lots of toxic assets still out their, nothing safe in bear market, oil to $80, gold appropriate hedge against deflation and inflation and deserves spot in portfolios, no turnaround anytime soon, and tough-sledding ahead. “…The United States was in much better shape, economically, going into the Great Depression than it is now. Prosperity is not coming back to the U.S. as we know it. We are in a lot of trouble…”More Economists Say Crisis Is Worse Than Great Depression Joint Chiefs chairman calls fiscal calamity a bigger threat than any war   GM seeks up to $30B in aid, to cut 47,000 jobs (AP)   GM and Chrysler seek nearly $22 billion more in aid   Stocks sink to November lows on depression fears    U.S. charges Allen Stanford with "massive" fraud    Reality about expensive, flawed, failed stimulus drag stocks down sharply (AP)    It’s Getting Ugly: Economist Says Hoard Gold & Scotch Paul Joseph Watson | Williams predicts hyperinflationary depression will mean a $100 dollar bill is worth less than toilet paper.  65 Trillion - U.S. Financial Obligations Exceed The Entire World’s GDP   A “Monetary Stalingrad” is on its way to Europe   Kansas suspends income tax refunds, may miss payroll    Europe’s economic slump deeper than expected  Total desperation by frauds on wall street. One analyst previously pointed out there has been not one prosecution thus far and the frauds on wall street should be prosecuted. Analyst Frank Cochrane looks ahead to 4,000 to 6,000 on the DOW, 700 to 900 on the NASDAQ, and 425 to 625 on the S&P, and says spending/stimulus programs will not work, a point on which he is correct and the low end of his ranges closer to reality. Indeed, the lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.- Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc., so SELL /SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  GM seeks up to $30B in aid, to cut 47,000 jobs (AP)   America's Insolvent Banks (at Seeking Alpha)  Gold Jumps to 7-Month High as Investors Seek to Preserve Wealth    Stocks sink to 3-month lows    GM and Chrysler seek nearly $22 billion more in aid   Stocks sink to November lows on depression fears    U.S. charges Allen Stanford with "massive" fraud    Reality about expensive, flawed, failed stimulus drag stocks down sharply (AP)   It’s Getting Ugly: Economist Says Hoard Gold & Scotch Paul Joseph Watson | Williams predicts hyperinflationary depression will mean a $100 dollar bill is worth less than toilet paper.  65 Trillion - U.S. Financial Obligations Exceed The Entire World’s GDP   A “Monetary Stalingrad” is on its way to Europe   Kansas suspends income tax refunds, may miss payroll    Europe’s economic slump deeper than expected    WORLD TO STAY IN SLUMP   Previous(2-13-09), modest losses relative to reality inasmuch as outlook remains bleak with data (though sugar-coated, inflated, false to provide more favorable b.s. talk points) dismal as consumer confidence down sharply ((56.2 vs. 61.2 previous, job losses continue as do earnings declines/losses, bankruptcies, defaults, etc., so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Analysts negative regarding level of uncertainty, skepticism regarding more stimulus/bailout money down the rabbit hole, longer-term considerations of deflation/hyperinflation, and particularly the valuation of assets in any of the bailouts, etc.. Oil inventories high but production cuts will weigh heavily later. [$$] Long-Term Dow Chart Suggests More Downside   Large U.S. banks on edge of insolvency, experts say   Regulators close banks in Neb., Fla., Ill., Ore.  GOLD Separating from the US DOLLAR-Banks insolvent     Another $3T of U.S. Debt: Don't Count on Foreigners to Pay for Our Bailouts      U.S. auto suppliers seek $18.5 billion in government aid   How Banks Are Worsening the Foreclosure Crisis    Stocks fall as investors can't shake economic woes   Huge stimulus bill only the beginning of the end, substantial investment in Weimar dollar printing presses/operators envisioned: Obama   Will the stimulus actually stimulate? Economists say no     This is 1930 all over again and far worse  Federal obligations exceed world GDP...   Euro Zone Sees Biggest Contraction on Record    Previous (2-12-09), suckers’ bear market rally with 200+ point upswing into the close based on b**l s**t alone on continuing bad news including  increasingly high job loss/unemployment numbers (though vastly understated), unexpected (euphemistic for false) +1% January retail, and leak of yet the new latest, greatest, economic “stimulus”/subsidy, etc., so especially great opportunity to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 23% decrease in wealth in u.s. and much further to go. Fed printing worthless Weimar dollars like mad (ultimately, inevitably hyperinflationary)  while treasury securities bubble gets bigger (stay away from treasuries – TIPS/treasury inflation protected securities only). Total desperation by frauds on wall street. One analyst previously pointed out there has been not one prosecution thus far and the frauds on wall street should be prosecuted. Analyst Frank Cochrane looks ahead to 4,000 to 6,000 on the DOW, 700 to 900 on the NASDAQ, and 425 to 625 on the S&P, and says spending/stimulus programs will not work, a point on which he is correct and the low end of his ranges closer to reality. Indeed, the lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.- Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.. Obama’s Stimulus Not Enough to Avert Biggest GDP Drop Since 1946  Bloomberg | Obama’s stimulus plan will be insufficient to avert the biggest U.S. economic decline since 1946 as consumer spending posts its longest slide on record.      Marc Faber: U S will default on debt or enter hyperinflation  YouTube | Mr. Faber predicts the Zimbabwe model for the United States. Home Prices Slide 12%, Most on Record, as Foreclosures Drain Value...   Deluge of Financial Calamities Looming by Mid-March   Retail sales rebound, jobless claims stay high   ABCNEWS: CATERPILLAR CEO contradicts Obama: 'We're going to have more layoffs before we start hiring again'...  Retail sales rise unexpectedly (false report) in January       Wells Fargo charge boosts fourth quarter loss (Reuters)    Oh yet another new mortgage plan news is bs purported reason for spurring late suckers bear market stock rally   The Market and geithner's Empty Suit No Plan     SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Previous (2-11-09), suckers bear market rally into the close based upon the bailout/stimulus fairy tale. Reality speaks for itself so the following latest news links (job loss/cut anouncements too numerous for inclusion and real numbers/data worse than false/gov’t/shill reports) plus previous 2-10-09 assessment which follows. ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’  In 2009 were going to see the worst economic collapse ever, the Greatest Depression, says Gerald Celente, U.S. trend forecaster. He believes its going to be very violent in the U.S., including there being a tax revolt.    This DEPRESSION will last 23-26 YEARS! Government is POWERLESS!  We are facing a Depression that will last 23-26 years. The response of government is going to seal our fate because they cannot learn from the past and will make the same mistakes that every politician has made before them.     Economic Rescue Plan: More Debt, More Dollar Devaluation And More Government     Larry Summers: Fox Guarding The Henhouse    COMEX Crash To Send Gold To $3,000    Gold jumps 3 pct to 6-1/2 mth high on risk aversion    Highest Unemployment in Three Decades    Economic Rescue Plan: More Debt, More Dollar Devaluation And More Government    PAPER: European banks sitting on $24 trillion of toxic assets... The Day After: Stocks Struggle to Overcome Geithner's Stumble, RIM's Warning     Why Americans Should Care More About the $2-$5T Bailout vs. the $789B Stimulus   Ireland to take control of banks...   Popular Rage Grows as Global Crisis Worsens  Previously (2-10-09) only modest drop relative to reality as pointed out by analyst Frank Cochrane who looks ahead to 4,000 to 6,000 on the DOW, 700 to 900 on the NASDAQ, and 425 to 625 on the S&P, and says spending/stimulus programs will not work, a point on which he is correct and the low end of his ranges closer to reality. There seems near unanimity by astute people in the know that timothy (only the little people pay taxes) geithner is just not up to the job. Indeed, his apparent Freudian slip “arrest it” must have been a manifestation of his guilt for purposely evading taxes [he still after audit and before confirmation has not paid the taxes he asserted as time-barred for collection (should have been arrested)], and then there’s the $4 trillion missing at the New York fed (and hence his prospective arrest), and now even more obfuscation with regard to taxpayer funds (possible future arrest?). A career bureaucrat, one economist/analyst points out that tiny tim geithner is not an economist and his so-called plan is without a plan yet we’re now talking in trillions. Helicopter ben bernanke paints realistically bleak outlook [though rosier than reality The Economist, a Widely Respected and Authoritative Financial/Economic Publication: U.S. In Depression, Not Recession      Video: Crash Will be Worse than Great Depression   Great Recession/Depression of 2008, et seq., Worse Than All Others  IMF warns of Great Depression   Stocks Could Drop 20%, No Safe Haven: Dr. Reality    Celente Correctly Predicts Revolution, Food Riots, Tax Rebellions By 2012  Former chief economist: U.S. in a depression   Merrill Lynch’s Chief Economist: We’re Already In a Depression  Ray Dalio: A Long and Painful Depression - Barron's Interview        Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009  , job losses like mad, and don’t believe the understated unemployment rates] seems flustered, impotent but really should allow alan greenspan his due for the current debacle. How about charging, arresting, and prosecuting the perpetrators of the massive fraud instead of using taxpayer funds to bail them out (especially since they’re now buying the fraudulent, worthless securities as well as talking funny books – they already have the funny money being printed like mad). Especially great opportunity to SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS/SELL WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  .  UBS cuts jobs after fourth-quarter loss (Reuters)      UBS to slash more jobs after reporting $7 billion loss   Blue Chip poll cuts forecast for second half 2009 (Reuters)  GM cuts 10000 salaried jobs, trims employees' pay    Sirius preparing possible bankruptcy filing: report    Stocks sink over 4 percent on bank plan apprehension       U.S. offers $2 trillion bank plan but stocks slump     GE transport unit to cut or furlough 1,550 workers    Asia stocks fall amid skepticism over US bank plan (AP)    $3 trillion! — Senate, Fed, Treasury attack crisis   [$$] Foreclosure 'Tsunami' Hits Mortgage-Servicing Firms (at The Wall Street Journal Online)  Senate Passes $819 Billion Economic Stimulus Bill     Bernanke Begins ‘Thorough Review’ of Fed Disclosure     Stocks Tumble as Bailout Plan Is Unveiled   Previous (2-9-09), suckers’ bear market/short-covering rally into the close to end mixed based on continuing bad news including  new job cuts/losses including 20,000 from Nissan, etc., so still great opportunity to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! Barron’s: Economist/analyst says depression has long way to go and lot’s of prospective pain Ray Dalio: A Long and Painful Depression - Barron's Interview  . Analysts talk up adage, ‘buy on rumor, sell on news’ regarding ie., bailouts, bailouts, bailouts, with money they don’t have as total now approaches $9.7 trillion (printing those worthless Weimar dollars like mad, ultimately/inevitably hyperinflationary), buy gold on dips; short-covering rally via irrational exuberance induced bailout news, downside volatility, dilution (stock issued will dilute EPS), stimulus won’t work, lottery stocks (financials) based on short-term blips based on b.s./bailout news alone.  Ray Dalio: A Long and Painful Depression - Barron's Interview     Financial plan won't include "bad bank": TV      One in eight lenders may fail, RBC says    One Scary Unemployment Chart     Bring back the guillotine… for bankers   Geithner says G7 should act ‘promptly’ on economy   We’re moving close to ‘a bailout-based economy’    Protectionism, unemployment and riots as the global slump deepens    Obama’s Change: Expanding the Power of the NSC and Shadow Government       Fitch cuts BofA ratings (at bizjournals.com)   House Appropriations Chairman on Stimulus Waste: 'So What'...    CBO: Stimulus harmful over long haul...    LG Elec to cut $2.2 billion costs as recession bites (Reuters)   Previous (2-6-09), suckers’ bear market rally based on especially bad news, viz., ‘depression-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, bringing unemployment rate to 7.6 percent, the grim figures being further proof that the nation's job climate is deteriorating at an alarming clip with no end in sight.’  Economy so weak oil demand and price down but oil stocks rallied in the alice-in-wonderland fraudulent world of wall street. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.- Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so especially great opportunity to SELL/TAKE PROFITS SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!      Real Unemployment Figures Double Those Reported By Labor Department Paul Joseph Watson | 7.6% is actually over 15% - just 9% shy of figure at height of great depression.   Financial Coup d’Etat      Rep. Kanjorski: $550 Billion Disappeared in “Electronic Run On the Banks”  U.S. job losses accelerate    Fed's Yellen sees dynamics similar to Depression    Regulators close 3 more U.S. banks    Consumer credit falls more than expected in Dec.   Peter Schiff: Stimulus Bill Will Lead to “Unmitigated Disaster”    Nearly 600K jobs lost in Jan.; more pain ahead    Peter Schiff: Why I'm Right About the Substantial Further Decline and My Critics Are All Wrong    There is a high chance a majority of the States within the United States of America could file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. There are currently 46 states with high budget deficits, Arizona being one of them. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.- Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so great opportunity to SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS/SELL WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!   Previous day’s (2-5-09) news as bad, ie., record level monthly unemployment numbers much worse than expected 626,000, factory orders down, IMF says no breakthrough in stabilizing financial sector, etc., but irrational exuberance on bailout talk and prospect of not only funny money but now funny assets with proposed new accounting rules to hide financial reality (dismal) so great opportunity to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  U.S. jobless claims surge in latest week to 626,000     Parallels With the Great Depression    Obama Warns of ‘Catastrophe:’ What Happened to ‘Hope’ and ‘Change?’     NEWS CORP loses $6.4 billion...  ...writedowns     GE chief warns on USA depression threat...      Watchdog: Treasury overpaid for bank stocks...    USA Must Spend Trillions they don’t have to prevent a long-lasting  Depression'...     GERMAN BANK FIRST LOSS SINCE WWII OWING TO AMERICAN SECURITIES FRAUD DEBACLE; REJECTS STATE AID...    MCCLATCHY reports loss on newspapers' decline, plans deep cost cuts...    Treasury in plans for record debt sale...    Accounting rule change for more cook the books fraud and bailout hopes spur Wall St. rally    New jobless claims surge to 26-year high    Auto suppliers seek rescue as crisis deepens   Art Hogan refers to the prevalence of bailout rhetoric, financials (among others) under pressure because there have been twice as many downside surprises on the earnings front with either no guidance or bad outlook, and cites new trading range for oil at $40 - $50.  Kraft, bank worries knock Wall St; Cisco hit late   Cisco outlook misses expectations    The Bad Bank Assets Proposal: Even Worse Than You Imagined    TIMEWARNER the troubled, horribly managed media company swings to 4Q loss on hefty writedown...   UBS Boosts ‘09 Gold Forecast to $1,000  One analyst previously pointed out there has been not one prosecution thus far and the frauds on wall street should be prosecuted. Indeed, the lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.- Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc..   Another Prominent Economist Forecasts Depression, Says Gold To Hit $2000   Auto sales hit 27-year low    US auto sales plunge 37 percent to 26-year low    Motorola's woes pile up in $3.6B quarterly loss    Disney 1Q profits drop 32 percent; shares slide    Wells Fargo defends, then cancels Vegas junket     Electronic Arts posts wider loss, huge layoffs announced, hurt by charges   Fed Secretly Lends $2 Trillion to Banksters without Oversight    JAPAN: “There has never been data this bad for any major economy - even in the great Depression”; “We are literally looking at the unimaginable”     Obama predicts more bank failures   California goes broke, halts $3.5 billion in payments  Previous, consumer spending down (-1%), manufacturing activity down, construction spending down 5.1% and much worse than expected. Problems ahead for bonds (currency risk, low yield, etc.) including treasuries (bubble), interest rates prospectively higher, bad real estate market into 2010 as banks play catch up on foreclosed properties, with top end getting hit and weaker rental market to boot.  “…The United States was in much better shape, economically, going into the Great Depression than it is now. Prosperity is not coming back to the U.S. as we know it. We are in a lot of trouble…”.  Personal bankruptcies soar 33%    More Economists Say Crisis Is Worse Than Great Depression  Steve Watson | Ominous headlines have prominent analysts spelling out disaster. Macy's cuts 7,000 jobs, slashes dividend  Factory decline, consumer spending drops   Morgan Stanley plans up to 4 percent in job cuts   Joint Chiefs chairman calls fiscal calamity a bigger threat than any war   WALL ST ALREADY DOWN 10% FOR YEAR...  Folding dealers shock car buyers with unpaid liens (AP)    GlaxoSmithkline to cut 6,000 jobs: report   The New Economic Reality …do not think we should be incurring trillions in debt for an ill-conceived or even a properly conceived plan. We cannot spend that much. OUR PROBLEM WAS SPENDING MORE THAN WE MADE SO THE ANSWER CANNOT BE THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWING US TO SPEND MORE THAN WE MAKE. Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate, can tell you better than me, and he thinks we are asking for major problems.   Florida, Maryland, Utah Banks Seized Amid Deepening Financial Crisis...   Worse than the Great Depression     Charts Predict: Oil May Whip Back up to $100    Previous session, 31st u.s. bank to fail, 6th this year, Economy's new plunge is worst in quarter-century (AP) as GDP falls 3.8% defying much worse/higher private/real forecasts/estimates; bad economy, bad economic data, bad real estate market; defensive non-equity investing recommended, ie., short-term bonds, single short ETF hedge funds, etc.. One analyst points out there has been not one prosecution thus far and they should be prosecuted. Indeed, the lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.- Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.. GDP sees biggest drop in 27 years  The Ugly Truth: The American Economy is Not Coming Back     Economy, bank woes drag market to worst January ever  Economy's new plunge is worst in quarter-century    Stocks' January drop isn't welcome sign for 2009   [$$] January Was Dow's Worst In 113 Years (at The Wall Street Journal Online)  Economy's new plunge is worst in quarter-century (AP)  Worst January ever for Dow, S&P 500   US Stocks Drop, Capping Market’s Worst January, on Economy Bloomberg   US Stocks Off; Financials, Industrials Lead DJIA Under 8000 MarketWatch   US Economy Will Keep Sliding After Shrinking Most Since 1982   U.S. Eyes Two-Part Bailout for Banks     46 Of 50 States Could File Bankruptcy In 2009-2010  Economic crisis has put the world “on the road to serious social instability”  Gold rallies 2 pct on haven buying, hits euro high   Worst January on Record for Stocks... Previous session, at least Obama referred to the outrageousness of the wall street perps/frauds who created the crisis, got wealthier in so doing at other peoples expense/damage, received taxpayer bailout funds because of what crimes they did, and now reportedly took huge bonuses ($18 billion) for failed and fraudulent performance; but if he thinks shaming them into better behavior is effective, then he is a fool. One analyst points out there has been not one prosecution thus far and they should be prosecuted. Indeed, the lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.- Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.. All bad news: all-time record continuing unemployment claims, durable goods orders down more than expected, new home sales down record levels (-37%), banking system insolvent, long-term treasuy bubble about to burst, DEPRESSION, etc.; December durable goods orders declined 2.6%, marking the fifth straight monthly decline. Excluding transportation, orders were down 3.6%. The drop in both readings was also steeper than expected. In other economic news, December new home sales declined more than expected, falling almost 15% from the prior month. The supply of new homes is at an all-time high of nearly 13 months, based on the pace of current sales. Demand for new homes remains weak as weak labor markets limit buyers. Initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 24 increased modestly to 588,000, which exceeded the 575,000 claims expected. Continuing claims climbed to 4.78 million, which is the highest level for continuing claims in 40 years. More Economists Say Crisis Is Worse Than Great Depression  Steve Watson | Ominous headlines have prominent analysts spelling out disaster. Jobless Sheep    Fed Reserve Fails to Reflate the US Banking System Signs of deepening economic woes slam Wall St.  Americans receiving jobless benefits hits record...    [$$] Ex-Merrill Executives Got Burned by Madoff (at The Wall Street Journal Online)    Disney plans 5 pct job cuts at ABC group  US new jobless claims up,continued claims a record Workers receiving unemployment at 25-year high    Obama calls $18B in Wall Street bonuses 'shameful’ – Is that it? Is that all there is? What about illegal as the perpetrators of the massive fraud receive taxpayer bailout funds …for their bonuses.'     Japanese output falls at record pace     Ford posts $14.6B 2008 loss, near $6 billion loss for quarter, still won't seek aid    Merrill Lynch’s Chief Economist: We’re Already In a Depression    Stocks Could Drop 20%, No Safe Haven: Dr. Reality    MURDOCH: Crisis Worsening, 'Drastic Action' Needed...   Stiffed: Why are bailed-out banks helping Pfizer buy Wyeth? Previous, suckers’ bear market ralley based on b**l s**t alone, viz., the now fabled big bad wolf bank to eat all the so-called toxic debt at taxpayer expense (for the economy- what a fairy tale),  etc., so especially great opportunity to SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! All bad news continues: Boeing to cut 10,000 jobs, AOL 700, Starbucks 6,700 , and on and on, the list is long, continues, and is growing, Warning over collapse in capital flows Telegraph | The world economy will shrink this year for the first time since the Second World War, warns the gloomiest forecast yet delivered by a major international institutional.   MERRILL LYNCH’S CHIEF ECONOMIST: WE’RE ALREADY IN A DEPRESSION     Stocks Could Drop 20%, No Safe Haven: Dr. Reality    World growth ‘worst for 60 years’   Mass layoffs surge in 2008, continue at rapid pace (AP)   'American consumer can no longer act as motor of global economy'...     Analyst Ciovacco sums it up thusly: …We have seen many of these bailout inspired "feel good" days during the bear market. The market cheered the bailout out of Bear Sterns, only to retrace all the gains while moving to lower lows. When Fannie and Freddie were bailed out by you and me (taxpayers), the market "felt good" only to move on to lower lows and more losses. When AIG was bailout out by - you guessed it, you and me, it was seen as a positive. Stocks went on to make new lows. TARP was hailed by the markets as the answer to all our problems - stocks moved higher in anticipation, then made new lows. When the formerly "big" three were given government loans, the market breathed a sigh of relief - then, you guessed it, moved lower.Here we go again. The “bad bank” is this morning’s feel good story. The futures are higher on “speculation” the government will set up a bad bank. The problem is a familiar one for money managers - we do not know what the rules are and how the "bad bank" will be set up. Will it be good for shareholders in banks? Will it be bad for shareholders in banks? We are not sure because we have no details on the latest bailout, only speculation and a few sound bites. The basic goal of the bad bank according to this morning’s news reports is to "get lending going again". In an overleveraged world, is more credit really the answer? I thought too much credit was the problem…Previous, what are they drinking, smoking, snorting on wall street with suckers’ bear market rally on decisively bad news; viz., consumer confidence at lowest level ever recorded (37.7) Consumer Confidence Slides to Record Low in January , 18% plunge in home prices as per highly regarded Case/Shiller Index, Retail Federation gives bad retail outlook, layoffs du jour galore, etc., and even as oil plunged on the bad economic data, oil stocks rallied…riiiiight! What, they worry…hell no…they work for wallstreet/government. They’ll still get their commissions on the way down and maybe stick you with their over-priced dogs as well. Same modus operandi as in January et seq, 2008 when they sucked in the suckers who this time (fool you twice, shame on you) will deserve to be burned for wall street commissions/ compensation/ bonuses’ sake as in the year just passed.  The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.- Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so great opportunity to SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS/SELL WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  Bank bailout could cost $4 trillion CEO confidence plunges around the globe    Consumer mood at record lows, house prices sag  Corning slashes up to 4,900 jobs to cut costs   Moody's says could cut GE's triple-A credit rating  Target eliminates positions amid weak sales  Nation's economic mood darkens as more jobs vanish  S&P index shows plunge in November home prices   Yahoo posts higher profit but outlook weak  Yahoo suffers 4Q loss, but tops analyst views   IBM quietly cuts thousands of jobs  Economy in free fall in fourth quarter Companies in U.S. to Slash More Jobs, Business Economists Say    military spending is crippling america   Previously, wall street frauds’ nirvana (commissioning a large incline then decline then suckers’ bear market rally into the close incline) at just a program loop, button push, mouse click away based on bull s**t alone and ‘Little Shop of Horrors’  viz., wall street vegetables clamoring ‘feed me, feed me’ with hopes for taxpayer bailout funds and short-covering bear market rally.. Motek’s experts: One land of fruits and nuts politician too many for a business hour; there will be no further comments relative to Frank Motek’s knx1070am caleefornia business hour inasmuch as the show has become a bit too parochial and limited in scope. 68,000 new job cuts this day alone.  Existing home sales on foreclosures up 6.5% so new home sellers rally…riiiight!...Preposterous!...Leading indicators allegedly up .3%  on increase in money supply (hyperinflationary)…Riiiiight! NY financier arrested in purported $400 million scam Reuters Job-killing depression racks up more layoff victims   Economy in free fall in fourth quarter   FANNIE to Seek Up to $16 Billion in Emergency Treasury Aid to Stay Afloat...   Gloom deepens as 75,000 global jobs go...   Gold pushes above $900 in buying spree; Yellow metal posts all-time highs in euro and sterling...  Economy in free fall in fourth quarter Previous, mixed finish on relatively light volume defies reality with another near 200 point swing to the upside on suckers’ bear market rally into the close to keep suckers suckered on decisively bad news so sell into rallies/strength/take profits/sell while you still can since much, much worse to come. Motek experts: Art Hogan points to volatility, lots of headwinds for market, magnitude of the worse than expected results, doubling underestimated earnings to downside and no guidance indicative of lack of belief in efficacy of stimulus, and lag effect concerning stimulus which will help but not soon enough. Investment analyst says P/E ratios for stocks much too pricey, cite S&P single digits in milder recessions past hence way over-valued at 15 P/E now.  GE profit down 44 percent   Earnings and depression batter world stocks    Britain officially slips into recession    Schlumberger 4Q tumbles; sees rough year ahead    Harley to cut 1,100 jobs as 4Q profit falls    Xerox 4Q profit plunges, misses Wall Street view (AP)       2009 Heralds “A New Age Of Rebellion”    Geithner's failure to pay taxes completely intentional        Misguided Spending Will Only Take Us Deeper Into Depression     Poor earnings, opaque forecasts weigh on stocks (AP)   Freddie Mac to ask for billions more in funds    Freddie Mac to ask government for another $30-$35 billion    Brower Piven Encourages Investors Who Have Losses in Excess of $500,000 From Investment in Bank of America Corporation to Inquire About the Lead Plaintiff Position in Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Before the March 23, 2009 (Marketwire)    Capital One results suggest gloomy 2009 for credit card industry      Wall Street's culture of entitlement hard to shake     “The stock market has been bluffing investors for decades. The market's indiscernible jolts have been particularly pronounced and painful in recent months.” Simon Maierhofer“Unprecedented” Job Cuts in Works at World’s Largest Automaker    [video] Gold Surges   VIDEO: THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS - Montreal Lecture: The Great Depression of the 21st Century    Motek experts: Discuss new unemployment claims at 589,000 match 26 year high, 4.6 million continuing u.e. claims,  wall street strategist (actually just another wall street fraud) thain at last minutes before BofA bailout/takeover does compensation/bonuses/expenditures and gets axed, all-time low for housing starts with downsides well into 2010, job losses trend to accelerate well into second half 2009. Analyst says near term increased uncertainty, gamble, financials undercapitalized, recommends risk adjusted/barely below investment grade junk bund funds (high ror) and gold mining etf’s while warning long-term treasuries to take a hit. Reporter discusses negative I.T./pc market, spending and job cuts and absence of forward-looking guidance. Worsening signs for Apple with slowdown in pc sales and reliance on retail/pricing. Currency expert says problems serious, gov’t needs to raise $2 trillion, crowd out private sector, increase cost of money, fanny/freddy, government replacing private mortgage lending with negative implications. Frank congratulates Paul Kangus on Nightly Business Report 30 year anniversary where he began his business reporting career.  Just The Early Stages of Economic and Financial Collapse  Jobless claims surge, housing starts tumble  Back In Reds After Economic Data...   Bank results plummet...   Angry customer rammed bank with pickup...    GOOGLE PROFIT SLIPS FOR FIRST TIME...   MICROSOFT stuns with profit miss, job cuts...  Roubini: Banking System is “Bankrupt”, “Effectively Insolvent”  Previous, wall street frauds’ nirvana (commissioning a huge decline then a huge incline) at just a program loop, button push, mouse click away based on bull s**t alone and ‘Little (wall street) Shop of Horrors’  viz., wall street vegetables clamoring ‘feed me, feed me’ with high (what are they smoking, drinking, snorting) hopes for taxpayer bailout funds and short-covering bear market rally. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so great opportunity to SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME. Motek’s experts: Analyst/options/speculator talks roller coaster ride on wall street regardless of results, banks still in trouble with dilution via government takeovers, talks lessons…please, give us a break…, then risky strategies, ie., risky bonds into riskier equities as if that isn’t that how we got into the continuing mess. Only-the-little-people-pay-taxes geithner, a co-architect of the current mess said food lines long and getting longer even as he dodges taxes (purposefully…after audit and as currently pending appointment, paid back taxes but scofflawed time-barred taxes owed), while economist says geithner a scofflaw and stimulus just more pork. Geithner was “involved in just about every flawed bailout” of the Bush era (On capital hill they were afraid to ask the question as to where is that missing $4 trillion at he ny federal reserve bank which is defacto complicity) Financial Times editor says dramatic prospective action will be very unpleasant for shareholders. S&P 500 Q408 Earnings Now Expected to Fall 28.2% Royal Bank of Scotland to Record $41 Billion loss, State Street profits down 71%, Bad news across the board as Worst Inauguration Day Drop in Dow Industrial History...  Roubini Predicts U.S. Losses May Reach $3.6 Trillion    Prominent Economist: Crisis Caused By Government Interventions  Motek’s experts: Land of fruits and nuts actor/entertainer/speculator/sometimes economist Ben Stein [who previously took a page out of GM’s playbook by lambasting Fortune Magazine (you might recall some two decades ago that Fortune warned of GM managerial ineptitude to which GM responded with outrage and withdrew all advertising and revenue to Fortune thereby in retaliation - if only they had listened) for saying caleefornia is number 1, numero uno ….. as prospectively worse real estate market in the nation, the same Ben Stein who poo-pooed Peter Shiff’s correct prediction of market crash, but did correctly state fed policies hyperinflationary, and also just criticized Shiff’s recent prognostication ( he previously had to apologize to Shiff having done wrongly so before-  his criticism of Peter Shiff for warning of this debacle years ago). He throws out a couple of economic terms (demand pull/cost push inflationary terms) to buttress his criticism of Shiff but he’s just out to lunch in citing the absence of demand as militating against Shiff’s inflationary argument since history (and even currently, i.e., zimbabwee) is replete with examples of low demand and or impoverished nations that have over-printed their currencies with hyperinflationary results as will occur in u.s.). Stein should be on the Strip doing stand-up (comedy). He is a joke!] while commenting on the inaugural address (who cares…what do you expect them to say…all talk is cheap in fraudulent america particularly) says in need of specifics, says because he can’t do taxes geithner doesn’t have to, talks gov’t guarantees on loans except for fraud, bad banks/financials, no bottom. Analyst says things getting worse not better, bad equity ratios, banks not sufficiently capitalized, unemployment/job losses yet to hit so worst to come.  Economist says recession/depression with 500,000 job losses per month, housing/stock declines, bad bank bailouts with taxpayer money bad idea/bad deal, hopes on stimulus. Peter Shiff says they buy on rumor and sell on fact/reality, TARP/government spending the problem, new lows for financials, eventual dollar collapse, bailing out/subsidizing incompetent high paid executives, get out of any assets connected to u.s., buy gold.   Roubini Predicts U.S. Losses May Reach $3.6 Trillion Bloomberg | U.S. financial losses from the credit crisis may reach $3.6 trillion, suggesting the banking system is effectively insolvent. Prominent Economist: Crisis Caused By Government Interventions Steve Watson | People who created the problem are now in charge. Previously, a big suckers’ depression era rally of near 200 points into the close to keep suckers sucked in while churning and earning those commission dollars on decisively bad news (ie., circuit city liquidates/sheds 30,000 jobs, more job cut announcements, manufacturing down 2%, cpi down .7% on lower gas/oil prices but watch for inevitable hyperinflationary effect of worthless Weimar dollars they’re printing like mad, Citigroup -- after suffering a loss of $8.29 billion, its fifth straight quarterly deficit -- is reorganizing into Citicorp and Citi Holdings—what a joke; first will focus on traditional banking around the world, while the second will hold the company's riskier assets and tougher-to-manage ventures; Bank of America slides to 4Q loss; gets more ‘down the rabbit hole’ taxpayer money; how pathetic, unemployment claims at 54,000 for week, 524,000 for prior month, 4.5 million collecting unemployment/64% increase, foreclosures for December up 17%/2nd worst on record and high for ordinarily slow December, etc.), U.S. foreclosure filings in 2008 rose 81% from 2007  , the lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS/SELL WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME. Retail sales much worse than expected -2.7% and double (100% worse) expected decline with financial sector usual suspects providing other dose of bad news, along with beige book which cites weakness in all districts. Job cuts, job cuts, job cuts, and Jobs cut work schedule with medical leave till June, 2009. Oil inventories up however since economy is so bad demand has substantially weakened. What usually either way would have derailed prospective nominees in past, viz., illegal nannies, failure to pay taxes, etc., has rallied defense of geithner  TAX MESS: Panel delays hearing on Obama's Treasury choice... ,  the new york fed man ( Fed Mob Boss Geithner’s Confirmation Sidelined  - too n.y. jewish to fail or be held accountable, in fairness there’s also trump and alito, and bush and clinton, etc., all of whom seem impervious to the laws and rules of civilized governance; owe, oh! how the mighty have fallen, including meaningfully lawless america). Given the state of the nation, who can rationally defend those experienced with having caused the crisis in the first instance (there is the matter of course of campaign finance bribery). HOW ABOUT ASKING GEITHNER ABOUT THE MISSING $4 TRILLION AT N.Y. FED BANK, WHO STOLE IT, ETC., AS A PRE-CONDITION TO HIM EVEN BEING CONSIDERED! THROW THEM, THE FED, WALL STREET FRAUDS, ETC., IN GITMO; THEY’RE CERTAINLY ECONOMIC TERRORISTS, FRAUDS, THIEVES WHO’VE DONE FAR GREATER DAMAGE TO AMERICA THAN ALL AMERICA’S ENEMIES COMBINED. Typical wall street jew madoff will just have to suffer his bail days in his $7.5 million n.y. penthouse apartment.  $700-Billion Bailout Lacks Transparency, Accountability, Congressional Panel Says  Motek’s (Frank still out but returns on Monday, but will his program still be there after decimating week) experts: Senile Wedbush from the land of fruits and nuts to his credit refers to the extent financial scenario by the “D” for Depression word (he very well may have been around to have experienced the first Great Depression) and borrows refrain from old Springfield song of ‘ Wishin’ and Hopin’ ’…riiiight…Start your own company, ie., apple stands (candy, caramel, or plain); land of fruits and nuts better stick with a taco or tamale stand; hot dog stands…riiiiight! (Previous) Hugh Johnson says earnings recession and lots of going out of business signs. Retail analyst says lots of bankruptcy filings and store closures particularly in select regional/female apparel/jewelry. Hugh Johnson, analyst, says Alcoa much worse than expected a wake up call, earnings below expectations, widespread downturn but much more difficult to forecast than ever (welcomed obfuscation so they can talk the talk and sucker you), oil speculators still in play, bailouts old news but enormous deficits/problems therefrom. Investors Business Daily editor, spend and cut taxes, TARP money not enough, $485.2 record deficit, deficits will continue to grow, will catch up to u.s.,  long term better…riiiiight…how ‘bout in long term as per keynes we’ll all be dead…if you’d have listened to equities oriented IBD you’d probably be broke by now even if you were as they seem to presume a trader.  Analyst Gabriel Isdumb says eventually things will be better…yeah…riiiiight!…right after the depression has run it’s course. Autonation expert says the worst conditions he’s ever seen which he further describes as appalling. All news bad and worse than expected (ie., Alcoa, Citi which received $45 billion in bailout funds and lost $20 billion, etc.). Former chief economist: U.S. in a depression    The U.S. Economy is being Marched to the Gallows  Andrew Hughes | Predictions of hyperinflation, dollar decline and civil unrest. No Brainer: Bankster Bailout is Unconstitutional  Kurt Nimmo | A world system of financial control in private hands will begin the process of delivering feudalism to the American people. The Economy Is in a Depression  The economy contracted at about a 5% annual rate in the fourth quarter. Bank of America to receive additional $20 billion  International Herald Tribune | The second lifeline brings the government’s total stake in Bank of America to $45 billion and makes it the bank’s largest shareholder, with a stake of about 6 percent. Counterfeiting? Bank of England able to print money without having legally to declare it  Bank of America to Get Billions More From Treasury  Washington Post | The Treasury Department plans to invest billions of dollars in Bank of America to help the company absorb troubled investment bank Merrill Lynch. Citigroup -- after suffering a loss of $8.29 billion, its fifth straight quarterly deficit -- is reorganizing into Citicorp and Citi Holdings. The first will focus on traditional banking around the world, while the second will hold the company's riskier assets and tougher-to-manage ventures. Bank of America slides to 4Q loss; gets more ‘down the rabbit hole’ taxpayer money.   Bernanke: U.S. Financial Crisis Worse than Japan’s Lost Decade, but We’ll Still Copy the Japanese Playbook, Even Though It Didn’t Work   Nortel files for bankruptcy, shares plunge , (Reuters)    $700-Billion Bailout Lacks Transparency, Accountability, Congressional Panel Says U.S. Retail Sales Decline for a Sixth Month    Dismal holidays over, but retail outlook still dim  , CITIGROUP Stock Falls Below Critical $5 Level...   'Long-term transformation'...     'Swift decline in America's influence'...     Stocks tumble as worries grow about banks...    JPMorgan CEO predicts bleak year: report (Reuters) JPMorgan's chief executive predicts that the financial crisis will worsen this year, in an interview with the Financial Times newspaper published on Thursday.  Sen Dorgan: Federal Reserve Refuses To Identify Recipients Of 2 Trillion In Emergency Loans Throw them, the fed, in gitmo; they’re certainly economic terrorists, frauds, thieves who’ve done far greater damage to america than all america’s enemies combined.   Our Collapsing Economy According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfarm payroll employment declined by 3,445,000 from December 2007 through December 2008. Marc Faber: “I Think it Might Be Far Worse [Than the Great Depression] Precisely Because of the Interventions” by the Government The latest edition of Marc Faber’s latest newsletter fell off two separate trucks in my ‘hood, and I thought the most useful bits were Faber’s observations (honed from many years of seeing the world from Asia) that just because a market has gone down a ton doesn’t mean it can’t go down a great deal further. U.S. Economy May Shrink 1.5% in 2009 as Depression Stymies Fed Economists slashed forecasts for U.S. growth in 2009 and projected Federal Reserve policy makers won’t be able to start raising interest rates until 2010, according to a monthly Bloomberg News survey  Treasury: Deficit hits new record in just 3 months... TREASURY PICK FAILED TO PAY TAXES   Bond Bubble Looms  ‘The key here is to stay the course and not to be sucked into the hype; don’t let your eyes deceive you. Printing money non-stop for a year (or longer, I don’t see him stopping any time soon) will have consequences (meaning hyperinflation/worthless dollar, etc.).’ Those commerce department job numbers in prior months revised upwards (I warned of the falsity of same even as wall street frauds rallied on the false data).  2.6 million jobs lost in 2008, worst since 1945. Motek’s experts: Financial analyst says treasuries at 0%, money markets near 0%, so seek companies with pristine balance sheets and dividends, negative doldrums as market (irrationally) shrugs off bad news, no magic wand from new president, cross your fingers and hope…..riiiiight! Economist discusses jobs report, says lagging indicator and rough time, savings up but spending down, weakness through at least first quarter of 2010, lots of pain ahead, real estate prices continue decline through coming year,  -20% to –25% with land of fruits and nuts in worst case scenario. Another economist also discusses continued declines for real estate with land of fruits and nuts in worst case camp, foreclosures a lot higher with peak at 20%, and cites (probable) decade long stagnation as Japan in ‘90’s.   US Debt is really 53 Trillion. Can you say Dollar Collapse then Massive Hyperinflation Coming?    Roubini Joins Faber and Rogers in Saying Bubble in Treasuries Will Likely Burst  Now the U.S. porn industry seeks $5billion bailout   Citi, Morgan Stanley in brokerage talks; Rubin quits   $$] Rubin Departs Citi on a Low Note (at The Wall Street Journal Online)  Agency warns on automakers' pension funds: report   Jobless rate at 16-year high as payrolls plunge    Job losses hit 2.6 million as layoff pain deepens  Wall Street falls on job woes, Citi    Stocks slide after rise in unemployment rate (AP)   Manufacturing slumps at fastest pace since 1981   More people collecting unemployment benefits    Depression more severe than thought: Fed’s Rosengren      Horrible data and again worse than expected but suckers’ bear market rally into the close based on bull s**t and bailouts (with money they don’t have) provides excuse for irrational exuberance and mixed close. Weak retail and unemployment at 26 year high.Motek’s experts: Analyst points to dire warnings across the board while real estate/housing/building analyst says 2009 will be bad year with 20% declines in real estate values as unemployment goes higher while another real estate analyst says not a good time to buy a home. U.S. companies face $409 billion pension deficit: study   U.S. debt is losing its appeal in China   LET'S PRINT MORE WORTHLESS MONEY!    Obama Bets Big on Big Government...  Dems Raise Doubts on Plan...  A worse-than-expected ADP employment report indicated 693,000 jobs were lost in December far above the expected 493,000 and a warning from Intel (INTC 14.44, -0.93) underpinned early weakness with typical suckers’ rally into the close to finish off lows. Motek’s experts: Analyst says first 5 days of trading in January, 2009 historically a bad sign, gloomy employment scenario with 693,000 jobs lost in December, economic contraction in major way coupled with poor earnings, 1.2 trillion budget deficit at 6.8% of GDP or worse so tough to make bull case, defensive position, low allocation to equities with high capitalization/consumer staples. Oil analyst points to weak economy/jobs data, absence of leveraged money chasing oil and says $60 oil soon. Economist, part of the corrupt fed team discusses job losses. Final expert discusses demographic trends behind and causative of cycles as 1929, 1968, and now, baby boomers, bleak outlook, economically shot their wad in terms of ability to avoid depression.  Analyst Predicts 40% Unemployment, No Recovery until 2015     Bear rally over, the great dying begins in corporate America Wall Street falls sharply on employment realities, realistically bleak corporate outlooks  Budget deficit to hit $1.2 trillion in fiscal 2009  Intel warns second time on quarter  U.S. says Madoff sent diamonds in violation of bail   Profit warnings, poor job outlook weigh on stocks (AP)  Yes, fed now using the ‘D’ for depression word which means we’re in a depression (after all, they were saying no recession when we were already in one). What are they still drinking, smoking, snorting on wall street with suckers’ bear market rally into the close. They’ll still get their commissions on the way down and maybe stick you with their over-priced dogs as well. Same modus operandi as in January et seq, 2008 when they sucked in the suckers who this time (fool you twice, shame on you) will deserve to be burned for wall street commissions/compensation/ bonuses’ sake as in the year just passed. Service sector (90% of american economy, viz., bull s**t), factory orders, pending home sales down (worst on record) and much worse than expected.  Some reality: After a short modest rally in the stock markets, lasting at best if at all, 1 to 4 months after Obama is inaugurated as President, people will realize that Obama’s stimulus plan isn’t going to work. Specifically, it will become obvious that we’re in a Great Depression, and that nothing that Bushco or Obamaco did can get us out of it (it may take a while longer for people to realize that what both administrations did actually made the financial crisis much worse).  At that point, the stock market will crash like a waterfall. Mish thinks the crash will leave the S&P at 600. Robert McHugh thinks the crash will drive the S&P to 500 or lower (in McHugh’s worst-case scenario, the S&P could end up at 50). At around the time of the crash, the bubble in long-term treasuries will burst. Retirees and other people who have socked away their money in treasuries will get hit hard. The government itself will start massively buying its own long-term treasuries. Motek’s experts: Art Hogan in straight-shootin’ mode (as opposed to wall street shill mode) focuses (but only briefly) on fed’s depression/deflation words, says quite correctly that the focus has been on the cure (ie., bailouts) rather than the illness, lots of badnews, dismal earnings, etc., only slightly better at best in second half (I don’t think so), stay away from consumer discretionary cos., metals higher, market may be higher at year end (not likely), but rocky road till then (and beyond). Financial times editor says shocked by fed’s 0% move, very scary scenario, the specter of depression/deflation looms large, much too much optimism over Obama prospective stimulus plan.  Economy in grip of recession/depression, reports show    Stocks end higher on hopes for economic rebound    Alcoa to cut 13 pct of global work force     The Secular Bear Market Continues      Willem Buiter warns of massive dollar collapse      Bank Of England Policymaker Predicts Unprecedented Dollar Collapse     Car sales plunge heralding bleak 2009 but car stocks rally; construction numbers down but building stocks rally. Will We Have a Good 2009? Not If History Is Any Guide   Stocks slip on telecom and financials; Apple jumps on ‘jobs alive’ news…riiiiight!  Obama plunges into econ talks, borrows a page from bush economic strategy of spending money you don’t have and cutting taxes, and predicts approval    Consumer bankruptcies jumped 33% in 2008 and much worse expected in 2009 including commercial bankruptcies far greater and larger than in 2008   [$$] Don't Get Too Happy About the New Year   Check This Graph-Proof we are going into a Great Depression. Notice MASSIVE job losses. Is there really any doubt any longer?  The Economist, a Widely Respected and Authoritative Financial/Economic Publication: U.S. In Depression, Not Recession   Don’t forget their 2008 talk as now for 2009. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so great opportunity to SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME. More dismal news for lunatics on wall street to fraud on: ISM factory utilization index fell to the lowest level in over 28 years. Factories mired in worst slump in 28 years  They’re printing worthless Weimar dollars like mad for the celebrated bailouts, bailouts, bailouts, and stimulus so stimulating. Motek’s experts: First expert talks up superstition, the so called ‘january effect’ saying if positive this month then the worst case scenario is –5% for DOW/S&P for the year, so the frauds on wall street are really shootin’ for the moon (lunatics) for the effect, still in recession but bear market rallies not bad but not for buy and hold crowd, dump non-performers, favors medical devices/health care related, disfavors autos/financials. Another expert who scans/digests newsletters says market/newsletter euphoria contra-indicated, new lows are coming, the best funds in 2008 were short or cash. News typically bad: Difficulty tracking and monitoring bailout money…Daaaaah! Understated unemployment numbers still at recession/depression levels (4.65 million); retail correction-bankruptcies, closings, fewer stores. Motek’s experts: Peter Shiff says it’s not the disease but the government cure that will kill us, dire forecast for 2009 and beyond-inflation, companies going out of business, commodity prices higher, world’s largest debtor america is bankrupt, more borrowing/spending their failed prescription, bleak picture for dollar the value of which will be halved and high probability that the decline will be 70-90%, gold higher and $2000 gold in not so distant future, oil much higher and $200 oil in next couple of years, stocks will continue to decline, on the long side he favors quality EU, Asia securities and precious metals particularly monetary metals gold, silver. Oil analyst says oil too cheap, geopolitical factors, (israel war mongering, war crimes, etc.; Russia/Ukraine dispute-cut gas supplies affecting Europe), oil to $60-70 rather quickly, gasoline demand anemic but oil price the factor. It’s time for ben stein to resign himself to just a land of fruits and nuts actor/entertainer/speculator as he lambasts Shiff’s prognostication ( he previously had to apologize to Shiff having done wrongly so before-  his criticism of Peter Shiff for warning of this debacle years ago). He throws out a couple of economic terms (demand pull/cost push inflationary terms) to buttress his criticism of Shiff but he’s just out to lunch in citing the absence of demand as militating against Shiff’s inflationary argument since history (and even currently, i.e., zimbabwee) is replete with examples of low demand and or impoverished nations that have over-printed their currencies with hyperinflationary results as will occur in u.s.). Stein should be on the Strip doing stand-up (comedy). He is a joke! Suckers' bear market rally into the close to keep the suckers suckered on NEWS MUCH WORSE THAN ALREADY DISMAL EXPECTATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD: S&P/Case-Shiller Composite Index, October home prices were down 18% year-over-year, the largest drop on record. According to the U.S. Conference Board, consumer confidence dropped more than expected to an all-time low in December AT 38%. Record number of bankruptcies and particulary hard hit commercial sector in coming year, ie., malls, retail, etc.. Worse stock market declines for the year since 1931 (Great Depression) and worse to come in 2009 despite suckers’ bear market rallies to keep you sucked in. Put these wall street frauds in jail and force disgorgement of their fraudulent gains. There are loads of able new grads and job seekers who can take the place of the wall street frauds who caused the crisis owing to their own avarice and continue the coverup to get taxpayer bailout funds. The markets should be efficient and predicated on rational valuation which is totally absent in america’s fraudulent, manipulated markets. Absent prosecution and disgorgement in these ongoing multi-trillion dollar fraud schemes (new ponzi scheme uncovered in addition to madoff, which are just tips of the iceberg of multi-trillion dollar frauds), america will not be worth the paper the worthless Weimar dollars and worthless securities denominated in same are printed on.  Non-Motek expert: markets to fall into 2010 or worse case, later. Motek experts: They discuss dismal news, for year DOW-35%, NASDAQ-42%, S&P-40%, $7-10 trillion in wealth destroyed, second-half inflation from printing worthless Weimar dollars/stagflation; another expert, consumer has collapsed, 2009 will be very tough year for autos; a real estate analyst says 2009 will be a very tough year and hopefully we’ll get through this…..riiiiight!…I don’t think so…Almost one in 10 Floridians are on food stamps   Online holiday sales fall 3 percent    Madoff liquidation trustee receives $28M for costs (AP)   Charlotte, NC, home values post record decline (AP)    Wrong Great Depression Lessons Will Haunt Equities in 2009    73,000 retailers to close in first half of 2009, Stocks Rally  Bloomberg | U.S. retailers face a wave of store closings, bankruptcies and takeovers starting next month as holiday sales are shaping up to be the worst in 40 years   There’s No Pain-Free Cure for Recession/Depression    Schiff: Government Interference Only Makes The Problem Worse Paul Joseph Watson | Establishment talking heads still pushing useless and destructive bailout.   A Ponzi Scheme Within A Ponzi Scheme Bob Chapman | Dwarfing the Madoff Ponzi scheme is the Social Security Ponzi scheme that has been looted (the iou’s) and is hopelessly insolvent. This on top of previous suckers' bear market rally into the close with 100+ point swing to the upside to keep the suckers suckered. Time for prosecutions of and disgorgement of ill-gotten multi-trillion dollar gains from the frauds on wall street; madoff is just the tip of the iceberg; all news decisively bad and worse than even dismal expectations except that the frauds on wall street continue their familiar suckers cheer for bailouts, bailouts, bailouts so SELL INTO STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS/SELL! Motek experts: At best, bear market rally, his accounts 20-25% cash, can make bearish argument since still looking at writeoffs, government still must sell bonds to help finance bailouts, municipal bonds troublesome as iou’s might extend maturities, don’t try to catch falling knife in this market but some high quality bonds may offer value, dollar to take hit (they’re printing worthless weimar dollars like mad-hyper-inflationary); Oil expert says overshot to downside and will see turn-around in oil; U.N. Security Council condemns massacre by zionist israel. Pros Say: Employment Collapse is Coming    Holiday Sales Slump to Force U.S. Store Closings, Bankruptcies  Manufacturing, Home Prices Sank: U.S. Economy Preview  Holiday Sales Tumble as US Consumers Reduce Luxury Purchases  Bleak economic picture emerges from new data Retail Sales Plummet  Holiday Sales Tumble as US Consumers Reduce Luxury Purchases Bleak economic picture emerges from new data The frauds on wall street say they are entitled to the obligatory santa claus rally and attempt to keep you suckered in for their commissions sake with small gains on bull s**t/fraud alone in holiday shortened light trading, but reality says every day the market’s above 2,000-5,000 on the DOW, 1,000-1,300 on the NASDAQ, and 500-600 on the S&P is a ‘santa clause rally, so SELL INTO STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS/SELL as all news decisively bad and worse than even dismal expectations except that the frauds on wall street continue their familiar suckers cheer for bailouts, bailouts, bailouts, with ephemeral short-covering to lock in year-end gains for window dressing and much, much worse to come. Unemployment up more than expected at 26 year high and consumer spending down for fifth month in a row. In their typically corrupt way, scandal-scarred commerce department provides fake data for b.s. talking points far better than private economist estimates but still decline of 1% in durable goods new orders. Oil's slide came in the face of a surprise inventory draw, which suggests stronger-than-expected demand for the commodity as Department of Energy reported that oil inventories for the week ending Dec. 19 decreased by 3.10 million barrels. Analyst: One Third Of Banks To Collapse In 2009   U.S. Economy: Home Prices Fall At Depression Pace   Recession/depression deepens, countries boost spending  Previously, just modest losses relative to reality so SELL INTO STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS/SELL as all news decisively bad and worse than even dismal expectations except that the frauds on wall street continue their familiar suckers cheer for bailouts, bailouts, bailouts, with much, much worse to come. Existing home sales plunged to a rate of 4.49 million last month, down 8.6 percent from October, and worse than economists predicted. Total sales, not calculated as an annual rate, fell 17 percent in November from a year earlier to 322,000, sales of newly built homes fell 2.9 percent from October to a pace of 407,000 units, the slowest rate in nearly 18 years. Madoff investor found dead of suicide. Standard & Poor's lowered the unsecured debt rating of General Motors (GM 3.01, -0.51) to C from CC, even though the government plans to provide GM with financing and Moody's lowered Ford's (F 2.19, -0.40) credit rating to Caa3. Final third quarter GDP data showed economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.5%, unchanged from the prior reading though personal consumption component was down 3.8%.  Motek’s experts:  actor/speculator/entertainer/sometimes economist Ben Stein takes a page out of GM’s playbook by lambasting Fortune Magazine (you might recall some two decades ago that Fortune warned of GM managerial ineptitude to which GM responded with outrage and withdrew all advertising and revenue to Fortune thereby in retaliation - if only they had listened) for saying caleefornia is number 1, numero uno ….. as prospectively worse real estate market in the nation, the same Ben Stein who poo-pooed Peter Shiff’s correct prediction of market crash, but does correctly state fed policies hyperinflationary; LA economist jumps on the Ben Stein out-to-lunch bandwagon and says only 10%, not  25% (as consensus predicts), decline for caleefornia…..riiiiight…..take that to the bank; broad donates to MOCA; show biz expert- strike fear; and Shreve of IBD flips yet again-if only we were all traders…but if you had followed his every whim, only the frauds on wall street would have made out with substantial commissions in the ups/downs. IMF warns of Great Depression   100% chance of depression in US   Depression Hits Detroit: Average home price $18,513 - Unemployment rate 21%   U.S. Home Resales Fall; Prices Drop by Record 13.2%   Congressman: “If We’re Not Very Lucky Or If We Don’t Do Everything Right, We Could Easily Have A Ten- Or Fifteen-Year Depression”   World faces “total” financial meltdown: Bank of Spain chief  Previous suckers bear market rally into the close with 150 point swing to the upside based on bull s**t and fraud in the inducement alone to keep the suckers sucked in and commission dollars flowing for modest losses relative to reality so SELL INTO STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS/SELL as all news decisively bad and worse than even dismal expectations except that the frauds on wall street do their familiar suckers cheer for bailouts, bailouts, bailouts, with much, much worse to come.  Motek’s experts:Economist says economy in full-out recession, aggregate demand down across the board, abusers are not lubrication for economy so should not get bailout, another 25% down for real estate prices as foreclosures also will continue but lower prices will eventually stimulate demand, fed focused now on long-rates, cites housing/finance/consumer debacles and no recovery till at least into 2010 at best (I don’t think so); oil expert says contract now February delivery on expiration of January contract and flood of selling on expiring contract temporarily depressed prices, oil more expensive in future, discusses boom/bust cycle (we’re in the bust part); another cites high redefault rate on modified mortgages and more foreclosures; auto analyst points to Toyota showing first loss since 1941 inception, global downturn with no nation spared, reckoning for 15-20 years of bad decision-making, 2009 very grim, 2010 at best for even minimal improvement (I don’t think so); Online e-commerce expert cites first flat to down year of online retail sales growth; downgrades GM, american Express, Ford, etc.. World faces “total” financial meltdown: Bank of Spain chief  Housing crisis worsens as economy weakens    Japan recession deepens, China cuts rates    Great Recession/Depression of 2008, et seq., Worse Than All Others  AP Impact: Wall Street still flying corporate jets; indeed, with all the bashing of auto rank and file employee pay, the reality is that american executives, among the least able, least talented in the world, along with fraudulent wall street are grossly overpaid and far exceeding that of their far more able foreign counterparts (AP)   Where'd the bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret (AP)   Housing crisis worsens as economy weakens   Ratings Agencies Play Reality With Multiple Downgrades in Banking Sector (at Seeking Alpha) Previous mixed to modest losses relative to reality so sell into strength/take profits/sell as all news decisively bad and worse than even dismal expectations except that the frauds on wall street do their familiar suckers cheer for bailouts, bailouts, bailouts. Motek’s analyst/options expert predicts controlled bankruptcy for at least GM (maybe more), cites Fitch downgrade of GM’s credit/default rating and says GM within weeks of default. Oil analyst cites recession, week demand, over-supply also stating storage facilities full and resorting to offshore tankers to store excess oil. Media analyst says economic model for newspaper/media business broken. Rogers: The Incompetent Senile and Vegetables Have Turned A Recession Into A Depression  He Saw the Crash Coming: What Gary Shilling Sees for 2009   Yes, Shilling’s using  the d for depression word so If video unavailable, here for avi rendering  SCROOGE BIDEN: ECONOMY IS 'ABSOLUTELY TANKING'   Previously, recession/depression level 554,000 new unemployment claims (I’m sure in reality, far worse but still bad) pre-Christmas so wait till the post-Christmas numbers are out – nowhere to hide those but they’ll try. Motek scraping bottom of barrel for second day in a row and comes up with another land-of-fruits-and-nuts man, the senile wedbush who discusses his comrade madeoff with other peoples money, poo-poos the purported amount, says market not doing badly considering the dismal news (at least he is lucid enough to realize dismal - market should be between 2,000 to 5,000 on the DOW, 500-600 on S&P, 1,100 to 1,300 on NASDAQ based upon the dismal but real and probably far worse than reported data) and points to auto scenario, oil plunge, and madoff fraud for doldrums. Oil analyst says pressure on commodities generally, liquidation on expiration of January (2009) oil contracts and liquidation of positions, but February (2009) contracts back to $40+ rather quickly, and points to decreased current and prospective refinery capacity on thin to low margins.  A Most Desperate Move by the Fed    Dollar’s Slump Erases Months Of Solid Gains   “The Biggest Bubble Of All . . . U.S. Government Debt”  Video: Crash Will be Worse than Great Depression   Editorial: What ails global financial system ‘The $50 billion investment fraud to which the respected New York financier and former NASDAQ Chairman Bernard L. Madoff has allegedly confessed, may prove to be the paradigm for all that has gone wrong with the international financial system. It points up the greed, incompetence and woeful wishful thinking that have all combined to produce economic meltdown and plunge the world into recession. Most staggering is the stupidity of both regulators (and government corruption/venality vis-à-vis wall street) and professional investors in failing to spot that for at least a decade, at the heart of his hedge fund operations, Madoff was running a pyramid scheme. This relied on new investment funds to pay out market-beating returns to existing investors…..’ THIS IS WALL STREET EVERY DAY WITH THEIR EATING AWAY AT OTHER PEOPLES MONEY TO THE TUNE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A DAY (BILLIONS A YEAR AND NOW BILLIONS IN TAXPAYER BAILOUT FUNDS FOR THEIR FRAUD) BASED ON NOTHING BUT BULL S**T AND FRAUD! U.S. Records Huge Current Account Deficit    Fed unleashes greatest bubble of all    Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper believes a depression is COMING   Peter Schiff new VIDEO on the Coming Collapse Dec 16    Swiss gold bullion in huge demand as trust in banks dives   Goldmine Sachs: Bank’s bonuses cut to a ‘mere’ £142,000 EACH Investment bank /taxpayer bailout funds recipient Goldman Sachs is to pay £4.3billion in bonuses to its City workers.  Dollar Falls Most Against Euro Since 1999 Debut on Fed’s Rate  Dollar Declines to 13-Year Low Against Yen After Fed Rate Cut    Federal spending soars 25% -- even before bailout...    Previous, building permits declining 15.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 616,000 (below the consensus of 700,000), housing starts data for November declined 18.9% from the prior month to an annualized rate of 625,000 units, which was below the consensus of 736,000 and are 47% below the year-ago level, fed desperation (they don’t know what they’re doing – remember their pronouncement -no recession- when we were already in one), Weimar dollar down sharply, Federal Reserve sets stage for Weimar-style Hyperinflation , etc., so sell into these suckers bear market rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. Economist Brusca “the economy is sinking fast”, FOMC states that “data indicate deteriorating labor conditions and declining consumer spending, business investment, and industrial production, and the outlook for economic activity has weakened further”,  F. William Engdahl “The US economy is in a depression free-fall of a scale not seen since the 1930’s”, Kellner cites ‘helicopter ben’ (bernanke), BILLIONS VANISH IN EPIC HEDGE FUND FRAUD Downturn Spurs “Survival Panic” for Some in the U.S. Motek Experts: Art Hogan more realistically candid than usual cites all bad news, very difficult times, near term lows but no recovery for economy, hope is that second half of 2009 is better than first half (NOT!), cites lost decade in Japan with 0% interest rates, negative growth through fourth quarter 2009, longest recession (depression) in modern times, market hopefully better in second half of 2009 anticipating better 2010 (NOT!), bottoming of energy/commodities, worth looking at consumer goods/staples focused on what you need versus what you want; economist points to bankruptcies up, housing starts down; Zandi of Moody’s says not getting better but worse, most credit card holders will not benefit from rate cut; currency expert says interest rate cuts increasingly irrelevant, fed buying bonds driving asset prices higher and displacing private sector with prospectively negative results; and finally, Peter Shiff cites fed action as irresponsible, destroying value of money, bear market, money not worth anything, negates any rise in paper dollar-denominated securities (SELL), says buy gold because of u.s. hyperinflation. Previous, news worse than bad and to get much worse but full moon manifest on lunatic asylum for the criminally insane wall street. More banks reveal Madoff exposure The ‘while you can’ part of sell/take profits manifests and will worsen Citadel suspends redemptions from two hedge funds Stupidity not limited to u.s. where fraud is rampant Geneva banks lost more than $4 billon to Madoff: report This modest retreat and previous suckers bearmarket rally on bull s**t alone with familiar mantra still ringing today; viz., everything but the facts:  forget the layoffs Coming soon to U.S., 1 million jobs lost every month: Report  , forget the foreclosures Foreclosure Storm Will Hit US in 2009 as Loan Changes Fail Bloomberg , forget declining retail sales Retail sales post big drop in November  ,  forget the $1 trillion record budget deficit , trade deficits, worthless fraudulent securities, lower earnings/guidance/outlook, the topic (b.s. talking point) de jour for the lunatic (yes, full moon) frauds on wall street is bailouts, bailouts, bailouts (not to mention there’s no real money to pay for same – print/create more worthless Weimar dollars – hyperinflationary Federal Reserve sets stage for Weimar-style Hyperinflation  – even now despite fake reports and worse to come), and from well respected wall street fraud madoff, "it's all just one big lie" and that it was "basically, a giant Ponzi scheme," which is fraudulent wall street in a nutshell. Madoff fraud case raises questions about SEC (AP) and even bigger questions about fraudulent wall street and their washingtonian/federal/state facilitators. Builders sentiment reading at 9 (anything less than 50 is negative/pessimistic). Motek’s legal expert correctly points to funds problems with meeting redemptions and paraphrases J.P. Morgan’s immortal words concerning investing by saying as is particularly relevant now, It’s not return on investment, but return of investment (that really counts). Banks hit worldwide by US 'fraud'  . How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? Prosecute and throw them in jail and make them cough up their stolen multi-billion spoils. Not just super rich caught up in $50B Madoff case . The previous suckers bear market rally was/is based on bull s**t alone; namely, now it’s the prospective bailouts/spending programs with money that does not really exist (print/create more, borrow more, etc.). 1) Keynesian economics (government stimulus) does not work when a defacto bankrupt nation becomes more bankrupt to bailout frauds/perpetrators/creators of the problem and to create make-shift purported infrastructure jobs to enhance consumption 2) Inherent structural problems, i.e., trade/budget deficits will continue unabated and in the case of the latter, substantially increase – deeper hole 3) While spending on infrastructure is warranted, there is no productive enhancement in economic terms as in less modern times when, i.e., national highway system, etc., enhanced GDP growth and productivity.  US Depression Likely -The Truth Is Here ,  Coming soon to U.S., 1 million jobs lost every month: Report   ,  America Has No Means to Recover from a Depression  FARRELL’S 15 GHOSTS OF WALLSTREET/ECONOMIC PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE Home values to lose well over $2 trillion during 2008: Zillow Homes in the United States have lost trillions of dollars in value during 2008, with nearly 11.7 million American households now owing more on their mortgage than their homes are worth, real estate website Zillow.com said on Monday. (Remember: more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds, the level and percentage of which MUST be examined in light of computerization and decreased costs attendant to same especially since only AN EXTREMELY Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital via, ie., ipo’S), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) via 'churn and earn' computerized programmed trades).  Moreover, the ballooning taxpayer bailout funds for the perpetrators of the massive securities fraud are actually going toward multibillion dollar bonus/compensation packages. . How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  , IT’S A DEPRESSION   , Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 879)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ,   Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000   BILLIONS VANISH IN EPIC HEDGE FUND FRAUD All news worse than bad and to get much worse but full moon manifest on lunatic asylum for the criminally insane wall street. More banks reveal Madoff exposure The ‘while you can’ part of sell/take profits manifests and will worsen Citadel suspends redemptions from two hedge funds Stupidity not limited to u.s. where fraud is rampant Geneva banks lost more than $4 billon to Madoff: report This modest retreat and previous suckers bearmarket rally on bull s**t alone with familiar mantra still ringing today; viz., everything but the facts:  forget the layoffs Coming soon to U.S., 1 million jobs lost every month: Report  , forget the foreclosures Foreclosure Storm Will Hit US in 2009 as Loan Changes Fail Bloomberg , forget declining retail sales Retail sales post big drop in November  ,  forget the $1 trillion record budget deficit , trade deficits, worthless fraudulent securities, lower earnings/guidance/outlook, the topic (b.s. talking point) de jour for the lunatic (yes, full moon) frauds on wall street is bailouts, bailouts, bailouts (not to mention there’s no real money to pay for same – print/create more worthless Weimar dollars – hyperinflationary – even now despite fake reports and worse to come), and from well respected wall street fraud madoff, "it's all just one big lie" and that it was "basically, a giant Ponzi scheme," which is fraudulent wall street in a nutshell. Madoff fraud case raises questions about SEC (AP) and even bigger questions about fraudulent wall street and their washingtonian/federal/state facilitators. Builders sentiment reading at 9 (anything less than 50 is negative/pessimistic). Motek’s legal expert correctly points to funds problems with meeting redemptions and paraphrases J.P. Morgan’s immortal words concerning investing by saying as is particularly relevant now, It’s not return on investment, but return of investment (that really counts). Banks hit worldwide by US 'fraud'  . How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? Prosecute and throw them in jail and make them cough up their stolen multi-billion spoils. Not just super rich caught up in $50B Madoff case . The previous suckers bear market rally was/is based on bull s**t alone; namely, now it’s the prospective bailouts/spending programs with money that does not really exist (print/create more, borrow more, etc.). 1) Keynesian economics (government stimulus) does not work when a defacto bankrupt nation becomes more bankrupt to bailout frauds/perpetrators/creators of the problem and to create make-shift purported infrastructure jobs to enhance consumption 2) Inherent structural problems, i.e., trade/budget deficits will continue unabated and in the case of the latter, substantially increase – deeper hole 3) While spending on infrastructure is warranted, there is no productive enhancement in economic terms as in less modern times when, i.e., national highway system, etc., enhanced GDP growth and productivity.  US Depression Likely -The Truth Is Here ,  Coming soon to U.S., 1 million jobs lost every month: Report   ,  America Has No Means to Recover from a Depression  FARRELL’S 15 GHOSTS OF WALLSTREET/ECONOMIC PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE Home values to lose well over $2 trillion during 2008: Zillow Homes in the United States have lost trillions of dollars in value during 2008, with nearly 11.7 million American households now owing more on their mortgage than their homes are worth, real estate website Zillow.com said on Monday. (Remember: more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds, the level and percentage of which MUST be examined in light of computerization and decreased costs attendant to same especially since only AN EXTREMELY Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital via, ie., ipo’S), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) via 'churn and earn' computerized programmed trades).  Moreover, the ballooning taxpayer bailout funds for the perpetrators of the massive securities fraud are actually going toward multibillion dollar bonus/compensation packages. . How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  , IT’S A DEPRESSION   , Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 879)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ,   Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000   Previous session, modest decline relative to reality so still great opportunity to sell/take profits since much, much worse to come! All news decisively bad and much worse than expected with trade deficit up 1.1%, dollar down, unemployment claims up 573,000 a 26 year high, 28% increase in foreclosures, bailout recipient BofA to cut 35,000 jobs, many other prospective job cuts announced, economic group changes previous forecast to worse/long recession,  Bernard Madoff arrested over alleged $50 billion fraud Madoff told senior employees of his firm on Wednesday that "it's all just one big lie" and that it was basically, a giant Ponzi scheme (the fraudulent wall street story in a nutshell) , BANK OF AMERICA to cut 35,000 jobs... ,  ...final could be higher ,  Shocking but true claim: Most big banks 'bankrupt'... ,  New unemployment claims surge unexpectedly   ,  Ron Paul: Printing Money Only Prolongs The Pain Amidst the hand-wringing of the automaker bailout debate, Ron Paul took the opportunity on the House floor yesterday to remind Congress that the real culprit behind the financial crisis is the Federal Reserve, and that allowing the Fed to continue to print money without audit will only prolong the pain.  ,  US budget deficit to reach USD 1 trillion  ,  Jim Rogers calls most big U.S. banks “bankrupt”  Jim Rogers, one of the world’s most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks “totally bankrupt,” and said government efforts to fix the sector are wrongheaded. CORRECTED - CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-UPDATE - Wells Fargo to take $40 bln Q4 charge ,  German FM criticises Britain’s ‘crass Keynesian’ policies: report   and read again previous session, forget the layoffs Coming soon to U.S., 1 million jobs lost every month: Report  , forget the foreclosures Foreclosure Storm Will Hit US in 2009 as Loan Changes Fail Bloomberg , forget declining retail sales Retail sales post big drop in November  ,  forget the $1 trillion record budget deficit , trade deficits, worthless fraudulent securities, lower earnings/guidance/outlook, the topic (b.s. talking point) de jour for the lunatic (yes, full moon) frauds on wall street is bailouts, bailouts, bailouts (not to mention there’s no real money to pay for same – print/create more worthless Weimar dollars – hyperinflationary – even now despite fake reports and worse to come) ,  suckers bear market ralley to keep the suckers sucked in so great opportunity to sell/take profits since much, much worse to come!  This  suckers bear market rally is based on bull s**t alone; namely, now the prospective bailouts/spending programs with money that does not really exist (print/create more, borrow more, etc.). 1) Keynesian economics (government stimulus) does not work when a defacto bankrupt nation becomes more bankrupt to bailout frauds/perpetrators/creators of the problem and to create make-shift purported infrastructure jobs to enhance consumption 2) Inherent structural problems, i.e., trade/budget deficits will continue unabated and in the case of the latter, substantially increase – deeper hole 3) While spending on infrastructure is warranted, there is no productive enhancement in economic terms as in less modern times when, i.e., national highway system, etc., enhanced GDP growth and productivity.  US Depression Likely -The Truth Is Here ,  Coming soon to U.S., 1 million jobs lost every month: Report   ,  America Has No Means to Recover from a Depression   (Remember: more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds, the level and percentage of which MUST be examined in light of computerization and decreased costs attendant to same especially since only AN EXTREMELY Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital via, ie., ipo’S), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) via 'churn and earn' computerized programmed trades).  Moreover, the ballooning taxpayer bailout funds for the perpetrators of the massive securities fraud are actually going toward multibillion dollar bonus/compensation packages. . How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  , IT’S A DEPRESSION   , Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 848)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ,   Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000   Previous, modest decline relative to reality so still great time to sell/take profits since much, much worse to come.  Wall Street stung by risk-aversion and realistically bleak outlooks  , Point of no return: Interest on T-bills hits zero  ,  Tightening Budgets Mean a Rough Ride for IT  ,  FIRST TIME: Treasury Bills Trade at Negative Rates...  .  Previous,  suckers bear market rally based on bull s**t alone; namely, now the prospective bailouts/spending programs with money that does not really exist (print/create more, borrow more, etc.). 1) Keynesian economics (government stimulus) does not work when a defacto bankrupt nation becomes more bankrupt to bailout frauds/perpetrators/creators of the problem and to create make-shift purported infrastructure jobs to enhance consumption 2) Inherent structural problems, i.e., trade/budget deficits will continue unabated and in the case of the latter, substantially increase – deeper hole 3) While spending on infrastructure is warranted, there is no productive enhancement in economic terms as in less modern times when, i.e., national highway system, etc., enhanced GDP growth and productivity.  US Depression Likely -The Truth Is Here ,  Coming soon to U.S., 1 million jobs lost every month: Report   ,  America Has No Means to Recover from a Depression   (Remember: more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds, the level and percentage of which MUST be examined in light of computerization and decreased costs attendant to same especially since only AN EXTREMELY Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital via, ie., ipo’S), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) via 'churn and earn' computerized programmed trades).  Moreover, the ballooning taxpayer bailout funds for the perpetrators of the massive securities fraud are actually going toward multibillion dollar bonus/compensation packages. . How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  , IT’S A DEPRESSION   , Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 848)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ,   Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000   Previous suckers’ bear market rally on far worse than expected and particularly significant bad news provides great opportunity to sell/take profits, especially considering fraudulent wall street’s previous modus operandi to keep suckers sucked into this market and their commission dollars flowing, suckers’ rallies into the close, reassuring rallies prior to weekends as this despite unexpectedly bad news as today, etc., which frauds perpetrated the yet unprosecuted crimes that have created this current financial debacle. Record 1.33 homes in foreclosure,15 year high for unemployment at 6.7% even as many no longer looking with things so depressed and worse to come in ’09, record level deficits both trade and particularly budget with money not there being spent with abandon (worthless Weimar dollars being printed created like mad which is and will continue to be hyperinflationary regardless of the current fake reports). Motek has actor/speculator/entertainer/sometimes economist Ben Stein points to loans in foreclosure hitting new records, paulson misconduct, lack of oversight/accontability in bailout funds, and the seriousness of the crisis, but his pointed barbs seem fleeting and is most memorable by his somewhat blind adherence to policy as indicated by his criticism of Peter Shiff for warning of this debacle years ago. Motek’s oil analyst says economy so bad that oil demand down, significant recession in 2009, and hedge funds liquidating positions putting pressure on oil prices. Finally, Motek elicits from Peter Shiff that jobs created are being destroyed as fast, phony jobs, bear market and government making worse by digging deeper hole, phony (worthless Weimar) dollar rally provides opportunity to get out with hyperinflation to come. GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SELL INTO THIS SUCKERS’ BEAR MARKET RALLY/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  3 Tell Tale Signs Of This Sucker Rally  , Half-million jobs vanish as economy deteriorates (AP)  , Job losses worst since 1974  Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years   ,  Late mortgage payments and foreclosures hit record  ,  1 in 10 homeowners behind on mortgage payments, or in foreclosure...   ,  Wall St financiers party like there's no tomorrow -- literally  WHERE ARE THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS AND DISGORGEMENT? It’s been wall street frauds’ nirvana (commissioning a huge decline then a huge incline) at just a program loop, button push, mouse click away. Previous session, modest declines relative to reality SO STILL GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SELL INTO SUCKERS’ BEAR MARKET RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME. CELENTE OF trendsresearch.com, having predicted the Panic of 2008 now preparing current prognostications for 2009 which will bear the consequential follow-up title to the Panic of 2008; namely, The Collapse of 2009, further stating there’s nothing they’ve done or prospectively can do to avoid the complete economic/financial collapse in the u.s., the seeds for which have already been sown, good money after bad notwithstanding, the die having been cast. All business/financial/economic news decisively bad; 26 year high for jobless rolls, orders to factories down sharply, job cuts current and prospective up sharply. Motek expert comments on auto bailout saying no new concesions with UAW cuts merely cosmetic, just down payment on failed business model/scenario, bankruptcy necessary as costs too high, and on economy says nation to go deeper into recession owing to intactable structural problems; i.e., deficits, etc.. Another Motek expert says very negative economic environment, sees deepening of more prolonged recession, discusses risk tolerance in such an environment recommending highest quality debt instruments but does note risk premium in lesser quality instruments. Food stamp use up 17% to 1 in 10 citizens, bankruptcies soaring, and re-default rates on mortgages rising. Employers shedding jobs as recession deepens , AP IMPACT: Some bailout holdings down $9 billion , Governments brace for long crisis ahead , High inventory is killing home builders; industry asks for help , It's Not a Great Time to Get Into Stocks  , Long Term Investors Should Avoid Leveraged ETFs  , Fixing the Enron Economy  , US FEDERAL RESERVE to buy US DEBT? WITH WHAT? ,  Prepare For Depression Level Unemployment  ,  Record number of Americans using food stamps: report  ,  Whether We End Up Paying For It Through Taxes Or Hyperinflation, It Will Still Come Out Of Our Pockets  ,   Corporate Debt Protection Costs Climb Amid Depression Concern  ,  Shoppers ready to call it quits MarketWatch | More than one-third of consumers chose not to shop at all last month, except on Black Friday, according to Britt Beemer of America’s Research Group. Lawsuit claims Citigroup was running a “quasi-Ponzi scheme”  Bloomberg | Citigroup Inc., the second-biggest U.S. bank by assets, was accused in a lawsuit of repackaging unmarketable collateralized debt obligations it held and re-selling them to itself in order to hide its exposure to the securities. WHERE ARE THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS AND DISGORGEMENT? Previously, suckers’ bear market rally into the close on bad news with wall street frauds’ nirvana (commissioning a huge decline then a huge incline) at just a program loop, button push, mouse click away. Indeed, all news still realistically and decisively (and some deceptively otherwise spun to keep suckers suckered) bad:  A Bleak Outlook: Nov. Job Loss at  250,000, Economic Weakness   ,  US, China currency clash over worthless american currency... ,  61% oppose auto bailout   , Meredith Whitney Sees Plenty of Pain Ahead for Consumers (at BusinessWeek)  ,  Desperate Times, Desperate Policies ) . One non-Motek expert says these suckers’ bear market rallies on bad news are at best wishful thinking and not sustainable along with realistically dire outlook. Motek expert says market for speculators/traders and points to volatility index while failing to point out that there are very, very few successful traders. [Close inspection of the data in past times far better than now (now we see insurmountable trade/budget deficits, lack of manufacturing base, global antipathy, etc.) disavows such heavily promoted failed strategies as dollar-cost averaging where stocks prices remain artificially (now fraudulently) high for far longer periods of time than lower prices (MBA Thesis, Albert L. Peia, NYU GBA, 1977), limited exceptions being ie., dollar-cost averaging in declining markets, but only when analysis indicates under-valuation in prospective terms which is certainly isn’t the case now of rampant over-valuation/fraud]. (Remember: more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds, the level and percentage of which MUST be examined in light of computerization and decreased costs attendant to same especially since only AN EXTREMELY Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital via, ie., ipo’S), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) via 'churn and earn' computerized programmed trades).  Moreover, the ballooning taxpayer bailout funds for the perpetrators of the massive securities fraud are actually going toward multibillion dollar bonus/compensation packages. . How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  , IT’S A DEPRESSION   , Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 848)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ,   Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000  , Auditors Fault Oversight of Bailout Funds... Previous suckers’ bear market rally in the last minutes of the close on bad news with wall street frauds’ nirvana (commissioning a huge decline then a huge incline) at just a program loop, button push, mouse click away. Indeed, all news still realistically and decisively (and some deceptively otherwise spun to keep suckers suckered) bad: GE lowers guidance but maintains dividend ,  November US auto sales drop to 26-year low  , Data signal deep global downturn  Financial Times , US manufacturing hits 26-year low: ISM . How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.,  so SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  , IT’S A DEPRESSION   , Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 848)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ,   Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000  , Auditors Fault Oversight of Bailout Funds... , Governors to Seek Up to $100B in Social Aid...  ,
Feds to expand rescue; reviewing applications from 'hundreds of banks'...
FDIC head: Gov't plan needs 'exit strategy'...  ,  Metal prices fall further than during Great Depression...  , they’re printing and spending worthless Weimar dollars and taxpayer funds like mad because they are mad as in crazy, incompetent, etc.. Previous session sees modest drop relative to reality [SO SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME], particularly when you factor in the reality that the prior 5 day rally of 1,300 points into the last trading week of the month (much like the end of the prior month) based on bull s**t alone was a typical fraudulent wall street programmed trade fraud to window dress the monthly numbers and keep suckers sucked in (and besides, they’ll get their commissions again on the way down). Upon the formal announcement that we’ve been in recession since DECEMBER, 2007 I was waiting for Amy Poehler of SNL Weekend Update to say, “REALLY!” [this site has reported/predicted this (these) debacle (s) for far longer and in advance of same, including this recession/depression]. The protracted reluctance (election year expedience) for some to use the R(ecession) word, spun in the most positive way is to say it is because this scenario is far worse than even would befit the D(epression) word in light of the fact that the u.s. like never before in its relatively short history is broke in every way. If you’ve been suckered, it’s not all your fault inasmuch as the enablers (politicians, economists, financial experts, news/media, etc., in receipt of substantial largesse from and) of these vegetable garden (poison ivy league schools, these “elite” clubs/frats, etc.) products (vegetables who not only have never done anything requiring skills or measurable results, but merely are master bull s**t artists and as in the case of wall street, criminal frauds) are similarly incompetent, corrupt/venal. After all, how are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; and hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.. Motek’s expert cites retail liquidation prices (none to minimal profits, at best), inevitable GM bankruptcy, fed programs done with money out the door to little or no effect and now talking new programs…riiiiight…or, with rate at 1%, more rate cuts…riiiiight, big shake-out to come, credit-card co’s to pull back $2 trillion to survive what’s coming, retailers with big real estate exposure bust, and market will test lows then break through said lows to the downside. There was in addition to the ‘recession’ announcement more dismal news with construction down 1.2% and the supply/management manufacturing index at 26 year lows. I derive no pleasure in being a harbinger of bad but true news but reiterate SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN AS THESE ARE STILL GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO SELL/TAKE PROFITS SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  , IT’S A DEPRESSION   , Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 816)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ,   Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000   Dow plunges on news recession began in Dec. 2007 (AP)  , Down we go again: Fourth-worst drop ever for Dow  , Recession declared; Wall Street tanks  , Fourth-worst drop ever for Dow AP… as wall street snapped out of its daydream of a rally and once again faced the harsh reality…  Report Concludes Recession Began A Year Ago | But the White House and the corporate media consistently continued to state otherwise. Previous session, this suckers’ bear market ralley remains an especially great opportunity to sell/take profits while you still can since much, much worse to come (sell into purported strength which is just more bull s**t for prospective churn and earn fraud – they’ll get those commissions again on the way down) IMF economist says worst of crisis to come: paper  'Crisis Only Just Beginning': Crisis/Video  Right About the Crash, Peter Schiff Sees Much More Pain Ahead   and this suckers’ bear market rally was based upon nothing related factually to finance/economics/business. How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved and hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc., SO SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN AS THIS IS AS GREAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL/TAKE PROFITS AS YOU WILL SEE SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  Indeed, all news still realistically and decisively (and some deceptively otherwise spun to keep suckers suckered) bad:  SO SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN AS THIS IS AS GREAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL/TAKE PROFITS AS YOU WILL SEE SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME. IMF economist says worst of crisis to come: paper . Indeed, all news still realistically and decisively (and some deceptively otherwise spun to keep suckers suckered) bad:  Biggest runnup in stock prices since 1932 and most know what happened to stock prices for over a decade thereafter (and america was not broke in every way as now), Ghost malls cropping up with retail closures/bankruptcies, as predicted by trendsresearch.com [CELENTE CORRECTLY PREDICTS REVOLUTION, FOOD RIOTS, TAX REBELLIONS BY 2012 Paul Joseph Watson | Trend forecaster, renowned for being accurate in the past, says that America will cease to be a developed nation within 4 years, crisis will be “worse than the great depression.”] , Motek expert from the land of fruits and nuts, the senile wedbush (if you had listened to his prior prognostications/recommendations several months ago said suckers might be wiped out by this day) lauds the bailouts (money u.s. doesn’t really have and taxpayer money the frauds shouldn’t get) and the b.s. talking points thereby but says workout much longer, while retail expert points to liquidation prices (but fails to even mention lack of profits thereby), and poverty now spreading to suburbs. Financial Disaster Will Lead to Civil Disorder in 2009 or 2010, Says Secret Citibank Memo An internal memo from a top Citibank analyst reveals what the banks really think about the global financial situation, and the outlook is grim. Citigroup Should Be Held Accountable Bloomberg Food Prices Will Rise, Causing Export Bans, Riots Bloomberg Rubin Clones and Other Fakers: The Obama “Dream Team”  Citigroup says gold could rise above $2,000 next year as world unravels US debt triggered global crisis ‘Encouraged by a wicked wizard, Greenspan, Bernanke toils at his Weimar dollar printing press’ . Consumer spending down (-1%), consumer sentiment down, durable goods orders down (-6%), home sales/prices down to new lows and high supplies, yet suckers’ bear market market rally of 400+ points into the close nostalgically based (which got investors burned in the past) on bull s**t alone (i.e., more bureaucrats on more painels as per President-elect, etc.) and the so-called thanksgiving holiday rally. $600 billion plan to support housing lending ultimately hyperinflationary. New unemployment claims at recession level 529,000 for the week ended Nov. 22 yet unbelievably lower than private economist estimates. October durable goods orders plunged by a larger-than-expected amount, Chicago manufacturing in November contracted the most since 1982 according to a regional survey, and consumer confidence dropped to a 28 year low in November, according to the University of Michigan. One Motek expert in a nearly senile market moment cites pleasant market surprise (reality dictates otherwise) but in a lucid moment concedes lengthy period to work out (substantial) problems, while another expert (currencies) cautions the unintended consequences of  creating/printing/flooding the markets with worthless (Weimar) dollars (a policy choice of inflation over fear of deflation) and the dollar devaluation and ultimately hyperinflationary effects thereof. FDIC Troubled Bank List Grows to 46% - Is Your Bank Safe? (at Seeking Alpha)  ,  Consumers cut spending , Stocks on win streak amid more bad economic news ,  Cisco plans 4-day shutdown to cut costs  , October home sales fall sharply (Reuters) . The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved and hence, virtually all problems remain, will continue to remain, and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc., SO GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SELL/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME.  Federal deficit could hit $1 trillion this year  ,   FDIC's list of 'problem' banks swells to 171 (AP) , Dollar falls on realistically discouraging u.s. economic data (AP)  , Third quarter real GDP was revised to a 0.5% annual rate of decline from a previously reported 0.3% rate which had rallied stocks and, only in the fraudulent world of wall street, rallied stocks again though worse than expected Economy shrinks at fastest pace in seven years, Third quarter personal consumption expenditures were revised to a worse than expected -3.7% from -3.1%, which rallied stocks ….. riiiiight! ,  Consumer confidence remains at an extremely depressed state despite fake numbers ,The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 US cities fell 17.4% year over year — most on record.      'Crisis Only Just Beginning': Crisis/Video  Right About the Crash, Peter Schiff Sees More Pain Ahead    Crisis Only Just Beginning': Right About the Crash, Peter Schiff Sees Much More Pain Ahead   VIDEO   Previously, from the outset the wall street frauds were again determined to keep the suckers suckered with a near 500 point rally into the close. Existing home sales down 3.1% and much worse than expected. Motek’s expert Peter Shiff correctly points out that the so-called policy-makers, economists, etc., don’t know what they’re doing, that they can’t borrow (or print worthless Weimar dollars) and spend (money they don’t have) their way out of this debacle, that the bailout funds are merely providing undue bonuses/compensation for failed (and fraudulent) performance, that crisis will be exascerbated with (unavoidable) hyperinflation (inevitable thereby owing to crashing/worthless Weimar dollar) and ultimately even deeper/worse/more protracted economic decline, that auto industry is over-paid (especially relative to competition, legacy/pension costs, etc.), and importantly, the government has no money so they either have to borrow or print same which will make the economy much worse. Cost of Bankster Bait and Switch Now $7.4 Trillion  Another expert says quick bankruptcies would have been the preferred course for optimal results, while another emphasizes quite correctly that the so-called experts/team now cheered (wall street frauds’ b.s. talking/rallying point) are those whose experience is having created the very problems they are now called upon to solve (hence, cover-ups, etc., but ineffectual). [Good management dictates that a clean sweep was warranted]. Realize that the products of the vegetable gardens (the poison ivy league schools producing these vegetables) are vegetables who not only have never done anything requiring skills or measurable results, but merely are master bull s**t artists and in the case of wall street, criminal frauds enabled thereby.   Downey Savings taken over by regulators [ Colossal Financial Collapse: The Truth behind the Citigroup Bank “Nationalization” ] over the weekend. Obama’s Economic Foxes To Guard Financial Henhouse Today President elect Obama officially introduces his economic team to the world. What many may fail to recognize however is the fact that those tasked with rescuing the economy are the very people who helped create the financial crisis in the first instance. CELENTE CORRECTLY PREDICTS REVOLUTION, FOOD RIOTS, TAX REBELLIONS BY 2012 Paul Joseph Watson | Trend forecaster, renowned for being accurate in the past, says that America will cease to be a developed nation within 4 years, crisis will be “worse than the great depression.” Budget deficit hits record; jobless claims surge Foreclosure rates up 25 percent year-over-year Banking crisis claims more u.s. victims How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved and hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc., SO SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN AS THIS IS AS GREAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL/TAKE PROFITS AS YOU WILL SEE SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME. IMF economist says worst of crisis to come: paper . Previous, suckers’ bear market rally was based upon nothing whatsoever relevant to finance/economics/business , yet again the wall street frauds were determined to keep the suckers suckered through the weekend with a near 600 point rally into the close. All news was decisively bad Federal regulators shut 2 California thrifts and though looking for a reason to rally, they found none because there are none HU: World economic situation 'grim'... , based on valuation and prospective substantial deterioration in economic conditions exascerbated by their massive fraud; but the invented reason for the suckers’ rally was the appointment of Geithner, a quintessential bureaucrat ultimately dependant upon other bureaucrats who are dependant upon the very corrupt monied interests/frauds (and their lobbyists) who created (through their crimes) the current financial crisis. Moreover, as head of the N.Y. Fed he is no stranger to cover-ups/bailouts in light of the missing/unaccounted for $4+ TRILLION at the N.Y. Fed $4 trillion plus is missing through U.S. federal agency accounts managed by the NY Fed. Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  , Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 852)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ,   Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000  The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved and hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc., so great opportunity to sell/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. Leading economic indicators fall again a more than expected .8%, new claims for unemployment a high more than expected 542,000 while continuing claims at 4,000,000 a 16 year high and more than expected, Philly Fed Index down to a worse than expected –39. Jobless Claims Hit 16-Year High, Above Forecast   Congress extends jobless benefits; stocks fall 400  World stocks down amid reality of deep recession (AP) CELENTE CORRECTLY PREDICTS REVOLUTION, FOOD RIOTS, TAX REBELLIONS BY 2012 Paul Joseph Watson | Trend forecaster, renowned for being accurate in the past, says that America will cease to be a developed nation within 4 years, crisis will be “worse than the great depression.” Budget deficit hits record; jobless claims surge Foreclosure rates up 25 percent year-over-year Banking crisis claims more u.s. victims How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come.  Previous session, modest losses relative to reality to keep the suckers’ suckered especially in light of grim economic/business/financial news so still great opportunity to sell/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. Housing starts down a record 38%, building permits down 14.5%, and outlook grim. Motek’s expert discusses 30 reasons for Great Depression 2 by 2011 citing completion of first wave of the meltdown-dot.com bust, second wave-sub-prime debacle, and the on-going climactic financial/economic meltdown pointing to the 42,000 lobbyists, autos, etc., saying they just don’t get it, while another expert analyst says new lows across the board having broken through support levels. Motek’s p.r. expert says auto execs flying to d.c. in private jets to beg for taxpayer money bespeaks their stupidity, and his travel expert discusses the newly value-conscious consumer. Fed sharply lowers forecasts, hints of rate cut which ploy previously sparked b.s. suckers’ bear market rallies based upon nothing at all but reality says with only a point to zero and much worse to come is just plain b**l s**t . Deflation: Here, Now I’ve been warning of deflation for some time. Specifically, I predicted 1 1/2 to 2 years of deflation, followed by hyperinflation. Well, deflation is here.“Slush fund” … “Banana Republic” … “Keystone Kops.” Technical Economic Indicators Worsening Again Deflation: Here, Now I’ve been warning of deflation for some time. Specifically, I predicted 1 1/2 to 2 years of deflation, followed by hyperinflation  Previous suckers’ bear market rally into the close with 300+ point swing to the upside [wall street frauds’ nirvana commissioning a huge decline then a huge incline just a program loop, button push, mouse click away] into the close to keep the suckers suckered as the lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved and hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc., so great opportunity to sell/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. Homebuilder reality-based sentiment index plunges to record low  Economy so bad commodity prices plunge along with PPI.  Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 859)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. , Forecasters: U.S. in at least, unrealistically optimistically, minimum 14 month recession  The Great Depression of the 21st Century: Collapse of the Real Economy   “The Dollar Standard Is Coming To An End”  Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions...   Busted in Washington  Housing starts expected to hit half-century low   Washington is Powerless to Stop the Coming Economic Depression    Whitehead sees slump worse than Depression   Dollar’s Days Numbered, Buy Commodities: Jim Rogers    America’s economic crisis is beyond the reach of traditional solutions   U.S. Retail Sales Drop in October by Most on Record . (Banker Bailout Costs $5 Trillion So Far ), (Analysts Predict Hyper-Inflation To Push Gold To $2000, Oil to $300 Within Months ), (Soros says deep recession inevitable, depression likely ), CELENTE CORRECTLY PREDICTS REVOLUTION, FOOD RIOTS, TAX REBELLIONS BY 2012 Paul Joseph Watson | Trend forecaster, renowned for being accurate in the past, says that America will cease to be a developed nation within 4 years, crisis will be “worse than the great depression.” Budget deficit hits record; jobless claims surge Foreclosure rates up 25 percent year-over-year Banking crisis claims more u.s. victims How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. 53,000 layoffs from Citigroup, and many more announced and may more to come from a multitude of companies to yield predicted 8-10% unemployment (conservative-some higher). Motek in a somewhat philosophical mood cites blue chips as cow chips (cow pies, manure, etc.), while his expert joins the metaphysical fray quoting ‘to save man from his folly is to people the world with fools’ and goes on to say everything looking bad, things are not good, how long the deep recession-don’t know, not there yet; while another expert says things have gone from bad to worse.  Indeed, one expert says US To Lose Its ‘AAA’ Rating/face default/bankruptcy,  while Motek’s expert says market poised to test new lows, points to uncertainty regarding bailout equivocation/changes and talks up, in a somewhat borderline senile fashion, some beaten down stocks on theory government will bail them out…riiiiight! Another Motek expert, actor/speculator/economist Ben Stein says hanky panky Paulsen perjured himself before congress and should be prosecuted, points to incompetence regarding bailout saying couldn’t have been handled worse and not mentally up to it.   One Aspect of the Massive (Securities) Fraud/Fraudulent Wealth Transfer is Aptly Described/Illustrated in this Comment, [how are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved], Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  , Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 852)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ,   Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000   The immortal words of J.P.Morgan remain apposite as ’ it is not so much the return on the money as it is the return of the money’ ,  so sell/take profits while you can and preserve capital. Previously modest losses relative to reality with rally/programmed trades to the upside into the close to finish off substantially lower lows to keep the suckers’ suckered despite grim economic/business/financial news so still great opportunity to sell/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. America is now a nation of bank holding companies (to take advantage of involuntary taxpayer bailouts), paper hanging wall street frauds (it’s the worthless multiplicity of securitized and heavily commissioned worthless paper that is the problem), and brazened ponzi’s (sic) (more, more, and more funds to keep their commission ball rolling) on wall street; and of course, their marks. Banking crisis claims more u.s. victims How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come.   Previous suckers’ bear market rally/programmed trades to the upside into the close to keep the suckers’ suckered so still great opportunity to sell/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come, as stocks finish only modestly lower relative to reality on grim economic/business news across the board, viz., b.s. talking point gives way to reality that China stimulus plan lessens availability of funds for the purchase of worthless u.s./dollar denominated securities/assets and may even require sale/redemption of same, GM shares hit 62 year low at $3.36 as analyst says said shares will go to - 0- (nil, with Ford’s shares at $1.93), Motek expert points to employment contraction for 15 months in a row and Conference Board Report regarding said job losses; while another emphasizes the futility of the bailouts which are get worse/larger in reference to what he terms slush funds, the bank tax windfall initiated in the dark of night, things will get progressively worse in the upcoming administration, u.s. spending far beyond means, and rapidly depreciating u.s. dollars and assets; DHL ending u.s. ground ops and 9,500 jobs, Security Pacific the 19th u.s. bank failure, etc., Fed's bailout for AIG swells to more than $150B , Fannie posts $29B 3Q loss, $100B may not be enough , Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression” , bankruptcies, defaults, foreclosures, hyperinflation around corner on worthless Weimar dollars, etc.. Previous session, sell into these suckers’ bear market rallies/strength/take profits while you can as much, much worse to come. Much worse than expected jobs (240,000 lost, unemployment to 6.5%) and auto news (operating earnings losses of $4 billion for GM and $3 billion for Ford for 3rd quarter) rallies stocks (riiiiight!), in a largely forgettable Motek business hour even his oftimes wall street shill expert admitted to his credit that their was absolutely nothing to account for the rise in stock prices this day especially in light of the substantially bad and worse than expected news, says GM has enough cash to last to spring while Ford till summer, and says volatility for rest of the year. Economist says worse to come as very severe recession at least through 2009 and into 2010, and also there’s allusion to yet another taxpayer bailout of auto pension funds and auto co. bankruptcies. The wall street frauds must be prosecuted and disgorgement required. Jobless rate at 14-year high as above expectation losses continue    GM, Ford losses worse than expected, burning cash     Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years   Ford announces $129M 3Q loss, burns $7.7B in cash   Jobless rate bolts to 14-year high of 6.5 percent Previous, another modest drop relative to reality [Grantham (who called the bubble) posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's frothy 904)  There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500. ], downbeat economic data, first-time claims for unemployment at 25 year high and worse to come, abysmal retail sales worst in 3 decades, unit labor costs rose at a higher than expected 3.6% annual rate as the ultimately hyperinflationary effects of printing/creating like mad those worthless Weimar dollars, and weak business prospects, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc., so still great opportunity to sell/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come.  Previous session sees modest drop relative to reality though record post-election plunge so still great opportunity to sell/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. All news so bad (reality even worse) that even shill co. ADP can’t hide at least 157,000 lost private sector jobs where deep cuts are necessary, Challenger et als say layoffs will abound with cuts broad and deep, Motek expert says dismal market for at least next several weeks but cautious citing some oil, engineering, utilities, healthcare opportunities with caveat along with some emerging markets, service sector much weaker than expected and planned layoffs highest in three decades. Treasury wants to borrow record $550B... US-led strike kills 36 Afghan civilians U.S. as slowing economy/runaway spending balloons the budget deficit to a record level to Sell $55 Billion in Long-Term Debt Next Week  Previous session, all news decisively bad with dollar down, oil up, factory orders declining 2.5% month-over-month after dropping 4.3% in August, much worse than the 0.8% decline that was expected, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc., so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. Previous, ( Worst is yet to come for economy ) as economic/financial news so bad [ ISM index shows biggest downturn in economic activity since 1982, corrupt, scandal-scarred commerce department comes in with 40% better than expected false construction numbers though still down a hefty .3%, 90% of private economists say we’re in a recession and we’ll see much more lagging effect to the downside, realization that bad economic conditions going forward not frozen credit affecting lending despite their lies/fraud to buttress their fleecing of the treasury, Motek expert says another washout coming and we’ve not heard the last of those, ie., banks, companies, brokerages, etc., under the waves] , that lunatic frauds on wall street develop new b.s. talking point to keep suckers sucked in to this market so the wall street frauds can keep eating away at suckers’ money by commissioning same, the new talking point being ‘the election’. What total b**l s**t! They’re just a bunch of criminally insane vegetables who can’t do anything that they’re supposed to do well, ie, economics, finance, accounting, etc., and are hoping to escape accountability for their crimes. They must be prosecuted and disgorgement required because 1) It’s the law and to create a deterrent prospectively 2) Restore credibility and confidence in prosecutorial, regulatory, government/governmental bodies as opposed to their being accomplices, and the markets (which are just that; marketplaces, like fish markets, commodity markets, flea markets, etc., no big deal, particularly as the frauds operate them)  3) It’s the right thing to do because of the magnitude of the fraud (in the hundreds of trillions by some educated assessments) in the many trillions and the fraud on taxpayers (who have been damaged by their fraud and) by bailouts that are finding their way into compensation/bonus packages for the perpetrators   . Previous session, suckers’ bear market rally for window dressing for dismal month and quarter to keep the suckers suckered in this secular bear market. Are you a sucker? One in five homeowners owe more than homes are worth, more unemployment to come, many more defaults personal/commercial, many trillions of previously commissioned worthless paper still carried/not written down, etc.. One of Motek’s experts, to his credit, points to reality in saying retreat to cash (take profits) in rallies as these (rallies on bad news), record declines in spending, economy has lots of negatives, insurance companies have lots of negatives, hedge funds liquidating, and importantly, 60% of trades computerized so great for generating commissions but bad for real value (as this week) and very volatile; while another expert echoes bear case as spending down across the board; while another empahasizes bad month on top of bad month for autos;  while another says 2008 behind only 1929 and 1987 for bad; and another says no more room for rate cuts, more regulation, mortgage rates up; and finally, political and economic uncertainty cited. In sum, u.s. stocks over-priced and dollar will drop like a stone (excessive printing/creating/debt), Stocks: A Bear Case   so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can as much, much worse to come. Don’t forget, THEY NEED YOUR MONEY TO COMMISSION and the lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution . Despite another big advance on Friday, paper losses in the U.S. stock market came to $2.5 trillion for the month, according to the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index, which represents nearly all stocks traded in the United States. The 17.7 percent decline was the worst since the 23 percent drop in October 1987 and 1929. Previous day, suckers’ bear market rally on bad news. U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks (even with fake better than expected GDP numbers from corrupt commerce department) at Fastest Pace Since 2001 The government falsely reported Thursday that the economy shrank only 0.3 percent in the July-September period, still a significant slowdown after growth of 2.8 percent in the prior quarter in the summer, sending the strongest signal yet that a deep recession has already begun. Consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of the economy, dropped by the largest amount in 28 years in the third quarter. One expert says multiple levels of things going wrong in u.s. recession, ie., consumer spending down and declining, housing recession, fraudulently worthless investments, worthless Weimar dollars that are being printed/created like mad, etc.. Another expert says fake GDP number in 3rd quarter does not capture slowdown which will be reflected in 4th quarter with minimum 2-4% decline. How are these frauds not being prosecuted and forced disgorgement and preposterously getting taxpayer dollars? The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, none of the real problems (trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. Previous session, government (fake) numbers on durables (130% better than private estimates…I don’t think so!) and prospectively dollar-crushing 50 basis point rate cut  (discounted b.s. talking point many times over by market in prior sucker session), 2.7% drop in the dollar, fed heads said the pace of economic activity has "markedly" slowed as consumer expenditures declined, while inflation pressures are expected (despite worthlessness of the Weimar dollar) to (temporarily) moderate due to the (temporary election year) drop in commodity prices and weaker economic prospects, so still great opportunity to sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you still can (like now) since much, much worse to come as all problems remain. Previous session, all news decisively bad with consumer sentiment far below expected 52% but realistically at 38%, personal bankruptcies/business bankruptcies up sharply (Euler Hermes ACI: Substantial Increase In Business Bankruptcies and worse in 2009 ... , Personal Bankruptcies Increase and 2009 expected to be worse ), Office Vacancy Rates Nationwide Keep Climbing; 2009 will be worse ... , US consumer debt reaches record levels , U.S. budget deficit swells to record $455 billion | Reuters , White House projects record deficit for 2009 - CNN.com , dollar down and dying, record trade deficits, (Lost growth is cumulative. Thanks to the record trade deficits accumulated over the last 10 years, the U.S. economy is about $1.5 trillion smaller.  This comes to about $10000 per worker. The damage grows larger each month, as the Bush Administration and Democratic Congress dally and ignore the corrosive consequences of the trade deficit), war crimes/profiteering and global disdain for america and all things american and preposterously based on b.s. alone ie., dollar negative talking point of interest rate decrease (hyperinflationary as will be seen post-election), etc., suckers’ bear market rally on decidedly bad news, none of the real problems including many trillions of worthless paper, deficits budget/trade, hyperinflationary/worthless Weimar dollars being printed like mad, have even been addressed much less solved (election-year expedience), lunatic wall street frauds desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution,  so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come.

THE DOW JUMPS 900 POINTS. SO WHAT? BY MORGAN HOUSE

October 28, 2008  Only in today's market can the Dow have one of its biggest gains ever, on a day when consumer confidence logged its worst readings since it's been followed. After the Dow's nearly 900-point rally today, on what seemed like nothing but loads of bad news, you're right to stand back and wonder what in the world to make of this absurd volatility -- and more importantly, how to invest around it.The short, easy, and honest answer is that this volatility is spectacularly unreasonable, and you're foolhardy to try such an approach. Think about it: Only a few weeks ago, the Dow soared an equally impressive amount -- 936 points -- sending a wave of euphoria over markets, as if our troubles were behind us. Within days ... poof! The gains were gone. There's little reason to jump for joy over today's gain, either. Call me a party pooper, but the bad news in the economy hasn't disappeared, my friends…

 Reality from Farrell: Bottom line: You've been scammed: This is total incompetence, … unethical and criminal. If you put your hard-earned $12,000 under the mattress for the last decade, it would have been worth more than the $11,671 accumulated in a mutual fund. But actually it's far, far worse! Now if you also deduct the fund's 5.75% load (and/or commissions) and inflation of more than 30% the past decade, you see the stock market's a real loser. In short, after 10 years of blindly trusting the Wall Street's advice about stocks, it turns out that investing in the stock market is not a money-making machine, but a big fat greedy black hole that gobbles up your money.   ECONOMICS GURU: WORST IS YET TO COME; MARKETS WILL CLOSE FOR UP TO WEEK FROM PANIC...  More from Grantham: S&P to 585. He called the bubble, how could anyone doubt his valuation (although even lower is more realistic)?  Jeremy Grantham … (some) benefits to the crisis, including increasing personal savings, an end to the hedge fund era, a reminder that government officials are not to be trusted, …among others…Grantham posits… 585 on the S&P 500 (versus today's 877). Frank Motek (back from vacation to save his business hour … none too soon since his program suffered mightily in his absence) experts say: lack of liquidity, new homes and home prices downward trend to continue, expect revisions; another says other nations loaned to u.s. and getting burned, spending in Europe more difficult to ramp up, $2 TRILLION more debt, fed buying u.s. debt which is hyperinflationary, consumer maxed out, grim outlook; another, a wall street shill points to better than expected new home sales [from scandal scarred/corrupt commerce department…riiiiight …(Home sales rise according to discredited commerce department relative to revised downward prior months sales (riiiiiight…that’s the way to work the statistics…at least the prior months fake stats can still be good for something) but prices sharply fall)] but to his credit does say there are a pile of concerns including liquidation of positions, ‘n carry trades’ (sic), yen/dollar disparity; r.e. analyst says median price for homes still heading down and another says new home sales this month not sustainable, foreclosures high even with freeze; oil analyst says oil demand in China down, impacting price; finally, another analyst says temporary dollar spike because of unwinding of leveraged trades (in dollars), commodities/assets/metals decline as investors/traders/holders sell off assets (cover margin calls, redemptions, etc.), u.s. stocks still over-priced and dollar will drop like a stone (excessive printing/creating/debt), Stocks: A Bear Case   so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can as much, much worse to come. Previous session: you know the worst is yet to come when the so-called wizards of fraudulent wall street laud the day’s 5-9% decline as a pyrrhic victory (coulda been worse…..riiiiight!) that is neither victory nor the end of the downward adjustment to reality and the scope of their fraud, indeed one expert now points to the realization that america  has become the exporter of economic weakness/fraud as hedge funds, etc., continue to liquidate positions/assets (margin calls, redemptions, etc.) , sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can as much worse to come.  Markets Nosedive on Grim Economic News , World markets sink as recession realities spread , 79th anniversary of 1929 Wall Street Crash...  ,  previous day suckers’ bear market rally/400 point swing/programmed trades to the upside into the close on decidedly bad news …I don’t think so!… sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come  Economist Roubini Predicts Hedge Fund Failures, Panic, Closed Markets  ,   Job losses accelerating, and the worst is ahead  , Banks borrow record amount from Fed...  , on top of previous day’s near 200 point swing to the upside into the close to keep the suckers suckered as ‘experts’ say: earnings 11% below expectations, business bad and getting worse, recession, substantial job cuts, big problems in Europe including writedowns of u.s. originated worthless fraudulent paper / another says realization source of the now global problems is u.s., fed throwing money at problems (wall street frauds) but not making it to the economy, not enough money to cover the negative (fraud) and need for flush out and adjustment of inflatede/bubble/illusory values, and another says reality implies 25% decline which is worst since 1937, sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come  Recession Will Last At Least Two Years: Roubini   ,  Recession Now: It's Deep and It's Going to Last a Long Time, Sonders Says    ; previous day modest losses relative to reality as only 15% of americans believe the nation is going in the right direction (what dummies!) which is slightly more than congress’ approval rate and just slightly less than bushes’ approval rate, More banks may fail, IMF warns  ,  Weak profit picture and weak/declining economy worries and fear of being held criminally accountable for their fraud hurt Wall Street  , sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come , previous day’s suckers’ bear market rally on bad or false news as ie., leading economic indicators up though all economists expected down since major components thereof (stock prices, manufacturing/industrial indices, employment, etc.) all down, economy so bad they’re going to print more worthless hyperinflationary Weimar dollars (that they don’t really have), gave another $12 billion to AIG on top of the other billions of taxpayer funds, yet none of the real problems including many trillions of worthless paper, deficits budget/trade, hyperinflationary/worthless Weimar dollars being printed like mad, have even been addressed much less solved (election-year expedience) so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can as much worse to come , The Crumbling U.S. Economy, Worse is Yet to Come  ,  Worst slump since Great Depression   ,   Rapid Downward Revisions in Expected Economic Growth  , and all this b.s. despite reality on top of previous session suckers’ 500 point swing/programmed trades to the upside into the close to close modestly lower on much worse than expected news on top of previous suckers’ bear market rally/800 point swing/programmed trades to the upside into the close on decidedly bad news …I don’t think so!

The average investment-grade industrial company bond is yielding 4.95 percentage points over Treasuries with comparable maturities, Moody's says. That's about the long-term average for much riskier junk bonds. "It's the widest level since 1932-1933," says John Lonski, Moody's chief economist. That was during the, ahem, Great Depression.

There is more hurt in store for the U.S. equity markets. If you are still thinking of riding this one out, consider Japan. Japan's Nikkei 225 is our window into the future. From its 1990 high of 40,000 it fell as low as 7,800, an 80% drop. A similar correction in the U.S. would translate into Dow 2,500.

Searching for Mr. Goodlow  [ While you certainly want to buy low (and sell high), in light of the crushing debt, deficits both budgetary/trade, global antipathy because of war crimes/profiteering, transfer of manufacturing base, and greedy frauds on wall street, corruption at all levels, etc., this time is like no other for america in the most negative sense, particularly since the average multiples for S&P for the past 5 years were based upon a huge fraud bubble and hardly a benchmark/guideline. The saying/axiom of J.P.Morgan remains apposite as ’ it is not so much the return on the money as it is the return of the money’. ]

Building starts/permits and new home sales down 8.3% and 6.3% to worst levels in 17 years, drop in consumer sentiment highest ever recorded so great opportunity to sell/take profits while you still can since smart money (and reality) say trend is much lower Billion-Dollar Fund Manager, Dow To Sink To 5,000  ,  Roubini: Dow 7,000 Likely 'Sometime Next Year'   , Dow Jones Bloodbath Mirroring 1929 Rout  Bottom should be around 27 per cent below “bailout bounce” according to analyst , since none of the real problems including many trillions of worthless paper, deficits budget/trade, hyperinflationary/worthless Weimar dollars being printed like mad, have even been addressed much less solved (election-year expedience) so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can as much worse to come, (they’re so desperate for b.s./fraudulent talking points/sizzle to sell that the rumor (Microsoft to buy/destroy Yahoo) sparks rally though denied by both companies, spin lower prices as positive when reality is that economic conditions/prospects so bad that demand has precipitously fallen, Philly fed Index down sharply indicating contraction, Real Estate/Builders’ Index lowest/Worst reading since inception, lunatic wall street frauds desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, volatility index at new record, previous session reality trumps the new fraud as markets can’t hide from the plethora of bad economic news albeit sugar-coated for election year purposes as retail sales down 1.2% for month and as well, year-over-year and in all regions, beige book says economic activity down in all regions  Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000    sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can as much worse to come and remember, fool you once, shame on the wall street frauds who should be in prison, fool you twice, shame on you and you’re screwed, one expert described the bailout as money down a black hole  Total Bailout Cost Heads Towards $5 TRILLION   , shreve of investors’ (shouldn’t that be traders’) business daily said became negative on market in August and all cash in September [but previously, 6-3-08, SHREVE OF INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY NOW NEGATIVE ON MARKET (YA THINK), WAS BULLISH JUST RECENTLY ENOUGH FOR BULL TRAP (OR JUST PLAIN BULL CRAP) AND CITES HEDGE FUND SPECULATORS, SUPPLY/DAMAND FACTORS (OIL RISE, ETC), LEADERSHIP TURNED NEGATIVE WHICH FED MINUTES CONFIRMED, implying that somewhere in between he was positive ] but to his credit states we’re in a recession…some quarters of negative growth/contraction ahead…takes considerable time for fed steps/missteps to take effect…and 7-8% unemployment, while fed governor janet yellen says we’re in a recession…daaah!, while another cites consensus that the financial crisis won’t be over anytime soon   US confronts reality of long, deep recession/depression  ,
   The global economy is going through a "profound shift" as it deals with the unwinding of debt leverage, which Todd Harrison, CEO of Minyanville.com calls "the mother of all bubbles."
As with the tech bubble before them, bubbles in housing, commodities and hedge funds were all made bigger because of the unfettered use of leverage. The unwinding process is going to result in a "prolonged period of socioeconomic malaise," he says, predicting unemployment will rise will into double-digits before the cycle turns.
  The most recent batch of economic data certain support a grim outlook:

·         Industrial production plunged 2.8% in September, the biggest drop since September 1974.

·         The Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index slumped to its lowest level since October 1990.

·         The National Association of Home Builders' housing market index hit a record low.

·         The Fed's October Beige Book showed across-the-board weakening of activity in all 12 reporting districts.

·         September retail sales fell 1.2%, the biggest drop since Aug. 2005.

previous session saw modest losses relative to reality with near 300 point upswing into the close on bad news (to keep the suckers in … were you a sucker?…the frauds on wall street are counting on it as today’s session proves) including record budget deficit at $454 billion and much worse next year, they’re treating symptoms not the problems so good money after bad, substantial unwinding of derivatives and market manipulation by programmed stock purchases, u.s. gov’t selling treasuries to finance debacle pushing interest rates higher so sell/take profits, The Wall Street Coup and the Bailout Scam Bailout $700 billion yet national debt increased by over $1 trillion,They socialize their losses and privatize their gains ….. How is this happening?  Paulson Doles Out $125 Billion to Wall Street Elite  What a total fraud/scam!   A Trillion Dollar Bait and Switch: The Bailout and the Smell Test     This is a secular bear market – check out the cycles.   Roubini Sees Worst Recession in 40 Years, Rally’s End   , previously Motek’s expert Art Hogan says crisis not over, daaaaah!, buuuttt and for the first time sounds like a typical wall street shill and loses all credibility thereby, while another non-Motek expert says will retest lows which is euphemistically correct while pointing to comparable spike/decline in 1929 et seq. Great Depression scenario , Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000 ,  b.s. talking points and all based upon other nations, Europe and Asia like lemmings again following america into the abyss (Iraq, etc.) since none of the real problems including many trillions of worthless paper, deficits budget/trade, hyperinflationary/worthless Weimar dollars being printed like mad, have even been addressed much less solved (election-year expedience) so sell into rallies/strength/take profits while you can as much worse to come and remember, fool you once, shame on the wall street frauds who should be in prison, fool you twice, shame on you and you’re screwed, as this and previous session’s programmed buy trades to keep the suckers sucked in and commission dollars flowing (the shameless wall street frauds made hundreds of millions last week and today on high then moderate volume as government/banks closed for holiday), thousand point swings to the upside- I don’t think so, as yet again those needful things on wall street get even MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE for the poor (not really, in light of the mega billions in fraudulently derived commissions, bonuses, compensation, which should and must be disgorged through prosecution) frauds on wall street, retail down, unemployment at recession levels, modest losses relative to reality so sell into strength/take profits, get your money out while you can and don’t forget that the worthless hyperinflationary Weimar dollars they’re printing like mad will, like the current fraud unraveling, come home to roost  [Rogers: Global Bankers Have Unleashed Hyperinflationary Holocaust ] making, assuming arguendo there are,  any wild-eyed purported gains to come illusory/non-existent at best and further, national (and consumer) debt and lack of industrial/manufacturing base/trade deficits make previous recovery comparisons preposterous, Motek’s expert says on-going bear market since 2000 (market down 75% as measured in gold) with continued massive liquidations to pay off debt and that attempts to reflate with bailouts will fail culminating in hyperinflationary depression, while another expert says stocks could slug around at bottom for extended period, while Financial Times Editor says most volatile day ever, not at tradable bottom, and this was a market crash at –40% from top. GM shares on credit watch with negative implications by S&P tumble 31 percent to 58-year low , Roubini: Rate Cuts Temporarily and Minimally Reduce Crash Risk, But Dow 7,000 Likely 'Sometime Next Year' , dollar down, oil up, Motek’s expert Bogel of Vanguard fame points to speculative measure for wall street in 1929 as 280 which is even below and not as bad as the current measure of 320 in year 2008 indicative of the ridiculousness of the wall street debacle, It's Not You, It's the Market - Now Officially the Worst S&P Decline in History  ,on top of previous sessions needful things on wall street saying MORE, taxpayer money to bail them out for their consummate fraud, etc., MORE now EU/Asian/fed/taxpayers’ cooperation/contribution for their past, present and future frauds, etc., to keep their ponzi-like scheme of worthless paper moving; how about prosecution, prison, fines,  and disgorgement for these mega billion dollar frauds, as 500 point swing to the upside into the close (get your money out while you can-sell into strength/rallies/take profits) on yet another b.s. talking point (I don’t think so and neither does Cramer says Get Out Of The Market ) as Motek’s expert apparently shell-shocked talks in terms of washout levels while another says bailout will take about 4 weeks to implement and not sure if same will work [WON’T! There are trillions (some say in the hundreds of trillions) of the fraudulent worthless paper out there] and points to negative economic fundamentals and says reduce exposure to equities in favor of ie., money market treasuries, previous day buy on rumor, sell on news (of fraud bailout) obtains, fundamentals horrendous as economy loses more than expected 159,000 jobs, Motek’s economist/expert/trader says serious economic issues remain and cites ’73 to ’74 when market fell 45% top to bottom while securities expert says now focus is on fundamentals and not a pretty picture and cautions about dilution, get your money out while you can-sell into strength/rallies/take profits-that’s what they did , previously hopes for fraudulent $4 trillion plus is missing through U.S. federal agency accounts managed by the NY Fed misguided Not One Dime!  wall street fraud/criminal bailout “Grand Larceny” on a Monumental Scale: Does the Bailout Bill Mark the End of America as We Know It?  can’t change reality as unemployment numbers highest in 7 years, factory orders decline to lowest level in 2 years, food prices with largest increase since 1990, previous 200 point swing to the upside on top of 485 point  previous day gain with all seriously negative news including sales drops of 16% at GM and 35% at Ford so sell into these rallies/strength/take profits whil you can, economist Brusca points to grim economic/financial data and outlook even with bailout, Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000  , U.S. Sept. ISM manufacturing index plunges to 43.5% (worst since 1955), Bailout Would Only Prolong Crisis: Jim Rogers  ,except for scandal-scarred corrupt commerce department which reported unexpected rise in consumer sentiment (riiiiight…things are so hunky-dory), all news decidedly negative with home prices falling an unexpected record  16.3 %, etc. Bailout marks Karl Marx’s comeback  This is not brain surgery and the fraud, bonuses/compensation (mortgages, subprime and otherwise, are only a relatively small portion of the fraud/scam providing “cover/collateral” for the worthless but heavily commissioned paper over and over again in a multiplicity of different forms of worthless paper) in the mega-billions should first be disgorged before taxpayers are forced to pony up and pay the frauds again for their fraud which caused the problem in the first instance, must be prosecuted. It should also be noted that despite the rhetoric, the wall street bailout will NOT solve the crisis or eliminate the economic pain except to make permanent the fraudulent wealth transfer to the most well healed heals/frauds/criminals in the nation who caused the so-called crisis by their greed/corruption/fraud.   All news decisively negative as WaMu becomes biggest bank to fail in US history (AP), GDP revised downward to 2.8% in second quarter (the market previously rallied on the false news and rallies again on the true bad news), only 30% at most support the taxpayer bailout of the wall street frauds so count on tax revolts as predicted by experts if the same passes , Sell into any rallies/take profits as all problems remain and will be exacerbated by the fact that the vast majority of taxpayers rationally and correctly opposed the bailout of the wall street criminals who benefited from the fraud. Reaction has been fast and furious 9-28-08[2:38 am]; take a look at some initial comments. Sell into any strength/take profits because with bank failures and raids on taxpayer funds and reckless printing like mad of worthless Weimar dollars and fake data/reports and lies this is worse than recession/bear market,  New Home Sales Plunged 11.5% to 17-Year Low and home inventories up, jobless claims up and durable goods orders down far more than expected, home prices drop by record 9.5%, existing home sales down 2.2% as they continue to foist the wall street criminal/fraud bailout on taxpayers which Bloomberg now pegs at a cost of $5 trillion while other economists/experts say hundreds of trillions [which means $700 billion down the tubes into the pockets of the wall street criminals (make them pay) who created the mess through their greed/fraud/scams and who’ve already reaped huge financial sums in the many billions through compensation/bonuses (mortgages, subprime and otherwise, are only a relatively small portion of the fraud/scam providing “cover/collateral” for the worthless but heavily commissioned paper over and over again in a multiplicity of different forms of worthless paper]; Motek’s financial expert, Financial Times Business Editor cites thoroughly gloomy economic picture globally and u.s. particularly, record levels of borrowing from fed, even with passage of bailout dire economic/financial scenario will remain, and axiomatic ‘buy on the rumor, sell on the news’ picture for stocks while his expert/economist/investor/entertainer (Ben Stein) says outrageous to bail out wall street criminals who should be in prison [and who should pay back/disgorge the hundreds of billions they’ve been scamming by repackaging/recollateralizing commissioning and reselling of which fraud/bubble I’ve been warning for over 5 years on this site-indeed they even have been exempted by congress for RICO liability and meaningfully lawless application of other laws as I reiterate in my RICO Summary under penalty of perjury to the FBI at their request including RICO violations by Sam Alito, former u.s. attorney (District of new jersey) who parlayed obstruction of justice (I’ve sworn to this regarding drug-money laundering) into judicial appointments to the 3rd circuit court of appeals with maryanne trump (Barry) and now the so-called supreme court (he should have gone to jail) justice; how could anyone even listen to bush (WMD’s in Iraq-I also warned against that debacle/fraud/war crimes/profiteering) ] and he further says let the ceo’s go and some of the failed institutions fail condemning the outrageousness of the lack of oversight in this huge fraud/wealth transfer; and hanky panky paulson the wall street shill whose $50 million in blind trust and $20 million in vanguard benefits from this bailout by the taxpayers, The Fed is Making a Killing on Banking Crisis , so  great opportunity to sell/take profits while you still can. One democrat said that with 3 months remaining in war criminal (remember the lies) bush’s lamentable failed presidency the grab based on fear that bailout of the criminals who caused the problem and made huge sums from their heavily commissioned fraud will avoid what already is can only be deemed another fraudulent wealth transfer akin to the war crimes in Iraq, which budget-busting conflict is also part of america’s problem, is preposterous on it’s face.A republican said that the so-called over-sight provision utilizes a standard of judicial review that would render impossible any purported review/abrogation (and after the fact at that) of paulson’s largesse to his bro’s on wall street and bush buddies.  Mike Stathis The Market Oracle September 22, 2008… As far as I’m concerned, anyone who doesn’t conduct a full investigation of this charade leading to several CEOs and other executives in prison with all of their assets being shuttled into America’s bailout fund doesn’t have what it takes to lead America anywhere except on its current course – downward. But it doesn’t really matter at this point anyway. Washington and the greedy bankers have ensured the end of what was once a great and proud nation filled with hope and opportunity. … , Dollar Weakens Most Against Euro Since 2001 on U.S. Deficit  ,  Financial terrorism: US taxpayers bail out Wall Street criminals , A Bailout to Nowhere   ,…Cramer had said the astonishing 779-point rally over the past two days can only mean one thing: sell. , in this election year obfuscation/desperation to cover-up since all real news remains decisively negative as leading indicators fall, unemployment claims rise, but  suckers’ bear market rally b**l s**t talking points without realistic, legitimate, sound foundation previously rallied stocks in nearly 600 point swing to the upside as wall street shill/fraud/pointman/incompetent paulson floats new fraudulent wealth transfer paid for by taxpayers (yet another bailout – tax revolts as predicted by trendsresearch.com are a coming – McCain is quite right that land of fruits and nuts man cox should be fired from the SEC; A New Resolution Trust Corp. for the Bankers? Kurt Nimmo | Congress critters, former Fed mob bosses want a public boondoggle along the line of the Resolution Trust Corp. to bailout the banksters) and insurmountably increasing the defacto bankrupt government’s debt  in favor of the very well-healed perpetrators of the fraud who should be prosecuted and forced to disgorge their ill-gotten gains (bonuses, etc., in the multi-billions) before even broaching the ill-advised united soviet socialist states of america plan to have taxpayers pay for the wall street fraud, and then there was the ridiculous spike from fed’s announced printing/creating more worthless Weimar dollars ($180 billion - All Roads Lead To Hyperinflation ) which even coupled with foreign contributions does not even register a blip of difference in light of the magnitude of the amount of debt, $14 trillion private/$15 trillion public, much of which must be written down/off/non-performing . Don’t be wall street’s (churn and earn) fool; time for them to pay up; time for you to sell/take profits/cut losses! Housing construction plunges 6.2 pct. in August  ,  Worst is yet to come, investment strategist warns (at MarketWatch)  , more gov’t bailout taxpayer money with ever more worthless Weimar dollars (fed printing/creating them like mad) proves the only lunatics (yes, the full moon) are not limited to those lunatic fraudulent wall street needful things who should be prosecuted and forced to disgorge their ill-gotten gains, as united soviet socialist states of america (who built up communist china so who could have expected less)  takes 80% stake in AIG, spreads widening as piles of worthless debt/securities/collateral unwind so sell into these suckers’ bear market rallies as all problems remain US Economy: Rudderless and Reeling From Direct Hits  , Federal bank insurance fund dwindling , More Socialism for the Bankers: Fed to “Loan” AIG $85 Billion , economy so bad oil demand own, so cut your losses/take whatever gains/get your money out while you still can as industrial output down much greater than expected 1.1% (for the prior month) , Meltdown in US finance system pummels stock market , Rogers: Dollar To Lose World Reserve Status , AIG downgraded as financial meltdown spreads , Wall Street mauled by Lehman bankruptcy, AIG fears ,  highest year over year foreclosures on record, retail down .3% while inventories up, as bad news spurs over 150 point swing to the upside into the close which shows irrationally fraudulent markets trying to keep suckers sucked in for their commissioning pleasure, Bullish Sentiment Drops 30%  , CBOE Put-Call Ratio Indicates Negative Outlook , Get Ready For the S&P 500 to Break Below 1200 , WaMu cut to "junk," sees $4.5 billion loss reserve (Reuters) , U.S. Trade Deficit Surges; Boosts Likelihood of Recession, Job Losses , August foreclosures hit another record high , federal/trade deficits among other bad news worse than expected which previously rallied stocks (riiiiight!) on over 300 point swing to the upside (I don’t think so)  so sell into these ephemeral rallies/"strength”, Lehman shows wider than expected $3.9 billiion loss, Another bull joins the bears Peter Eliades now says Dow should drop below 9,000, election-year sugar/fake reports as Pending home sales fall more than expected 3.2% , Fannie/Freddie fail, federal takeover, taxpayer bailout (which the frauds on wall street cheer since they believe their fraudulent gains, many billions worth, might not be touched - they should be disgorged through prosecution) as defacto bankrupt government to commit  $100 billion each to insolvent fannie/freddie ($200 billion they really don’t have to start with), very ridiculous so sell into ephemeral rallies/"strength" since the same and all is very bad news Top Investor: Fannie/Freddie Bailout Serves "Bunch Of Crooks And Incompetents"  (more to follow this update on 9-7-08) suckers’ bear market/short-covering rally into the close on 200 point swing to the upside (riiiiight) on very bad news,  nonfarm payrolls fell by 84,000 during August, bringing the unemployment rate to 6.1%,  THE LATEST FRIDAY FAILURE FOR THE U.S. BANKING INDUSTRY: US to take control of mortgage giants: reports ,  Home foreclosures reach record high , and keep in mind frauds/scams like wall street today invariably unravel as reality bites with all news bad (except for fake news) and worse than expected with new unemployment claims up more than 15,000 on top of terrible back-to-school shopping/retail numbers, though still sugar-coated for election year as sales at GM down 20% Ford down 26%, bankruptcies up, credit union taken over by feds, August ISM Index down below 50 indicating contraction, construction spending fell a larger-than-expected 0.6%, and spending down to lowest level in 3 years with income declining .7% in contrast to previous day’s suckers’ bear market rally on light volume so great time to sell/take profits while you can since all problems remain] Election-year feel good typically false/embellished at best temporary report on GDP 58% better than private forecasts along with that bastion of american credibility, the scandal scarred prevaricating commerce department comes through with fraudulent talking point for the wall street frauds with durable goods numbers exceeding private economist estimates by 400% (I don’t think so!), as one of Motek’s experts says GDP number from government, at best temporary blip from rebate stimulous (those election-year monies/printed Weimar dollars debt-ridden u.s. doesn’t really have) and multi-national exports on weak dollar, seventh staight monthly decline in payrolls in this real recession, and continued problems in financial sector/real estate/defaults/writedowns; while another  seasoned expert says doesn’t look good particularly for third and fourth quarters. Motek’s expert says FDIC might have to borrow from treasury [ FDIC may borrow money from Treasury ], second largest quarterly loss on record from thrifts at $5.4 billion, Fannie/Freddie fail the performance test, and precipitous fall in leading economic indicators indicative of deeper/longer recession that we’re already in so high allocation to cash/low allocation to stocks. The Real Rate of Inflation is 13% No way to credibly spin the record real estate price declines on high volume of  foreclosure sales/high unsold inventories, high inflation as other than the economic debacle it is, Motek’s expert reiterates reality of this bear market, that stocks will resume slide, good time to sell since pricey/frothy at avg. 24 P/E, that Freddie/Fannie bailout/gov’t. takeover inevitable, more troubled banks [ FDIC's Problem Banks List Balloons (at TheStreet.com) ] as loan defaults extend losses in sub-prime, to now prime, commercial, student loans, credit cards, even as inflation up, and outlook very bleak. Previously, another bank failure, but they say existing home sales up greater than expected 3.1%…but from auction/foreclosure sales (40%), prices down 7% (-22% in land of fruits and nuts) and inventories of for sale/unsold homes at new record high since tracking began in 1968 and worse to come, Chicago index of manufacturing down indicating further economic weakness and Motek’s expert says ‘put’ activity indicates at least 10-15% more downside from here/government bailout ot fannie/freddie inevitable and f/f stock worthless as all news decisively bad beyond expectations though fudged to upside for election year and yet bernanke who is printing worthless hyperinflationary Weimar dollars like mad soothed (gives them fraudulent talking point) the frauds on wall street saying essentially the economy is so bad inflation less of a problem (and no interest rate hike-old news because of economic weakness and bad for dollar) sparking suckers bear market rally on light volume, Buffett: We're still in a recession, leading indicators down .7%, unemployment near record levels,Oil jumps $5 on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar , hence great opportunity to sell/take profits since all problems remain and dollar mini-spike short-lived though some fluctuations to upside on speculation other economies will tank.   Wholesale prices: Highest annual rate in 27 years . The Strong Dollar Illusion . Housing starts and building permits posted steep declines. That hub of global manufacturing buzzing (riiiiight!) as empire state index as measured by private economists expected to fall -4.2% but is reported up +2.8% (almost 300% better-I don’t think so, and don’t buy the Brooklyn bridge, watches, swamp land in jersey, etc.), inflation news double expectations Bracing for Inflation August 15, 2008 (BusinessWeek  Growing evidence suggests American consumers, businesspeople, and political leaders should all be bracing for double-digit inflation, probably as early as 2009), real estate falling, U.S. Foreclosures Rise 55%, Bank Seizures Reach High , unemployment at recession levels, etc.,. Note the rotation into the obscure world of so-called tech which provides, as in prior such ploys (ie., dot-com bust, more recent bust, etc.) the world street frauds with the ability to sell the sizzle since investors and americans generally don’t understand it (ie., iphones are a joke where the so-called “computer” is merely a restrictor of usual computer functions now tied into apple products and government shill co att, and anyone who pays the premium for apple products is a fool), and all news bad albeit fudged to the upside in this election year.  Fake trade figures, more writedowns/bad debt, still great opportunity to sell/take profits. Just another frothy day in the rabidly fraudulent lunatic world of wall street and great opportunity to sell/take profits since all problems remain and dollar mini-spike short-lived. Fog of war ( U.S. Attacks Russia Through Client State Georgia – don’t believe american lies/propaganda to the contrary) is frauds friend, repeat three times to understand fraudulent wall street euphoria over diversion (Georgia conflict) from their massive fraud which brought much greater than expected losses at fannie (U.S. Headed Toward Bankruptcy, Says Top Budget Committee Republican ) and triple-digit decline to triple digit upswing so especially great opportunity to sell/take profits as glass-half-full kind of frauds point to increase in (foreclosure/auction/forced) home sales (riiiiight!) while they can no longer  hide substantially increased unemployment, etc., economy so bad oil demand declining which is shill point for next stage of (new) wall street fraud/commissioned churn and earn scam which the taxpayers just underwrote/paid for with complicit government, executive/legislative/judicial branches/fed. Great opportunity to sell/take profits since all problems remain as real numbers indicate previous decline in GDP though falsely reported as gain, greater unemployment (watch for fake numbers from government) and much more downside to come as stocks previously rallied on sharp increase in oil prices and ADP, A JERSEY BASED COMPANY NOT UNFAMILIAR TO THE FRAUD/CRIME OF PLACING FAKE/NON-EXISTENT EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS TO FACILITATE (ILLEGAL/DRUG) MONEY LAUNDERING PLAYING BALL (I’M SURE FOR A PRICE/FAVOR) WITH THE FRAUDS ON WALL STREET/ADMIN. WITH ALLEGED, UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS, and short-covering. The Dow Priced in Ounces of Gold: Secular Bear Market Since '99 by Lindstrom from Seeking Alpha  AP Business Highlights A private research group says that Americans remain the most pessimistic about the economy since the tail end of the last prolonged recession 16 years ago. But economists warn that the slight uptick, which reverses a six-month slide since January, is likely to be only temporary and doesn't signal the beginning of a rally…Yahoo… the survey only has weak correlation with actual spending, so Briefing.com does not put too much stock in the report.] Quantifying Inflation by Zigler from Seeking Alpha, Housing report bruises frauds on wall street with reality but false report from corrupt, scandal-scarred, criminal commerce department (contrary to all expectations and contrary to all regional fed manufacturing indices which declined) provides fake report and fraudulent lift . Great Opportunity to Sell/Take Profits as Reality trumps bull s**t! Sell dollar denominated assets as all problems remain. El-Erian: Buy more foreign stocksEven in this century's darkest days of recession and war, U.S. households kept on spending. But one of the smartest investors on the planet says the American consumer is finally out of steam. Even if, and it is not, oil were the only problem, the same is just a disruption away from a spike. Suckers’ bear market/short-covering rally based on bull s**t alone, this time by wall street shill paulson whose bailout rhetoric brings ‘irrational exuberance’ since wall street frauds should be prosecuted, required to disgorge ill-gotten gains, and jailed since they’re the ones who benefited and are escaping accountability by the bailout. Except for multi-nationals and corporate welfare recipients (ie., Lockheed, etc.), greater than expected losses in not millions but billions rallied the stocks. Remember, these are huge financial institutions unlike the tiny S&Ls of the last banking fraud/wealth transfer (to frauds at expense of taxpayers). Leading indicators revised down (after ‘election year keep the incumbents’ fake report). What do you expect the wall street frauds/criminals who should be held accountable and the failed (and illegal- constitution would have to be amended to enable Fed to print those worthless Weimar dollars with now even failed Fannie and Freddie getting some with taxpayer bailout) Fed to say; admit they royally f**ked up, etc.,  better than expected very bad news, ie., Citibank loses only $2.5 billion, hyperinflation, over 200%  more (suuuuure!) than expected oil inventories, GM cuts dividend, Intel monopoly eliminates AMD, economy so bad less oil use/demand, riiiiight! What total bull s**t! SELL INTO STRENGTH, TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN!] Similarities between 1929 and 2008 terrifying  [In just the month of June, the Dow dropped 10.19%; the S&P fell 8.60%, and the Nasdaq lost 9.10%. For the quarter, the Dow fell 7.44%; the S&P lost 3.23%, while the Nasdaq had an anemic 0.61% gain. For the first half, the Dow is down 14.44%; the S&P lost 12.83%; and the Nasdaq has fallen 13.55%. Since their high point last October, the Dow gave up 19.87%; the S&P dropped 18.22%; and the Nasdaq is down 19.80%. A 20% drop from a market peak is considered the start of a bear market — although many analysts say Wall Street already has a bear market mentality (because the bear market already is. Some chart data/numbers on bear markets: first chart second chart).] FAKE GOV’T/ETC. ELECTION YEAR REPORTS THAT EXCEED ECONOMISTS/ANALYSTS FORECAST/EXPECTATIONS, EARNINGS NOT AS BAD AS EXPECTATIONS  (SUUUUURE-SAME OLD FRAUD). GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SELL (TAKE PROFITS) WHILE YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCKERS’ BEAR MARKET RALLIES ON NEGATIVE NEWS (PARTICULARLY SNEAKING INTO THE CLOSE). NOTHING HAS CHANGED REGARDING TRADE AND BUDGET DEFICITS, WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR AND THE HYPERINFLATION/STAGFLATION THEREBY, AND ELECTION YEAR (THIS IS AN EPHEMERAL GOOD AS IT GETS SCENARIO) ATTEMPTS TO REINFLATE THE BUBBLE, ETC., THAT HAS HELPED TO CREATE THIS FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC DEBACLE. THE FED/WALL STREET  FOCUS/DEFLECTION ON CORE INFLATION IS A SHAM/FRAUD AND TANTAMOUNT TO SAYING IF YOUR MOTHER HAD WHEELS SHE’D BE A TROLLEY CAR.  [eND OF FIRST QUARTER DOW –8%, nASDAQ-14%, AND S&P-10%. WALL STREET IS A JOKE THAT IS NOT FUNNY]. USA 2008: The Great Depression.  High Likelihood of a Market Crash Similarities between 1929 and 2008 terrifying  I WARNED AGAINST THE DEBACLE IN IRAQ, I WARNED AGAINST GIVING DUMBYA BUSH WAR POWERS, I WARNED OF THE BUBBLES IN REAL ESTATE AND STOCKS, AND NOW I WARN AGAINST INVESTING IN DOLLAR DENOMINATED SECURITIES OR HOLDING SAME (SELL INTO STRENGTH/TAKE PROFITS/SELL). SUCKERS’ BEAR MARKET/SHORT COVERING RALLY/NEW BUBBLE MODE (ALONG WITH MODEST DROPS RELATIVE TO REALITY) SO SELL (TAKE PROFITS) AS THE WALL STREET SCAM IS UNEARTHED BY REVELATION THAT OF 9 INVESTMENT VEHICLES S&P (MAJORITY OF 401K HOLDINGS, ETC.) WAS WORST PERFORMER (1% OR LESS AND IF YOU FACTOR IN DECLINING DOLLAR, NEGATIVE RELATIVE TO NON-DOLLAR DENOMINATED ALTERNATIVES OVER DECADE). JAWBONER BERNANKE SAYS THIS DOWNTURN IS DIFFERENT FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND HE IS RIGHT INASMUCH AS AMERICA UNLIKE AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION WILL EMERGE FROM THIS DOWNTURN AS SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY LESS FROM WHICH THERE WILL BE NO RETRACEMENT TO THE UPSIDE FINANCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY, GEOPOLITICALLY. Bank issues global stock and credit crash alert... Write Offs to Top $1.3 Trillion.Who didn’t see this coming? The Next Crisis: 'Credit Default Swaps'-- Subprime is a Just a 'Vorspeise' . 5 REASONS WHY THE FED HAS FAILED. GREENSPAN: NO REGRETS; U.S. IN SEVERE RECESSION. UK, US, AND WORLD FACING THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL SHOCK SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, SAYS IMF. VIX TO VXV RATIO IS GIVING A STRONG BEARISH SIGNAL  YAHOO FINANCE SUMMARIZES THE ESSENCE OF THE TRADING DAY: [BEFORE THE YAHOO MAINSTREAM FLUFF, IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT ALL THE PROBLEMS REMAIN FROM DEFICITS TO WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR TO FRAUD TO FAKE GOV’T REPORTS, suckers’ bear market rally into the close, Analysts say more U.S. banks will fail  Jim Rogers: Dollar Doomed, Oil Will Go Over $200 per Barrel Soon Fannie Plan a `Disaster' to Rogers; Goldman Says Sell  , why would anyone hold/invest in dollars (deficits, trade and budget substantial, economic growth declining) so sell/take profits, if you’re smart, as higher oil prices (7-10-08) sparks rally (riiiiight!) and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more contributions to their fraud, and Paulson says things are not as bad as the reports in this election year; he’s right; they’re much worse! Remember greenspan’s perpetual envy of all the world speeches; now Bernanke printing hyperinflationary Weimar dollars like mad; they’re dreaming. Similarities between 1929 and 2008 terrifying  U.S. stocks post sharp weekly losses; bear market that already is now said nears , Stocks tumble as more bad economic news piles up, Wave of bad news sends Dow down nearly 360, Sales of new homes tumbled for the sixth time in seven months in May while median prices kept plunging, American Express sees worsening credit conditions, but fake government report of higher than expected oil inventories (riiiiight!) rallies stocks, Home prices fall in April at record rate, Consumer confidence sinks to 16-year-plus low , BlackRock sees global slowdown worsening in 2009 , DOWNGRADES OF BANKING/FINANCIAL SECTOR AND IN AUTO SECTOR ALONG WITH BOND INSURERS AMBAC, MBIA, AMERICA’S BLIND SUPPORT OF ISRAEL/ISRAELI AGGRESSION DEPRESSION CONTINUES ON COURSE, PHILADELPHIA FED INDEX REGIONAL ASSESSMENT OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY POSTED A BAD READING OF -17.1 FOR JUNE WITH JOBLESS CLAIMS MORE THAN EXPECTED AND ANALYST SAYS RAISING CHINA'S GASOLINE AND DIESEL PRICES BY 46 CENTS A GALLON NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE MUCH IMPACT ON EXISTING DEMAND, INFLATION UP AND PRODUCTION DOWN EQUALS STAGFLATION (EVEN WORSE WHEN REAL NUMBERS HIT HOME), NEW YORK MANUFACTURING INDEX DOWN AGAIN, REAL ESTATE  PLUNGING, HOME BUILDERS’ CONFIDENCE AT/NEAR RECORD LOWS, BAD NEWS BULLS SCENARIO AS ALL NEWS BAD BUT STOCKS RALLIED (AT BEST GIVING THEM BENEFIT OF DOUBT, A SHORT-COVERING RALLY) AS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AT LOWEST POINT IN 28 YEARS FOR GOOD REASONS, FORECLOSURES UP 50% TO RECORD HIGH LEVELS, COMMODITIES (IE., CORN, ETC.) UP SHARPLY OWING TO MIDWEST FLOODS WHICH WILL ALSO IMPACT OIL TO THE UPSIDE  GOING FORWARD AS LESS ETHANOL SUPPLIES/HIGHER PRICES, ONE RADIO REPORTER INTERVIEWS ECONOMIST WHO INDICATES SCEPTICISM REGARDING (IE., INFLATION, ETC.) NUMBERS WHICH HE BELIEVES ARE WORSE THAN REPORTED (HE’S RIGHT) BUT STILL MORE THAN EXPECTED UP .6% AND UP MOST IN 6 MONTHS (INFLATION NUMBERS FUDGED FOR FED), ALL-TIME HIGH REPOSSESSIONS UP 158%, JOBLESS CLAIMS UP MORE THAN EXPECTED AT HEFTY 384,000, RETAIL SALES UP MORE THAN EXPECTED 1.4% (EXCLUDING AUTOS-SMART MOVE FOR NUMBERS SAKE AND WALL STREET FRAUD), BUT INVENTORIES OF GOODS ROSE (THERE’S A LITTLE COST-ACCOUNTING TRICK WHICH FRAUDS ON WALL STREET WOULD CELEBRATE/ENCOURAGE SINCE QUALITY OF EARNINGS IS APPARENTLY NO LONGER SOMETHING THEY VALUE-SELL THE SIZZLE/B**L S**T/AND WHAT IS LEAST UNDERSTOOD IS THERE MODUS POERANDI/MANTRA, VIZ., OVER-PRODUCE GOODS FOR SALE (THE HIGHER INVENTORIES JUST REPORTED) AND ATTRIBUTE FIXED COSTS TO GREATER NUMBER OF GOODS WHICH WOULD INCREASE PAPER PROFITS FOR THOSE GOODS SOLD IN THE QUARTER (BE ESPECIALLY WARY SINCE COMPUTERIZATION HAS MADE SUCH INVENTORY SURPLUSES AND THE CYCLICAL DOWNTURNS THEREBY RELATIVELY RARE/MINISCULE) AND THEIR RETAIL SALES INCLUDES THOSE HIGH OIL PRICES,   BERNANKE JAWBONES DOLLAR UP, RIIIIIGHT, SOME REALITY CATCHES UP AS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE JUMPS TO 5.5% WHILE INTERNATIONAL LAW SCOFFLAW ISRAEL SAYS ATTACKING IRAN INEVITABLE AS OIL ANALYST SAYS $300 OIL IF UN RESOLUTION VIOLATOR/WAR CRIMINAL ISRAEL DOES, BELYING THE FALSE DATA,  IE., 6-5-08 UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY 18,000 TO STILL HIGH 357,000, ETC., REMAINING PROBLEMS INCLUDING  HOME EQUITY AT LOWEST LEVELS SINCE WW2,  DOWNGRADES ON FINANCIALS INCLUDING AMBAC AND MBIA, ADP, A JERSEY BASED COMPANY NOT UNFAMILIAR TO THE FRAUD/CRIME OF PLACING FAKE/NON-EXISTENT EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS TO FACILITATE (ILLEGAL/DRUG) MONEY LAUNDERING PLAYING BALL (I’M SURE FOR A PRICE/FAVOR) WITH THE FRAUDS ON WALL STREET/ADMIN. WITH ALLEGED, UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS, NET WORTH/WEALTH IN U.S. DOWN 11% ACROSS THE BOARD, DOLLAR DOWN AS EUROPE RATIONALLY CONFRONTS INFLATION AND HINTS AT RATE INCREASES, OIL UP SHARPLY, BIG DISCOUNTERS’ GAINS HARDLY MAKE FOR A POSITIVE RETAIL CLIMATE WITH SHOPPING LEVELS DOWN 12-16%, MANUFACTURING INDEX STILL BELOW 50 INDICATING CONTRACTION, CONSTRUCTION DOWN, INFLATION UP (THAT EQUALS STAGFLATION), AIRLINES EXPECTING $2.3 BILLION LOSS INSTEAD OF PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED PROFIT, LARGEST PRICE DECLINES FOR REAL ESTATE OF RECORD  –14.4% (-22% IN THE LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS) ACCORDING TO CASE-SHILLER INDEX, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AT LOWEST LEVEL IN 16 YEARS, BUT BAD NEWS BULLS RALLY STOCKS ON THE BETTER THAN EXPECTED FAKE DATA ALONG WITH PLAIN BAD NEWS AS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE READING AT 28 YEAR LOW, CONSUMER SPENDING FLAT ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, INFLATION EXPECTATIONS AT RECORD HIGHS WHILE 55% BELIEVE GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC POLICY IS POOR (I’M SURPRISED AT THE LOW PERCENTAGE RELATIVE TO REALITY), DROP IN OIL INVENTORIES (OIL DROPS) AND FAKE GOV’T REPORT REVISING FIRST QUARTER GROWTH TO .9%  (SUUUUURE… YOU THINK THE ‘WHAT HAPPENED’ REVELATIONS, SUBSTANTIVELY REPORTED ON THIS WEBSITE LONG AGO (PRE-WAR), HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FUDGING ), AND THINGS ARE NOT AS BAD AS THEY REALLY ARE … GREAT … RIIIIIGHT. ANALYST EMPASIZES TREASURY YIELDS AT HIGHEST POINT THIS YEAR, WEAK CONSUMER CONFIDENCE (WHICH TRANSLATES INTO WEAK SPENDING), FINANCIAL MELT-DOWN FAR FROM OVER AS REGIONAL BANKS BEGIN TO TAKE HITS WHILE OIL ANALYST CITES UPWARD PRESSURE ON PRICES AND TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR REFINERS.  DON’T FORGET: THIS ELECTION YEAR PRINT AND SPEND WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLARS, SPIKE IN GOVERNMENT PAYROLLS, FAKE/FUDGE DATA/REPORTS, ETC., CAN’T CONTINUE IN LIGHT OF SUBSTANTIAL DEFICITS AND THE FANTASY BUBBLE WILL BURST POST ELECTION. Bank issues global stock and credit crash alert... Write Offs to Top $1.3 Trillion.Who didn’t see this coming?  The Next Crisis: 'Credit Default Swaps'-- Subprime is a Just a 'Vorspeise' U.S. faces global funding crisis, warns Merrill Lynch  More doom for global economy  Visualizing Dow 6,000   ] ...Yahoo Market Update...  ..…    AP Business Highlights …       U.S. Economy: The Worst is Yet to Come , U.S. Bank Failures Loom ,   New reports give bleak outlook on housing, economy, Foreclosures hit a record high — and more coming,  Ford readies white-collar layoffs as sales tumble While GM Shutters 4 North american Factories/Lays off Workers (Reuters),  April insured mortgage defaults rise (Reuters))     

(9-25-09) Dow  9,665 -42 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2090 –17 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,044 -6 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $66.05 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.13 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.38 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $991.65 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.05 PLATINUM $1,305 / DOLLAR= .67 EURO, 89 YEN, .62 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.32% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY AND CONTINUED SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED /SHORT-COVERING /BEAR MARKET RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BAD DATA, BULL S**T (IE., LEADING INDICATORS WITH B.S. STOCK COMPONENT THE ULTIMATE BOOTSTRAP, MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, ETC.), BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [   We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets    The Recession Is Far from Over    Defaults on Credit Cards Climbed to Record 11.49%...          It Is Going To Be A Rocky Road Chuck Baldwin | America is on the verge of total financial collapse.   The Economy is a Lie, too Paul Craig Roberts | The worst part of the decline is yet to come.   BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN         WAY TOO MUCH RISK IN THE EQUITY MARKET        Mark Hulbert (9-22-09): Corporate insiders selling at faster pace      The stock market rally is just another bubble — and it’s set to pop      Marc Faber Says U.S. Government Will Fail in 5 to 10 Years     Push For New Global Currency At G20        HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy      Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.    SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN    

(9-24-09) Dow  9,707 -41 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2108 -24 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,051 -10 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $65.89 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.13 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.38 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,014 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.91 PLATINUM $1,327 / DOLLAR= .67 EURO, 90 YEN, .62 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.38% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY AND CONTINUED SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED /SHORT-COVERING /BEAR MARKET RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BAD DATA, BULL S**T (IE., LEADING INDICATORS WITH B.S. STOCK COMPONENT THE ULTIMATE BOOTSTRAP, MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, ETC.), BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [   We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets    The Recession Is Far from Over    Defaults on Credit Cards Climbed to Record 11.49%...          It Is Going To Be A Rocky Road Chuck Baldwin | America is on the verge of total financial collapse.   The Economy is a Lie, too Paul Craig Roberts | The worst part of the decline is yet to come.   BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN         WAY TOO MUCH RISK IN THE EQUITY MARKET        Mark Hulbert (9-22-09): Corporate insiders selling at faster pace      The stock market rally is just another bubble — and it’s set to pop      Marc Faber Says U.S. Government Will Fail in 5 to 10 Years     Push For New Global Currency At G20        HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy     Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.    SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN    

 

(9-23-09) Dow  9,749 -81 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2131 -15 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,061 -11 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $68.97 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.13 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.38 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,014 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.91 PLATINUM $1,327 / DOLLAR= .67 EURO, 90 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.41% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY AND CONTINUED SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED /SHORT-COVERING /BEAR MARKET RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BAD DATA, BULL S**T (IE., LEADING INDICATORS WITH B.S. STOCK COMPONENT THE ULTIMATE BOOTSTRAP, MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, ETC.), BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [   We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets    The Recession Is Far from Over    Defaults on Credit Cards Climbed to Record 11.49%...          It Is Going To Be A Rocky Road Chuck Baldwin | America is on the verge of total financial collapse.   The Economy is a Lie, too Paul Craig Roberts | The worst part of the decline is yet to come.   BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN         WAY TOO MUCH RISK IN THE EQUITY MARKET        Mark Hulbert (9-22-09): Corporate insiders selling at faster pace      The stock market rally is just another bubble — and it’s set to pop      Senator Sanders: “Don’t Believe Anybody Who’s Telling You ‘The Recession is Over’ ”             FDIC May Tap Fed Treasury Funds     State Unemployment Keeps Rising; Three Hit Record Highs     John Browne…And the markets just don't get it. Technically, S&P profits are down some 90 percent, but the Index has risen to push P/E ratios to levels not seen since 1929.    Bernanke Says Recession Over. Should You Believe Him?  Barry Ritholtz | Based on his track record as a forecaster and his acumen in identifying economic problems before they exploded, his views on starts and finishes of recessions are, to be blunt, irrelevant.  Market Rally Exaggerates Reality     Plunging Pensions: Taxpayers Below     Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.   SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

(9-22-09) Dow  9,830 +51 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2146 +8 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,072 +7 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $71.55 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.20 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,114 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $17.11 PLATINUM $1,335 / DOLLAR= .67 EURO, 90 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.45% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED/SHORT-COVERING/BEAR MARKET RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BAD DATA, BULL S**T (IE., LEADING INDICATORS WITH B.S. STOCK COMPONENT THE ULTIMATE BOOTSTRAP, MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, ETC.), BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [   We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets    The Recession Is Far from Over      It Is Going To Be A Rocky Road Chuck Baldwin | America is on the verge of total financial collapse.   The Economy is a Lie, too Paul Craig Roberts | The worst part of the decline is yet to come.   BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN         WAY TOO MUCH RISK IN THE EQUITY MARKET        Mark Hulbert (9-22-09): Corporate insiders selling at faster pace      The stock market rally is just another bubble — and it’s set to pop      Senator Sanders: “Don’t Believe Anybody Who’s Telling You ‘The Recession is Over’ ”             FDIC May Tap Fed Treasury Funds     State Unemployment Keeps Rising; Three Hit Record Highs     John Browne…And the markets just don't get it. Technically, S&P profits are down some 90 percent, but the Index has risen to push P/E ratios to levels not seen since 1929.    Bernanke Says Recession Over. Should You Believe Him?  Barry Ritholtz | Based on his track record as a forecaster and his acumen in identifying economic problems before they exploded, his views on starts and finishes of recessions are, to be blunt, irrelevant Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.    SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN   

(9-21-09) Dow  9,779 -41 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2138 +5 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,065 –4 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $69.71 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.20 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,004 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.88 PLATINUM $1,322 / DOLLAR= .67 EURO, 90 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.47% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED/SHORT-COVERING RALLY INTO THE CLOSE OFF LOWS BASED ON FAKE DATA, BAD DATA, BULL S**T (IE., LEADING INDICATORS WITH B.S. STOCK COMPONENT THE ULTIMATE BOOTSTRAP, ETC.), BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [   We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets     BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN         WAY TOO MUCH RISK IN THE EQUITY MARKET        Mark Hulbert (9-22-09): Corporate insiders selling at faster pace      The stock market rally is just another bubble — and it’s set to pop      Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

 

(9-18-09) Dow  9,820 +36 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2133 +6 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,068 +2To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $72.95 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.20 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,010 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $17.05 PLATINUM $1,325 / DOLLAR= .67 EURO, 90 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.47% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED/SHORT-COVERING RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BAD DATA, BULL S**T, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [   We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets     BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN       FDIC May Tap Fed Treasury Funds     State Unemployment Keeps Rising; Three Hit Record Highs     John Browne…And the markets just don't get it. Technically, S&P profits are down some 90 percent, but the Index has risen to push P/E ratios to levels not seen since 1929.    Bernanke Says Recession Over. Should You Believe Him?  Barry Ritholtz | Based on his track record as a forecaster and his acumen in identifying economic problems before they exploded, his views on starts and finishes of recessions are, to be blunt, irrelevant.  Plunging Pensions: Taxpayers Below        Some Scary Implications of US Debt          Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

 

(9-17-09) Dow  9,783 -8 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2126 -6 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,065 -3 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $72.47 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.20 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,013 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $17.27 PLATINUM $1,335 / DOLLAR= .67 EURO, 90 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.45% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED/SHORT-COVERING RALLY OFF LOWS FOR MODEST LOSSES BASED ON FAKE DATA, BAD DATA, BULL S**T, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [   We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets     BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN       John Browne…And the markets just don't get it. Technically, S&P profits are down some 90 percent, but the Index has risen to push P/E ratios to levels not seen since 1929.    Bernanke Says Recession Over. Should You Believe Him?  Barry Ritholtz | Based on his track record as a forecaster and his acumen in identifying economic problems before they exploded, his views on starts and finishes of recessions are, to be blunt, irrelevant.     Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.    SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

 

(9-16-09) Dow  9,791 +108 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2133 +30 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,068 +16 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $72.65 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.20 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,023 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $17.59 PLATINUM $1,349 / DOLLAR= .67 EURO, 90 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.47% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED/SHORT-COVERING RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BAD DATA, BULL S**T, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [   We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets     BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN       John Browne…And the markets just don't get it. Technically, S&P profits are down some 90 percent, but the Index has risen to push P/E ratios to levels not seen since 1929.    Bernanke Says Recession Over. Should You Believe Him?  Barry Ritholtz | Based on his track record as a forecaster and his acumen in identifying economic problems before they exploded, his views on starts and finishes of recessions are, to be blunt, irrelevant.        Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman     Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

 

(9-15-09) Dow  9,683 +56 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2103 +10 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,053 +3 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $70.93 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.20 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,005 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.98 PLATINUM $1,320 / DOLLAR= .68 EURO, 90 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.45% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BULL S**T, (THAT GLOBAL HUB OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY IMPROVES AS PER EMPIRE MANUFACTURING INDEX, RETAIL SALES, ETC.), BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [    Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman       “Everything the US has done since the crisis is wrong” – economist     US credit shrinks at Great Depression rate prompting reality of double-dip recession        Ron Paul: Federal government ‘one giant toxic asset’         Bankster Bailout Did Nothing to Solve Problem, Crisis Now Worse          16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon      WHY THE BULLS ARE SKATING ON THIN ICE      Treasury: Millions more foreclosures coming        Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed       Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.    SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

 

(9-14-09) Dow  9,626 +22 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2091 +10 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,049 +6 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $68.86 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.20 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $999.99 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.68 PLATINUM $1,320 / DOLLAR= .68 EURO, 90 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.42% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED RALLY 400% OFF LOWS TO UPSIDE BASED ON FAKE DATA, BULL S**T, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [    Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman       “Everything the US has done since the crisis is wrong” – economist        Bankster Bailout Did Nothing to Solve Problem, Crisis Now Worse          16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon      WHY THE BULLS ARE SKATING ON THIN ICE      Treasury: Millions more foreclosures coming        Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed       PAPER: AMERICA 'FACES ARGENTINA-STYLE FALL'...       Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed     Predicting Worse Ahead from America’s Economic Crisis     3 more bank failures bring 2009 total to 92      WHITE HOUSE ECON ADVISER: HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT FOR YEARS TO COME...      The Coming Consequences of Banking Fraud           Job losses slow if you believe their fake numbers (they revealed prior better than expected numbers which previously rallied stocks, were indeed not better than expected in fact, and then rallied them again); jobless rate at 26-year high  ], EVER MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, INCREASED FORECLOSURE SALES AND BEN (HE STILL HAS A JOB - AS AMERICANS LOSE THEIRS) BERNANKE BULL S**T (REMEMBER HIS NO RECESSION TALKS, MANY OF THEM, TO FROTH THE MARKET THEN AS NOW AND HOW MANY SUCKERS’ POINTS TO THE UPSIDE THEREFROM – WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T, WHAT FRAUDS!) EVEN AS ECONOMIST KELLNER JOINS THE RATIONAL CROWD SAYING ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT IN 2010 AND CONTINUED BAD NEWS [ INSIDERS ARE DUMPING STOCK   Insiders Selling Stocks at Highest Level Since May 2008 (8-31-09)         INSIDERS CONTINUE TO SELL, SELL, SELL (AT SEEKING ALPHA 8/13/09)      PAPER: FRESH ALERT ON GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS...    The Great Depression and Today - Sobering Parallels Abound         Roubini: “When Governments Reach the Point Where They Are Borrowing to Pay the Interest on Their Borrowing They Are … Running a Ponzi Scheme”      Economic Collapse: Bank Runs, China, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser   Oldest Swiss Bank Wisely Tells Clients to Sell U.S. Assets or Leave    Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN  

(9-11-09) Dow  9,605 –22 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2080 -3 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,042 –1 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $71.31 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.20 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $1,006 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.74 PLATINUM $1,320 / DOLLAR= .68 EURO, 90 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.35% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED RALLY TO CLOSE OFF LOWS BASED ON FAKE DATA, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon      WHY THE BULLS ARE SKATING ON THIN ICE      Treasury: Millions more foreclosures coming        Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed       PAPER: AMERICA 'FACES ARGENTINA-STYLE FALL'...       Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed     Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN
 

(9-10-09) Dow  9,627 +80To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2083 +23 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,043 +10To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $71.31 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.20 REG./ $3.26 MID-GRADE/ $3.35 PREM./ $3.05  DIESEL)/ GOLD $995 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.69 PLATINUM $1,288 / DOLLAR= .68 EURO, 91 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.47% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon      WHY THE BULLS ARE SKATING ON THIN ICE      Treasury: Millions more foreclosures coming        Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed       PAPER: AMERICA 'FACES ARGENTINA-STYLE FALL'...       Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed     Predicting Worse Ahead from America’s Economic Crisis          Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.    SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

 

(9-9-09) Dow  9,547 +49To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2060 +22 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,033 +7 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $71.31 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.05 REG./ $3.16 MID-GRADE/ $3.25 PREM./ $2.95  DIESEL)/ GOLD $995 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.47 PLATINUM $1,291 / DOLLAR= .68 EURO, 92 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.47% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED RALLY TO UPSIDE INTO CLOSE BASED ON FAKE DATA, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon     Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed       PAPER: AMERICA 'FACES ARGENTINA-STYLE FALL'...       Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed     Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.  SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

(9-8-09) Dow  9,497 +56To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2037 +18 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,025 +8 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $71.10 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.05 REG./ $3.16 MID-GRADE/ $3.25 PREM./ $2.95  DIESEL)/ GOLD $998 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.51 PLATINUM $1,289 / DOLLAR= .68 EURO, 92 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.47% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS UNIQUELY PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED RALLY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon     Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed       PAPER: AMERICA 'FACES ARGENTINA-STYLE FALL'...                Job losses slow if you believe their fake numbers (they revealed prior better than expected numbers which previously rallied stocks, were indeed not better than expected in fact, and then rallied them again); jobless rate at 26-year high  Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

 

(9-4-09) Dow  9,441 +96To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2018 +35 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,017 +13 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $68 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.05 REG./ $3.16 MID-GRADE/ $3.25 PREM./ $2.95  DIESEL)/ GOLD $995 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.35 PLATINUM $1,258 / DOLLAR= .69 EURO, 92 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.41% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS UNIQUELY PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED/SHORT-COVERING RALLY INTO THE CLOSE BASED ON FAKE DATA, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA [Five banks closed by U.S. regulators with 89 total closures      Job losses slow if you believe their fake numbers (they revealed prior better than expected numbers which previously rallied stocks, were indeed not better than expected in fact, and then rallied them again); jobless rate at 26-year high  ], Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.    SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

 

(9-3-09) Dow  9,345 +63 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 1983 +16 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,003 +8 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $67.96 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.05 REG./ $3.16 MID-GRADE/ $3.25 PREM./ $2.95  DIESEL)/ GOLD $997 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $16.29 PLATINUM $1,258 / DOLLAR= .69 EURO, 92 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.34% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS UNIQUELY PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH SUCKERS’ COMPUTER PROGRAMMED RALLY INTO THE CLOSE BASED ON FAKE DATA, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA, EVER MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, INCREASED FORECLOSURE SALES AND BEN (HE STILL HAS A JOB - AS AMERICANS LOSE THEIRS) BERNANKE BULL S**T (REMEMBER HIS NO RECESSION TALKS, MANY OF THEM, TO FROTH THE MARKET THEN AS NOW AND HOW MANY SUCKERS’ POINTS TO THE UPSIDE THEREFROM – WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T, WHAT FRAUDS!) EVEN AS ECONOMIST KELLNER JOINS THE RATIONAL CROWD SAYING ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT IN 2010 AND CONTINUED BAD NEWS [ INSIDERS ARE DUMPING STOCK   Insiders Selling Stocks at Highest Level Since May 2008 (8-31-09)         INSIDERS CONTINUE TO SELL, SELL, SELL (AT SEEKING ALPHA 8/13/09)      PAPER: FRESH ALERT ON GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS...    The Great Depression and Today - Sobering Parallels Abound         Roubini: “When Governments Reach the Point Where They Are Borrowing to Pay the Interest on Their Borrowing They Are … Running a Ponzi Scheme”      Economic Collapse: Bank Runs, China, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser   Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.      SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN!

(9-2-09) Dow  9,280 -29To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 1967 -2 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  994 -3 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $68.05 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.05 REG./ $3.16 MID-GRADE/ $3.25 PREM./ $2.95  DIESEL)/ GOLD $979 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $15.37 PLATINUM $1,238 / DOLLAR= .69 EURO, 92 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.30% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS UNIQUELY PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH ONLY MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA, EVER MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, INCREASED FORECLOSURE SALES AND BEN (HE STILL HAS A JOB - AS AMERICANS LOSE THEIRS) BERNANKE BULL S**T (REMEMBER HIS NO RECESSION TALKS, MANY OF THEM, TO FROTH THE MARKET THEN AS NOW AND HOW MANY SUCKERS’ POINTS TO THE UPSIDE THEREFROM – WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T, WHAT FRAUDS!) EVEN AS ECONOMIST KELLNER JOINS THE RATIONAL CROWD SAYING ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT IN 2010 AND CONTINUED BAD NEWS [ INSIDERS ARE DUMPING STOCK   Insiders Selling Stocks at Highest Level Since May 2008 (8-31-09)         INSIDERS CONTINUE TO SELL, SELL, SELL (AT SEEKING ALPHA 8/13/09)      PAPER: FRESH ALERT ON GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS...    The Great Depression and Today - Sobering Parallels Abound         Roubini: “When Governments Reach the Point Where They Are Borrowing to Pay the Interest on Their Borrowing They Are … Running a Ponzi Scheme”      Economic Collapse: Bank Runs, China, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser   Oldest Swiss Bank Wisely Tells Clients to Sell U.S. Assets or Leave       Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.    SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN

(9-1-09) Dow  9,311 -186 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 1968 -40 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  998 -22 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $68.05 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.05 REG./ $3.16 MID-GRADE/ $3.25 PREM./ $2.95  DIESEL)/ GOLD $956 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $15.06 PLATINUM $1,226 / DOLLAR= .69 EURO, 92 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.45% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   STILL ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! STILL GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS UNIQUELY PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH ONLY MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY BASED ON FAKE DATA, BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA, EVER MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, INCREASED FORECLOSURE SALES AND BEN (HE STILL HAS A JOB - AS AMERICANS LOSE THEIRS) BERNANKE BULL S**T (REMEMBER HIS NO RECESSION TALKS, MANY OF THEM, TO FROTH THE MARKET THEN AS NOW AND HOW MANY SUCKERS’ POINTS TO THE UPSIDE THEREFROM – WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T, WHAT FRAUDS!) EVEN AS ECONOMIST KELLNER JOINS THE RATIONAL CROWD SAYING ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT IN 2010 AND CONTINUED BAD NEWS [ INSIDERS ARE DUMPING STOCK   Insiders Selling Stocks at Highest Level Since May 2008 (8-31-09)         INSIDERS CONTINUE TO SELL, SELL, SELL (AT SEEKING ALPHA 8/13/09)      PAPER: FRESH ALERT ON GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS...    The Great Depression and Today - Sobering Parallels Abound         Roubini: “When Governments Reach the Point Where They Are Borrowing to Pay the Interest on Their Borrowing They Are … Running a Ponzi Scheme”      Economic Collapse: Bank Runs, China, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser   Goldman Sachs Wrong on Economic Recovery, Macro Hedge Funds Say       The Coming Deposit Insurance Bailout      Russian Professor: Collapse Of America Could Begin In Two Months       The $531 Trillion Dollar Derivatives Time Bomb       Dollar Is Funny Money in Push for World Currency: Kevin Hassett    Commercial Real Estate Next Mortgage Crisis     Federal Reserve made $14 billion on turmoil loans           Banks' struggles have worsened...       Lehman claims could reach $100 billion: PwC       [$$] Raft of Deals for Failed Banks Puts U.S. on Hook for Billions (at The Wall Street Journal Online)         Three more banks fail; 2009 total hits 84             Goldman "Trading Huddles" Expose Fiction of Level Playing Field      1,000 Banks to Fail In Next Two Years           AP sources: $2 trillion higher deficit projected (AP)   Judge Orders Fed To Disclose Who Received Bailout Trillions      Zero Hedge Claims that the Federal Reserve ITSELF Traded Over a Trillion Dollars Worth of Derivatives in March Alone           Geithner: Auditing the Fed is a “line that we don’t want to cross”     The Federal Reserve Must Die      “True Deleveraging Has Not Begun Yet Because Losses of Financial Institutions Have Been Socialized”        Obama Predicts Unemployment, Deficits Far Worse Than Previously Stated...     Grim...     "Artificially Sweetened" Market Could Face "Seismic Readjustment," Harrison Says      Official: Real unemployment rate at 16%...      WSJ: Dollar Steadily Losing Influence...    Senator warns of hyperinflation...     Failed banks mount; Ga, Ala, and large Texas banks shut    Learn to Love the Depression       US jobless claims in surprise jump for second week      WHY DO EQUITY MARKETS DISAGREE WITH THE DATA?      Brookings “Experts” Admit Stimulus a Bust         Analyst warns of 150-200 more U.S. bank failures       Government Revises Deficit Estimates Again: We Will Exceed Expectations        Manufacturing Jobs Drop To Lowest Level Since 1941      What rebound? Foreclosures rise as jobs and income drop    Fed to Steal State Pension Funds          IMF Says You’ll Have to Pay More Taxes      The risk of continuing depression rising             CALPERS IS UNSUSTAINABLE        What rebound? Foreclosures rise...         Grab Your Shorts, The Correction Has Begun          THE SECOND WAVE OF THE DEPRESSION: HYPERINFLATION IS LIKELY      THE FDIC IS BROKE. NOW WHAT? (PART II)     DOLLAR TO DECLINE AMID CONCERN AS IT 'LOSES RESERVE STATUS'...      JOBLESS SPIKE COMPOUNDS FORECLOSURE CRISIS            STOCKS SLIDE ON ECONOMY CONCERN    WORLD STOCKS, OIL TUMBLE ON U.S. FRAUD EXPOSURE AND CONSUMER WORRIES     Connecticut Not Learning the Right Lessons from California       Weekly Market Outlook: Commercial Real Estate Continues to Deteriorate         Retail sales fall, new jobless claims rise (Reuters)     US Home Foreclosures Set Another Record in July    Colonial BancGroup shut down by federal officials (largest bank failure this year) (AP)       Economist: Claim that Economy Has Recovered “Is Like Somebody Borrowing Money from Their Uncle and Then Celebrating that Their Income Has Gone Up”    ]  PERSONAL & BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES UP, WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR DOWN, FORECLOSURES UP (32% YOY AND 7% MOM AT NEW RECORD, 50% HOMES UNDERWATER, COMMERCIAL TO FOLLOW), CONFIDENCE REALISTICALLY DOWN, $100+ OIL AROUND CORNER (2010-HOGAN); CELENTE-DEPRESSION NOW UNDERWAY  Bob Prechter Quite Sure Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break    Gerald Celente 2.5 Million Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Presidency   PAPER: Fresh alert on global stock markets...  TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [     Insiders Continue to Sell, Sell, Sell (at Seeking Alpha – 8/13/09)          (7-29-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels        Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [Tarp banks award billions in bonuses...     Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)   Cody Willard: Goldman Sachs Is A Ponzi Scheme, Should Be Punished Accordingly  Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate   The Market's Horoscope: Downside Correction   SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN!

(8-31-09) Dow  9,496 -48 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -436 for the first week of March -12% for the month of February -8.8% (-775) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.5% for third week of January -4% for second week of January  -5% for first full week of January -34% for the year -1% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.3% for the first week of December -5.8% for the month of November. -15% for the month of October Nasdaq 2009 -20 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -84 for the first week of March -7% for the month of February -6.4% (-101) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -3.3% for third week of January -3% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -41% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December   No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -5.7% for the first week of December -11% for the month of November. -17% for October   S&P 500  1,020 -8 To stamp out fraud, no change from suckers’ rally worth reporting for second, third, fourth weeks of March and April -52 for the first week of March -11% for the month of February -8.6% (-75) for the month of January -1% for fourth week of January -2.3% for third week of January - 5% for second week of January  -4% for first full week of January -39% for the year -2% for the fourth week of December  No change worth reporting for second and third weeks of December -2.7% for the first week of December -7.5% for the month of November. -18% for October [CLOSE- OIL $69.96 (-54% for year 2008) (RECORD TRADING HIGH $147.27) GAS $2.76 (reg. gas in LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS  $3.05 REG./ $3.16 MID-GRADE/ $3.25 PREM./ $2.95  DIESEL)/ GOLD $953 [video] Gold Surges   Stocks/Gold Comparison (+5.58% for year 2008) / SILVER $14.91 PLATINUM $1,238 / DOLLAR= .69 EURO, 93 YEN, .59 POUND STERLING, ETC. (How low can you go - LOWER)/ 10 YR NOTE YIELD 3.41% …..…     AP Business Highlights …           ...Yahoo Market Update... ]  YAHOO - BRIEFING.COM Weekly Recap   Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009    . ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Must Read Economic/Financial Data                      This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think   ABSOLUTELY, ABSURDLY, RIDICULOUS! STILL GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN IN THIS UNIQUELY PREPOSTEROUS AND FRAUDULENT ENVIRONMENT WITH ONLY EXTREMELY MODEST LOSSES RELATIVE TO REALITY BASED ON FAKE DATA BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS MANTRA, EVER MORE WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR, INCREASED FORECLOSURE SALES AND BEN (HE STILL HAS A JOB - AS AMERICANS LOSE THEIRS) BERNANKE BULL S**T (REMEMBER HIS NO RECESSION TALKS, MANY OF THEM, TO FROTH THE MARKET THEN AS NOW AND HOW MANY SUCKERS’ POINTS TO THE UPSIDE THEREFROM – WHAT TOTAL BULL S**T, WHAT FRAUDS!) EVEN AS ECONOMIST KELLNER JOINS THE RATIONAL CROWD SAYING ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT IN 2010 AND CONTINUED BAD NEWS [ INSIDERS ARE DUMPING STOCK   Insiders Selling Stocks at Highest Level Since May 2008 (8-31-09)         INSIDERS CONTINUE TO SELL, SELL, SELL (AT SEEKING ALPHA 8/13/09)      PAPER: FRESH ALERT ON GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS...    The Great Depression and Today - Sobering Parallels Abound         Roubini: “When Governments Reach the Point Where They Are Borrowing to Pay the Interest on Their Borrowing They Are … Running a Ponzi Scheme”      Economic Collapse: Bank Runs, China, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser   Commercial Real Estate Next Mortgage Crisis     Federal Reserve made $14 billion on turmoil loans           Banks' struggles have worsened...       Lehman claims could reach $100 billion: PwC       [$$] Raft of Deals for Failed Banks Puts U.S. on Hook for Billions (at The Wall Street Journal Online)         Three more banks fail; 2009 total hits 84             Goldman "Trading Huddles" Expose Fiction of Level Playing Field      1,000 Banks to Fail In Next Two Years           AP sources: $2 trillion higher deficit projected (AP)   Judge Orders Fed To Disclose Who Received Bailout Trillions      Zero Hedge Claims that the Federal Reserve ITSELF Traded Over a Trillion Dollars Worth of Derivatives in March Alone           Geithner: Auditing the Fed is a “line that we don’t want to cross”     The Federal Reserve Must Die      “True Deleveraging Has Not Begun Yet Because Losses of Financial Institutions Have Been Socialized”        Obama Predicts Unemployment, Deficits Far Worse Than Previously Stated...     Grim...     "Artificially Sweetened" Market Could Face "Seismic Readjustment," Harrison Says      Official: Real unemployment rate at 16%...      WSJ: Dollar Steadily Losing Influence...    Senator warns of hyperinflation...     Failed banks mount; Ga, Ala, and large Texas banks shut    Learn to Love the Depression       US jobless claims in surprise jump for second week      WHY DO EQUITY MARKETS DISAGREE WITH THE DATA?      Brookings “Experts” Admit Stimulus a Bust         Analyst warns of 150-200 more U.S. bank failures       Government Revises Deficit Estimates Again: We Will Exceed Expectations        Manufacturing Jobs Drop To Lowest Level Since 1941      What rebound? Foreclosures rise as jobs and income drop    Fed to Steal State Pension Funds          IMF Says You’ll Have to Pay More Taxes      The risk of continuing depression rising             CALPERS IS UNSUSTAINABLE        What rebound? Foreclosures rise...         Grab Your Shorts, The Correction Has Begun          THE SECOND WAVE OF THE DEPRESSION: HYPERINFLATION IS LIKELY      THE FDIC IS BROKE. NOW WHAT? (PART II)     DOLLAR TO DECLINE AMID CONCERN AS IT 'LOSES RESERVE STATUS'...      JOBLESS SPIKE COMPOUNDS FORECLOSURE CRISIS            STOCKS SLIDE ON ECONOMY CONCERN    WORLD STOCKS, OIL TUMBLE ON U.S. FRAUD EXPOSURE AND CONSUMER WORRIES     Connecticut Not Learning the Right Lessons from California       Weekly Market Outlook: Commercial Real Estate Continues to Deteriorate         Retail sales fall, new jobless claims rise (Reuters)     US Home Foreclosures Set Another Record in July    Colonial BancGroup shut down by federal officials (largest bank failure this year) (AP)       Economist: Claim that Economy Has Recovered “Is Like Somebody Borrowing Money from Their Uncle and Then Celebrating that Their Income Has Gone Up”    ]  PERSONAL & BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES UP, WORTHLESS WEIMAR DOLLAR DOWN, FORECLOSURES UP (32% YOY AND 7% MOM AT NEW RECORD, 50% HOMES UNDERWATER, COMMERCIAL TO FOLLOW), CONFIDENCE REALISTICALLY DOWN, $100+ OIL AROUND CORNER (2010-HOGAN); CELENTE-DEPRESSION NOW UNDERWAY  Bob Prechter Quite Sure Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break    Gerald Celente 2.5 Million Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Presidency   PAPER: Fresh alert on global stock markets...  TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED [     Insiders Continue to Sell, Sell, Sell (at Seeking Alpha – 8/13/09)          (7-29-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels        Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years  ] AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING [Tarp banks award billions in bonuses...     Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report (Reuters)   Cody Willard: Goldman Sachs Is A Ponzi Scheme, Should Be Punished Accordingly  Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate   The Market's Horoscope: Downside Correction   ! [  Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     Geithner asks Congress for higher U.S. debt limit      U.S. regulators close 3 banks, total now 72     US deficit climbs to 1.3 trillion dollars    This Depression is just beginning        The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think Back in the Great Depression of 1929 through the 1930’s, we saw a similar Zig-zag pattern. There was a crash in 1929, followed by a nice rally, but then the most devastating part of the market collapse followed into the 1930’s.  SELL / TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU CAN!   

 

 

 

 

 

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NOBEL PRIZE WINNING ECONOMIST: CRISIS AS BAD AS GREAT DEPRESSION OR WORSE    Financial terrorism: US taxpayers bail out Wall Street criminals  $4 trillion plus is missing through U.S. federal agency accounts managed by the NY Fed  RICO Summary under penalty of perjury to the FBI at their request  Reality overthrows ‘history’s actors’  Report confirms Israel’s nuclear arsenal  Roubini: Rate Cuts Temporarily and Minimally Reduce Crash Risk, But Dow 7,000 Likely 'Sometime Next Year'  Billion-Dollar Fund Manager; Gold To Hit $2,000, Dow To Sink To 5,000  The Crumbling U.S. Economy, Worse is Yet to Come   Worst slump since Great Depression   Rapid Downward Revisions in Expected Economic Growth    Recession Will Last At Least Two Years: Roubini     Recession Now: It's Deep and It's Going to Last a Long Time, Sonders Says   Economist Roubini Predicts Hedge Fund Failures, Panic, Closed Markets  Markets Nosedive on Grim Economic News Evil Wall Street Exports Boomed With `Fools’ Born to Buy Debt   More from Grantham: S&P to 585. He called the bubble, how could anyone doubt his valuation (although even lower is more realistic)?   U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks (even with fake better than expected GDP numbers from corrupt commerce department) at Fastest Pace Since 2001  Credit-Default Swaps on US Treasuries Have Risen Nearly 40 Percent Since Bailout Law Signed; Now About the Same as on Mexican and Thai Government Debt america’s credit rating will be downgraded   Where'd the bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret fraud (AP)   ECONOMICS GURU: WORST IS YET TO COME; MARKETS WILL CLOSE FOR UP TO WEEK FROM PANIC...  Washington is Powerless to Stop the Coming Economic Depression    Whitehead sees slump worse than Depression   Dollar’s Days Numbered, Buy Commodities: Jim Rogers    America’s economic crisis is beyond the reach of traditional solutions  Cost Of Bailout Hits $8.5 Trillion  Worst is yet to come for economy  'Crisis Only Just Beginning': Crisis/Video  Right About the Crash, Peter Schiff Sees More Pain Ahead         The Great Depression of the 21st Century: Collapse of the Real Economy   “The Dollar Standard Is Coming To An End”   Busted in Washington    CIA Adds Economy To Threat Updates    Financial Disaster Will Lead to Civil Disorder in 2009 or 2010, Says Secret Citibank Memo   Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”  America Has No Means to Recover from a Depression US budget deficit to reach USD 1 trillion     Jim Rogers calls most big U.S. banks “bankrupt”   BILLIONS VANISH IN EPIC HEDGE FUND FRAUD     Citadel suspends redemptions from two hedge funds World faces “total” financial meltdown: Bank of Spain chief  Check This Graph-Proof we are going into a Great Depression. Notice MASSIVE job losses. Is there really any doubt any longer?   Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat    Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money    Another Prominent Economist Forecasts Depression, Says Gold To Hit $2000   Fed Secretly Lends $2 Trillion to Banksters without Oversight   Depression Unrest Turmoil Instability Riots all coming and SOON       JAPAN: “There has never been data this bad for any major economy - even in the great Depression”; “We are literally looking at the unimaginable”     Obama predicts more bank failures   California goes broke, halts $3.5 billion in payments    It’s Getting Ugly: Economist Says Hoard Gold & Scotch Paul Joseph Watson | Williams predicts hyperinflationary depression will mean a $100 dollar bill is worth less than toilet paper  WORLD TO STAY IN SLUMP   US is Already Bankrupt: Analyst   The Geithner-Summers-Bernanke Plan to Prop Up Asset Prices Has Failed    U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar          Not Just a Few Bad Apples - Corruption is Systemic in America  65 Trillion - U.S. Financial Obligations Exceed The Entire World’s GDP  RECORD: NATIONAL DEBT HITS $11 TRILLION...    US Depression -The Truth Is Here    The Economist, a Widely Respected and Authoritative Financial/Economic Publication: U.S. In Depression, Not Recession      Video: Crash Will be Worse than Great Depression   Great Recession/Depression of 2008, et seq., Worse Than All Others  IMF warns of Great Depression   Stocks Could Drop 20%, No Safe Haven: Dr. Reality    Celente Correctly Predicts Revolution, Food Riots, Tax Rebellions By 2012  Former chief economist: U.S. in a depression   Merrill Lynch’s Chief Economist: We’re Already In a Depression  Ray Dalio: A Long and Painful Depression - Barron's Interview        Gerald Celente Predicts Economic Armageddon by 2012      This DEPRESSION will last 23-26 YEARS! Government is POWERLESS!    Trendsresearch.com forecast for 2009   What the Pros Say: US Is Now ‘Bankrupt’    ‘WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER’    Secretary of Labor Reich: Unemployment Numbers Show We’re Already In a Depression          Celente: U.S. Has Entered “The Greatest Depression”    September 30, 2009

 

9-25-09
US To Face ‘Armageddon’: China, Japan Can’t Keep Buying Worthless Debt       Peter Schiff Says Gold to $5,000/ounce and US Market Rally Will Fade      “The Federal Reserve is There to Accommodate the Politicians.”      

When Housing Is Priced in Gold Pricing U.S. homes in gold reveals that housing has fallen by two-thirds from its 2005 peak.

Armored Police Seize University of Pittsburgh Campus, Attack Students, Then Claim They Were Stopping Anarchists       Video From G20 the Corporate Media Will Never Show You Kurt Nimmo | Students learn what the New World Order and federalized and militarized police are all about.     Military Police Kidnap G20 Protester, Shove Him Into Unmarked Car Paul Joseph Watson | A shocking scene that wouldn’t look out of place in the darkest days of Nazi Germany – welcome to Amerika in 2009.  

DRUDGEREPORT: Obamacare: Buy insurance or go to jail!
Large-loan bank losses triple to $53 billion...
Fresh bailouts for smaller banks being weighed...
Defaults on Credit Cards Climbed to Record 11.49%...
British Delegates Walk Out Embarrassed By Their Balfour Blunder...
Czech president: Climate meeting was propaganda...
Commanders back Afghan troop hike assessment…What do you expect them to say? They’re always for budget bustin’ their way…After all, just tax money, not theirs…Remember the Iraq debacle…Remember, america’s defacto bankrupt!...
Obama to push for new economic world order…careful what you wish for-any new economic world order relegates u.s. to 3rd world banana republic status, worthless currency/paper, deficits, gunboat diplomacy and all...
FBI arrests Jordanian for downtown Dallas bomb plot...
Illinois man charged in plot to bomb federal offices...
Terror suspects accused of targeting Marine base in Quantico...
Men vanish after taking photos of Philly subway system...
SHOCK VIDEO: School kids taught to praise Obama...
NEW PUSH FOR GLOBAL CURRENCY...
HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy...
K-9 Units Probe Schools To Stem Heroin Epidemic...
Teacher Stabbed to Death by Student...
Administration to Cut 384 Agents from Mexican Border…sounds like a plan...
Says Climate Change 'Irreversible Catastrophe' If Not Addressed...
UK Paper: 'Obama the impotent: The disappointment is tangible'...
Why is everyone saying no to him?
NY GOV BLAMES PRESIDENT FOR WOES
UN Climate Summit Leaves Large Carbon Footprint in NYC; 'Each foreign leader has a convoy of vehicles'...

Abbas rules out talks with Israel NEW YORK: The Palestinians cannot return to peace talks at this time because of “fundamental disagreements” with Israel on what should be on the agenda        Middle East peace: Obama’s choice

 

Rational Brzezinski: Shoot Down Israeli Planes If They Attack Iran

Afghanistan: Where Empires Go to Die Dahr Jamail | Genghis Khan could not hold onto Afghanistan. Neither will the United States.

US General Warns 'Failure' in Afghanistan Without New Troops By VOA News The top US and NATO military commander in Afghanistan is warning that the mission "will likely result in failure" if more troops are not sent within the next year. Report: Troops needed to avoid Afghan failure The Associated Press  US in Afghanistan failure warning BBC News  Yeah! Cover the bases and you’re a** . Troops forever to preserve budgets and military industrial complex, war crimes, war profiteering while further bankrupting the nation. Most all honorable military having left the service in protest, retirement, passage of time, the u.s. military is now but a collection of past, current, or future felons and warmongering profiteers and war criminals, without any honor whatsoever. 

Corporate Media Distorts Ahmadinejad Speech as Pretexts for Iran Attack Pile Up

RATIONAL MEDVEDEV: ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN WOULD BE 'WORST THING THAT CAN BE IMAGINED'...

Zbig Brzezinski: Obama Administration Should Tell Israel U.S. Will Attack Israeli Jets if They Try to Attack Iran The national security adviser for former President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, gave an interview to The Daily Beast in which he suggested President Obama should make it clear to Israel that if they attempt to attack Iran’s nuclear weapons sites the U.S. Air Force will stop them.

Kremlin says israel promised not to strike Iran

Gaza: Goldstone’s report…Except for the “usual suspects” (Gideon Levy, Amira Hass and their ilk), the condemnation of the report was unanimous, total and extreme, from Shimon Peres, that advocate of every abomination, down to the last scribbler in the newspapers. Nobody, but nobody, dealt with the subject itself. Nobody examined the detailed conclusions. The instinctive reaction in such a situation is denial. When a human being is faced with a situation which he cannot handle, denial is the first refuge. But with us it has been developed into an art form. But a profound debate on the Goldstone report is going on. Not about its content, But about the one point that is really important: Was our government right in deciding to boycott the commission? Why did the Israeli government boycott the commission? The real answer is quite simple: They knew full well that the commission, any commission, would have to reach the conclusions it did reach. In fact, the commission did not say anything new. Almost all the facts were already known: The bombing of civilian neighborhoods, the use of flechette rounds and white phosphorus against civilian targets, the bombing of mosques and schools, the blocking of rescue parties from reaching the wounded, the killing of fleeing civilians carrying white flags, the use of human shields, and more. The Israeli Army did not allow journalists near the action, but the war was amply documented by the international media in all its details, the entire world saw it in real time on the TV screens. The testimonies are so many and so consistent, that any reasonable person can draw their own conclusions…

Road to peace blocked by israel, says Abbas      israel shuts Muslims out of Ibrahimi Mosque      

UN body tells Israel to allow N-inspection VIENNA: The UN nuclear assembly voted on Friday to urge Israel to accede to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and place all atomic sites under UN inspections, in a surprise victory for Arab states. The...

Israel bars Muslim worshippers from reaching Al-Aqsa

Iran president says Holocaust “pretext” to form Israel Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday the Holocaust was a “lie” and a pretext to create a Jewish state that Iranians had a religious duty to confront.

Israel spurns call for Gaza war probe JERUSALEM: Israel has rejected call for an independent inquiry into its conduct in the Gaza war. UN-appointed investigators who concluded that Israel committed war crimes and crimes against humanity...

‘Israel committed war crimes in Gaza’

Israel defense chief: Iran not an existential threat

Ahmadinejad says Truth in Light of Actual Numbers of Other WW2 Casualties (Polish, Russian, etc.), Holocaust a lie, Israel has no future

‘Israel committed war crimes in Gaza’

Israel defense chief: Iran not an existential threat

Israel spurns call for Gaza war probe JERUSALEM: Israel has rejected call for an independent inquiry into its conduct in the Gaza war. UN-appointed investigators who concluded that Israel committed war crimes and crimes against humanity...

BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN John Browne…And the markets just don't get it. Technically, S&P profits are down some 90 percent, but the Index has risen to push P/E ratios to levels not seen since 1929. The financial media's cloying banter about ‘green shoots' is reminiscent of "Baghdad Bob," the comically delusional Iraqi information officer who denied the advances of American forces even as U.S. tanks overran Saddam's headquarters. Some talk of a “jobless recovery.” In the past, such an event could only occur when an asset boom (such as a real estate bubble) provided Americans with non-employment income. Today, there is little prospect of such a boom. Stock markets tend to reflect financial hope. Given today's situation, investors might be wise to prepare themselves for economic reality by investing selectively in more prudent economies abroad.

Bernanke Says Recession Over. Should You Believe Him?  Barry Ritholtz | Based on his track record as a forecaster and his acumen in identifying economic problems before they exploded, his views on starts and finishes of recessions are, to be blunt, irrelevant.

“You Have to Learn Lessons from History”  Cindy Sheehan | Our “leaders” are out of control and there is no mass movement of Americans who will be able to get out in the streets to stop the homicidal maniacs.

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BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN John Browne Readers familiar with my views know that I believe that the current stock market rally is a bullish chapter in an otherwise bearish novel. In the spring of this year, I had said I would not be surprised if the Dow were to hit 10,000 by the end of summer. While I was a little too optimistic on that particular forecast, it now looks as if U.S. stock markets are a bit ‘toppy' and a reversal may be in the cards. Seven factors, five tactical and two strategic, cause me to see a change in the wind. Tactically, the employment situation, falling house prices, tight credit, a sliding U.S. dollar and depressed world trade are cause for deep concern. But as these factors could show rapid changes over the short term, I am less inclined to set my investment bearings by these readings. More troubling are the two strategic issues, the continued creation of excessive debt in the United States and the continued growth of consumer spending as the overwhelming driver of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). In order for a bull market in U.S. stocks to be sustainable, these problems must be brought to heel. However, making a dent in these imbalances would require the sort of political courage that is vanishingly rare in D.C. For the tactical investor, the following portends a coming correction:

Unemployment

Recently, Wall Street cheerleaders seized on the falling rate of unemployment growth as a sign of economic recovery. In July, the official figures showed unemployment increasing by some 216,000. If this were a reflection of reality, it would be a sign of possible improvement. However, the often-ignored figure for employment, as opposed to unemployment, showed some 980,000 less people employed, or 4.5 times more than the unemployment figure! How could these two vitally important totals differ by some 764,000? The short answer is that the government excludes from the unemployment figures all those who have given up hope of finding a job and all those who have settled for part-time jobs. In other words: if you have stopped looking for a job, congratulations, you are no longer unemployed! So much for government statistics. The true level of unemployment has been estimated at 20 million, or double the official figure.

Home Prices

In recent days, reports have emerged to show that home prices have stabilized. Given the dismal fundamentals of the real estate market, we had projected that national home prices would have needed to fall an additional 20 percent from current levels in order to return to the Case-Schiller 100-year trend line. But given the massive and continued Federal involvement in every facet of the home buying process, there is nothing at all ‘fundamental' about home prices today. Absent this intervention, prices would continue to fall. Since the federal treasury does have its limits, the outlook for real estate subsidies, and therefore the entire sector, is still negative.

Tight Credit

Despite reckless federal efforts to boost liquidity, credit remains tight. This reality is the market's own discipline signaling that the fundamentals remain unsound. Meanwhile, the Fed is inhibiting liquidity to shore up the money center banks by, for the first time, paying interest on bank reserves it holds. The banks thus have little incentive to lend to small businesses, the largest job creators, or to individuals. As an aide, this may also be serving to hide the effects of the Fed's currency expansion by slowing the velocity of new cash.

Collapsing Dollar

Meanwhile, for Americans, the plummeting U.S. dollar is forcing up the price of most commodities, despite decreased demand. This stagflation is a dangerous recipe not only because it neuters any attempt at policy manipulation of the market, but because it hits the underemployed and unemployed with rising prices for everyday goods. While some investors fixate on the symptomatic issues above to determine their strategy, we choose to focus on the underlying malady itself. Keeping your eye on these unfortunately static conditions will provide a solid point of reference by which to navigate:

Conspicuous Consumption

The Obama Administration has shown no appetite for allowing consumers to reign in their spending habits. So, consumption still accounts for some 70 percent of American GDP. Where individuals have tried to reduce spending and increase savings, stimulus programs and quantitative easing have overridden their gains. Indeed, President Obama's massive expenditure plans for health and educational entitlements will serve to magnify this crucially damaging strategic imbalance.

Exploding Debt

Finally, contrary to election promises of “change,” the Administration shows no signs of controlling its expenditure and massive debt. Indeed, the ill-advised wars fostered by President Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to drain blood and treasure. This Administration appears set to continue its predecessor's mission of unending debt expansion. Due to our failure to restructure, America is finding it harder and harder to compete globally. Instead of taking our lumps, Washington is lashing out with suicidal measures like this week's Chinese Tire Tariff, an ominous prelude to next week's Pittsburgh G-20 meetings. And the markets just don't get it. Technically, S&P profits are down some 90 percent, but the Index has risen to push P/E ratios to levels not seen since 1929. The financial media's cloying banter about ‘green shoots' is reminiscent of "Baghdad Bob," the comically delusional Iraqi information officer who denied the advances of American forces even as U.S. tanks overran Saddam's headquarters. Some talk of a “jobless recovery.” In the past, such an event could only occur when an asset boom (such as a real estate bubble) provided Americans with non-employment income. Today, there is little prospect of such a boom. Stock markets tend to reflect financial hope. Given today's situation, investors might be wise to prepare themselves for economic reality by investing selectively in more prudent economies abroad.

DRUDGEREPORT: Gold surges close to record high...
Dollar To Fall Further...
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‘Israel committed war crimes in Gaza’

Israel defense chief: Iran not an existential threat

Israel spurns call for Gaza war probe JERUSALEM: Israel has rejected call for an independent inquiry into its conduct in the Gaza war. UN-appointed investigators who concluded that Israel committed war crimes and crimes against humanity...

Israeli Government Ads Warn Against Marrying Non-Jews

‘Israel committed war crimes in Gaza’

 

The Obama Deception       Barack Obama: The Naked Emperor Shocking but true revelations from David Icke (a must read) | Vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama.…. (excerpts) Obama has been the chosen one for a long time, a fact known only to a few in the deep inner circle, and his relationship with Brzezinski almost certainly goes back to the start of the 1980s when he attended the Ivy League, and big-time Illuminati, Columbia University where Brzezinski was head of the Institute for Communist Affairs. Obama simply will not talk in any detail about this period. He has been covertly funded and supported ever since by the Trilateral Commission and its network of foundations connecting into the Ford Foundation, for whom Obama’s mother worked. And a question: Does anyone really believe that someone, a ‘man of the people’, would simply appear from apparently nowhere to run the slickest and best-funded presidential campaign in American history? He was chosen long ago by those who wish to enslave the very people that Obama says he wants to ’set free’. The sources of Obama funding read like a Wall Street Who’s Who - Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and so on. No wonder he went back on his pledge to accept the limitations of public funding for his campaign and instead took the no-limit option of ‘private’ funding…Then there is the Jewish financier, George Soros, the multi-billionaire associate of Brzezinski and closely involved with the funding and marketing of Obama. Soros is a former board member of the Illuminati’s Council on Foreign Relations and funds the European Council on Foreign Relations. In short, he is a major insider… You can certainly see the Soros/Brzezinski techniques in the Obama ‘revolution’ in the United States. It was the complex and secretive network of Soros foundations and organisations, connected to the intelligence agencies of the US and Israel, that trained and funded students in the Ukraine, Georgia and elsewhere in the art of mass protest and overthrowing governments. These manufactured protests were sold to the world as ‘peoples’ revolutions’, but it just so happened that when they were over and the old regime was removed the new leaders were those waiting in the wings all along - the puppets of Soros, Brzezinski and their associated networks. Obama is just more of the same, a big smile with strings attached, and controlled completely by the Illuminati networks that chose him, trained him, sold him and provided his record funding. It was they who kept his many skeletons under wraps, like the gay sex and crack cocaine allegations of Larry Sinclair (from affidavit: 1. Who is Ron Allen that claims to be with your Presidential camp, who is alleged to claim that someone claiming to represent me called asking for $100,000, to keep me from coming forward about our (Obama and I) November 1999 encounter of sex and cocaine use?…), and they will continue to do so as long as he jumps to their bidding. Obama is just another Banksters’ moll prostituting himself for fame and power, and that’s why he supported the grotesque bail-out of the banking system and why he will always put their interests before the people. His financial advisors are straight from the Wall Street ‘A’ list, including Paul Adolph Volker (Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, Bilderberg Group), the head of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987 and Illuminati to his fingertips. Obama has made him head of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, which is dominated by insiders, including its staff director and chief economist, Austan Goolsbee, a close Obama associate from the University of Chicago. Goolsbee is an initiate of the infamous Illuminati Skull and Bones Society at Yale University, which also includes Boy and Father Bush. It was Goolsbee who told the Canadian government not to worry about Obama’s attacks on the economic effects of ‘free trade’ agreements because his words were just to win votes in the election campaign. Another Wall Street insider, the Zionist Timothy Geithner (Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations), was appointed by Obama to be his Treasury Secretary. Geithner was the President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, the most powerful in the private ‘Federal’ Reserve cartel that masquerades as America’s ‘central bank’, and he is a former employee of both the Council on Foreign Relations and the appalling Kissinger Associates. Obama’s Treasury team locks into the inner circle around the Zionist Robert Rubin, the Director and Senior Counselor of Citigroup, co-chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and economic advisor to Obama. Rubin, a member of the Illuminati Bilderberg Group, was the man behind Citigroup’s strategy of expanding its risk in debt markets which forced it to be rescued by taxpayers’ money. The very people who caused the financial crisis are being appointed by Obama to decide how to respond to it (more taxpayers’ money for them and their friends)…

TIME TO GET REAL ABOUT WOBAMA! obama had a mandate for real and positive change. his lack of courage changed that. bringing in the insiders at substantial taxpayer (bailout of a massive fraud) expense proved this. his, as bushes' before him, is a failed presidency!

Putin rationally warns against Iran attack BBC | Russian PM Vladimir Putin has warned against military action targeting Iran or imposing new sanctions to curb its nuclear program.

Taliban hold sway over in 97% of Afghanistan because murderous american/israeli alternative is always far worse n

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Israel digging tunnel near Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israel and U.S. jointly target Sweden in propaganda blitzkrieg After the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published an expose of the Israeli Defense Forces harvesting the organs from young Palestinians killed by its forces in the West Bank, Israel’s propaganda machine, which has its tentacles in the world’s largest media companies and the Pentagon, went to work on demonizing Sweden.

Netanyahu draws fire in Israel over secret trip Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew the wrath of Israel’s most influential newspapers on Thursday over what they described as lies issued by his office about a secret flight to Russia.

 

Iran offers new proposals        Afghanistan: Back Door to War on Iran       

 

Over half of Gaza war dead civilians       Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village (AFP)      Israeli settlement plans violate international law: Ban (AFP)

 

16 REASONS FOR EQUITIES MARKETS TO FALL SOON David White

  1. The equities markets have had a huge run up of over 50%. They are overbought. At approximately 18x 2009 Earnings, they are priced far above fair value. At the beginning of March 2009, they were price at only 11x 2009 Earnings. According to Art Cashin and others, fair value for the S&P500 is at about 850 to 880. At approximately 1020, the S&P500 is far from there.
  2. The Insider Selling/Insider Buying ratio is 30.6. This is the highest that ratio has been since it has been tracked (2004). Those corporate officers probably know something.
  3. Retail Sales are still decreasing. They were down about 4.4% for Aug. year over year according to Redbook. The much anticipated back to school season has been a bust so far. Even the Cash for Clunkers program, which gave automakers a shot in the arm, disappointed analysts. Plus it likely robbed future auto sales to record better numbers now. The national rate of auto loans that were 60 days past due was up 7.35 percent for the Quarter ended in June. That doesn’t sound like a lot of people are going to be able to afford to buy new cars soon.
  4. The latest Factory Orders figures were a disappointing +1.3% vs. an expected +2.3%. July Factory Orders excluding transportation were a negative -0.7%.
  5. Unemployment continues to grow. Last week’s announcement put it at 9.7%. With unemployment still rising, it is unlikely retail sales will improve soon. The lack of consumer buying may also help unemployment continue to grow.
  6. Although a high percentage of companies beat earnings estimates for Q2, actual earnings were still down approximately -30% for the S&P500 stocks. Earnings predictions for the S&P500 for Q3 are still negative (approximately -20%). Much of this negativity is in the energy and the materials sectors. Q3 is likely the last high oil/commodity price quarter from last year. Future quarters should yield better results in these two areas. Still, most of the improvements to earnings this year have come through greater efficiencies. Very few companies have shown any revenue growth this year. That seems unlikely to change soon with still growing unemployment figures (and anemic retail sales). Companies will need to show revenue growth in order for the economy to really recover.
  7. The “Flu Season” has started. Swine Flu is rampant in the UK. With respect to business, 72 percent of employers in the UK reported absenteeism due to Swine Flu. 38% of employers in the UK anticipated sales would be hit (Reuters). It is starting to take hold in the US. A presidential panel estimated that Swine Flu could infect 50% of the US population this fall and winter (Washington Post). This could cause 1.8M hospitalizations and as many as 90,000 deaths. I am not sure anyone would want to discount the negative effect this is likely to have on the US economy. This is a worldwide problem. The “real pandemic” is just beginning to take hold. It will have serious negative economic effects. One only has to think of the airline, cruise line, restaurant businesses, etc. to realize how true this is.
  8. Inflation is starting to rear its ugly head. The ISM August Non-Manufacturing Prices Index rose to 63.1 from July's 41.3. The August ISM manufacturing data Prices index rose to 65 in Aug. from 55 in July. This looks like huge inflation. Fed Governor Hoenig was recently cited as worrying about inflation. He said that the Fed should not leave interest rates too low for too long. The fact that the Fed’s thinking is leaning this way is very bad news for businesses and for the real estate market. Hence it is bad news for the equities markets.
  9. Both the residential real estate and the commercial real estate markets are still a problem. Residential real estate has shown some gains recently. Still, these gains are precarious. If inflation rears its ugly head soon, the increased interest rates could cause another downturn in residential real estate (i.e. make it effectively much more expensive). Commercial real estate seems to be worsening if anything. In fact, commercial loans are "going to be a bigger driver of bank failures towards the end of this year into next year," said Sheila Bair (FDIC).
  10. We have had about 89 bank failures so far this year. Kanas predicts 1000 banks will fail in the next 2 years. If that happens, we have a lot of pain to come.
  11. Wegelin & Co., Switzerland's oldest bank, is telling wealthy clients to sell their U.S. assets. Other Swiss banks may follow suit. Swiss banks account for 27% of the world's privately held offshore wealth (about $2T). If they sell all their US assets, US bonds and stocks will be hurt.
  12. Consumer Sentiment in August was down to 65.7 vs. 66.0 in July. The Consumer Sentiment Current Index was worse. The August figure was only 66.6 vs. July’s 70.5.
  13. The Fed is gradually ending stimulatory measures. The Fed is withdrawing money from the money supply after stuffing money in during the prior year. M2 has shrunk at a 3% pace since mid June, while MZM, the St. Louis Fed's measure of liquid money, is down by 2% over the same period. The Fed’s $300B Treasury buying program is set to end in October.
  14. Prechter has called a bottom on the USD. He says that the only 3% bullish sentiment is a clear sign of a bottom. The charts seem to bear out that the USD is trying to bottom. If the USD starts going up, it likely will cause the US equities markets to go down.
  15. Commodity prices have generally been going up since March. This will cut into businesses margins. This will make them less profitable, not more. It will be hard to raise prices of finished products appreciably in the current economic environment.
  16. The charts are indicating a topping pattern. In fact we could be seeing another try at the famous head and shoulders pattern that failed a few weeks ago. It may not fail this time. The decreasing volume as the equities market rose is a strong indicator that the up trend is weakening. It may be in the first phases of a fairly strong reversal.

Swiss topple U.S. as most competitive economy: WEF

 

UN Calls For Bank Of The World, New Global Currency The United Nations has called for the establishment of a new global reserve currency to be overseen by a bank of the world in an effort to reduce the role of the ever more worthless Weimar us dollar in international trade.

 

Gold May Advance Toward $1,000 as Weakening Dollar Spurs Demand

 

Krugman: Most Economists, Including Nobel-Prize Winners, Are Idiots or Fools

 

Russia oil production overtakes Saudi Arabia

 

The Alex Jones Show: Charlie Sheen Requests Meeting with Obama Over 9/11 Cover-Up       “Challenge Me On The Facts” – How Charlie Sheen Energized The 9/11 Truth Movement       Charlie Sheen: Now is the Time to Demand the Truth       Charlie Sheen Requests Meeting With Obama Over 9/11 Cover-Up        Twenty Minutes with the President      The Awful Truth The Media Hides: Highly Credible People Question 9/11

 

Krauthammer: How wobama lost his magic...

 

The Widening Gap In America’s Two Tiered Society        Wall Street Cashes In On Death         Barack Obama accused of making ‘Depression’ mistakes Telegraph | His policies even have the potential to consign the US to a similar fate as Argentina, which suffered a painful and humiliating slide from first to Third World status last century.

 

Lawmakers seek survival in unpopular, incompetent, and typically corrupt-american-style congress...

 

U.S. Hypocrisy Astonishes the World Paul Craig Roberts | Americans have lost their ability for introspection, thereby revealing their astounding hypocrisy to the world.

 

Animal House in Afghanistan

 

DRUDGEREPORT: Obama to seal US-UN relationship; First American president to chair Security Council...
UN wants new global currency to replace dollar...
NYC/NJ/CA, etc. american Building Inspectors caught on tape taking bribes, dealing drugs...
China alarmed by US money printing...
Switzerland topples America as most competitive economy...
Weakening...
Obama Asks Senate To Increase Debt Ceiling...

Obama space panel says faked moon landing return plan is a no go...

 

Zogby: Obama Approval Plummets to 42 Percent Newsmax | President Barack Obama’s job approval rating is down to 42%, with a decline in approval from Democrats the leading factor.      SLIP SLIDING AWAY: OBAMA APPROVAL AT NEW LOW 45%...   Obama is fast losing white voters’ support      Where is the Anti-War Movement in the Age of Obama?       

 

Critics march against socialist dictator chavez across Latin America...

 

Charity: US troops stormed through Afghan hospital (AP)        Police: Car bomb in west Iraq kills 7, wounds 10 (AP)       Ahmadinejad: Iran ready for nuclear talks (AP)       

 

Israel OK for new settler homes outrages Palestinians (AFP)     U.S., Israel on collision course over settlements (Reuters)     Chavez tells Israelis to disobey 'genocidal' govt (AP)        Israel plans new houses before settlement freeze        Israel OKs WB houses

 

Sweden's rational foreign minister cancels war criminal nation israel visit (AP)      

 

SHOWDOWN: WHITE HOUSE ATTACKS ISRAEL OVER WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS...

 

NATO commander tries to pacify Afghan anger

 

Karzai wins tainted poll Peter Graff I Reuters KABUL: Afghan election returns on Tuesday put incumbent Hamid Karzai on course for a first-round victory, but a UN-backed watchdog said it had “clear and convincing evidence of fraud american-style” and...

 

DRUDGEREPORT: JOBLESS RATE HITS 9.7%...
Teen rate at 25.5%; Highest level since records kept...
Families turn to food stamps as wages drop...

 

Israel OK for new settler homes outrages Palestinians (AFP)     U.S., Israel on collision course over settlements (Reuters)     Chavez tells Israelis to disobey 'genocidal' govt (AP)        Israel plans new houses before settlement freeze

 

Editorial: Mideast peace It was not just among Americans that Barack Obama raised great expectations when he won last year’s US presidential elections. In this part of the world, people believed that he would solve the Palestinian holocaust at the hands of war criminal Israelis and global war crimes by u.s. but joker obama has become joker war criminal bush term 3.

 

Israelis kill Palestinian teenager in WB

 

POLL: 57% Would Vote to Replace Entire Congress...

 

Fake Dutch 'moon rock' revealed A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, ...BBC News    BBC NEWS | Europe | Fake Dutch 'moon rock' revealed    Prized moon rock a fake - A PIECE of moon rock given to an overseas politician by the United States is actually a lump of petrified wood, museum authorities revealed yesterday. ...    'Moon Rock' in Dutch Museum Is Just Petrified Wood Aug 27, 2009 ... Fake moon rock at Dutch national museum. Rijksmuseum / AP. This rock, supposedly brought back from the moon by American astronauts, ... http://www.albertpeia.com/moonfraud.htm

 

 

In reality it is just a piece of petrified wood ... Another piece of evidence that shows again that Apollo program is indeed a fake and a fraud

 

SOBERING STAT: ARMS INDEX INDICATES MARKET IS AT PEAK, NOT BOTTOM….Brett Steenbarger…What I can tell you with certainty is that two of the past historical occasions in which we've had 20-day price highs and ultra low median 20-day TRIN readings have been March 2000 and late May/early June, 2007. Both corresponded more or less to bull market peaks. The ultra low TRIN seemed to capture frothiness in those markets: lots of volume going into a few speculative, rising issues. Might we be seeing the same thing with the recent pops in such low priced stocks as AIG (AIG), Citigroup (C), Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE), CIT (CIT), and Bof A (BAC)? I note that about 2 billion of NYSE volume was concentrated in C, FNM, and FRE alone. Seems like lots of money chasing low-priced volatile financial stocks. Just like lots of money chasing volatile tech stocks or emerging market stocks. Not something you'd see at market bottoms. A bit of a sentiment caveat for this market shrink…

 

SEEKING ALPHA…Larry MacDonald…Correction…

From TrimTabs Investment Research:

From David Rosenberg of Gluskin Sheff:

 

DRUDGEREPORT: RASMUSSEN POLL: Obama Approval New Low at 46%...
Obama ends frenetic vacation...       Tortuous September...

Obama aides see need for more troops in Afghanistan...      White House blames Bush for Afghan woes which is preposterous since obama foolishly bought into this war- there are many things joker bush should be accountable for but this is all joker obama...

Stocks Decline From Shanghai to New York as China Index Enters Bear Market...

AFL-CIO, Dems push new Wall Street tax... …The AFL-CIO, one of the Democratic Party’s most powerful allies, would like to assess a small tax — about a tenth of a percent — on every stock transaction…CLEARLY AN ALBEIT TINY STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO DISCOURAGE THE CHURN-AND-EARN PROGRAMMED TRADES!…

 

Israeli planes hit Gaza building       Israeli air raid on Gaza Strip (AFP)        Israeli ex-PM Olmert indicted for graft: prosecutor (AFP)      

 

Ganging up on Iran Linda Heard | US President Barack Obama is beginning to get a reputation for never failing to disappoint. People everywhere shared so many high hopes for the man who promised “change”, but after seven months into his now failed presidency, he’s just the joker

 

Coalition strategy in Afghanistan failing, admits US

 

Why Not Crippling Sanctions for israel and the u.s., war criminal, war profiteering nations they are?  In israel, a country stolen from the Palestinians, fanatics control the government. One of the fanatics is the prime minister, benjamin netanayahuu.

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  BILL WOULD GIVE OBAMA 'EMERGENCY' CONTROL OF INTERNET WHICH WOULD BE CRAZY IN LIGHT OF HIS BREACHES OF TRUST
'1,000 BANKS TO FAIL'

CINDY SHEEHAN TAKES TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD TO PROTEST OBAMA'S WAR...       BRIT PAPERS SOUND ALARM ON AFGHAN WAR...        July, August deadliest months for US...   

CBS Correspondent Seriously Wounded...
SENATOR: 'We're almost reaching a revolution in this country'...

PAPER: Chairman of tax-writing committee failed to report millions...
Rangel Hides Income and Assets...

Weak dollar pushing energy prices higher...
Obama Predicts Unemployment, Deficits Far Worse Than Previously Stated...
Grim...   Official: Real unemployment rate at 16%...
Rhode Island to shut down gov't for 12 days...
FT: Deficit fears put Obama's reforms in jeopardy...
WSJ: Dollar Steadily Losing Influence...

Stossel: Every Obama Critic Called a Racist...

Vegas jobless rate hits all-time high of 13.1%...
California at record 11.9%...
NYC 9.6%...

Mounting joblessness fuels housing crisis...

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...    

PEW: Democratic Party ratings plummet...
What rebound? Foreclosures rise, income down... 

 

THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND TODAY - SOBERING PARALLELS ABOUND       

By Simon Maierhofer  August 27, 2009 …IF THERE IS JUST ONE TIME YOU WANT TO TAKE A LESSON FROM HISTORY, IT IS RIGHT NOW. THE PARALLELS BETWEEN TODAY AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION ARE NUMEROUS AND STRIKINGLY SIMILAR. THIS 5-MINUTE HISTORY LESSON MIGHT BE THE BEST INVESTMENT YOU'LL EVER MAKE.

 

THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND TODAY - SOBERING PARALLELS ABOUND        

By Simon Maierhofer  August 27, 2009 …IF THERE IS JUST ONE TIME YOU WANT TO TAKE A LESSON FROM HISTORY, IT IS RIGHT NOW. THE PARALLELS BETWEEN TODAY AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION ARE NUMEROUS AND STRIKINGLY SIMILAR. THIS 5-MINUTE HISTORY LESSON MIGHT BE THE BEST INVESTMENT YOU'LL EVER MAKE.

WATCH OUT! EVEN THIS RALLY PARALLELS THE GREAT DEPRESSION

The first leg of the Great Depression reduced the Dow Jones (DJI: ^DJI) by 48%. The first leg of the 2007 bear market reduced the Dow Jones by 53%. Both times, the initial declines were followed by powerful and persistent rallies. The five-month rally from November 1929 to April 1930, lifted the Dow Jones (NYSEArca: DIA - News) by 49%. So far, the five month rally from the March 2009 lows has lifted the Dow Jones by some 46%. The time frame and percentage gains are certainly too close for comfort. Even though the S&P 500 (SNP: ^GSPC) was not around during the Great Depression, the modern day picture mirrors the Dow. The Nasdaq (Nasdaq: ^IXIC) may have already provided a window into the future as it declined over 80% from its 2000 technology (NYSEArca: XLK - News) bubble, to its 2009 low. When talking about windows for the future, we can't omit the juicy fact that the Dow Jones measured in the only true currency - gold (NYSEArca: GLD - News) - has also declined to an extent similar to the 1929 - 1932 market meltdown (more about that later).

FROM HUMOROUS TO SOBERING - PARALLELS THAT STING

Did you know that the Great Depression was preceded by a great real estate boom centered in Florida? The Florida real estate bubble burst in 1926, three years before equities. Just as we've seen recently, investors took their leftovers from the real estate bust and poured it into stocks. Talk about jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. Just as in 2007, no one foresaw a decline, let alone the seriousness of the decline. On December 4, 1928, President Coolidge sent the following message on the state of the Union to the reconvening Congress: 'No Congress of the United States ever assembled, on surveying the state of the Union, has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which appears at the present time. In the domestic field there is tranquility and contentment and the highest record of years of prosperity. In the foreign field there is peace. You may regard the present with satisfaction and anticipate the future with optimism.'

JIM CRAMER - THE MODERN DAY HARVARD PARALLEL? 

The Harvard Economic Society, previously esteemed for its pessimism, turned bullish a few months before the market topped. In fact, the Society remained bullish all throughout the downturn until it was dissolved just before the depression ended. One of the many blunders that lead to the untimely (though not soon enough for investors' welfare) demise of the Society, was its March 24th, 1930 assessment that; 'The outlook is favorable.' This was just days before the onset of the above mentioned second leg to new lows. The second leg reduced the Dow by another 47%, but it didn't stop there. There are many modern-day parallels to the Harvard Economic Society. The Blue Chip Economic Indicator survey, a survey of private economists, is just one of them. According to the survey, 90% of economists believe that the current recession will be declared to have ended this quarter. Nobel-Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, who believes the worst of the global crisis is over, is likely to be another one. Interestingly, economists also believed that in March 2009 the market's worst was yet to come, when the Dow traded below 7,000. Contrary to the general climate, the ETF Profit Strategy Newsletter's contrarian view has been keeping subscribers one step ahead of the market.

REALISTS BEAT OPTIMISTS

In December 2009, the Newsletter declared Dow 9,000 to be an opportunity to load up on short ETFs. This window of opportunity opened from January 2nd to the 6th. In the following 90 days, short ETFs went to record double and triple digit gains, while the S&P 500 (NYSEArca: IVV - News) lost 30%. On March 2nd, at a time when an atmosphere of doom permeated Wall Street, the Newsletter issued a Trend Change Alert with a target of Dow 9,000 - 10,000 and S&P (NYSEArca: SPY - News) 950 - 1,050. As the following excerpt from John Kenneth Galbraith, author of 'The Great Crash 1929', observes; contrarian (or realistic) investing pays big dividends. Before reading Mr. Galbraith's astute assessment, take a moment to put it in context with today's environment.  Consider that the market just rallied about 50% from its March lows and the worst seems to be over, while compelling values abound (allegedly).' The worst continued to worsen. What looked one day like the end proved on the next day to have been only the beginning. Nothing could have been more ingeniously designed to maximize the suffering, and also to insure that as few people as possible escape the common misfortune. The fortunate speculator who had funds to answer the first margin call presently got another and equally urgent one, and if he met that there would still be another. In the end all the money he had was extracted from him and lost.  The man with the smart money, who was safely out of the market when the first crash came, naturally went back in to pick up bargains. The bargains then suffered a ruinous fall. Even the man who waited for volume of trading to return to normal and saw Wall Street become as placid as a produce market, and who then bought common stocks would see their value drop to a third or a fourth of the purchase price in the next 24 months. The Coolidge bull market was a remarkable phenomenon. The ruthlessness of its liquidation was, in its own way, equally remarkable.' Other parallels that can be found are the government's assurance that things are fundamentally sound, an increase in mergers and acquisitions, falling car prices, increasing Ponzi schemes (Madoff vs Ponzi), new tools to leverage money, credit expansion/contraction, etc. The Great Depression even had its own Warren Buffett and Jim Cramer. If that isn't enough, consider this: Research shows that the decline in industrial production over the last nine months has been as bad, if not worse than the nine month following the 1929 peak. The world stock markets have fallen even faster this time around compared to 70 years ago. The volume of world trade is drying up at a faster pace than the Great Depression and government surpluses are the lowest in 100+ years.

RED ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT SEEN IN 70 YEARS

Thus far, this bear market has humbled large cap stocks (NYSEArca: OEF - News)along with small cap stocks (NYSEArca: IWM - News), growth funds (NYSEArca: IWF - News) along with value funds (NYSEArca: IWD), defensive sectors along with aggressive sectors, real estate (NYSEArca: ICF - News) along with commodities (NYSEArca: DBA - News). This unique 'red across the board' behavior has not been seen in the 70s, 80s or 2000 bear markets. The only other similar time period to be found is during the Great Depression. Of course you can't simply build your entire financial future around parallels to past history. If, however, such parallels as the ones discussed above, harmonize with trustworthy indicators with an accurate historic record, the composite advice should not be ignored. In fact, ignoring those indicators as a composite would be a foolish thing to do. History has taught us that in periods of time when investors are enthusiastic about stocks and their future prospects (1929, 2000, and 2007) has turned out to be the worst times to buy, and almost always preceded a major market decline. The implications of the above mentioned composite indicators will do more than merely touch peoples' financial futures. Prudent investors will take precautions now to protect their family and financial nest egg. The brand-new September issue of the ETF Profit Strategy Newsletter includes an analysis of the current rally (are higher prices ahead or is a top in place?), a target range for the ultimate market bottom, ETF profit strategies, and practical ways to thrive and survive in the coming years. As mentioned above, the Dow's recent decline measured in gold is a near replica of the 1929 - 1932 decline in stocks. Eventually, the Dow measured in inflated dollars will catch up with the real value metrics reflected by gold. At that time, many will wish they'd learned from history.  We simply must learn from the mistakes of others because you can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.'

 

Who's Behind All This VIX Trading? …I don't tend to engage in conspiracy theories and, while I know that market manipulation happens, I don't think it usually occurs on this large of a scale. But when I see this, I am reminded of the poker adage: "If you can't spot the sucker at the table, then it's probably you."

"ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED" MARKET COULD FACE "SEISMIC READJUSTMENT," Harrison Says After the heady rally off the March lows, Todd Harrison, CEO of Minyanville.com, now believes the risk-reward favors shorting the market vs. being long.  "This is a Splenda market - because there's so much artificial sweetener involved," Harrison says.  After making bullish calls here in February (albeit early) and again late April, he's more lately shorting the Powershares QQQ with a tight 2% stop. "That's all I'm willing to lose on this bet," he says. Technically, the Nasdaq is currently at a major convergence of the downtrend line from its 2007 peak, long-term resistance at around 2000, and a 50% retracement of decline from the October 2007 highs to the March lows, Harrison says. That setup could result in at least a temporary setback for related stocks.  Longer-term, his concerns center around the novel idea that there's going to be a price to pay for all the government stimuli that have resuscitated the U.S. economy and given a major jolt to both the equity and credit markets.  "The government is showing its hand and what they want to do: They want to transfer our obligations to our children, which will inherently lower the standard of living to our children," he says. But even worse than the shocking $9 trillion deficit America faces over the next decade, Harrison worries that we don't control our own fate. "That transfer of risk to future generation is in the hands of foreign holders of dollar-denominated assets," he says. "A seismic currency readjustment is a legitimate risk."

Geithner: Auditing the Fed is a “line that we don’t want to cross”     James Corbett | Geithner’s response that auditing the Fed would give politicians dangerous control over American monetary policy is mistaken at best and a deliberate lie at worst.

 

George W. Bush CIA insider key to Obama plan        

 

La Raza Member Attacks Gene Green Towhall Attendees Infowars | They admit they’re “taking over America” and that they want to “kick us out.”

 

Scientists Confirm the Effectiveness of The Big Lie – People Will Go To Extraordinary Lengths to Create False Justifications for Government Misdeeds       

 

CIA collusion with “Al Qaeda” financiers and attack planners

 

MSNBC Pimp: Trust The Government And “Get Your Damn Vaccine”      While Swine Flu Vaccine Has Been Declared “Safe”, Novel Adjuvants Will Be Used Before Any Meaningful Testing has been Conducted      Exposed: The Swine Flu Hoax      Scotland’s Water to be Fluoridated by Westminster Dictat     

 

Scientists Debunk UN “Global Warming”     

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  Obama Predicts Unemployment, Deficits Far Worse Than Previously Stated...
Grim...   Official: Real unemployment rate at 16%...
Rhode Island to shut down gov't for 12 days...
FT: Deficit fears put Obama's reforms in jeopardy...
WSJ: Dollar Steadily Losing Influence...

Stossel: Every Obama Critic Called a Racist...

Vegas jobless rate hits all-time high of 13.1%...
California at record 11.9%...
NYC 9.6%...

Mounting joblessness fuels housing crisis...

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...    

PEW: Democratic Party ratings plummet...
What rebound? Foreclosures rise, income down... 

 

6 years after invasion, electricity still scarce in Baghdad      Baghdad blasts kill 95     FOUR SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN; MAKING 2009 DEADLIEST YEAR OF WAR...       30 killed in Kandahar blast caused by 5 car bombs...    4 BRITISH SOLDIERS DIE FOR THE SAKE OF 150 VOTES…for puppetmasters’ puppet...

 

Israeli raid on Gaza tunnel kills 3

 

List of Dead Scientists Steve Quayle | Microbiologists, chemists, and other scientists connected to biological weapons are showing up dead in alarming numbers.  http://www.albertpeia.com/listofdeadscientistsquayle2009.htm

 

'Inhumane' CIA terror tactics spur criminal probe

Scottish govt defends Lockerbie bomber's release though all they really have to do is point to the war criminals in u.s. who haven’t even been charged/prosecuted…e        Stark double standard …Firstly, the case against him was circumstantial and relied heavily upon the testimony of Tony Gauci, a Maltese shopkeeper, who said he recognized Al-Megrahi as the man who bought clothing in his shop, fragments of which were later found in the incendiary suitcase. Yet, Gauci was allegedly shown photographs of Al-Megrahi and others prior to the line-up when he failed to identify him. He was then instructed to focus on Al-Megrahi’s picture when he insisted that the person who bought his clothes was much older than the man in the photo. He is also said to have been coached by prosecutors prior to giving testimony and is thought to have been offered millions of dollars in bribes to testify at trial…

Admiral: Afghan conflict 'serious' and 'deteriorating'...
Mullen worried over public rationality in lack of support for yet another of broke america’s wars for benefit of military industrial complex and war profiteers...

POLL: New Low for Obama Approval Index...

Millions face shrinking Social Security payments (and this is just the beginning since america is defacto bankrupt)...

 

Karzai and Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud Scheme        Afghan panel finds vote fraud charges serious     Afghan challenger Abdullah says polls rigged...     Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s main challenger said on Sunday he had evidence last week’s election had been widely rigged by the incumbent and that he had lodged more than 100 complaints.

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  OBAMA HIKES 10-YEAR DEFICIT TO $9 TRILLION
Charlie Cook: Dem situation has 'slipped completely out of control'...
Pelosi: House Can't Pass Bill Without Gov't-Run Plan...
NOONAN: Pull the Plug on ObamaCare...
Stephanopoulos: Americans 'Worried He's Getting in Over His Head'...
Obama's blame-game list...
Voight: Is president creating civil war in America?...

Vegas jobless rate hits all-time high of 13.1%...
California at record 11.9%...
NYC 9.6%...

Mounting joblessness fuels housing crisis...

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...    
Firms with Obama ties profit from health push...
PEW: Democratic Party ratings plummet...
What rebound? Foreclosures rise... 
100-year-old beaten, robbed of $30...

Virus poses 'serious threat to nation'...
Speed up drugs; Needed in weeks...
'Doctors' offices and hospitals may get filled to capacity'...

ENOUGH HEALTH CARE TALK: White House spokesman announces interrogation unit for terror...
Prosecutor Named to Probe CIA Abuses...
Report: CIA threatened detainee families...
Panetta 'Threatens to Quit'...

Seeking Alpha…Will the economic recovery be enduring—V shaped? Collapse after a short time—W shaped? For the middle class, it may be none at all—an X. By conventional wisdom, the housing bubble, credit crisis and collapse in consumer spending caused the recession. With home sales rising, new cars flying off lots, and Wall Street profits soaring, analysts see an imminent recovery, but the economy is running on steroids. About 90 percent of existing home sales are distress sales—foreclosures and homeowners in financial difficulties. New home purchases are juiced by the $8000 first-time buyer subsidy that expires December 1. Summer car sales were pumped by cash for clunkers.  Regional banks are failing under bad commercial loans, and mortgage-backed securities purchased from Wall Street financial houses. In part, Wall Street posts big profits by shifting its debauchery onto smaller brethren, and the FDIC may run out of cash to guarantee regional banks’ deposits. Clueless behavior by big players is frightening. Automakers are boosting production, assuming car sales will continue at their torrid summer pace.  Wall Street is planning big year-end bonuses instead of shoring up capital for a possible second dip in the recession. The backup may be a Broadway lyricist to pen “Bail ‘em out again Ben.”  Consumers, recognizing danger, stay away from the malls and seize what dollars they have. The economy will be lifted by businesses rebuilding depleted inventories and replacing outdated computers and federal stimulus dollars. Those simply will not deliver annual GDP growth greater than 2.5 percent or many new jobs. The stock market will rally with modest growth, because U.S. multinationals produce so much in Asia where growth is robust. To Wall Street, the recovery will appear V-shaped, but for ordinary workers, it will be an X.  Unemployment will reach 10 percent, and stay there until President Obama stops obsessing about redistributing wealth by nationalizing car companies and health care and raising taxes on energy and the wealthy.  The country needs pro-growth policies—fixing the huge trade deficit and the banks. Dollars spent on imports that do not return to purchase exports can’t be spent on American products. That saps demand for American-made products, keeps factories and offices shuttered, and idles workers. The trade deficit is mostly oil and Chinese consumer goods. Export more, import less, or the economy flops. Without bank credit, businesses can’t expand, entrepreneurs can’t create, and workers don’t work.  Obama dodges the toughest aspects of the banking morass. Compensation structures built on the too big to fail doctrine permit Wall Street to take huge risks, shift losses onto smaller investors and the government, and suffer too few consequences for their calamities.  Until those change, Wall Street bankers will be too busy chasing rainbows to adequately reestablish lines of credit to regional banks essential for business expansion. Buy only as much as you sell, reasonable pay for honest work, and let the reckless fail.  Old time religion? That’s what made America great.

 

13 VIEWS FROM SEEKING ALPHA:

Is It a Stock Market Rally or a Dollar Devaluation Seeking Alpha…A cheaper dollar means higher stock prices (temporaily), as US assets are marked down for global investors. What we have is not a stock market rally but an adjustment to global market prices. Fully 80% of the movement in the S&P can be explained by the movement in the dollar index. That is a profile well known to emerging market investors. Whenever the Brazilians would pull another currency devaluation, stock prices rose to compensate, as tradeable assets floated up to world market prices. The bank bailout has made Americans poorer relative to the rest of the world and created the illusion of a stock market recovery…

Wall Street was all in at the bottom, they caused the reversal and resulting rally on declining volume, they held up the market all on their own until institutional money managers fear ful of being accused of missing the boat climbed aboard a few months later and now appear to be fully invested, all that is left is for the fearful retail investor to be convinced by Wall Street thats its safe for them to get on board as well. Based on Wall Streets history for sacrificing the retail investor for the good of the market, it seems that another black Oct is a forgone conclusion and then it starts all over again. Aug 22 2009

Let me put it this way, if the market goes down 50%, then goes up 50%, are you happy?
If that became a trend and happened 4 more times, over say the next 3 years or so, you know what is left of your $1,000,000 investment?
Answer = $237,304

 

"...The biggest rally during the '29 to '32 period was 46.77% over 148 days. The current rally is up 51.68% over 165 calendar days. ..." Looks pretty darn ( statistically ) similar to me! The exact opposite of your conclusion...suggest you brush up on your math!

This bull looks like BS to me. Low volume, high P/E. The market was oversold in March and overbought now, but that doesn't mean it won't go higher or another panic might not test the March lows. The important lesson for investors is that you cannot time the market and must stay in the market to catch the upward movements. Diversification is the key. Exposure to different asset classes, including stocks, bonds, property, gold and cash. Don't be greedy.

Hypothetical scenario
start with $1 to invest in 1990 by 1999 you have $2, now the dotcom bubble bursts your portfolio drops 50% and your left with $1, back to square one, well then you hang in there and your investment grows by 50% through 2008 so your up to $1.50, better then nothing though your only up 50% in 2 decades, then we get the 2008 collapse down another 50% in 6 months to $.75, so now your down 25% from your initial investment of $1 in 1990, but wait if you can stay fully invested and all your positions move with the market your up 50% in six months so you would now have $1.125 in your account, so since 1990 your original investment of $1 has grown by 1/8 in just under 2 decades. Thats is reality for most investors and to think they dont know is foolish and to think they will run back into the market again is also foolish, without the Retail Pawns it will be hard for Wall Street to continue playing the market manipulation game much longer

This latest Bernanke-fueled rally confirmed--it's a pro market for technicians driven by momentum based off Bernanke's cues. You can write the script--the pro's drive another 300-500 points on the Dow, then small investors move in. It's all good--until Jan/Feb/Mar. 2010 when consumer spending craters (then back to Dow 8000) or when Israel bombs Iran (then back to Dow 6000).

I do not know if this is a beginning of a bull or a bear. But, certainly, at these level the US market is not a buy. Even in the positive scenario that the S&P earns its 10 year average of 50 in 2010 it would stillbe a P/E of 20. Then consider that the consumer will not return and that the government cannot forever sustain its current cost to income ratio of 180% and you will have to come to the conclusion to sell.

 

Love the statistics which are favorable, but beside the quantitative
analysis try a qualitative analysis.

1. Volume is low over all and historically.
2. NDX typically leads any lasting rally,
3. The underlying economy is not likely to produce the earnings projected (high probably multiple expansion is unwarranted).
4. The depth of the retraction into March was over sized expect the bounces to be equally exotic.
5. The liquidity poured into the market is 7-10 times the amount seen in any other recession - where did it go beside bank values? stocks.
6. Be patient and careful, momentum is fading the market may be out of fuel.

 

For those who think this market is even remotely close to reasonable valuations, we suggest they read Doug Short's accurate summary of historical stock market valuations. See: www.dshort.com/article...
As per Doug Short's great summary, it does not mean the market cannot go higher temporarily - based on the momentum and liquidity trading that is apparently happening - but it does clearly show that the market is significantly overvalued by any historical comparisons with previous recessions. Thus the only logical conclusion is that (unless the market is somehow different this time-and it never has been different before-despite bull and commentator claims to the contrary) the market will endure at least one more very serious selloff at some point in the relatively near future(or alternatively there will be some magical hugh increase in corporate earnings, which is highly unlikely). Thus maybe one can trade this market and make some money, but past historical comparisons indicate there will be much better buying opportunites at much better valuations somewhere out there in the relatively near future.

Was there a Goldman Sachs in 1929-1932 with a direct dollar pipeline to the Fed? Much of what we see today, IMO, is smoke and mirrors designed to make us feel good. In today's America, feeling good is more important than reality. Or, perhaps we believe feelings create reality. Japan has languished because they refused to deal with their economic colapse according to reality. Aren't we doing exactly the same? Did the investors who created this mess lose their money? Not yet. But a lot of others have. Have the bad loans been dealt with? Not yet. And we all know it. What has happened is the Fed has pumped dollars into the "too-big-to-fail" companies (the one's who should of lost it all) and the government has handed money to it's citizens to "stimulate" things. Oh yes, and the media has pumped persistently positive news to the citizens designed to change moods rather than report fact. Bernanke thinks he has it figured out. That he can engineer a graceful recovery and save the world. I think he's convinced has a lot of new tricks up his sleave that will make it different this time. I'm just afraid that his power is still inferior to the market's even though he has a infinite number of dollars to play with.
And when the market decides to take over once again, look out below.

 

It is actually worse than that because unless America ring fences its economy by implementing exchange controls then most of the hot investment money will simply flow into the economies of other countries. Even so you will struggle not to resemble Zimbabwe.

 

WHY DO EQUITY MARKETS DISAGREE WITH THE DATA?  Adam Hayes    Some of the smartest economists, traders, bankers, brokers, and academics are all screaming and yelling the same things: "This recession/depression is NOT over yet! This is just bear market rally! There are NO green shoots!" And the data does support these beliefs. Retail sales and consumer spending remain muted as families increase savings and pay down debts. Unemployment is not yet recovering, foreclosures are still rising while home prices are still falling. Commercial real estate is starting to falter in a major way. Oil and metals remain elevated while the dollar remains relatively weak. Banks are failing at a record pace and the FDIC is on the verge of insolvency. The government is auctioning debt at a record pace (and record % of GDP) while the deficit explodes. Banks are still NOT lending to small businesses or homebuyers nor to each other. Much of this data is also showing no sign of decelerating. Every week a new number comes out the revision for the previous always seems to go worse! And the GDP numbers, when analyzed, show that government spending and issuance of government debt is keeping the economy from being much much worse. And what happens when BRIC countries stop buying our debt and dollars? The Ponzi scheme falls apart then? And what about diminished tax rolls both local and federal due to low employment and low corporate earnings!?

CALPERS IS UNSUSTAINABLE   Jeff Nielsen   The mainstream, U.S. media continue to ignore a steadily worsening pension crisis, most likely because it is one more huge contradiction of all their “U.S. economic recovery” propaganda. Unlike the $70 trillion or so in “unfunded liabilities” which is certain to bankrupt the U.S. federal government – but not today, the U.S. pension-crisis is already here. When the chief actuary of the nation's largest, state pension plan (CalPERS) bluntly states, “We are facing decades...of...unsustainable pension costs”, this should have attracted the attention of journalists across the U.S. Unfortunately, they all appear to be much too busy handing out their “U.S. economic recovery” party-hats to be paying attention. Some people may not see a direct connection between the health of U.S. pension plans and the health of the overall economy, however the connection is clear – and has never been greater than it is today. The huge, demographic bulge known as “the baby-boomers” are beginning to retire. After plundering government coffers for their entire lives by demanding exorbitant social programs which they were unwilling to pay for with their own taxes, they have literally mortgaged the futures of their own children and grand-children. But the “plague” these “locusts” have inflicted on the U.S. economy goes well beyond that. These are the same baby-boomers who dismantled the U.S. manufacturing sector, and shipped it to Asia – so that they could pay less for the ever-increasing hoard of consumer-goods which they have accumulated with manic zeal. In the process, they have also eliminated most of the well-paying jobs which they benefited from, but which they have taken away from their children and grandchildren. Despite the baby-boomers having the best-paying jobs of any generation in history, and ridiculously low taxes (relative to the gold-plated social programs they demanded), these pampered prima donnas have been so recklessly irresponsible with their own spending that this generation has less in savings than previous generations. As a result, this bloc of selfish spendthrifts is more dependent on lavish pensions (and pie-in-the-sky medical benefits for seniors) than their own parents. The problem is that this group has mismanaged their own pension-plans just as badly as they have mismanaged the overall economy and government finances. In other words, just as they have doing all their lives, U.S. baby-boomers are planning on spending money they don't have all through their retirements – in order to fund their lavish lifestyles. However, having squeezed all of the wealth out of the U.S. economy, and squeezed all the wealth out of their children and grandchildren, there is no money to top-up their mismanaged, under-funded pension plans (along with the equally generous retirement medical plans which accompany them). The bottom line is that this generation of financial-failures is already facing a multi-trilllion dollar shortfall - which is totally separate from the $70 trillion funding-gap in Social Security and Medicare (see “U.S. Pension Crisis: the $3 TRILLION question”). This is a crisis which is developing from the bottom up. Vallejo, the one-time state capital of California, was already forced into bankruptcy due to the unsustainable retirement benefit plans of its municipal workers. Meanwhile, on the opposite coast, municipal leaders lament that they only have enough funds to pay for either the pension/medical plans of their former police officers and firefighters, or the salaries of the current police and firefighters. Further aggravating this crisis at the local level, many municipal governments were severely “burned” through being conned into various forms of “exotic financing” by Wall Street scam-artists. Municipalities and public institutions not just in the U.S., but all over the world, have been crippled by countless billions in losses – while paying these financial predators fat fees to ruin them. It is within this context that we can begin to examine the problems of the pension-plans, themselves. To start with, the “financial model” (and solvency) of most of these pension funds is based on the premise of a rate of return far in excess of the historical, average rate of return in the U.S. economy. This is despite the fact that the U.S.'s steadily growing mountain of never-to-be-repaid debt requires an ever-greater percentage of the U.S.'s GDP just to service the interest payments on this debt…

Israelis killed Palestinians for organs     US complains to israel on Palestinian-American entry rules (AFP)      More E. Jerusalem evictions likely        'Karzai has divided Afghanistan'        Baghdad blasts leave 95 dead – america’s tainted touch …d     Shell-shocked Gaza children (AFP)       

 

THE FOLLOWING BLOG ENTRY APPEARED COURTESY OF STOCKSMURF:

 

Question: Should Donald Trump be indicted for stock fraud, misappropriation of fiduciary funds and conspiracy to defraud shareholders, bondholders and general creditors? (Short Answer: Yes!)

Background Statement: Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.(Pink Sheets: TRMPQ)( the “Company”) is a holding company, which owns and manages its own casinos/hotels in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The company, formerly known as Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, was formed in 2005 as a result of the restructuring, caused primarily from mismanagement, fraud and deception by Donald J. Trump. Prior to forming the Company and to hide his fraudulent actions, Mr. Trump announced a preliminary agreement with its investors on October 21, 2004. Preceding this announcement and for a period of 18 months, Mr. Trump systemically sold shares of the public company, knowing full well and not disclosing to the shareholders or in SEC files that the Company was on the verge of bankruptcy. On November 21, the Company filed for bankruptcy. Trump said the filing was “really just a technical thing” as the best way to implement the restructuring plan – in other words to hide his fraud since the “reorganization scheme did not require a full audit of the books and records of the Company. The plan was submitted to the Bankruptcy Court on December 16, 2004. After the 2004 bankruptcy filing and discharge, the Company changed its name to Trump Entertainment Resorts. Again Mr., Trump was able to misappropriate fiduciary funds, conspire with others to defraud shareholders and bondholders, sold more shares to the public without full disclosing the true financial condition of the Company and other criminal acts too numerous to include herein. On February 17, 2009, the Company again filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, in the face of multi-billion dollar debts. Nine affiliates of the casino operator, including Trump Plaza Associates, Trump Marina Associates, and Trump Taj Mahal Associates, also filed at the same time. After stealing assets and other resources, misappropriating and defrauding shareholder and bondholders of at least $5 billion, Mr. Trump had the impudence on August 4, 2009 to offer to buy Trump Entertainment Resort for $100 million.… This time the bondholders who would lose their entire $1.25 billion investment are standing up to Mr. Trump, asking a Bankruptcy court judge to block the planned sale of three Atlantic City casinos. However, Mr. Trump is playing his hand like he’s invisible and has the right to defraud shareholders and bondholders with impunity, caused the board of directors of the Company to appoint his daughter Ivanka Trump, as operating officer ( a mere shill with limited business sense of the casino industry) and wipe out all the other creditors.

The numerous frauds committed by Donald J. Trump are classic examples of a person with ‘top-line connections” and “influence” to pillage and plunder without liability. The investigation conducted by Dartline clearly suggests at the very least, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should look into the inappropriate stock sales, especially their timing, while the Justice Department and the New Jersey Casino Commission examine the Company’s books and report from October 1, 2003 to February 14, 2009 (the date Mr. Trump stepped down as the Company’s Chairman of the Board).

 

My Reply:

 

trump should be indicted!

 

You are quite naive! trump's modus operandi is to bribe and much of this is done sub rosa, ie., in the guise of legal fees, etc.. The feds cover-up for him (his sister maryanne is a federal judge, now 3rd Cir. Ct. Appeals). The answer is yes, but don't hold your breath. While you're in probably the most corrupt state in the u.s., the fact is america is pervasively corrupt.

 

This link is to a 5 page fact scenario under penalty of perjury I was asked to prepare for the FBI   http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/PeiavCoanetals.htm   (note sam alito's role as u.s. attorney - now on u.s. supreme court  http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf )  involving drug money laundered through the trump casinos (the RICO case was initially assigned to newly appointed maryanne trump barry, his sister, and the corrupt feds have been covering up ever since with additional predicate acts along the way; a totally corrupt federal system which covered up the recent massive securities fraud funded/bailed out by taxpayers). louis freeh, considered by Judicial Watch to be the most corrupt FBI director in history, as per former prosecutor Larry Klaiman and then staff. The so-called american system is totally corrupt. america’s broke and broken. america’s done!

 

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More E. Jerusalem evictions likely        'Karzai has divided Afghanistan'   

 

The West behind Iran unrest, Ahmadinejad says

 

Ezra Nawi: Jewish Pacifist Facing Jail for Aiding Arabs (Time.com)

 

Palestinian rift helps enemies: Kingdom

 

A REALITY CHECK ON U.S. 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'  Jeff Nielson - U.S. equities are rallying again today, and (as usual) it is a rally with no basis in reality.  Most of the enthusiasm comes from another string of corporate quarterly results which “beat expectations”. I had hoped that the sheep were starting to clue-in to this silly game, however it appears there is a still a large pack of Pavlov's Dogs out there – who respond to their propaganda cues without a moment of actual thought. The truth is that all of the companies “beating expectations” are still reporting steadily worse results year-over-year – and in many cases, much worse results. Among the few exceptions are U.S. financial corporations. However, since accounting-fraud was legalized in the United States (see “FASB strong-armed into mark-to-fantasy accounting”), their bottom-lines have had absolutely no connection to their business operations…

 

Maine TV Station Airs Report on National Guard and Flu Pandemic Riots      Equal Opportunity: Bush as Joker Poster for Download       Florida Police Interrogate Suspect in Obama-Joker Poster Crime       Excellent Obama as Joker Contest Entries Keep Coming   Infowars | The response to the video contest to expose Obama is overwhelming.    Obama Joker Poster Banned From Workplace      US raid claims 3 more Afghan’ civilian lives      Military Confirms States Deciding Mandatory Vaccination

 

PAPER: FRESH ALERT ON GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS... RBS uber-bear issues fresh alert on global stock marketsThree-month slide could hit record lows, Royal Bank of Scotland chief credit strategist Bob Janjuah predicts. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor
Published: 8:26PM BST 12 Aug 2009
Britain's Uber-bear is growling again. After predicting a torrid "relief rally" over the early summer, Bob Janjuah at Royal Bank of Scotland is advising clients to take profits in global equity and commodity markets and prepare for another storm as winter nears. "We are now in the middle of a parabolic spike up," he said in his latest confidential note to clients.  "I expect this risk rally to continue into – and maybe through – a large part of August. What happens after that? The next ugly leg of the bear market begins as we get into the July through September 'tipping zone', driven by the failure of the data to validate the V (shaped recovery) that is now fully priced into markets." The key indicators to watch are business spending on equipment (Capex), incomes, jobs, and profits. Only a "surge higher" in these gauges can justify current asset prices. Results that are merely "less bad" will not suffice.
He expects global stock markets to test their March lows, and probably worse. The slide could last three months. "A move to new lows is highly likely," he said. Mr Janjuah, RBS's chief credit strategist, has a loyal following in the City. He was one of the very few analysts to speak out early about the dangerous excesses of the credit bubble. He then made waves in the summer of 2008 by issuing a global crash alert, giving warning that a "very nasty period is soon to be upon us" as – indeed it was. Lehman Brothers and AIG imploded weeks later.
This time he expects the S&P 500 index of US equities to reach the "mid 500s", almost halving from current levels near 1000. Such a fall would take London's FTSE 100 to around 2,500. The iTraxx Crossover index measuring spreads on low-grade European debt will double to 1250.
Mr Janjuah advises investors to seek safety in 10-year German bonds in late August or early September.
While media headlines have played up the short-term bounce of corporate earnings, Mr Janjuah said this is a statistical illusion. Profits were in reality down 20pc in the second quarter from the year before. They cannot rise much as the West slowly purges debt and adjusts to record over-capacity. "Investors are again being sucked back into the game where 'markets make opinions', where 'excess liquidity' is the driving investment rationale.
"The last two Augusts proved to be pivotal turning points: August 2007 being the proverbial 'head-fake' when everyone wanted to believe that policy-makers had seen off the credit disaster at the pass, and August 2008 being the calm before the utter collapse of Sept/Oct/Nov… 3rd time lucky anyone?" The elephant in the room is the spiralling public debt as private losses are shifted on to the taxpayer, especially in Britain and America. "Ask yourself this: who bails out Government after they have bailed out everyone?" Mr Janjuah said governments might put off the day of reckoning into the middle of next year if they resort to another shot of stimulus, but that would store yet further problems. "If what I fear plays out then I will have to concede that the lunatics who ran the asylum pretty much into the ground last year are back in control." …

DRUDGEREPORT: Federal deficit higher in July, $1.27T this year; Record spending...
Home foreclosures set another record in July; Rise 7%...

PAGLIA: PELOSI MUST GO...

RASMUSSEN POLL: Obama Approval Rating Falls to New Low: 47 %...

'No He Can't!' Anti-Obama Trinkets Explode in Sales...

VIDEO: Sen. Specter Shouted Down Over Health Care...
SEE THEM SWEAT IN NEW JERSEY...

Israel rejects Sarkozy call to free prisoner (AFP)      Abbas rules out talks unless Israel halts settlements (AFP)    israel urged to ‘rush’ into attack on Iran

Israel killed Gazans waving white flags GAZA CITY: New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a reported on Thursday that Israeli soldiers killed 11 Palestinian civilians, including five women and four children, waving white flags during...

 

Dumber and Dumber

obama had a mandate for real and positive change. his lack of courage changed that. bringing in the insiders at taxpayer (bailout of massive fraud) expense proved this. his, as bushes’ before him, is a failed presidency!

IT TAKES MORE THAN A TYPICAL JIVE-TALKING, LATENT GAY, MENTALLY TROUBLED MULATTO NEGROE WHO HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE IN HIS LIFE TO CHANGE THE CONTINUING COURSE OF DECLINE OF A CORRUPT BANKRUPT NATION AS AMERICA

The Obama Deception

 

Bob Prechter "Quite Sure" Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break In late February, Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave International said "cover your shorts," and predicted a sharp rally that would take the S&P into the 1000 to 1100 range. With that prediction having come to pass, Prechter is now saying investors should "step aside" from long positions, and speculators should "start looking at the short side.""The big question is whether the rally is over," Prechter says, suggesting "countertrend moves can be tricky" to predict. But the veteran market watcher is "quite sure the next wave down is going to be larger than what we've already experienced," and take major averages well below their March 2009 lows. Yes, the late 2007-early 2009 market debacle was just a warm-up to what Prechter believes will be the bear market's main attraction. In this regard, he says the current cycle will echo past post-bubble periods such as America in the 1930s and England in the 1720s, after the bursting of the South Sea bubble. The 2000 market peak market a "major trend change" for the market from a very long-term cycle perspective, and the downside is going to continue to be painful well into the next decade, Prechter says. "The extreme overvaluation, the manic buying and bubbles in the late 1990s [and] mid-2000s are for the history books - they're very large," he says. "The bear market is going to have balance that out with some sort of significant retrenchment."

Israel recalls diplomat who warned about US ties (AFP) - AFP - Israel has recalled one of its senior diplomats in the United States after the leaking of a warning he gave about the damage to ties caused by the policies of Prime Minister benjamin netanayahoo

 

israel lobbying for sanctions on Iran when all know sanctions should be imposed on israel n

 

This Depression is just beginning   You read that right! Only $400 billion of that fantastic 6 month “green shoots” stock market rally came from money market accounts. The rest ($2.3 trillion) was laundered through the banks and other financial institutions to create the appearance of recovery and to raise equity for underwater banks rather than forcing them into receivership (which is where they belong) Bernanke probably knew that congress wouldn’t approve another TARP-type bailout for dodgy mortgage-backed assets, so he settled on this shifty plan instead. The only problem is, the banks are still broke, business investment is at historic lows, consumers are on the ropes, the unemployment lines are swelling, the homeless shelters are bulging, the pawn shops are bustling, tent cities are sprouting up everywhere, and according to MarketWatch, Corporate insiders have recently been selling their companies’ shares at a greater pace than at any time since the top of the bull market in the fall of 2007.” Face it; the economy is in the crapper and Bernanke’s trickery hasn’t done a lick of good.     The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think Back in the Great Depression of 1929 through the 1930’s, we saw a similar Zig-zag pattern. There was a crash in 1929, followed by a nice rally, but then the most devastating part of the market collapse followed into the 1930’s.      Feds Hit With Biggest Tax Revenue Drop Since 1932...       The Great Depression Two Continues There is no coincident data which is demonstrating this recession is over. Some may be at the bottom, others have a way to go…    An Artifical Recovery       [$$] Why I Went Fully Into Cash          

 

Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate     (7-29-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels …Although the level of insider selling is certainly alarming it's important to note that the very low levels of buying are particularly alarming. Insiders sell stock for many reasons, but they generally only buy stock for one reason: they believe the stock is going up. Despite the fact the media is reporting an end to the recession, a bottom in housing and a trough in earnings we are seeing a vote of zero confidence from the people who know these companies better than anyone else…     

 

STILL NO PROSECUTIONS OF THE FRAUDS ON WALL STREET SO JUST ANOTHER BUILT-IN COST BY CHURN-AND-EARN COMMISSIONS TO, DEFACTO TAX ON NON-PERFORMING / DECLINING ECONOMY, DURABLE GOODS DOWN/FORECLOSURES UP, CONFIDENCE REALISTICALLY DOWN, CORRUPT COMMERCE DEPARTMENT CHIMES IN WITH FAKE NUMBERS, USED HOME SALES UP WITH DEFAULTS/ SHORT SALES, JOB LOSSES UP, BETTER THAN EXPECTED MANTRA, GUIDANCE THAT DEFIES REALITY BY A LONG SHOT AS IN LAST COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE BUST, JOB/COST CUTS TO BONE, ETC

 

Israel weaponry gets more lethal BETHLEHEM: An Israeli Defense Ministry official said that Israel Air Force (IAF) has purchased a new and advanced JDAM smart bomb with a laser-targeting system that will improve the IAF’s ability to...

Gunman kills 3, injures 11 at gay club in Tel Aviv...

 

israel's notoriously corrupt lieberman says will quit if indicted

Arabs are generous but not foolish

Palestinians evicted as occupiers move in

Israelis want Arabs to leave

Delegation to show Arab solidarity with Bashir

 

Arrest of NJ Rabbis, Mayors, Lays Bare Global Crime Cabal The case of the New Jersey rabbis who ran a mafia-style syndicate—with a sideline in body parts— is only part of a global criminal conspiracy to traffic in human body parts headquartered in Israel and financed by the Israeli National Health Plan.

 

Crossings’ closure to hit Palestinians

N-plant in Negev planned by IsraelRAMALLAH: Israel recently asked the United States to assist in the establishment of a nuclear power plant in the southern Negev desert, without signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty as with their nuclear weapons stockpile The report said…How can they complain of Iran...

Arrest of NJ Rabbis, Mayors, Lays Bare Global Crime Cabal The case of the New Jersey rabbis who ran a mafia-style syndicate—with a sideline in body parts— is only part of a global criminal conspiracy to traffic in human body parts headquartered in Israel and financed by the Israeli National Health Plan.

A REALITY CHECK ON U.S. 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'  Jeff Nielson - U.S. equities are rallying again today, and (as usual) it is a rally with no basis in reality.       

‘Israel too weak to start war against Iran’

‘Israel should be serious about peace’

Bribery and fraud at heart of defense contracting work in Iraq and Afghanistan

 

Afghan war questioned as more bodies flown home

 

Figure, a typical corrupt Jersey City political operative and defendant  in NJ corruption scandal found dead at home...

 

In anti-US rally, israelis slam u.s. as not pro-israel/jew racist enough’

 

Israeli tanks on rampage in Gaza Strip      Settlements defy solution         304,569 occupiers in West Bank now

 

Hamid Gul: I am being demonized by Jews

 

Rabbis, Politicians Snared in FBI Sting   Washington Post - Keith B. Richburg - ‎NEW YORK, July 23 -- A two-year federal probe into a money laundering operation taking place between the New York area and Israel ballooned into one of the biggest bribery and corruption sweeps in New Jersey history, netting three ...  Video: NJ Residents 'Disappointed' in Corruption Probe The Associated Press Video:  NJ Residents 'Disappointed' in Corruption Probe The Associated Press Authorities arrest 44 in NJ corruption case Boston Globe     Mayors, rabbis arrested in NJ corruption probe Among the 44 people arrested were the mayors of Hoboken, Ridgefield and Secaucus, Jersey City's deputy mayor, and two state assemblymen. A member of the governor's cabinet resigned after agents searched his home, though he was not arrested. All but one of the officeholders are Democrats. Also, five rabbis from New York and New Jersey — two of whom lead congregations in Deal — were accused of laundering millions of dollars, some of it from the sale of counterfeit goods and bankruptcy fraud, authorities said. In rounding up the defendants, FBI and IRS agents raided a synagogue Thursday morning in Deal, a wealthy oceanfront city of Mediterranean-style mansions, with a large population of Jews. Those arrested included Levy Izhak Rosenbaum of Brooklyn, who was charged with conspiring to arrange the sale of an Israeli citizen's kidney for $160,000 for a transplant for the informant's fictitious uncle. Rosenbaum was quoted as saying he had been arranging the sale of kidneys for 10 years. The politicians arrested were not accused of any involvement in the money laundering or the trafficking in human organs and counterfeit handbags. The number of arrests was remarkable even for New Jersey, where more than 130 public officials have pleaded guilty or have been convicted of corruption since 2001…Dirty Jersey: Feds Bust Dozens in Corruption Scandal...       ...international money-laundering conspiracy         FBI ARRESTS MAYORS, RABBIS IN NEW JERSEY SWEEP...     NAMES OF THOSE CHARGED AND CHARGES

Secret recordings made of the defendants by the feds paint a classic portrait of Jersey-style corruption. In April of this year, as a Hoboken councilman and mayoral candidate, the 32-year-old Cammarano, after meeting with a developer who had promised him a bribe of several thousand dollars, said “I wanna make sure that I, you know, you, you’re my man,” emphasizing that he was a proponent of redevelopment, according to court papers. Later when asked by the “cooperating witness” who interacted with all 44 suspects if his development projects would be sped through the bureaucratic process, Cammarano said, “I promise you… you’re gonna be, you’re gonna be treated like a friend,” according to the court documents. Defendant Michael Schaffer, a Commissioner with the North Hudson Utilities Authority, told the cooperating witness, Cammarano “told me, ‘Michael, the way I operate politics, anybody who helps me, I help them. That’s the way I operate. And if you’re not there the first round, I don’t need ya’ the second round.” Later on May 19, Cammarano allegedly told the witness, "hopefully, we, we, we, you know, we get to the point where I’m sworn in on July 1st, and we’re breaking down the world into three categories at that point. There’s the people who were with us, and that’s you guys. There’s the people who climbed on board in the runoff. They can get in line. . . And then there are the people who were against us the whole way. They get ground . . . They get ground into powder.” Law enforcment officials confirmed later today that the cooperating witness is Solomon Dwek, a real estate developer in Monmouth County, New Jersey, who was charged in 2006, with scheming to defraud PNC Bank out of $50 million.  Sources said he will likely receive a greatly reduced sentence for his cooperation in this probe. According to the court papers, it's not quite clear how the international money-laundering scheme is related to corrupt local politics. Two of the Rabbis involved, Mordchai Fish, who served at  Congregation Sheves Achim, a synagogue in Brooklyn, and his brother Albert Schwartz, were caught on tape having conversations with the cooperating witness that seemed straight out of  a movie script, according to court transcripts: “I had 25 million from [the bank] – 20 million – that schnookie deal. I gave 20 million to [another bank]. I, I took five million. I sent it offshore..” said the witness, who was reputedly also involved in a counterfeit handbag racket, according to the court papers. At least five rabbis have been arrested. "These men of the cloth... hid their criminal activity behind a 'cloak of rectitude,'” said New Jersey's acting United States Attorney Ralph J. Marra Jr.

 

Scams And Bailouts The Cause of World Depression     This Is Where Each of Your 1.421 Trillion Dollars Is Going In 2010        European Court Ruling spells an end to water fluoridation     Warships in Suez prepare for Iran attack     Iraq’s worst violence since withdrawal      Abuse Images ‘Disgust’ Top US Military Chief

 

Report: Bumbling, bungling, brain-damaged war criminal bush mulled sending troops into Buffalo (AP)

 

israelis arrest Palestinian civilian/activist

 

How Israel lobby controls US IN the early 1960s, Sen. William J. Fulbright fought to force the American Zionist Council to register as agents of a foreign government. The council eluded registration by reorganizing as the American...


israel censors/removes Nakba from schoolbooks   Dozens wounded in Gaza wedding blast   Editorial: Wrong calculations 

 

DRUDGEREPORT: USATODAYGALLUP: Poll Danger Signs; Obama Tracking Lower Than Carter...
Detroit Schools on the Brink, Bankruptcy...
WIRE: So what happened to the promises?

California counties, cities to fight budget deal...

Israeli govt to grab more land

Team Twitter: israel’s Internet War

Israel army destroys house inside Gaza: witnesses (AFP)

 

Goldman Sachs caused the problems in the first place… Who can deny that?   Mail Online | The bank’s 29,400 staff — including about 5,500 based in the firm’s plush marbled London headquarters on Fleet Street — are each in line for bonuses averaging £475,000 this year.   

 

VIEW star Whoopi Goldberg astutely and fearlessly questions moon landing... Whoopi Goldberg questioned the original moon landing on today's edition of "The View." Goldberg, a co-host, wondered who shot the footage and why the flag was "rippling" if there was no wind.

 

Obama To Attend North American Union Meeting      Retired general, lieutenant colonel join reservist’s lawsuit over Obama's birth status...     Obama feels the heat, changes the play (Politico) Politico - Finally, we’re starting to see him sweat.      “Obama is pure, unadulterated Evil Says Black Pastor”     Globalist Think Tank Trots Out Iran Attack Scenario     Cost Of Bailout Hits A Whopping $24 Trillion Dollars       Now Legal Immunity for Swine Flu Vaccine Makers       Sotomayor Would Not Concede a Right to Self-Defense      Brit Home Secretary: Swine Flu Greater Threat Than Terrorism     Commerce Secretary: Americans ‘Need to Pay’ for Chinese Emissions     Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman, CFR Member Picked for State Department Post…How can this be? Why let them screw up more than they already have? They’re f**k-ups, vegetables, etc….t

 

Globalist Think Tank Trots Out Iran Attack Scenario Kurt Nimmo | War Criminal Nations israel and the dis-united states are ready to typically accept a massive death toll in order to “send a message” to Iran.

 

Pakistan wisely objects to expanded American combat operations in Afghanistan... Developing...
Bailouts could cost U.S. $23 trillion...
FDA CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT ITS OWN BUDGET...
Drug companies to reap swine-flu billions in latest contrived corporate welfare program; Analysts predict significant boost to sales...

 

Afghan blast kills 4 GIs in deadliest month for US (AP)

 

Kids' lower IQ scores linked to prenatal pollution

 

David Kelly’s former Iraq aide joins call for inquiry into his murder which was labeled  ’suicide’      Brit Home Secretary: Swine Flu Greater Threat Than Terrorism     Shocking suicide toll on British combat veterans Independent | Britain faces a “ticking timebomb” of mental illness and suicide among young Army veterans who return from hand-to-hand combat in Afghanistan.

 

Israel rejects US call to halt Jerusalem project (AP) - AP - Israel on Sunday rejected a U.S. demand to suspend a planned housing project in east Jerusalem, threatening to further complicate an unusually tense standoff with its strongest ally over settleme... Netanyahu defies U.S. on East Jerusalem settlement (Reuters) - Reuters - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he would not take orders over Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, rejected on Sunday a U.S. demand to halt plans to build more homes for Jews in t... Israel rejects US demand to halt east Jerusalem project (AFP)

 

Report: US dollars funding Israeli settlements

 

Jewish settlers set ablaze olive trees in West Bank (AFP)

 

Paulson Threatened Great Depression, Food Riots, Martial Law To Get Bailout Bill Passed More information has come to light regarding former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s threats to Congress last fall that martial law would ensue unless they passed the bailout bill.

Israel planned to assassinate Ahmadinejad: Iran Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said on Friday that Israel had planned to assassinate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad around the time of last month’s presidential election.

Secret us-israeli meeting to focus on Iran Amid reports that israel is preparing to bomb Iran.

Israeli art students show up at interesting times These “art students” are classic intelligence operatives who have appeared before and after major terrorist events (ie., 9/11, etc.)and covert operations conducted by the Mossad.

Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs Are “Scum,” “Financial Terrorists”  Max Keiser goes on the offensive during an appearance on France 24 as he slams Goldman Sachs as “scum” and “financial terrorists” who should be thrown in jail.

‘Printing money will lead to serious problems down the road,’ says Jim Rogers Legendary global investor and chairman of Singapore- based Rogers Holdings, Jim Rogers said on Wednesday the US government’s interventionist economic policy verges on communism.

Ron Paul: Opening Statement on Federal Reserve Role and Consumer Protection As Dr. Paul argues in this video, additional regulations will be just another tax on consumers, and until we address the underlying problem of the Federal Reserve System itself, consumers will continue to watch the value of their savings decline.

Socialist America Sinking Obama’s first budget will consume 28 percent of the entire GDP; state and local governments another 15 percent. While there is some overlap, in 2009, government will consume 40 percent of GDP, approaching the peak of World War II.

DRUDGEREPORT: Lobotomy Joe BIDEN: IT'S WORKING!     What Economy? What Recovery? There’s Nothing Left to Recover       Regulators shut banks in Calif., Ga. and SD  
'WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO KEEP FROM GOING BANKRUPT'...
WHITE HOUSE ECON ADVISER CLAIMS SUCCESS: FEWER PEOPLE SEARCHING 'ECONOMIC DEPRESSION' ON GOOGLE BECAUSE EXPERIENCING IT FIRST-HAND THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT ECONOMIC DEPRESSION IS...      What Economy? There’s Nothing Left to Recover  There is no economy left to recover. The US manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring and free trade ideology. It was replaced by a mythical “New Economy.” 
HELP WANTED: Dept of Treasury seeks contractors for 'power of humor'...
'Have the ability to create cartoons on the spot'...
UPDATE: Senator quashes department's bid for cartoonist...

CRONKITE DIES
CBO: Federal budget is on unsustainable path...
Freshman Dems Oppose Pelosi's Tax Increase...
Buchanan: Socialist America sinking...
Big Dem cash dump to party moderates on eve of climate vote...
House Democrats muzzle GOP on sensitive issues...

China Overtakes Japan as World's Second-Biggest Stock Market...

Unemployment tops 10 percent in 16 states in June...
California state offices shut down on Friday to save cash...

It's DEAD Bitch: Typical Sick, Psychotic / future serial killer and Cat Killer Taunts Animal Activists... …She was busted last year for using a BB gun to dog-nap a teacup Yorkie with her boyfriend. She was also arrested for robbing a man of his iPod at gunpoint.

Occupiers/jewish terrorists vow to burn down Hebron

Israeli art students show up at interesting times These “art students” are classic intelligence operatives who have appeared before and after major terrorist events and covert operations conducted by the Mossad.

Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs Are “Scum,” “Financial Terrorists”  Max Keiser goes on the offensive during an appearance on France 24 as he slams Goldman Sachs as “scum” and “financial terrorists” who should be thrown in jail.

 

Seymour Hersh stands by Cheney hit squad claim        Flashback: Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersh Describes ‘Executive Assassination Ring’ MinnPost | “After 9/11… the Central Intelligence Agency was very deeply involved in domestic activities against people they thought to be enemies of the state.”

CIA death squads ‘copied Mosssad’

Israel soldiers reveal ’shoot first’ policy in Gaza

Gaza abuses revealed by Israeli troops

israel is a very small u.s. welfare state; but it has made itself useful to the Pentagon… Many bloggers appear to greatly over-estimate the wealth and power of tiny little Israel. Israel’s GDP is lower than that of Greece.   CIA was aiming to kill Al-Qaeda leaders: Report    ZUCKERMAN: The Economy Is Even Worse Than You Think...

Gaza war lacked restraint, some Israeli troops say (Reuters)

Mubarak blames Israel of aborting prisoner swap deal with Hamas

GALLUP: OBAMA APPROVAL DIPS TO NEW LOW...
2 suspected US missile attacks kill 45 civilians in Pakistan...
Jury sees videos of Dem congressman accepting cash...

 

DRUDGEREPORT: China passes USA auto market in first-half sales...
Growing trade partner in Latin America...
US slips, China soars in Fortune company rankings...

 

If proven, alleged Israeli spying in Lebanon a 'serious violation': UN (AFP)  

 

Obama wisely states: 'Absolutely' no green light for Israel to attack Iran...

 

Brain-damaged/ Lobotomized biden, israel and Iran

 

Palestinian children protest Gaza blockade Hisham Abu Taha | Arab News   GAZA CITY: Hundreds of Palestinian children participated in a rally in the Gaza Strip to protest the blockade imposed by Israel on the territory since 2007. Hamas movement, which controls the...  Editorial: Total fabrication8 July 2009 Reports of secret Saudi-Israeli meetings surface from time to time in the international press. Over the past 30 years there have been quite a number of reports and now, it has happened again. The UK’s…Israel and apartheid Neil Berry | Arab News Preoccupied with the paradox of the co-existence of civilized taste and bestial behavior, the literary critic George Steiner has written much about the conduct of Nazi officers who murdered Jews by...


Kingdom denies deal with Israel           Not another rash war!   

 

Al-Sadr demands full U.S. withdrawal from Iraq       Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama      Western Governments Funding Taliban & Al-Qaeda To Kill U.S. Troops, Destabilize Countries       Bureaucrats Will Carry Out Mandatory Home Inspections Under Climate Bill      The Truth Behind The Iraq “Sovereignty” Propaganda        Amnesty details Gaza ‘war crimes’

 

DRUDGEREPORT : 'We're in the Middle of a Crash': Black Swan...

Congress's Travel Tab Swells...
Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold...
From Italy to the Galápagos...

NY City Apartment Sales Down Over 50%...
American soldier captured in Afghanistan...
Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign...

Mortgage applications fall to 7-month low...
Private sector sheds another 473,000 jobs in June...
'Layoffs may be worsening'...
Deficit forces California to issue IOUs...
States brace for shutdowns...

 

 

 

·  Amnesty says Israel "wantonly" destroyed Gaza (Reuters) - Reuters - Amnesty International said on Thursday Israel inflicted "wanton destruction" in the Gaza Strip in attacks that often targeted Palestinian civilians during an offensive in December and Januar...

·  Amnesty accuses Israel, Hamas of Gaza war crimes (AP) - AP - Amnesty International accused Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes Thursday in the most comprehensive report on the recent Gaza war. Both sides rejected the findings.

·  Amnesty accuses Israel of using human shields in Gaza (AFP) - AFP - Amnesty accused Israeli forces on Thursday of war crimes in Gaza, saying they used children as human shields and conducted wanton attacks on civilians, in a report rejected as "unbalanced" by Is...

 

Israeli Army committed war crimes: Amnesty

 

Editorial: Gaza war inquiry

 

Pirates of the Mediterranean Paul Craig Roberts | Israel, of course, will get away with a mere act of piracy. After all, Israel has been getting away with its war crimes and violations of international law for 60 years.

 

israel used drones to kill Palestinians: HRW      Tripartite summit in Egypt      Between principle and necessity    Israel Kidnaps Cynthia McKinney, Human Rights Workers      Israel threatens to shoot international activists The postwar humanitarian crisis in Gaza takes a turn for the worse with the Israeli Navy intercepting a relief ship headed toward the coastal strip.

 

Reward for occupiers      Editorial: The Gaza ghetto      Iraq War: Not another whitewash please!

Israeli Prisons: Are Palestinian Children Abused? (Time.com) Time.com - A report castigates Israeli authorities for the treatment of young boys taken into custody for throwing rocks at soldiers -- and a wall

UN rights mission hears of Gaza children's suffering (AFP) AFP - A UN human rights mission listened to testimony about the suffering of children in the Gaza Strip on Monday before wrapping up two days of public hearings into alleged Israeli war crimes.

Israel to build 50 new homes at West Bank settlement ignoring u.s. request despite the same being u.s. money financing same (Reuters)

US, Israel behind Iran vote-rigging rumors: Ejei

 

Israel told to freeze settlements

 

Fed Tried to Cover-up Its Involvement in Bank of America-Merrill Deal Reuters | Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve made inappropriate threats to fire Bank of America management unless they went ahead with the ’shotgun wedding’ that was the Merrill Lynch acquisition.

 

…RASMUSSEN REPORTS  On a more global scale and with a longer-term view, Rasmussen finds that 49% of voters believe that the best days for the United States are in the past…These data tend to support the idea of under-weighting the US in asset allocation models and over-weighting countries in the ascendant stage…

BofA's Wrist Slap Speaks Volumes About Capital Markets Integrity In the Most Negative Sense (at Seeking Alpha)

France finds no evidence against Iran N program       

 

International Bailout Brings Us Closer to Economic Collapse Ron Paul | From their spending habits, an economic collapse seems to be the goal of Congress and this administration.

 

Citi boosting salaries to offset lower bonuses, allegedly to retain the clowns who helped make them taxpayer dependant and cause the current debacle; how ‘bout firing them instead and offering opportunity to the new, particularly non-ivy league vegetable garden grads     

 

The Fed's Merrill Secrets (at Forbes.com) Bernanke must convince Congress this Fed didn't hide Merrill's losses from other regulators or Bank of America. The Federal Reserve kept other regulators in the dark about problems with Bank of America's purchase of Merrill Lynch and scrambled to prevent the public disclosure of large losses at Merrill before a scheduled late-January earnings announcement, according to excerpts of e-mails released Wednesday...Lewis contends he became aware of more than $15 billion of losses in mid December, after shareholders signed off on the deal. He called the Fed and Treasury and raised the possibility of walking away from the table using the adverse change clause. As the story now goes, the Fed and Treasury persuaded him not to invoke the clause. This is another issue yet to be determined: Did Lewis betray his shareholders by acquiescing to the wishes of regulators?...

 

Israel nears deal with US to use u.s. money to buy F-35 fighter jets…and use u.s. money for new settlements

 

Rights group: Israeli binding practices constitute torture

 

Tribal Leader Who Revealed Taliban Israeli-U.S. Links Assassinated

 

israeli police humiliate Palestinians in video (AFP)    Mubarak says time is right for Arab-Israeli peace (Reuters)      Videos show how Palestinians are humiliated

 

IT'S ON: W SLAMS O…How can this be? War criminal bush should be in jail (with cheney)…He’s destroyed this country among others and as well, to prove he’s an absolute fool and a boob, destroyed the republican party…Do you recall his push for social security invested in the stock market before the crash…Just imagine the consequences…the bush crime family should be forced into exile!

 

israel: Road map to nowhere

 

Iran accuses US of meddling after disputed vote (AP)    

 

Editorial: Another attempt at cover-up

 

israeli minister’s remarks flayed

 

Hamas accepts Israel with 1967 borders

 

Editorial: Shaping new economic order

 

Typical sick jew teen charged in string of cat killings (AP) … future israeli war criminal or serial killer …Tyler Hayes Weinman, whose divorced parents live in the neighborhoods where many of the cats were killed, was charged Sunday with 19 counts each of animal cruelty and improperly disposing of an animal body. Louis B. Schlesinger, a professor of forensic psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, said cat killings are committed by "psychotic individuals," and are usually solo acts. He said the teenager should be evaluated, and he expected court officials to take the matter seriously. "When you kill cats, disembowel them and cut their heads off, that is not a good sign and you do not have to be Sigmund Freud to see that," he said. …Police said they investigated more than 30 cat deaths since May and were flooded with tips from concerned citizens …Authorities said Weinman was spending his summer doing odd jobs. He was twice arrested as a juvenile, though they said they could not provide details…

 

US and Israel on collision course: Carter

 

Editorial: UN team and Gaza probe

     

Netanayahu draws Arab anger for setting typically unworkable terms

 

War crimes in Gaza: israel defies UN again  

 

‘Palestinian state only option’

 

US ship survivors tell Press TV of Israeli attack A deadly Israeli attack on a US ship — an incident largely kept in the dark by Washington — receives new attention with survivors reliving the painful memory.

 

Poll: Israeli gov’t most corrupt in world

 

Loud barking, will they bite? Consonant with reality, israel is as they should be in the international doghouse. The Israeli government’s reluctance to progress toward a two-state solution, its demolitions in East Jerusalem, and its continued expansion of Jewish settlements...

 

Report Ties Dubious Iran Nuclear Docs to Israel Gareth Porter | New evidence that Israeli intelligence was the source of the collection of intelligence documents which have been used to accuse Iran of hiding nuclear weapons research.

 

Middle East: Time for action           American Muslims welcome president's 'tone of peace'        Editorial: Now is time for Obama to act

 

Inevitability owing to their militant/illegal policies leads israel to begin “Doomsday” Drill

 

Netanyahu says no to settlement freeze

 

Obama wisely backs Palestinian state       Editorial: US, Israel and Palestinians

 

Obama calls on Israel to halt settlements...

Amnesty: Israel repeatedly violated rules of war in Gaza

 

israel threatening Iran with their illegal ‘nukes’

 

israeli talks typically false offer useless without Golan: Syria (Reuters)    
WHO urges war crimes nation israel to lift Gaza blockade (AFP)    WHO urges Israel to lift Gaza blockade   

Israeli government too extreme to make peace: Syria's Assad (Reuters)
Sarkozy says Palestinian state vital to Mideast peace (AFP)
Israel to ban Naqba commemoration (AFP)
Netanyahu defies Obama on Israeli settlement freeze (Reuters)

 

Occupiers can change nationality, says Qorei RAMALLAH: Ahmed Qorei, the head of Palestinian negotiating team with Israel, said that Jewish occupiers could live under Palestinian law and can become Palestinian citizens. “(Former US Secretary...

 

Amman protests Israeli idea depicting Jordan home for Palestinians

 

Israel preparing ‘classic’ war because that’s what they do…war

Israel to ignite all-out regional war…Is there anyone who rationally doubts the need to eliminate/exterminate nazionist israel/israelis for the sake of world peace and justice?

 

israeli talks typically false offer useless without Golan: Syria (Reuters)    


WHO urges war crimes nation israel to lift Gaza blockade (AFP)

 

Two Palestinian activists killed in cold blood by israeli forces near Gaza Strip (AFP)

‘Probe of war crimes goes on without israeli OK’

israeli settlers reject Obama call to halt building so that war crimes may continue…justifying action to eliminate/exterminate nazionist israel/israelis for the sake of world peace and justice…..

israel ready for peace talks for the umteenth time…..riiiiight! : netanayahu

israeli response to u.s. entreaties for mideast peace: israeli warplanes bomb Hamas target, Gaza tunnels (Reuters)
If america is serious and not just as always posturing for the cameras, they certainly have the clout with Israel to force the long overdue peace which is coincidentally in u.s. interest as well as that of the world.
US pushes for halt to Jewish settlements (AFP)     US officials press Israeli leader on Mideast peace (AP)

Editorial: Obama should force Israel to act For decades, the chasm between words and deeds has been the root cause of the continued nonexistence of a Palestinian state and the Israelis’ ability to treat international views on the matter with...

‘Iran has hard evidence of Israeli war crimes’ A representative to the Leader says Iran has gathered ‘thousands of documents’ which testify to Israeli atrocities in Palestine.

Panetta: israel knows launching attack against Iran would mean 'big trouble'...

Harman begins to backtrack denials of wiretap story The California Democrat who was allegedly caught on an FBI wiretap promising to aid accused Israeli spies in 2005 has begun walking back her original denials.

Harman and AIPAC: More Evidence of Massive Government Corruption  Kurt Nimmo | If the AIPAC operatives are convicted, treason charges against Harman should not be ruled out.


israeli parliament member in letter to Rahm Emanuel: 'Don't forget you're jewish!'...

Wiretap reveals reach of US pro-Israel lobby WASHINGTON: Rep. Jane Harman, the California Democrat with longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on a National Security Agency (NSA) wiretap telling “a suspected israeli agent”...

netanayahu: No second Holocaust against jews (there are loads of jews in the u.s. and mideast) because there was never a first (the Christ-killers love to play the victim) but the first is now on the table so that there may be peace on earth (AP)

GENEVA – Dozens of Failed Western diplomats walked out of a U.N. conference and a pair of rainbow-wigged protesters threw their fitting clown noses in the air Monday when the truth-speaking leader of Iran called israel the "most cruel and repressive racist regime."…

British racist hypocrits/zionists joined a dramatic diplomatic walkout today when President Ahmadinejad of Iran told the truth in a major UN conference against racism that the racist state of israel had been founded “on the pretext of jewish suffering” during the Second World War. brits are out to lunch (look at England-big brotherly pathetic)! Come on! People may differ regarding the holocaust ( what about Armenians, American Indians, Russians and Poles in WWII, etc.), but clearly israel’s war crimes are ignored and clearly they truly are a brutal and racist regime and illegally have nuclear weapons and are a u.s. funded bully/war criminal nation in the mid-east. When truth is hard to digest

israel in search of ‘anti-heroes’ to bomb Iran

 

Olmert charged with war crimes

 

israel: New govt and old policies

Steering Israel to peace by reality of peace or action to eliminate/exterminate nazionist israel/israelis for the sake of world peace and justice.

Freedom and its absence in Lebanon and the USA
The Lebanese elections are due to be held shortly, and emotions are high by many Lebanese who see great stake in who wins and looses
Regional, Analysis, 6/1/2009

Maharat Foundation launches report on the status of freedom of speech and
The journalists were critical of their work circumstances and complained about the lack of freedom in their institutions
Lebanon, Politics, 6/1/2009

Obama seeks enhanced engagement with the Middle East
Obama begins his trip June 3 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for consultations with King Abdullah on issues including the Middle East peace process, energy and terrorism
Regional-USA, Politics, 6/1/2009

Writer and journalist Kilo released in Syria
Reporters Without Borders spoke of the writer and journalist Michel Kilo's being released at 11 p.m. (local time) on 19 May 2009 from the Damascus headquarters of the intelligence services, where he had been held and interrogated for the previous five days.
Syria, Politics, 6/1/2009

Previously abducted Egyptian blogger harassed by police
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) spoke of the threats by State Security agents to blogger Dia Eddin Gad, owner of the blog "Angry voice"
Egypt, Politics, 6/1/2009

Harassment of pro-Hamas journalists by West Bank security
harassment of pro-Hamas journalists by West Bank security services, in particular the arrests of Al-Aqsa TV cameraman Oussid Amarena and "Filasteen" bureau chief Mustapha Sabri in the past 11 days
Palestine, Politics, 6/1/2009

Israel stunned at US firmness on freezing settlements
"Tensions between the USA and Israel are growing after the US administration's demand that Israel completely freeze construction in all Jewish colonies in the West Bank," Haaretz Israeli daily said, Sunday.
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 6/1/2009

Iran views on Lebanon elections and US policy
Iran's Minister of Foreign affairs said today "we have waited till today, and are still patiently waiting to see new US government's practical steps (in right direction)."
Lebanon-Iran-USA, Politics, 6/1/2009

Blair questioned on work as Middle East envoy
The committee warned that the projects must facilitate the creation of a viable contiguous Palestinian state, while criticizing the continuing expansion of illegal Israeli settlement. The Quartet was also criticized for not pressing Israel to ease its inhuman siege of Gaza.
Palestine-Israel-UK, Politics, 6/1/2009

Sarkozy : Palestinian state is a 'legitimate right'
Sarkozy told the official UAE's news agency WAM, 'no one would think seriously about peace in the Middle East without giving the Palestinians a state they have been persevering for years. It is their legitimate right.'
Palestine-Israel-France, Politics, 6/1/2009


News from around the web:

Berri: Lebanese will show support for Resistance - Daily Star
Lebanon, Politics, 6/1/2009

Rival Lebanon camps postpone defence talks - Yahoo! News
Lebanon, Politics, 6/1/2009

In Lebanon’s Patchwork, a Focus on Armenians’ Political Might - NY Times
Lebanon, Politics, 6/1/2009

Major security plan drawn up for election day - Baroud - Daily Star
Lebanon, Politics, 6/1/2009

Lebanese elections: When faking democracy works - Daily Star
Lebanon, Politics, 6/1/2009

U.S. Weighs Tactics on Israeli Settlement - NY Times
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 6/1/2009

Palestinian Authority Forces Battle Hamas Fighters in West Bank; 6 Killed - WashingtonPost.com
Palestine, Politics, 6/1/2009

Netanyahu defies Obama call for settlement freeze - WashingtonPost.com
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 6/1/2009

Iraqi lawmakers demand halt to Kuwait reparations - Yahoo! News
Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 6/1/2009

Kurds begin exporting oil in boost Iraqi revenues and their political clout - LA Times
Iraq, Politics, 6/1/2009

Allotting of Iraqi Oil Rights May Stoke Hostility - NY Times
Iraq, Politics, 6/1/2009

In Iraq, Assertive Parliament Emerges Under New Speaker - WashingtonPost.com
Iraq, Politics, 6/1/2009

Hezbollah Says It Is Talking to European Union and I.M.F. - NY Times
Lebanon-European Union, Politics, 6/1/2009

Justice Dept. Backs Saudi Royal Family on 9/11 Lawsuit - NY Times
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 6/1/2009

 

9-24-09
Marc Faber Says U.S. Government Will Fail in 5 to 10 Years Infowars | Faber says gold will go up over $3,000 an ounce and Bernanke is a criminal.     Push For New Global Currency At G20        HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy     Senior Harvard and Cato Economist: Government is Proposing to Institutionalize Bailouts for the Giant Banks          Asia stocks track US down after bleak housing data (AP)         UK’s Brown says G20 to become main economic council  

AP IMPACT: School drinking water contains toxins (AP)        State-by-state breakdown of 2008 divorce rates, according to census figures released this week            U.S. Pharmaceutical Factories Dumping Huge Quantities of Drugs Into Public Sewers, Rivers and Waterways

Barack As Anti-Christ: Obama Worship Song Adapted From “Jesus Loves The Little Children” america’s further retreat from reality”  The idea of kids being forced to worship Obama in schools across America is no longer just a chilling example of Maoist style political brainwashing – children are literally being trained to religiously worship Obama via adapted versions of Christian hymns!  America, just like Iraq, is a conquered country occupied by troops manning checkpoints and searching vehicles – and as our recent article documents, this is not just for “special security events,” its now routine all over the U.S.     Obama will bypass Congress to detain suspects indefinitely       Secret White House letter to G-20 Greg Palast | May I remind you Monsieur le Président, that last month 216,000 Americans lost their jobs, bringing the total lost since your inauguration to about seven million? And rising.        Media, Bloggers Frame Murder of Census Worker as “Rightwing” Political Crime     Joint U.S.-Israeli War Crimes Drill: Preparation for Iran Attack?       Military Attacks American Citizens With Sound Weapons & Tear Gas At G20       Gadhafi Tells UN Swine Flu Is A Military Weapon Gadhafi suggested that the “swine flu” virus was a military tool or corporate weapon produced from a lab, and hinted Israel was behind President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.        Proof of CIA kidnapping ‘indisputable’: Italian prosecutor

9-23-09
Defaults on Credit Cards Climbed to Record 11.49%...      Ten Big Companies That Are Veering Toward Bankruptcy          ‘Dr. Deflation’ Changes His Mind After 27+ Years  Dr. Martin Weiss has reversed course. He now thinks price inflation lies ahead.       Bank President Admitted that All Credit Is Created Out of Thin Air With the Flick of a Pen Upon the Bank’s Books      

Ten Big Companies That Are Veering Toward Bankruptcy  Yahoo! Finance | A new report by Audit Integrity identifies some high-profile names “that have the highest probability of declaring bankruptcy among publicly traded firms.”

Red Alert: Military attempts to frame Infowars reporters for terrorism at G20 summit       Maximum Alert: U.S. Troops Now Occupying America        “Intelligent” Pre-Crime Surveillance Cameras Coming Within Five Years        Tehran dumps dollar for euro      Marc Faber: US Govt may fail in 5 to 10 years      ‘Dr. Deflation’ Changes His Mind After 27+ Years

Ten Big Companies That Are Veering Toward Bankruptcy

1. Hertz   When you have tons of debt financing your fleet of cars, falling rental demand really hurts. While the company raised new capital in May for some breathing room, Fitch and Moody’s actually cut their ratings for the company in July. Ignoring the downgrade, shares kept rallying and are now at over five times the March $2 low. Best of luck. Market Cap (MC)/Enterprise Value (EV) = 32%
2. Textron   What a tough time to be selling business jets. Textron wrote down $2.3 billion its backlog this year after it canceled a new jet design, and demand for its other aircraft-related offerings has plummeted.  Shareholders may be heartened by the company’s ability to push back some debt maturities lately, but deteriorating credit quality at the company’s leasing arm makes the outlook uncertain at best. MC/EV=39%
3. Sprint Nextel  Sprint Nextel is bleeding customers, and could lose as many as 4.4 million net post-paid subscribers this year. This is a huge problem when you have large amounts of maturing debt over the next few years. A recent Deutsche Telekom acquisition rumor offered some hope, but that appears to have faded. Facing a difficult road ahead on its own, the company better keep its lawyers on speed-dial. MC/EV=41%
4. Macy's   Does anyone even shop at department stores anymore?  Same store sales will likely keep falling at Macy’s right through 2009. With $2.4 billion of maturing debt over the next five years, the company is trying to cut costs, and has already reduced its dividend. Hopefully the US consumer will bounce back soon, and actually want to shop at Macy's. MC/EV=47%
5. Mylan   In a classic case of management empire building, Mylan overpaid big time when it bought Merck’s generic business back in 2007 and is now stuck with $5 billion of long-term debt as a result. From 2007 – 2008, the company lost over $1.3 billion very much due to goodwill write-downs. While the company could earn $300 million this year, they’ll have to earn far more than that in the future to make their debt manageable. MC/EV=51%
6. Goodyear   Demand for Goodyear tires has sunk, and the company is saddled with massive debt and pension obligations. It doesn’t help that The United Steelworkers union prevents the company from proper cost control by forcing factories to stay open. Shareholders have to wonder how much value will be left of the company after bondholders and the union members have their way. MC/EV=53%
7. CBS   Weak advertising and falling license fees have sent CBS's earnings off a cliff in 2009. If they remain depressed for too long, the company could have trouble refinancing $3.2 billion of debt coming due over the next five years. It will really come down to whether or not CBS’s earnings collapse is merely cyclical, or the result of structural trend whereby traditional TV is dying. As a business blog, we can't help but feel partly guilty here. MC/EV=55%
8. Advanced Micro Devices   When will AMD actually make money again? The question is becoming more important by the day since it carries over $5 billion in long-term debt. After losing almost $3 billion from 2007 – 2008, analysts expect the company to lose more money in 2009 and 2010. While the shares rallied from their February $2 low, they still appear stuck in a long-term down trend from $40 highs way back in 2006. MC/EV=55%
9. Las Vegas Sands   Las Vegas Sands over-expanded and over-levered in the last few years and now has over $10 billion in debt to deal with. Despite jumping 13 times from their March low, Las Vegas Sands shares still face an uphill battle. Conditions in Las Vegas are horrible, Asian expansion isn’t enough, and if this lasts too long then LVS will end up in bankruptcy court looking like it bit off more than it can chew. MC/EV=60%
10. Interpublic Group    As one of the largest advertising and marketing companies in the world, IPG was slammed by the global recession. As the company’s CEO said during recent second quarter results, the downturn “is proving steeper and more lasting than expected”. Revenues have fallen double digits and the company’s exposure to General Motors as its largest client hasn’t helped. MC/EV=80%

9-22-09
Faber: Emerging Market Economies Will Challenge and Surpass the West        The Recession Is Far from Over      It Is Going To Be A Rocky Road Chuck Baldwin | America is on the verge of total financial collapse.   The Economy is a Lie, too Paul Craig Roberts | The worst part of the decline is yet to come.      US gold rises toward $1,020/oz on dollar tumble

Rational Brzezinski: Shoot Down Israeli Planes If They Attack Iran

The Next Crisis Nobody Is Talking About         Another Microbiology Researcher Dies      Nurses Plan Rally To Protest Mandatory Swine Flu Shot  

Prince Charles Tells Commoners to Abandon Cars Telegraph | The Prince has two Jaguars, two Audis, a Range Rover and still drives an Aston Martin given to him by the Queen on his 21st birthday.

British Army draws up plan to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan – Talk about kissin’ crazy american asses – an existential sign of inherent weakness and …        The Afghan Disaster       

DRUDGEREPORT: Obama to push for new economic world order…careful what you wish for-any new economic world order relegates u.s. to 3rd world banana republic status, worthless currency/paper, deficits, gunboat diplomacy and all...
Says Climate Change 'Irreversible Catastrophe' If Not Addressed...
UK Paper: 'Obama the impotent: The disappointment is tangible'...
Why is everyone saying no to him?
NY GOV BLAMES PRESIDENT FOR WOES
UN Climate Summit Leaves Large Carbon Footprint in NYC; 'Each foreign leader has a convoy of vehicles'...

 

9-21-09
Mark Hulbert (9-22-09): Corporate insiders selling at faster pace      The stock market rally is just another bubble — and it’s set to pop      Senator Sanders: “Don’t Believe Anybody Who’s Telling You ‘The Recession is Over’ ”      90% Say Fed Should Be Abolished In CNBC Poll      California Joblessness Reaches 70-Year High: Highest Since 1940     Health Care Reform Is More Corporate Welfare

Audit the Fed Cosponsor Update Congressmen Glenn Nye of Virginia’s 2nd District signed on to HR 1207 yesterday, bringing the total number of cosponsors to 290.

OBAMA OPEN TO NEWSPAPER BAILOUT BILL..TALK ABOUT PANDERING TO GOVERNMENT DEPENDENT/FINANCED PRESS WITH THE OBVIOUS REAL IMPLICATIONS...

Rosenberg…WHO IS DOING THE BUYING?

Is it the private client? Not really — stock funds actually had net outflows of $1.33 billion last week, while bond funds enjoyed an $8.2 billion net inflow.

Is it corporate insiders? Well, heck no — Robert Toll (CEO of Toll Brothers) just disclosed that he sold a total 1.6 million shares of his company’s stock yesterday.

Is it buybacks? Not at all — in fact, S&P 500 companies bought back a mere $24.4 billion on stock repurchases in 2Q, down 72% from a year ago and the lowest in recorded history, according to Howard Silverblatt of Standard & Poor’s.

So who’s doing the buying? Very likely it is still a combination of program trading, short coverings and portfolio managers desperately trying to make up for last year’s epic losses.

WAY TOO MUCH RISK IN THE EQUITY MARKET

Never before has the S&P 500 rallied 60% from a low in such a short time frame as six months. And never before have we seen the S&P 500 rally 60% over an interval in which there were 2.5 million job losses…we are reminded of Japan where rates were microscopic for years and the Nikkei certainly did enjoy no fewer than four 50% rallies and over 420,000 rally points in a market that is still more than 70% lower today than it was two decades ago…

 

Market Rally Exaggerates Reality - Gluskin Sheff /Seeking Alpha: The rebound in equity markets over the past six months wildly exaggerates the economic landscape of the moment, says David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates. And with the S&P 500 now trading north of a 26x price-to-trailing earnings ratio, the next twelve months is shaping up to be a rough one for investors. "Going back over the last six decades, we know that the market typically faces serious valuation constraints once it breaches the 25x P/E multiple threshold, he said in a note to clients.

"The average total return a year out for the S&P 500 is -0.3% and the median is -6.2%. The total return is negative a year later 60% of the time, so when we say that there is too much growth and too much risk embedded in the equity market right now, we like to think that we have history on our side."

Mr. Rosenberg said the 60% rally of the March low assumes wrongly that GDP has expanded by 5.3% on average and that corporate profits are growing at 34%. In reality, GDP and corporate earnings are just now bottoming. Furthermore, the stock rally is pricing in an employment rebound of 2.1 million and a rise in bank lending of 16.5% on average. But both employment and bank lending continue to decline. At its current valuation, Mr. Rosenberg said the S&P 500 is priced for US$83 in operating earnings per share, which is nearly double from the most recent fourth quarter trend. Meanwhile, consensus bottom-up estimates are predicting US$73 in operating earnings per share in 2010, with US$83 not likely until 2012. "The market is basically discounting an earnings stream that even the consensus does not see for another two to three years," he said. "In other words, this is more than just a fully priced market at this stage."

 

Home Health Care Workers in New York Required to Get Vaccinated          The Drug Cartel and Pandemic H1N1 Swine Flu Viruses and Vaccines       Man Protests Obama, Gets Snatched by Cops as Obamanoids Cheer       Five Freedom-Destroying Hate Bills Surge Forward In Congress     Panamax 2009: A U.S. Military Exercise to Train Soldiers to Impose Pandemic Martial Law       Obama: We Need To Bailout Newspapers To Stop New Media Taking Over  President Obama has stated that he is happy to consider bailing out the corporate media, expressing concerns that alternative internet based news outlets will grow in popularity as a result of the downfall of newspapers.

U.S. Gravediggers to be Fully Employed: Surprised?  Greg Evensen | I just told the gravedigger to go to hell, and take a bunch of these Obama lunatics with him

Social Utility: How Much Are Grandpa and Grandma Worth?  Rus­sell L. Blay­lock, M.D. | The American gnostic elite have chosen negative euthanasia as the system that will be most accepted by the people, the masses. The mechanism for this mode of killing is rationing of health care.

Feds charge Obama/Clinton fund-raiser in $290 million fraud...

9-18-09
FDIC May Tap Fed Treasury Funds     State Unemployment Keeps Rising; Three Hit Record Highs     The Global Credit Crunch Is Not Receding, It Is Intensifying        Congress Considers Raising Debt Ceiling Again to Borrow from Bankers       Obama: Legalize illegals to get them health care          Charts Predict: Gold Heading To $1,200

america is Hooked on War. Orwell, 1984?

China Dissidents, Whistleblowers Detained in Mental Institutions China Digital Times | Dissidents and petitioners are locked up in mental institutions for complaining about corruption.

Camp FEMA: Exposing the Government Plan for Political Concentration Camps Kurt Nimmo | The Infowars Store releases this landmark documentary today, September 18.

State Says Forced Injections, Quarantines For “Rapidly Spreading Germ,” But Not Swine Flu Paul Joseph Watson | But legislation states that people who refuse to follow orders will be jailed.

DRUDGEREPORT: Gold surges close to record high...
Dollar To Fall Further...
WHITE STUDENT BEATEN ON SCHOOL BUS; CROWD OF N****RS CHEER...
 THERE WILL BE BLOOD: PELOSI WARNS OF POLITICAL 'VIOLENCE'
VIDEO: Pelosi, Clearly a Mental Case in Over Her Head, Chokes Up Amid Fears of Political Violence...
House Republican campaign chief: 'Speaker now likening genuine opposition to assassination'...
California Unemployment Rate Reaches 12.2%…which is very understandable...

9-17-09

Plunging Pensions: Taxpayers Below        Some Scary Implications of US Debt       Looming Global Debt Crisis    Congressman Grayson: Fed Secretly “Stuffed” $500 Billion into “Foreign Private Pockets” and Gave $230 Billion to Citi “As a Secret Bailout”       Ron Paul: End the Fed, Save the Dollar       Gerald Celente: There is No Recovery

Police and Military Train To Intern Swine Flu Vaccine Refusniks   Paul Joseph Watson | While health authorities create plausible deniability by acknowledging millions of deadly health problems will be blamed on the vaccine in the aftermath of mass immunization programs.  Soldier, Former State Trooper Speak Out On Forced Vaccinations Infowars | Claim public will be forced vaccinated or sent to concentration camps.     Attack On Iran Appears Imminent      U.S. Intel Report Concludes Iran Has Not Taken Steps to Make Nuke Bomb       US lawmakers vow tough action on Iran       US actually increasing personnel in Iraq: More contractors, fewer troops       Pentagon Targets UK and France With Psyops Websites      Democracy at gunpoint      Ron Paul Q&A: Audit the Fed, Then End It      Houston Cops Handcuff, Assault Man For Posting Obama Joker Flyers A Houston man was handcuffed and assaulted by cops for posting anti-Obama flyers around his town, actions described as “criminal vandalism” by police and some local residents, despite the fact that giant pro-Obama murals are openly displayed in the same neighborhood for all to see.

DRUDGEREPORT: Gold surges close to record high...
Dollar To Fall Further...
WHITE STUDENT BEATEN ON SCHOOL BUS; CROWD OF N****RS CHEER...
 THERE WILL BE BLOOD: PELOSI WARNS OF POLITICAL 'VIOLENCE'
VIDEO: Pelosi, Clearly a Mental Case in Over Her Head, Chokes Up Amid Fears of Political Violence...
House Republican campaign chief: 'Speaker now likening genuine opposition to assassination'...

9-16-09
We Are in Deep Trouble: We are Going to See New Lows in The Markets     BULLISH STANCE IS WEARING THIN       Bernanke Says Recession Over. Should You Believe Him?  Barry Ritholtz | Based on his track record as a forecaster and his acumen in identifying economic problems before they exploded, his views on starts and finishes of recessions are, to be blunt, irrelevant.     Weak Dollar Boosts Gold Prices       Reality Receding        Gold surges close to record high...      Dollar To Fall Further...

 

9-15-09

US credit shrinks at Great Depression rate prompting reality of double-dip recession        Ron Paul: Federal government ‘one giant toxic asset’      Are Foreign Purchases of U.S. Treasury Bonds Being Faked?   Everyone knows that the American government is gaming the market for treasury bonds to some extent           Reich Joins Those Calling for an End of “Too Big to Fail”     Why Obama Isn’t Breaking Up the Insolvent Banks Washington’s Blog | Top economists and financial experts believe that the economy cannot recover unless the big, insolvent banks are broken up in an orderly fashion.

Sheen Blasts Cowardly Corporate Media Refusal to Debate 9/11 Facts       China Dissidents, Whistleblowers Detained in Mental Institutions       In Violation of the Constitution: Obama Takes On Chairmanship of UN Security Council       Obama Supports Extending Patriot Act        Antibiotic-resistant Superbug Found on U.S. Beaches        Washington Post Refuses to Post Its Own Poll Findings: 54% Skeptical of Obamacare Plan     FBI figures: One drug bust in US every 18 second

Politics Digest: Jimmy Carter, Who Knows the Ropes When It Comes to Failed Presidencies Having Had One Himself in a Very Major Way, Says Blame Racism or Anything But Reality for obama’s Failed Presidency and that Racism Is Behind Animosity to Obama – Sure jimbo, anything you say…a

Wilson's son says Congressman is not racist (AP) If criticizing obama for his flawed, gutless, misguided policies is racism, that would make racism a good thing but obviously such criticism as levied against the failed president immediately preceding him whose policies seem to be indelibly imprinted in wobama’s psyche is not racism at all but the race card in full splendor.

More U.S. troops needed for Afghan war: Mullen Sure. Spend more money you don’t have to keep the military industrial complex flush and war profiteering replete with war crimes flourishing. Moreover, ask Russia how to effectively waste money and resources there. Remember, america’s defacto bankrupt!

DRUDGEREPORT: HOUSE RULES BAN 'LIAR', 'HYPOCRITE', 'INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST SUCH WORDS HITTING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO HOME/HOUSE/ETC'
Rep. Wilson first congressman in history to be formally rebuked for behavior toward president in chamber... Developing...
WHITE STUDENT BEATEN ON SCHOOL BUS; CROWD OF N****RS CHEER...


 

 

 

9-14-09

Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman       “Everything the US has done since the crisis is wrong” – economist        Bankster Bailout Did Nothing to Solve Problem, Crisis Now Worse       Economist warns of coming double-dip depression...     The Case for a Bear Market Rally      Larry Summers: High Unemployment for Years to Come       The Herding Effect - Why Investors Are Usually Wrong …A look at the numbers shows that P/E levels and dividend yields have not yet reached fair valuations. In fact, the market is grossly overvalued… Obama Pushes Banker Takeover Plan at Federal Hall Kurt Nimmo | If implemented, Obama’s financial regulations will amount to a final coup d’état by the banksters and their technocrats and enforcers at the Federal Reserve.    Bankster Bailout Did Nothing to Solve Problem, Crisis Now Worse Bloomberg | Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize- winning economist, said the U.S. has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.   Washington: The ‘Dominant Player’ on Wall Street Little Alex in Wonderland | After the bubble burst in each cycle, the gains to investors turned out largely to have been a mirage, while the gains of the executives and the money managers remained largely intact.

Obama to urge financial overhaul with More Jive from Jive-talker wobama Since Enforcement and Prosecution Under existing Laws Would Suffice but He’s Into the wall street Frauds Bigtime!l BBC News - ‎US President Barack Obama is poised to call on Congress to approve an overhaul of the US regulatory regime. In a speech to mark one year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers bank, he will also mount a vigorous defence of his administration's economic indefensibility...

Scientific Poll by Pew Research Center: Only 29% Of Americans Trust Mainstream Media

CIA-Linked Intel Center Releases Highly Suspicious Bin Laden Tape Paul Joseph Watson | Shadowy terror leader pops up right on time again to get Obama’s wars back on track as public opposition hits an all time high.      Internet Security Software Company Says 9/11 Searches Infected with Malware      Ex-Intel officer discloses US nefarious destabilizing plans for Pakistan

Police Seeking Missing Yale Student Find Body New York Times - Andy Newman, Lynnley Browning - NEW HAVEN - It was supposed to have been Annie Le's wedding night. But hours after the missing Yale graduate student was to have been married, investigators found a body stuffed inside a wall of the lab building …Just another poison ivy league yale day!

Larry Summers: High Unemployment for Years to Come Politico | The president’s chief economic adviser warned Friday that the nation’s unemployment rate would stay “unacceptably high” for years to come.

Corporate Media Seriously Under Reports Numbers at D.C. Tea Party Infowars | Sources on the scene put the number at hundreds of thousands upward to over a million.   The spark that has triggered rebellion Ellen Sauerbrey | People see a government destroying the constitutional principles of limited government and maximum personal freedom that had made america the freest and most prosperous country the world has ever known, very much past tense.

DRUDGEREPORT: 'Magnitude of rally took authorities by surprise'...
Largest protest against President Obama since he took office...
Obama to call for sweeping overhaul of regulations on world's largest banks... More Developing wobama b**l s**t…Obama to urge financial overhaul with More Jive from Jive-talker wobama Since Enforcement and Prosecution Under existing Laws Would Suffice but He’s Into the wall street Frauds Bigtime!l BBC News - US President Barack Obama is poised to call on Congress to approve an overhaul of the US regulatory regime. In a speech to mark one year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers bank, he will also mount a vigorous defence of his administration's economic indefensibility......
Serena Williams launches four-letter rant at judge...      'Take this **** ball and shove it down your **** throat'...      MELTDOWN...
MARCH TO PROTEST SPENDING
Beijing accuses Washington of 'rampant protectionism'...
PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST GUNNED DOWN IN MICHIGAN ...
Held large graphic anti-abortion signs...
Man Charged With Murder...
FREAK:    DOW JONES 9605 TODAY      DOW JONES 9605 SEPT 10, 2001
Bomb (riiiiight!) Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party Planners...
Texas governor sends Rangers to Mexican border; Accuses feds of failing to 'adequately secure'...
Summer Temps Below Average for USA; 34th coolest on record...
Buchanan: america is coming apart...
SOUTH AFRICA THREATENS 'THIRD WORLD WAR' OVER REPORTS THAT ATHLETE IS MALE AND FEMALE...
HBO COMEDIAN BILL MAHER IN BOLD OBAMA RACE SKETCH...     FIRST LADY: 'HOEIN' THE GARDEN'...        'OBAMA BEATS OLD WHITE MAN'...
WHITE HOUSE ECON ADVISER: HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT FOR YEARS TO COME...

 

 

9-11-09

3 more bank failures bring 2009 total to 92      WHITE HOUSE ECON ADVISER: HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT FOR YEARS TO COME...      The Coming Consequences of Banking Fraud      Gold Prices Rise Above $1,010      Taylor Say Fed May Have to Raise Rates Early in 2010

The Coming Consequences of Banking Fraud J. S. Kim | The Double Dip Depression should not be discussed in the realm of economics but rather in the more apropos realm of financial fraud.

Russia Today: “Stop the 9-11 cover-up”         9/11 Commission Members Doubt Official Story      Fifty questions on 9/11      EU MP: U.S. Government Lied About 9/11       Sheen Challenges 9/11 Truth Debunkers To Larry King Live Debate      Informant says FBI threw away chance to catch alleged 9/11 plotter

DRUDGEREPORT: PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST GUNNED DOWN IN MICHIGAN ...
Held large graphic anti-abortion signs...
Man Charged With Murder...
FREAK:    DOW JONES 9605 TODAY      DOW JONES 9605 SEPT 10, 2001
Bomb (riiiiight!) Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party Planners...
Texas governor sends Rangers to Mexican border; Accuses feds of failing to 'adequately secure'...
Summer Temps Below Average for USA; 34th coolest on record...
Buchanan: america is coming apart...
SOUTH AFRICA THREATENS 'THIRD WORLD WAR' OVER REPORTS THAT ATHLETE IS MALE AND FEMALE...
WHITE HOUSE ECON ADVISER: HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT FOR YEARS TO COME...

 

9-10-09
WHY THE BULLS ARE SKATING ON THIN ICE      Ron Paul’s Audit The Fed Bill To Get Hearing in House Committee       Treasury: Millions more foreclosures coming     Greenspan: Market crisis ‘will happen again’     Whose Economic Recovery?  Danny Schechter | A “jobless recovery” will not give these workers the money to buy into even the cheapest health care coverage, public option or not.

WHY THE BULLS ARE SKATING ON THIN ICE  Michael Panzner 9-10-09 Thursday, we had more "good news" on the economic front. Another 550,000+ Americans filed initial jobless claims -- the 35th straight week above the half-a-million mark.

As usual, data that should be seen as a cause for concern seemed to be the catalyst for renewed buying of equities, and the S&P 500 index climbed to its highest level in six months -- up 54 percent since March 9th.

For me, the current disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street brings back memories of the fall of 2007, when share prices were racing to new highs as credit markets were unraveling and the economy was imploding.

That is not the only reason to think there is something wrong with this picture, of course. The points raised in the following commentaries -- from Minyanville and The Pragmatic Capitalist, both of which are regular stopping points of mine -- also suggest the bulls are skating on very thin ice:

"Answers I Really Wanna Know: Is a Tech Wreck on the Horizon?" (Minyanville):

If technology stocks led the market higher and the semiconductors lead tech, what can we read into...
Altera (ALTR) recently raised guidance and the stock was flat.
Diodes (DIOD) recently raised guidance and the stock was flat.
Microchip (MCHP) recently raised guidance and the stock is flat.
Texas Instrument (TXN) substantially raised guidance and the stock is up a dime.
Since Intel (INTC) raised guidance on August 28th, the mother chip is .40 higher (and well below the initial surge).
85% of portfolio managers are bullish on tech in a recent survey.
An ISI Group survey indicates 88% of respondents believe we’re in a bull market.

"5 Reasons the Rally Is Built on Quicksand" (The Pragmatic Capitalist):

From the desk of David Rosenberg this morning [note: TPC's comments are in italics]:

1. This remains a hope-based rally (with strong technicals). I say that because during this six-month 50%+ rally in the S&P 500, the U.S. economy has shed 2.4 million jobs, which is almost as many as we lost during the entire 2001-02 tech wreck — in just six months. The market’s ability to shrug off the loss of 2.4 million jobs is either a sign that it is treating this as old news or sees the cost-cutting as good news for profits. Either way, what we are seeing transpire is without precedent — the magnitude of the employment slide versus the magnitude of the market advance. Truly fascinating stuff.

It’s remarkable to add that jobless claims were 550K this morning – a staggering number this deep into a recession. But fear not – it was “better than expected”.

2. Companies have not really been beating their earnings estimates — only the very final estimates heading into the reporting quarter. For example, the consensus view for 3Q EPS at the start of the year was $21.00, last we saw the estimates were down to just over $14.00. But there is a deeply rooted belief that earnings are coming in better than expected. This is a psychology that is difficult to break. It is completely unknown (for some reason) that corporate revenues are running at a -25% YoY rate, which compares to the -10% we saw at the worst part of the 2001-02 bear market and the -3% trend at the most negative point in 1991.

It’s also interesting to note the very real weakness in corporate revenues. The bottom line can be manipulated, but revenues never lie….

3. Valuation is a poor timing device but even on “normalized” trailing 10-year earnings, the S&P 500 is trading near 18x, which is now above the historical average of 16x

Charlie Sheen Demands Obama Reopen 9/11 Investigation In Video Message          Google Searches For “9/11 Conspiracy” Explode After Sheen’s Letter       Badillo: New York Allows Petition for 9/11 Investigation to Go Forward     80,000 New Yorkers demand a new investigation into 9/11     Former High-Ranking Intelligence Officer: Cheney Responsible for 9/11  Washington’s Blog | Steele has previously written that “9/11 was at a minimum allowed to happen as a pretext for war”.     Obama Youth: Homeland Security Wants To Recruit Girl Scouts  The latest disturbing example of how the federal government, under the umbrella of Obama’s “civilian security force,” is recruiting young people to serve the state comes with the announcement that the Department of Homeland Security is planning to enlist the Girl Scouts.

Rep. Wilson is Right – Government Will Provide Obamacare to Illegals

DRUDGEREPORT: Senate panel votes for military cuts sought by Obama...
Russia Signals Opposition to New Sanctions Against Iran...
REDS: CHAVEZ DRAWS CLOSER TO MORE RATIONAL MOSCOW
Castro using sniffer-dogs to locate political dissidents...     Cuban court upholds 2-year sentence for protester...   [Yes, the same communist dictator castro convertible that labled obama critics racists]
Obama facing growing skepticism within his own party on Afghanistan war... Developing...
NOT SMART: Harvard Endowment Fell 30%...
Yale Endowment Down 30%...

 

9-9-09

Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed      Dollar hits low for 2009...      Predicting Worse Ahead from America’s Economic Crisis Stephen Lendman | Under Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and successive US Treasury Secretaries, America chose the latter path and now faces the consequences of their reckless, criminal behavior.     Fed survey shows US recession that they said would not occur and is a depression may be over       16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon             PAPER: AMERICA 'FACES ARGENTINA-STYLE FALL'...          “Americans Believe That This Is The Katrina Of Recessions. Folks Are On Their Rooftops Without A Boat. The Water Is Rising, And Many See No Way Out.”

 

NBC News to Bloggers: Don’t Say or Think Anything Controversial        

 

Mr. Roff, 9/11 Truthers Are No “Fringe” Movement Paul Joseph Watson | U.S. News & World Report hit piece omits that fact that the majority of the 9/11 Commission members question the official story     The Alex Jones Show: Charlie Sheen Requests Meeting with Obama Over 9/11 Cover-Up  

 

Drudgereport: POLL HELL: Obama disapproval up to 52%...

Venezuela's Chavez accuses Israel of genocide, exterminating Palestinians...
Oliver Stone says Chavez film may struggle to get U.S. play...
Chavez visits Russia to discuss arms, energy deals...

Dollar hits low for 2009...

 

 

9-8-09

 

16 Reasons for Equities Markets to Fall Soon     Forbes Reports the Dollar Has Collapsed       PAPER: AMERICA 'FACES ARGENTINA-STYLE FALL'...        Gold Rises to $1,000 an Ounce for First Time in Six Months on Dollar Drop...      China alarmed by US money printing...      Obama: Senate must raise debt ceiling above $12T       UN Says New Currency Is Needed to Fix Broken ‘Confidence Game’         Bankster Bailout Begins to Impoverish Australian Households       U.S. Hypocrisy Astonishes the World      Predicting Worse Ahead from America’s Economic Crisis Stephen Lendman | Under Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and successive US Treasury Secretaries, America chose the latter path and now faces the consequences of their reckless, criminal behavior.

 

 

9-4-09
Five banks closed by U.S. regulators with 89 total closures      Job losses slow if you believe their fake numbers (they revealed prior better than expected numbers which previously rallied stocks, were indeed not better than expected in fact, and then rallied them again); jobless rate at 26-year high      Unemployment rate reaches a 26-year high      5 bank failures bring '09 tally to 89      Which Flation Will Get Us?      Hong Kong recalls gold reserves, touts high-security vault   Five small regional banks were closed by regulators on Friday evening, pushing 2009’s tally so far to 89 institutions. Of the five failures, two were in Illinois, and there was one each in Arizona, Iowa and Missouri.

 

AP NewsBreak: Iran says US nuke documents 'forged' (AP)      Appeals court rules against Ashcroft in 9/11 case (AP)      NATO jets bomb fuel tankers; Afghans say 70, Mostly Civilians, killed (AP)             AP picture of wounded Marine sparks debate (AP) AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed disappointment Friday at news outlets that used a picture taken and distributed by The Associated Press depicting a U.S. Marine mortally wounded in combat...What disappointment? That marine didn’t have to die for their war crimes/profiteering non-strategy of a defacto bankrupt nation!

Obama Regulation Czar Advocated Removing People’s Organs Without Explicit Consent Cass Sunstein, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), has advocated a policy under which the government would “presume” someone has consented to having his or her organs removed for transplantation into someone else when they die unless that person has explicitly indicated that his or her organs should not be taken.  This is very serious! Less serious in a civilized society, in a meaningfully lawless society as america, the inherent moral hazard is too great.

Obama Website Calls Opponents “Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists”  Kurt Nimmo | Obama language reflects that used in the DHS “right extremist” document.

Indoctrination Of ‘Obama Youth’ In Schools Accelerates Paul Joseph Watson | President’s speech is only one component of brainwashing activities that have been ongoing for the last year.
Iran dismisses bomb studies intelligence as forged A senior Iranian official has accused the United States of feeding “forged” intelligence to the U.N. nuclear watchdog that says Iran had studied ways to make atomic bombs.

Kucinich renews call for Afghan withdrawal after botched airstrike In a Friday press release, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) condemned a NATO airstrike which killed 95 people, including much of the population of a small Afghan village, and renewed his call for the United States to withdraw its forces from both Afghanistan and Iraq.

 

9-3-09

US jobless soars as companies squeeze workers        Food stamp list soars past 35 million...  and New record; up 22% from '08...      Fairy Tales of Recovery, Reality of More Failures      Banks Were Pressured to Take TARP Funds: CEO      HSBC Says Switzerland Luring More Rich Foreigners as Taxes Rise         Gold rises to three-month high as weaker dollar spurs demand        BBC ‘Aftershock’ Promo – Economic Collapse/New World Order       Obama Czar’s SHOCK ADMISSION: ‘Green Jobs’ Goal is ‘Complete Revolution’ Away From ‘Gray Capitalism’         China Set to Buy $50 Billion in IMF Notes China is on track to become the first purchaser of notes issued by the International Monetary Fund, a move that would diversify its foreign asset holdings and could give the IMF’s quasi-currency more clout.

 

Fairy Tales of Recovery, Reality of More Failures Bob Chapman | It is no wonder that the US poverty rate is higher than in Mexico and Turkey.

 

US jobless soars as companies squeeze workers  Times Online | Private employers cut 298,000 American jobs last month, far above economists’ expectations, and squeezed more work out of staff over fewer hours.

 

Afghanistan for Dummies Ray McGovern | I’m going to ask for my money back. I’ve seen this Afghanistan movie before. The first time, Vietnam was in the title.

 

Maryland Gov Says Taking Toxic Vaccination is “Patriotic Duty”  Kurt Nimmo | O’Malley is taking his marching orders directly from the insidious vaccine cartel, Big Pharma, the CDC, and WHO.

 

Congressman Warns US Becoming A Totalitarian State      Health Care Bill Gives Obama Power to Appoint Government ‘Commissioner’ With Sweeping Power to Dictate Health Coverage     Bobcats Over Washington on 9/11: What Were Two Mystery Aircraft Doing Overhead at the Time of the Pentagon Attack?      Why Psychologists Are Infinitely More Dangerous Than Conspiracy Theorists  According to a Psychology Today hit piece written by psychologist John Gartner, people prone to thinking that powerful men might actually get together and plan to maintain and advance their power are borderline psychotics who are a danger to society. In reality, hundreds of years of history has taught us that psychologists routinely aid authoritarian regimes in enforcing tyrannical and inhumane policies while helping them crush political opposition by defining suspicion of authorities as a mental illness.  Psychiatric Insanity

 

Our 10th Amendment Sovereignty Resolve Will Defeat the New World Order!  Dprogram | The cost of this so-called corporate welfare war on terror, and the influx of illegal aliens, and the threat of a North American Union… are all De-Facto UNCONSTITUTIONAL “UNFUNDED” FEDERAL MANDATES!!!

 

DRUDGEREPORT: PARENTS REVOLT OVER PLANNED OBAMA SPEECH TO STUDENTS...
Backlash builds...

Food stamp list soars past 35 million...
New record; up 22% from '08...

Jobless claims remain stubbornly high...

Rangel Plays Race Card, Says Obamacare The Victim...
WASH POST: Rangel Must Step Aside...

ObamaCare Supporter Bites Off Finger Of Protester...

IRS would become Obamacare's enforcer...
Hugo Chavez appropriately bashes Israel in Syria trip...

 

9-2-09

Oldest Swiss Bank Wisely Tells Clients to Sell U.S. Assets or Leave       Madoff Files: A Chronicle of SEC Failure       US jobless soars as companies squeeze workers

 

Peter Schiff: The Zero Down Cash for Clunkers Bubble Peter Schiff | The government tries to boost the economy with your tax money and debt into perpetuity.

PREPARE FOR A LOWER DOW TO GOLD RATIO…by Moses Kim – Seeking Alpha…That era of paper wealth is gone for now, as evidenced by the mass failure of financial institutions last fall, and we have entered into a period when hard assets are in vogue. The Dow to Gold ratio is a useful tool to track this process of asset reallocation, since gold is the ultimate hard asset. Usually, when hard assets enter into a bull market, the Dow to Gold ratio goes to under 5. For example, the ratio hit 1 in 1896, 2 in 1932, 3 in 1974, and 1 again in 1980. The current bull market in gold has brought the ratio from a high of 44 in 1999, to its current reading of 10. In addition, there seems to be a tendency for the ratio to "overshoot" on the downside based on how overextended the ratio becomes. For example, an 18 Dow:Gold ratio eventually fell to 2 in 1932, and a 27 Dow:Gold ratio eventually fell to 1 in 1980. Considering that the Dow:Gold ratio was at 44 prior to this move, it looks like we still have a long way to go on the downside… With stocks overpriced at over 100 times reported earnings, a decent-sized pullback is in order. Therefore, I expect the Dow to Gold ratio to decrease in the coming months and years…

Polls Reveal Obama’s Plummeting Approval Ratings   Bush’s Third Term: You’re Living It     Former High-Ranking Intelligence Officer: Cheney Responsible for 9/11       CDC H1N1 forced quarantine docs leak       CDC Warns Neurologists To Watch For Nerve Disease Following Swine Flu Shots

 

Psychology Today Hit Piece Labels Conspiracy Thinking A Psychotic Illness, Which Shouldn’t Come as too Much of a Surprise when You Take Into Account Many of Their Certifiable, Mentally Troubled Heroes, ie., Freud, Watson, etc….s In an article entitled Dark Minds: When does incredulity become paranoia, Psychology Today writer John Gartner attempts to make the case that the concerns of “conspiracy theorists” are not based in reality but are a product of mental instability, while himself fulfilling every criteria for what he claims classifies such people as psychotics – ignoring evidence that contradicts his preconceptions while embracing the ludicrous “conspiracy theory” that powerful men and governments do not conspire to advance their power.

 

Chris Matthews Proclaims Criticizing Michelle Obama Having 26 Aides Is Racist Infowars | Comments on the corporate media’s contention that criticizing Obama is racist.

 

The U.S. Invades and Occupies Pakistan      U.S. to send “trigger-pullers” to Afghanistan       

 

Zogby: Obama Approval Plummets to 42 Percent Newsmax | President Barack Obama’s job approval rating is down to 42%, with a decline in approval from Democrats the leading factor.      SLIP SLIDING AWAY: OBAMA APPROVAL AT NEW LOW 45%...     Where is the Anti-War Movement in the Age of Obama?       Oklahoma City Bombing Witness Linked to CIA     Provocateurs At End The Fed Rally?  Paul Joseph Watson | “Anarchists” tried to get protesters to commit crimes.

 

UK is ‘facing 70s-style blackouts’

 

 

9-1-09

Goldman Sachs Wrong on Economic Recovery, Macro Hedge Funds Say       The Coming Deposit Insurance Bailout      Russian Professor: Collapse Of America Could Begin In Two Months       The $531 Trillion Dollar Derivatives Time Bomb       Dollar Is Funny Money in Push for World Currency: Kevin Hassett  

 

Paul Tudor Jones, the billionaire hedge-fund manager who outperformed peers last year, is wagering that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley got it wrong in declaring the start of an economic recovery.

 

Wall Street Journal | The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported late last week that the fund that insures some $4.5 trillion in U.S. bank deposits fell to $10.4 billion at the end of June, as the list of failing banks continues to grow.

 

8-31-09

Insiders Selling Stocks at Highest Level Since May 2008       Commercial Real Estate Next Mortgage Crisis     Federal Reserve made $14 billion on turmoil loans       Latest Government Boondoggle: Cash for Dishwashers      Banks' struggles have worsened...       Lehman claims could reach $100 billion: PwC       [$$] Raft of Deals for Failed Banks Puts U.S. on Hook for Billions (at The Wall Street Journal Online)      Bonds, stocks rally unlikely to continue for long       Long-Term Economic Growth Prospects Remain Subpar        

 

AFL-CIO, Dems push new Wall Street tax... …The AFL-CIO, one of the Democratic Party’s most powerful allies, would like to assess a small tax — about a tenth of a percent — on every stock transaction…CLEARLY AN ALBEIT TINY STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO DISCOURAGE THE CHURN-AND-EARN PROGRAMMED TRADES!…

 

Security Goon Crushes Free Speech: ‘This Ain’t America No More’       ‘The Joker’ is back, this time in Longview      Rasmussen: Obama Approval Rating Falls To New Low Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance. That’s the lowest level of total approval yet measured for Obama. Fifty-three percent (53%) now disapprove. Eighty-one percent (81%) of Democrats approve while 83% of Republicans disapprove. As for those not affiliated with either major party, 66% disapprove. See other recent demographic highlights from the tracking polls.

 

 

 

8-28-09

Roubini: “When Governments Reach the Point Where They Are Borrowing to Pay the Interest on Their Borrowing They Are … Running a Ponzi Scheme”      Economic Collapse: Bank Runs, China, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser      Three more banks fail; 2009 total hits 84        The Federal Reserve: Instigating Crisis Since 1913      

 

Roubini: “When Governments Reach the Point Where They Are Borrowing to Pay the Interest on Their Borrowing They Are … Running a Ponzi Scheme”  The interest charge alone on that increased debt will be in the region of $300 billion to $400 billion a year.

Meltdown 101: Why banks' struggles have worsened The Associated Press - Marcy Gordon - ‎WASHINGTON - Despite signs of an improving economy, the nation's banks are still struggling - in fact, the pace of bank failures has accelerated.

 

Bill would give president emergency control of Internet       Forced vaccinations, quarantine camps, health care interrogations and mandatory “decontaminations”  Mike Adams | The United States of America is devolving into medical fascism.    Fox News Poll: Majority Think Swine Flu Vaccine Deadlier Than Virus       Dictator, communist, and walking dead man Castro, ‘the opposition killer/jailer’, Calls Obama Opposition Racist…riiight mr. totalitarian communist, anything you say        Sheehan returns to rebuke Obama    'US not living up to wobama message'     ABC Hypocrisy Over Ad Critical Of Nationalized Healthcare       China, ‘the paper tiger’: US should end naval patrol in China sea

 

8-27-09

The Great Depression and Today - Sobering Parallels Abound              Goldman "Trading Huddles" Expose Fiction of Level Playing Field      1,000 Banks to Fail In Next Two Years      U.S. problem bank list hits 416, insurance fund falls       Racketeering 101: Bailed Out Banks Threaten Systemic Collapse If Fed Discloses Information       [$$] FDIC Insurance Fund Shrinks to $10.4 Billion (at The Wall Street Journal Online)       Japan's unemployment rate hits record high in July      Real US unemployment rate at 16 pct: Fed official       1,000 Banks to Fail In Next Two Years: Bank CEO     Green Shoots is Greater Depression?    Relief Rallies Are Never Made To Last  Since March we have watched a stock market rally borne by low volume and short covering. The gains are reminiscent of the rallies of 1930 and 1932.          

 

MySpace Denies Removing Obama Joker Images        Pentagon caught lying about profiling journalists      CINDY SHEEHAN TAKES TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD TO PROTEST OBAMA'S WAR...          

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  '1,000 BANKS TO FAIL'

CINDY SHEEHAN TAKES TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD TO PROTEST OBAMA'S WAR...       BRIT PAPERS SOUND ALARM ON AFGHAN WAR...        July, August deadliest months for US...   
SENATOR: 'We're almost reaching a revolution in this country'...
Obama Predicts Unemployment, Deficits Far Worse Than Previously Stated...
Grim...   Official: Real unemployment rate at 16%...
Rhode Island to shut down gov't for 12 days...
FT: Deficit fears put Obama's reforms in jeopardy...
WSJ: Dollar Steadily Losing Influence...

Stossel: Every Obama Critic Called a Racist...

Vegas jobless rate hits all-time high of 13.1%...
California at record 11.9%...
NYC 9.6%...

Mounting joblessness fuels housing crisis...

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...    

PEW: Democratic Party ratings plummet...
What rebound? Foreclosures rise, income down... 

 

8-26-09

"Artificially Sweetened" Market Could Face "Seismic Readjustment," Harrison Says      Official: Real unemployment rate at 16%...      Toyota Will Cut Domestic Production as Sales Plummet      Charts: Gold to Hit $1,040 ‘Very Quickly’; S&P to Weaken

 

8-25-09

Judge Orders Fed To Disclose Who Received Bailout Trillions      Zero Hedge Claims that the Federal Reserve ITSELF Traded Over a Trillion Dollars Worth of Derivatives in March Alone           Geithner: Auditing the Fed is a “line that we don’t want to cross”     The Federal Reserve Must Die      “True Deleveraging Has Not Begun Yet Because Losses of Financial Institutions Have Been Socialized”        Obama Predicts Unemployment, Deficits Far Worse Than Previously Stated...     Grim...     FT: Deficit fears put Obama's agenda in jeopardy...     WSJ: Dollar Steadily Losing Influence...    Senator warns of hyperinflation...

 

“True Deleveraging Has Not Begun Yet Because Losses of Financial Institutions Have Been Socialized”  Washington’s Blog | “This is a crisis of solvency, not just liquidity, but true deleveraging has not begun yet because the losses of financial institutions have been socialized and put on government balance sheets.”  

 

Fall Of The Republic Exposes How Brand Obama Is Destroying America        Every Obama Critic Called a Racist      Obama Depicted as Zombie in Comic Book

 

Evidence Reveals Libyan Convicted of Lockerbie Bombing Innocent Kurt Nimmo | Corporate media in U.S. ignores story that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is innocent.

 

Alex Jones website blocked under filter for ‘criminal skills’ content    Aaron Dykes | Was panicked controversy over the ‘Obama-as-Joker’ Poster the reason the website JonesReport.com was restricted for ‘promoting criminal skills’?  

 

6 years after invasion, electricity still scarce in Baghdad      Baghdad blasts kill 95     FOUR SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN; MAKING 2009 DEADLIEST YEAR OF WAR...       30 killed in Kandahar blast caused by 5 car bombs...

 

Scientists Debunk UN “Global Warming”     

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  Obama Predicts Unemployment, Deficits Far Worse Than Previously Stated...
Grim...
Rhode Island to shut down gov't for 12 days...
FT: Deficit fears put Obama's reforms in jeopardy...
WSJ: Dollar Steadily Losing Influence...

Stossel: Every Obama Critic Called a Racist...

Vegas jobless rate hits all-time high of 13.1%...
California at record 11.9%...
NYC 9.6%...

Mounting joblessness fuels housing crisis...

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...    

PEW: Democratic Party ratings plummet...
What rebound? Foreclosures rise, income down... 

 

8-24-09

 

Brookings “Experts” Admit Stimulus a Bust         Analyst warns of 150-200 more U.S. bank failures       Government Revises Deficit Estimates Again: We Will Exceed Expectations        Manufacturing Jobs Drop To Lowest Level Since 1941      What rebound? Foreclosures rise as jobs and income drop    Fed to Steal State Pension Funds          IMF Says You’ll Have to Pay More Taxes      The risk of continuing depression rising      

 

Unemployment Edges Up to Great Depression Level Kurt Nimmo | A dizzy corporate media tells us there is now light at the end of the tunnel.

 

H.R. 645 and The FEMA Concentration Camps Byron Tripp | Ladies and Gentlemen, there is a plan that is in place to be executed by the Federals to lock down the cities and towns across our land and to begin gun confiscation.

 

Gun Propaganda and the Health Care Reform Illusion Szandor Blestman | I really don’t believe that any of this theater is about health care. It seems to me that it’s about control. It’s about power.

 

Congressman: Obama violating law by not investigating Bush officials      Lynching of Cynthia McKinney urged by ‘journalist’ trained and paid by FBI       Iranians Seek Out the Many Abuses By U.S.      

 

Hurricane Wave Pulls 20 to Sea in Maine...
SWEPT AWAY...

 

 

8-21-09

AP sources: $2 trillion higher deficit projected (AP)        Failed banks mount; Ga, Ala, and large Texas banks shut    Learn to Love the Depression    3 Reasons to Sell Citigroup Today (at Motley Fool)      Oil surges to 10-month high      Stiglitz Sees Risk to Dollar, Need for Reserve System  The dollar’s role as a good store of value is “questionable” and the currency has a high degree of risk, said Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

Learn to Love the Depression  A V-shaped recovery? A W-shaped recovery? Forget it…there ain’t no letter in the alphabet that describes a “recovery” we’re likely to have.

Bush As The Joker – Acceptable, Obama As The Joker – Offensive/Violent     Blackwater role in hit squad unconstitutional: expert

AP SOURCES: $2 TRILLION HIGHER DEFICIT PROJECTED By Jim Kuhnhenn and Andrew Taylor, Associate Press Writer On Friday August 21, 2009, 6:48 pm EDT  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration expects the federal deficit over the next decade to be $2 trillion bigger than previously estimated, White House officials said Friday, a setback for a president already facing a Congress and public wary over spending. The new projection, to be announced on Tuesday, is for a cumulative 2010-2019 deficit of $9 trillion instead of the $7 trillion previously estimated. The new figure reflects slumping revenues from a worse economic picture than was expected earlier this year. The officials spoke only on the condition of anonymity ahead of next week's announcement. Ten-year forecasts are volatile figures subject to change over time. But the higher number will likely create political difficulties for President Barack Obama in Congress and could create anxiety with foreign buyers of U.S. debt.

“You know I think if you talk to most economists they're going to say that, "well the Fed doesn't really need it." Most economists are saying, "Well we're going to get at least 3% growth, recovery is here, everything's fantastic." I'm looking at rising foreclosures, house prices are down. And even if house prices level out here they're not rising, which means homeowners' balance sheets aren't improving. The other part of consumers' balance sheet is their 401Ks and their stock portfolios. I'm not particularly bullish on stocks because the earnings, the companies that beat earnings and the latest earnings season did it by cutting down expenses. Not a positive development. Actually if you're a restaurant and you turn out all the lights and shut off the oven, you can cut your expenses to zero. The problem is that you're now out of business. So the fact that companies are meeting very, very low expectations from analysts by cutting expenses is not a positive development.”

Toll of failed banks mounts as many small banks fall; regulators close banks in Ga, Ala. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The toll of failed banks is mounting, with 80 institutions closed by regulators so far this year (more than double all of 2008)… The latest came Friday with the seizures of two small banks in Georgia and one in Alabama: ebank, located in Atlanta, with $143 million in assets and $130 million in deposits; First Coweta, based in Newnan, Ga., with $167 million in assets and $155 million in deposits; and CapitalSouth Bank, based in Birmingham, Ala., with $617 million in assets and $546 million in deposits. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the failed banks, and approved the sale of some or all of their assets and deposits to other institutions. In contrast to the big bank failures early in the financial crisis, many of the recently shuttered banks were undone not by exotic mortgage products but by garden-variety loans…

DRUDGEREPORT:  OBAMA HIKES 10-YEAR DEFICIT TO $9 TRILLION
Charlie Cook: Dem situation has 'slipped completely out of control'...
Pelosi: House Can't Pass Bill Without Gov't-Run Plan...
NOONAN: Pull the Plug on ObamaCare...
Stephanopoulos: Americans 'Worried He's Getting in Over His Head'...
Obama's blame-game list...
Voight: Is president creating civil war in America?...

Vegas jobless rate hits all-time high of 13.1%...
California at record 11.9%...
NYC 9.6%...

Mounting joblessness fuels housing crisis...

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...    
Firms with Obama ties profit from health push...
PEW: Democratic Party ratings plummet...
What rebound? Foreclosures rise... 
100-year-old beaten, robbed of $30...

 

8-20-09

US jobless claims in surprise jump for second week       A Little Humility Is in Order for Investors        WHY DO EQUITY MARKETS DISAGREE WITH THE DATA?       CALPERS IS UNSUSTAINABLE        Mounting joblessness fuels housing crisis...          What rebound? Foreclosures rise...      Peter Schiff: OIL is going well above $200       Iceland Pushes Back Against Neolib Bankers

 

Social Networks Censoring Obama Joker Images      Flickr Censors Political Image Critical of Obama       Congressman Tells Constituents They Will Pay Even If They Don’t Want Obamacare        Obama’s Well Organized Community Is Falling Apart     Man Exercising Open Carry in Phoenix Explains Obamacare: Theft Plain and Simple     Catherine Austin Fitz has weighed in commenting the health care cram down is an attempt to obfuscate, deflect attention from, and escape obligations under deficit ridden medicare programs, etc., and is not in the best interests of the citizenry      La Raza Member Attacks Gene Green Towhall Attendees       FBI Says Boston Cops Need M-16s to Prevent City from Becoming Next Mumbai  Kurt Nimmo | Let’s hand it to Boston Mayor Tom Menino — he didn’t buy into the FBI’s malarkey about a terrorist event that will probably never happen.       Ridge says Bush Administration pushed to raise terror alert for re-election        Held In A Psychiatric Ward & Called “Delusional” For Saying 9/11 Was An Inside Job …attacks of 9/11 were orchestrated by criminal elements inside the US Administration.       “Afghan drug trafficking brings US $50 billion a year (which is why they’re there, causing death to innocent civilians)”    

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  Mounting joblessness fuels housing crisis...

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...    
Firms with Obama ties profit from health push...
PEW: Democratic Party ratings plummet...
What rebound? Foreclosures rise... 
100-year-old beaten, robbed of $30...

 

8-19-09

Grab Your Shorts, The Correction Has Begun     How Deep Will the Market Pullback Be? Sentiment says get your scuba gear …y     IMF Says U.S. Must “Rebalance” Its Dead Economy        How the New York Stock Exchange really works  David Kramer | Large brokerage houses, large banks, and the New York Stock exchange use dummy corporations as fronts to hold large portions of stocks in corporations to facilitate the computerized programmed churn and earn scams.

 

Obama Warns Soldiers Coming Days in Afghanistan Will Be “Bloody”    GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...       Firms with Obama ties profit from health push...     PEW: Democratic Party ratings plummet...   Honduras: Military Coup Engineered By Two US Companies?       Gates: It’s A “Mystery” How Long US Forces Will Be In Afghanistan      Poll: Most say Afghanistan war not worth fighting      Cindy Sheehan To Lead Protest Against Obama Continuing Bush Wars        Large Troop Deployment to Iraq Infowars | I found this a bit shocking considering the President’s promise to remove our troops from Iraq as quickly as possible. Why then are we deploying the most troops since WWII?   

 

Transcript: Controller joked about barbecuing cat. What a mental case. The Cat’s laughing last cause he’s done! (AP)

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  Dollar to Decline Amid Concern It 'Loses Reserve Status'...     

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...    
Firms with Obama ties profit from health push...
PEW: Democratic Party ratings plummet...
SEE BARNEY SCREAM: Outbursts at Frank's Town Hall meeting...

 

 

 

8-18-09

The FDIC Is Broke. Now What? (Part II)     Insiders Are Dumping Stock     Dollar to Decline Amid Concern It 'May Lose Reserve Status'...      Jobless spike compounds foreclosure crisis         

 

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...   Gates: It’s A “Mystery” How Long US Forces Will Be In Afghanistan     Large Troop Deployment to Iraq      Attorney: FBI trained NJ blogger to incite others...    Recession Shock! Chicken Farming in the City...    City considers adult curfew after crime spate...    

 

Corporate Media Demonizes Defenders of the Constitution      Identity Of Obama Joker Designer Debunks Racism Smear           China is Again Buying Long-Term U.S. Treasuries . . . Does That Mean China is Betting on Deflation?…No…it means china is, like the u.s. a worthless paper tiger…who woulda thunk it?       Much Of Afghan Drug Money Going To ‘Our Friends’      Australia Proposes No Warrant “Terrorism” Raids     Cindy Sheehan To Lead Protest Against Obama Continuing Bush Wars         Gates: It’s A “Mystery” How Long US Forces Will Be In Afghanistan     Large Troop Deployment to Iraq Infowars | I found this a bit shocking considering the President’s promise to remove our troops from Iraq as quickly as possible. Why then are we deploying the most troops since WWII?

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  Dollar to Decline Amid Concern It 'May Lose Reserve Status'...     

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...    
Attorney: FBI trained NJ blogger to incite others...   
Recession Shock! Chicken Farming in the City...   
City considers adult curfew after crime spate...    

 

 

 

8-17-09

The Second Wave of The Depression: Hyperinflation is Likely    Stocks Slide on Economy Concern; Yen, Dollar, Treasuries Gain    World stocks, oil tumble on u.s. fraud exposure and consumer worries     Connecticut Not Learning the Right Lessons from California       Weekly Market Outlook: Commercial Real Estate Continues to Deteriorate     Marc Faber Slams Central Banks       The Great Flu Game, Brought to You by Big Pharma Infowars | GlaxoSmithKline and Solvay Biologicals present a slick propaganda device to get the kids ready for the contrived panemic.          Equity Market: Things Look Ugly for the Bulls   Cam Hui…Given some of my recent warnings about the equity market (see here and here), these additional data points are more indications of the precarious state of the US equity market…  Will 'Self-Preservation' Work After Decades of Fiscal Suicide?  Jeff Nielson …After decades of fiscal suicide, it is efforts at self-preservation which cement the fate of the U.S. economy. However, with a Ponzi-scheme economy which is now suffering the fate of all Ponzi-schemes, self-preservation is the only strategy left for Americans.

 

Equity Market: Things Look Ugly for the Bulls  Cam Hui…Given some of my recent warnings about the equity market (see here and here), these additional data points are more indications of the precarious state of the US equity market…

 

The Second Wave of The Depression: Hyperinflation is Likely Webster Tarpley | We need to wipe out the derivatives bubble with the help of a 1% Tobin tax or securities transfer tax, on all speculative financial transactions, including futures, options, stocks, bonds, commodities, foreign exchange, and so forth.

 

 

The "Zimdollar:" Dead, but still used for bus fare (AP)   

 

Cindy Sheehan To Lead Protest Against Obama Continuing Bush Wars    Majority Of Americans Directly Oppose Obama Economic Policy     Viral Success Of Obama Joker Posters Panics Authorities     Obama Joker Contest San Francisco Bay Area        Voodoo in Obama’s White House     John Pilger: Obama Is A Corporate Marketing Creation     Chavez says Obama “lost in space” on Latin America     Mexican Army takes over customs on US border AFP | Mexico’s Army took control of customs Sunday on the busy US border, as federal authorities pulled agents off the job in a massive anti-corruption shakeup.

 

The Fairness Doctrine is Dead, Long Live the Fairness Doctrine Kurt Nimmo | Obama’s commissariat want to shut down the real threat to the global elite — independent patriot radio.  

 

 

DRUDGEREPORT: Swine flu shot link to killer nerve disease; Concern over 25 deaths...

BUDGET BLOWOUT: CHICAGO GOV'T CLOSED ON MONDAY

BIG BANK DOWN...

IS RAHM RUNNING THE JOKER SHOW?
Dem: Bill without public option 'would be very, very difficult'...
Armey: Hyped up outbreak of swine flu could 'scare bed-wetters to vote for healthcare reform'...
Canada's top doctor: Health care system 'imploding'...
'We all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize'...
RETREAT: TEAM OBAMA DROPS 'PUBLIC OPTION'
Chavez says Obama 'lost in space'...
GALLUP: Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50 States...
Israeli minister: Some of Obama's policies are 'borderline anti-Semitic'…which would be, if true, the only thing he has going for him in the most positive sense…but, it is just their typical “holocaust” card, without foundation...
Stocks Drop Around World on Economy Concern...
OBAMA PULLS PLUG ON [email protected]...
DID send unwanted e-mails...

 

 

 

8-14-09
Colonial BancGroup shut down by federal officials (AP)       Economist: Claim that Economy Has Recovered “Is Like Somebody Borrowing Money from Their Uncle and Then Celebrating that Their Income Has Gone Up”      Workers Slotted for Layoff Block Road Outside Wells Fargo Headquarters      US preparing to prosecute 150 UBS account holders         Toxic Loans May Push 150 Banks to Point of No Return Bloomberg | More than 150 publicly traded U.S. lenders own nonperforming loans that equal 5 percent or more of their holdings, a level that former regulators say can wipe out a bank’s equity and threaten its survival.

 

 

 

8-13-09
Insiders Continue to Sell, Sell, Sell (at Seeking Alpha)      PAPER: Fresh alert on global stock markets...    Retail sales fall, new jobless claims rise (Reuters)     US Home Foreclosures Set Another Record in July    Trade Deficit with China Continues to Expand: Why? Because america’s business is fraud, moving and commissioning worthless paper, war profiteering, bureaucratic growth, etc. ?     Post-FOMC Outlook: Down and Out

 

Obama Approval Rating Sinks To Lowest Ever      The Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.       Ex-employees claim Blackwater pimped out young Iraqi girls       Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder       Iraq Contractor KBR Cited By Oversight Commission       Attacks Against Iran Intensify       

 

 

 

8-12-09

Gerald Celente 2.5 Million Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Presidency You Tube | Trends Forecaster Gerald Celente speaks with Russia Today about the real effects of the economic downturn under Obama– starting with mass job loss.    Fed to Hike Rates to 7% by Mid-2011: Strategist      Analyst cuts YRC rating on financial concerns (AP)        Foreclosures rise 7 percent in July from June       Fed says economy leveling out; rates stay at lows ….. riiiiight…so that’s what’s going on…what do you expect them to say, that they failed (they did), that they bailed out their bud’s with taxpayer funds…this is a DEPRESSION…..It is      Unexpected Auction, Predictable Fed             Addicted to War: America’s Brutal Pipe Dream in Afghanistan     The TARP Time Bomb the Media Missed       Americans working much harder – for less pay     Bob Prechter "Quite Sure" Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break         

 

Specter: Critics don’t “represent all of America” Riiiiight!…that old “silent majority trick”

A land of liberty destroyed by stealth     Double Standard for Public Images of Obama        Florida TV Station Removes Comments On Obama Joker Poster Story Infowars | Overwhelming support for political satire prompts TV station to remove comments on website. Offensive Targeting Liberty Movement Picks Up Steam
The TARP Time Bomb the Media Missed
Addicted to War: America’s Brutal Pipe Dream in Afghanistan
Gerald Celente 2.5 Million Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Presidency
“Safety Concerns” Cited In Removal of Obama Joker Posters in Tennessee

Offensive Targeting Liberty Movement Picks Up Steam        Exercising First Amendment Now “Vandalism” As Corporate Media Attacks Obama Joker Contest

 

DRUDGEREPORT: Federal deficit higher in July, $1.27T this year; Record spending...
Fed extends bond buying; keeps rates steady...

GEMS BOSS KILLED BY N*****S IN SPEAR MOB AMBUSH IN KENYA...

PAGLIA: PELOSI MUST GO...

Man Gets 6 Months in Jail for... Yawning!

'No He Can't!' Anti-Obama Trinkets Explode in Sales...

VIDEO: Sen. Specter Shouted Down Over Health Care...
SEE THEM SWEAT IN NEW JERSEY...

 

8-11-09

Bob Prechter "Quite Sure" Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break      Inflation May Drive Gold to Record High        Court Throws Out FOIA Lawsuit Against Fed A report from Russia Today concerning the refusal by the courts in the US to follow up a freedom of information act request to determine where bailout money went.     The Creeping Financial Lock-Up     U.S. bailout panel: toxic assets may need more Treasury support       

Bob Prechter "Quite Sure" Next Wave Down Will Be Bigger and March Lows Will Break In late February, Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave International said "cover your shorts," and predicted a sharp rally that would take the S&P into the 1000 to 1100 range. With that prediction having come to pass, Prechter is now saying investors should "step aside" from long positions, and speculators should "start looking at the short side.""The big question is whether the rally is over," Prechter says, suggesting "countertrend moves can be tricky" to predict. But the veteran market watcher is "quite sure the next wave down is going to be larger than what we've already experienced," and take major averages well below their March 2009 lows. Yes, the late 2007-early 2009 market debacle was just a warm-up to what Prechter believes will be the bear market's main attraction. In this regard, he says the current cycle will echo past post-bubble periods such as America in the 1930s and England in the 1720s, after the bursting of the South Sea bubble. The 2000 market peak market a "major trend change" for the market from a very long-term cycle perspective, and the downside is going to continue to be painful well into the next decade, Prechter says. "The extreme overvaluation, the manic buying and bubbles in the late 1990s [and] mid-2000s are for the history books - they're very large," he says. "The bear market is going to have balance that out with some sort of significant retrenchment."

Florida News Report on Obama Joker “Vandalism”  Kurt Nimmo | It will now be considered a racist crime to criticize and parody Obama. How long before this criticism and disagreement becomes a punishable crime?   Critics Say White House Enemies List Illegal     NY Times Reporter: I Was Fired For Criticizing Obama, Goldman Sachs     Under Obamacare, The Government Would Indoctrinate Your Kids  Paul Joseph Watson | Chuck Norris slams Stalinist “home intrusion and indoctrination” program. TV star and political commentator Chuck Norris points out in an editorial today that under the Obamacare legislation currently being vociferously opposed in town halls across the country, the government would empower itself to carry out home intrusions and state re-education of children under a Stalinist indoctrination program.    Citizen Revolt to Obama Care    Amid protests, Obama assails insurance companies     Obama Caught Lying Again, Making Back Room Deals with Pharmaceutical Lobbyists        This is No Recession, It’s a Depression: It’s a Planned Demolition Mike Whitney | The financial meltdown is the logical outcome of the Fed’s monetary policies. It’s a planned demolition.   German Media Covers Obama Joker Poster      Why Are Internment Camps Being Built?  Chuck Baldwin | Why is the federal government constructing large numbers of internment camps, and who does the government plan on incarcerating in those camps? Judge Jails Man for Yawning in Court    Sibel Edmonds Deposition: Deep Corruption Beneath the Surface  Erik Larson | No so-called “mainstream” print or broadcast media showed up to cover the deposition.    Torturing Children: Bush’s Legacy and Democracy’s Failure      Blackwater linked to political murders and sex ring      Attacks Against Iran Intensify      Does the US Run the Iranian Opposition?  Lew Rockwell | Hillary admits to the the funding and support, but it becomes clearer and clearer that the Green Revolution was just another Made in the USA color aggression.        

 

Sen. Specter Shouted Down Over Health Care Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), who had his brain drained some years ago,  was shouted down at a health care town hall meeting. The man accused Specter of having his pockets stuffed with money from lobbyists.

 

DRUDGEREPORT: PAGLIA: PELOSI MUST GO...

Man Gets 6 Months in Jail for... Yawning!

'No He Can't!' Anti-Obama Trinkets Explode in Sales...

VIDEO: Sen. Specter Shouted Down Over Health Care...

SEE THEM SWEAT IN NEW JERSEY...

 

 

8-10-09

The Market's Horoscope: Downside Correction      Employment Sinks to 25-Year Low: How Is This 'Good News'?      Rise of the Part-Timer, Fall of the Labor Force    Watchdog says bad assets still threaten banks   Roubini: Reduced Selling of Gold by Central Banks Should Support Gold Prices       Tensions ahead of record $75B debt sale...     Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     Geithner asks Congress for higher U.S. debt limit        Afghanistan throws up tough choices for Obama; Cost of America's efforts soar…but america has the fastest printing presses on earth…and taxpayer dollars...        Military deaths at 699...   

 

Paulson, Goldman CEO spoke often in heat of crisis to make sure goldman’s interests were protected at the expense of the taxpayers (Reuters)

Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong Kong money chief's latest warning

…James Pethokoukis at Reuters … cites four reasons that the report was worse than it appeared. In his view, the auto sector screwed up the seasonal adjustments, the federal government was on a hiring binge, weekly earnings popped up because of a lot of auto workers coming back to work and the increase in the minimum wage and the decline in the unemployment rate was a statistical fluke.

Here’s what he says about the unemployment rate:

To be sure, the drop in the unemployment rate was a surprise, but it was all due to the slide in the labor force — the employment-to-population ratio gives a more accurate picture of the slack in the labor market and the hidden secret in today’s report was that this metric slid to a 25-year low of 59.4% from 59.5% in June and 61.0% at the turn of the year. Of those unemployed, 33.8% of them have been unemployed now for over 27 weeks — a record amount (was at29.0% in June and was at 17.5% at the start of this recession).

Take your pick. For me, Tom Lindmark, I think that one month’s worth of data is just too skinny. If there were some discernible trends that would make a difference but the monthly number of jobs lost keeps jumping around and Pethokoukis makes some good points about the noise in those numbers.

The cliff dive may be over but I think it’s far from clear that we are even not getting worse.

 

White House Blocks Opposition From Staged Obama Town Hall Event      Pelosi – Town Hall Protests/Free Speech Un-American    Czech Republic Refuses Baxter Swine Flu Vaccine On Safety Grounds      Government’s 9/11 Lies Continue To Affect People’s Health The federal government’s lies over the safety of toxic air at ground zero in the wake of the 9/11 attacks still continue to take their toll on the health of workers and residents caught up in the aftermath.      Pro-Obamacare Thugs Threaten Father Of Handicapped Son After Confrontation “We’ve had a visit from them in the middle of the night.”   Myanmar's Suu Kyi found guilty in security case    State Spied On 500,000 People Last Year     In 1917, international jewish supremacist organization b’nai b’rith masterminded the Bolshevik revolution.     Government Case Against North Carolina “Jihadists” Falls Apart      “Manufactured Protests” Myth Starts To Crack      No Letup In Political Witch-Hunts Under Obama     For Cost-Cutting States, Next Year Could Be Bleaker Still        Robbery Victim Arrested for Using the N-Word Philadelphia Inquirer | A jury of five women and three men unanimously decided yesterday that the detective fabricated information to justify the June 19, 2004, arrest.

 

Psychopaths have faulty brain connections, scientists find

 

8-7-09

Entering the Greatest Depression in History Andrew Gavin Marshall | The crisis has many bubbles, all of which dwarf the housing bubble burst of 2008.     Geithner asks Congress for higher U.S. debt limit      U.S. regulators close 3 banks, total now 72     US deficit climbs to 1.3 trillion dollars

….. the surge in interest in riskier stocks carries with it a distinct whiff of “junk stock rally.” In a quick chat David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff, said the rally in small caps, coupled with other speculative flutters in the market — such as the recent resurgence of share prices of certain companies left for dead during the financial crisis — reinforce his skepticism. For those excited about this rally, he says there’s only one that compares: “It was 1930,” Rosenberg says, referring to the famous bear market bounce stocks saw after the 1929 crash……David Lutz, managing director of equity trading at Stifel Nicolaus, remains unconvinced. “History dictates that bear market rallies act just good enough to lure everyone back in,” he wrote in an e-mail today. “Given the euphoria I see these days, I’m concerned that may be the case.”…..

The Start Of The Second American Revolution. Who can deny it?  Paul Joseph Watson | Outraged Americans across the country get in the face of the system and yell, “Don’t Tread On Me”       The Obama Joker $1000 Video Contest     

Obama Connected Group Calls for Brownshirt Tactics Against Healthcare Opponents  Kurt Nimmo | Influential Democrat pressure group calls for denying the First Amendment to opponents for totalitarian health care.     Union Thugs Beat Patriot at Obamacare Town Hall in St. Louis      Obama Continues To Pay BLACKWATER Millions To Be In Iraq

 

Protests spread over Obama health reform plans...
White House to Dems: 'Punch back twice as hard'...
SUMMER SHOWDOWN...
VIDEO: UNION THUGS UNLEASHED... PHOTOS...
6 arrested after St. Louis meeting... VIDEO...
Physicians jam meeting in Houston: 'Don't want socialized medicine'...
Tempers flare in Michigan...
Citing safety concerns, officials cancel Sen. McCaskill event...
PEOPLE SHOUTING AT PELOSI IN DENVER...
Palin calls Dems healthcare plan 'evil,' cites threat to son...

UK General: Afghanistan will take 40 years...

US deficit climbs to $1.3 trillion...    White House still warns of '10%' jobless rate…because the real rate is already over 10%...

 

8-6-09

US food stamp list tops 34 million for first time      The Banks Own the Fed, and the Central Banks Own BIS         AIG breakup nets Wall Street $1 billion bonanza: report      ‘Underwater’ Mortgages to Hit 48%, Deutsche Bank Says     Oil price hits $76, highest since October...    US companies axe 371,000 jobs in July       Half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011...     Recovery ‘not in sight’ says BMW      

 

Ron Paul: american Government Is A Failure     The Obama opiate: Crisis deepens, crowds cheer    Nazi-Style Denunciation Campaign Urges Americans To Report Each Other      Preparing for Martial Law: International Swine Flu Conference to Be Held in Washington  Kurt Nimmo | “They’re going to hit us with a massive biological false flag attack.”   Decline And Fall Of The american Empire     Martial Law Under the Cover of Bush Era Quarantine Regulations       ‘JOKER’ Obama Posters to go viral     Ex-lawmaker Jefferson convicted in bribery scheme    Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia.    Possible National Guard Deployment in Alabama Result of Bankster Scam Kurt Nimmo Jefferson County’s woes stem directly from a credit default swap mega-scam.      Obama approval rating sinks to 50%: poll US President Barack Obama’s approval rating has slumped to 50 percent, the lowest since his inauguration, according to a poll released Thursday on the eve of his 200th day in office.     Senator accuses White House of compiling 'enemies list'...

 

DRUDGEREPORT: TAMPA HEALTH CARE DEBATE ERUPTS...
RAW VIDEO...
Six arrested after St. Louis meeting turmoil...
VIDEO...
White House to Dems: 'Punch back twice as hard'...

TOWN HALLS TURN VIOLENT!

Senator accuses White House of compiling 'enemies list'...

Oil price hits $76, highest since October...

Half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011...
Crowd mocks lawmakers over Obama health plan in Arkansas...
27 MILLION AMERICANS ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS
VIDEO: Sen. Boxer: 'Well-dressed' protesters at Town Halls are out to 'hurt our president'...
Polls show growing doubt about Obama healthcare plans...
Feds Hit With Biggest Tax Revenue Drop Since 1932...
GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...
'This is a president who needs a vacation'...
House Orders Up 3 Elite Jets; $200 Million Cost...
Gulfstreams For Ferrying Members of Congress...
FLASHBACK: Congress Members Criticize Auto Executives' Jet Travel...

 

 

8-5-09

US companies axe 371,000 jobs in July       Half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011...     Recovery ‘not in sight’ says BMW      Bailed out Buffett: Buffett firms got $95 billion of bailout cash       Central Bank net gold sales show huge drop in first half 2009      US Bank Regulators Dig In Against Obama Shake-Up    U.S. jobs, services data raise recovery worries     Fibonnaci Calls: The 38.2% Retrace Is Approaching

 

Decline And Fall Of The american Empire     Martial Law Under the Cover of Bush Era Quarantine Regulations       ‘JOKER’ Obama Posters to go viral     Ex-lawmaker Jefferson convicted in bribery scheme    Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia.    Possible National Guard Deployment in Alabama Result of Bankster Scam Kurt Nimmo Jefferson County’s woes stem directly from a credit default swap mega-scam.      Hundreds Of ISPs Refuse To Go Along With Big Brother Spy System A group of over 300 internet service providers and telecommunications firms is fighting back against the British government’s plans to monitor all emails, phone calls and internet activity nationwide.

 

DRUDGEREPORT: Half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011...
Crowd mocks lawmakers over Obama health plan in Arkansas...
27 MILLION AMERICANS ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS
VIDEO: Sen. Boxer: 'Well-dressed' protesters at Town Halls are out to 'hurt our president'...
Polls show growing doubt about Obama healthcare plans...
Feds Hit With Biggest Tax Revenue Drop Since 1932...
GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...
'This is a president who needs a vacation'...
House Orders Up 3 Elite Jets; $200 Million Cost...
Gulfstreams For Ferrying Members of Congress...
FLASHBACK: Congress Members Criticize Auto Executives' Jet Travel...

 

8-4-09
The Real Economy Versus the Make-Believe World of the Government and Financial Giants  In the real economy, unemployment is at Depression-era levels.     Top firms' pension funds plummet    Consumer bankruptcies jump 34%    Nine Of Ten Sectors Overbought      This Depression is just beginning         US Bank Regulators Dig In Against Obama Shake-Up      Geithner Warns Regulators to Back Reform Plan      U.K. Royal Mint Doubles Gold Output as Demand Swells       

 

This Depression is just beginning   You read that right! Only $400 billion of that fantastic 6 month “green shoots” stock market rally came from money market accounts. The rest ($2.3 trillion) was laundered through the banks and other financial institutions to create the appearance of recovery and to raise equity for underwater banks rather than forcing them into receivership (which is where they belong) Bernanke probably knew that congress wouldn’t approve another TARP-type bailout for dodgy mortgage-backed assets, so he settled on this shifty plan instead. The only problem is, the banks are still broke, business investment is at historic lows, consumers are on the ropes, the unemployment lines are swelling, the homeless shelters are bulging, the pawn shops are bustling, tent cities are sprouting up everywhere, and according to MarketWatch, Corporate insiders have recently been selling their companies’ shares at a greater pace than at any time since the top of the bull market in the fall of 2007.” Face it; the economy is in the crapper and Bernanke’s trickery hasn’t done a lick of good.     The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think Back in the Great Depression of 1929 through the 1930’s, we saw a similar Zig-zag pattern. There was a crash in 1929, followed by a nice rally, but then the most devastating part of the market collapse followed into the 1930’s.      Feds Hit With Biggest Tax Revenue Drop Since 1932...       The Great Depression Two Continues There is no coincident data which is demonstrating this recession is over. Some may be at the bottom, others have a way to go…    An Artifical Recovery       [$$] Why I Went Fully Into Cash          Inflation: An Intractable Political Phenomenon      The price of U.S. recession is paid in jobs      Double-Dip Recession in the Picture: Roubini      

 

Chinese youth beaten to death at net addiction bootcamp      MI5 and MI6 are ‘unaccountable’, report says     Who is making a profit from swine flu?     Ex-NASA official goes on trial over steering money          Antidepressant use doubles in US, study finds         london times smears 9/11 truth movement as racist, nazi like, stupid a vicious attack piece in the rupert murdoch owned london times has linked the so called “birther” phenomenon with 9/11 truth, in an effort to imply that the movement is inherently racist and “intellectually scary” (read stupid).    Federal Influence Over Local Police in Texas Joey G. Dauben | Federal terrorism reports cite supporters of Congressman Ron Paul and the Constitution as “suspects” to watch out for.     Civilian Toll Rising in Afghanistan New York Times | The widening war in Afghanistan is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians.

 

DRUDGEREPORT: PITTSBURGH: Gunman walked into aerobics class, turned out lights and opened fire...        FIVE CONFIRMED DEAD -- INCLUDING CULPRIT...      BLOODBATH AT GYM                'He Looked Out of Place in a Class Full of Women'...
27 MILLION AMERICANS ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS...
Mental illness tidal wave swamps the nation...
Tiny Tim geithner Vents at Regulators as Overhaul Stumbles...  Lose His Drool Cool...
CONGRESSMAN WARNS RAHM: THIS ISN'T CHICAGO...
WHITE HOUSE, 2009: 'VERY FALSE IMPRESSION'...
West Wing Web Attack Against Drudge...

 

8-3-09

This Depression is just beginning   You read that right! Only $400 billion of that fantastic 6 month “green shoots” stock market rally came from money market accounts. The rest ($2.3 trillion) was laundered through the banks and other financial institutions to create the appearance of recovery and to raise equity for underwater banks rather than forcing them into receivership (which is where they belong) Bernanke probably knew that congress wouldn’t approve another TARP-type bailout for dodgy mortgage-backed assets, so he settled on this shifty plan instead. The only problem is, the banks are still broke, business investment is at historic lows, consumers are on the ropes, the unemployment lines are swelling, the homeless shelters are bulging, the pawn shops are bustling, tent cities are sprouting up everywhere, and according to MarketWatch, Corporate insiders have recently been selling their companies’ shares at a greater pace than at any time since the top of the bull market in the fall of 2007.” Face it; the economy is in the crapper and Bernanke’s trickery hasn’t done a lick of good.     The Next Wave of Collapse is Coming Sooner than you think Back in the Great Depression of 1929 through the 1930’s, we saw a similar Zig-zag pattern. There was a crash in 1929, followed by a nice rally, but then the most devastating part of the market collapse followed into the 1930’s.      Feds Hit With Biggest Tax Revenue Drop Since 1932...       The Great Depression Two Continues There is no coincident data which is demonstrating this recession is over. Some may be at the bottom, others have a way to go…    An Artifical Recovery       [$$] Why I Went Fully Into Cash          Inflation: An Intractable Political Phenomenon      The price of U.S. recession is paid in jobs      Double-Dip Recession in the Picture: Roubini      

…RASMUSSEN REPORTS  On a more global scale and with a longer-term view, Rasmussen finds that 49% of voters believe that the best days for the United States are in the past…These data tend to support the idea of under-weighting the US in asset allocation models and over-weighting countries in the ascendant stage…

BofA's Wrist Slap Speaks Volumes About Capital Markets Integrity In the Most Negative Sense (at Seeking Alpha)

France finds no evidence against Iran N program       Russia to use force if Georgian shelling continues       More War, Bring the nation Further Down Please      Beck Exposes ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Language Giving Feds Authority to Take Control of Computers       UK Government To Install Surveillance Cameras In Private Homes       Isn’t it time for the U.S. to leave Iraq altogether?        Obama Backtracks On Middle Class Taxes       Photo of Combat Vehicles on the Streets of Springfield, Illinois

DRUDGEREPORT:  27 MILLION AMERICANS ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Feds Hit With Biggest Tax Revenue Drop Since 1932...
GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...
'This is a president who needs a vacation'...
DOLLAR DROPS TO '09 LOW...
 Protesters Shout Down Obamacare in Austin...
Crowd Explodes When Sen. Specter Urges We 'Do This Fast'...
UPRISING BACK HOME: Constituents Make Congressman Sweat...
New HIV strain discovered in Cameroon...
'Leapt to humans from gorillas'...

3 Americans killed in Afghan attacks...

BRITS SLAM U.S. STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN

 

7-31-09

Recession Worse Than Prior Estimates, Revisions Show  Bloomberg | The first 12 months of the U.S. recession saw the economy shrink more than twice as much as previously estimated, reflecting even bigger declines in consumer spending and housing, revised figures showed. Do you realize how many suckers’ rally points were added by the fake numbers contributing to this new commissioning bubble!     REVISED: ECONOMY 2X WORSE...  The government plans big revisions to historical economic data... Developing...   Regulators shut banks in Fla., NJ, Ohio, Okla... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma and Illinois, boosting to 69 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year amid the pressures of the weak economy and mounting loan defaults.    PhD Economist: Fed has Caused Soaring Unemployment, Millions of Foreclosures, Millions Losing Life Savings and More than $6 Trillion in Lost Output      DOLLAR DROPS TO '09 LOW...    The Doctrine of Preemptive Bailouts and the Biggest Bailout You Haven’t Heard About      Recession Worse Than Prior Estimates, Revisions Show      Hillary Out to Strong-Arm Swiss      Japan: Unemployment hits six-year high    Signs of weakness in economy boost Treasurys; Record amount of debt issuance...     Biggest banks in US reward stars of failure with huge bonuses     Five U.S. bank closures bring 2009 total to 69

Smoke and Mirrors: Obama Says “Recovery Act” Responsible for Improving Economy Kurt Nimmo | Obama once again prevaricates and deceives to get you to buy into the illusion he has fixed the economy.

Ron Paul: What Are They So Afraid Of?

Arrest of NJ Rabbis, Mayors, Lays Bare Global Crime Cabal The case of the New Jersey rabbis who ran a mafia-style syndicate—with a sideline in body parts— is only part of a global criminal conspiracy to traffic in human body parts headquartered in Israel and financed by the Israeli National Health Plan.

Bombshell: Bin Laden worked for US until 9/11 Against All Enemies | “Intimate relations” with Bin Laden included operations in Central Asia, including Xinjiang, China.    Civilian Toll Rising in Afghanistan       Trilateral Member Hormats nominated to State Department      What’s Really in Obama’s Health Care Reform Bill – A Plain English Translation      Army National Guard Advertises for “Internment Specialists”       H1N1 Pandemic: Pentagon Planning Deployment of Troops in Support of Nationwide Vaccination     Equus ‘the mean bugger’ This is a photo provided by Horry County Dentition Center of Rodell Vereen, 50, who was arrested Monday July 27, 2009, and charged with buggery. Police said Vereen was captured on surveillance video having sex with a horse at a stable near his home in Longs, S.C.

DRUDGEREPORT:  PELOSI: I DON'T CARE IF I'M DESPISED...  
THEY ARE VILLAINS!: Pelosi lashes out at insurance companies...
UPDATE: Speaker Will Keep 'Villain' Money...
GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...
'This is a president who needs a vacation'...
DOLLAR DROPS TO '09 LOW...
REVISED: ECONOMY 2X WORSE... The government plans big revisions to historical economic data... Developing... Signs of weakness in economy boost Treasurys; Record amount of debt issuance...
Developing...   Regulators shut banks in Fla., NJ, Ohio, Okla... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma and Illinois, boosting to 69 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year amid the pressures of the weak economy and mounting loan defaults.   

7-30-09
Causes of Depression Yet To Be Addressed   Further impoverishment is on the way. More and more will be laid off and they’ll be no new jobs available. Savings will be exhausted and most homes that have been financed will be under water.   Some banks paid bonuses bigger than income: o     A REALITY CHECK ON U.S. 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'  Jeff Nielson - U.S. equities are rallying again today, and (as usual) it is a rally with no basis in reality.       

Unemployment spreads distress in U.S. home loans   Cities in the U.S. Sun Belt states of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona dominated the record foreclosure spree in the first half of the year, but distress in other regions emerged as joblessness spread, RealtyTrac said on Thursday.  A REALITY CHECK ON U.S. 'ECONOMIC RECOVERY'  Jeff Nielson - U.S. equities are rallying again today, and (as usual) it is a rally with no basis in reality.  

75% Favor Auditing The Fed      Tarp banks award billions in bonuses...

 

Congressman Paul: Millions Of Americans Have Had Enough Of The Fed

 

Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate     (7-29-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels …Although the level of insider selling is certainly alarming it's important to note that the very low levels of buying are particularly alarming. Insiders sell stock for many reasons, but they generally only buy stock for one reason: they believe the stock is going up. Despite the fact the media is reporting an end to the recession, a bottom in housing and a trough in earnings we are seeing a vote of zero confidence from the people who know these companies better than anyone else…     

 

Obama Now Has Presidential Approval Index Rating Of -12      Obama’s Approval Rating Keeps Sinking      Health Officials Admit Fast Tracked H1N1 Vaccines Will Not Be Tested for Safety     Martial Law and the Militarization of Public Health: The Worldwide H1N1 Flu Vaccination Program       Statistical Deceptions      We’ve only just begun Shawn Connors | The Democratic and Republican mob bosses have bartered your future. 

 

Obama Now Has Presidential Approval Index Rating Of -12 Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -12. That’s the lowest rating yet recorded for President Obama.

 

Drop in crime coincides with exodus of illegal immigrants Bizjournals.com - Mike Sunnucks  A marked drop in Phoenix-area crime coincides with the recession and a drop in the number of illegal immigrants in Arizona. Phoenix has seen a 25 percent decline in the number of crimes during the first five months of 2009 compared to the same time ... Bad Employer Bailout? Reform Could Fund Health Care for Illegal ... FOXNews    Report: Illegal immigrant population drops by 1.7M The Hill

 

7-29-09
Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate     (7-29-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels …Although the level of insider selling is certainly alarming it's important to note that the very low levels of buying are particularly alarming. Insiders sell stock for many reasons, but they generally only buy stock for one reason: they believe the stock is going up. Despite the fact the media is reporting an end to the recession, a bottom in housing and a trough in earnings we are seeing a vote of zero confidence from the people who know these companies better than anyone else…      Weak Treasury Auctions Raise Worries About Debt Burden...     [$$] Senate Probes Banks for Meltdown Fraud (at The Wall Street Journal Online)     Even Bernanke Admits this Could be Worse than the Great Depression      Senate probes Goldman, Deutsche: report (Reuters)      The Coming Consumption Squeeze: We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet       Closing Update for July 29, 2009: Modestly Red      Bernanke Stutters, Stammers And Shakes His Way Through Questions On Audit The Fed Bill      Even the Wall Street Journal Says “Break up the Fed”

Max Keiser: Prosecute the Bankster Crime Syndicate  Max Keiser | The Wall Street scandals and rip-offs are getting larger and more obvious.

Military To Work With FEMA During Swine Flu Pandemic     American troops return from Iraq with ‘criminal behavior’     Afghan war questioned as more bodies flown home     Kurt Nimmo | Annex A, section B of Operation Garden Plot calls for “deadly force to be used against any extremist or dissident perpetrating any and all forms of civil disorder.”   Catherine Austin Fitts: Purpose of Flu Vaccine is Depopulation Catherine Austin Fitts | I believe one of the goals of the swine flu vaccine is depopulation. Perhaps it is the goal of a swine flu epidemic as well, whether bio-warfare or hype around a flu season.

DRUDGEREPORT:  PELOSI: I DON'T CARE IF I'M DESPISED...  
GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW...
'This is a president who needs a vacation'...
PAPER: No. 3 at Justice OK'd Black Panther reversal; Case involved polling place in Philadelphia...
Weak Treasury Auctions Raise Worries About Debt Burden...

Baby taken from slain mom's womb found; 2 arrested (AP)     Mom of decapitated baby: 'I didn't mean to do it' (AP)

7-28-09

(7-28-09) Insiders Selling at Alarming Levels       The Real Unemployment Rate Hits a 68-Year High       2009 Looking More Like 1929         Dollar Falls to 2009 Low...    Two Big Bounces: 1929 vs. 2009      U.S. Markets Decline After Weaker Than Expected Data      LECTURE FROM REDS: CHINA WARNS USA ON SOARING DEFICITS...     Real Estate: Not Out of the Woods Yet       Arizona Law Holds the Foreclosed Responsible for Debt      Bribery and fraud at heart of defense contracting work in Iraq and Afghanistan       Bank of America to close some branches       China tells U.S. to manage flood of dollars with care       96% of Credit Derivative Risk Held by 5 Banks      Computer Manufacturers in China Pre-installing Spyware

 

The Real Unemployment Rate Hits a 68-Year High   John Miller | Although you have to dig into the statistics to know it, unemployment in the United States is now worse than at any time since the end of the Great Depression.

 

Gallup Poll: Americans Turning Against Federal Reserve As momentum builds for Ron Paul’s efforts to audit the Fed, a new Gallup poll shows that Americans are turning against the Federal Reserve, with just 30 per cent saying the agency is doing a good job.

 

U.S. Senator Slams Washington Post Defense Of Fed Secrecy Steve Watson | Sanders: “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

 

North Carolina Terror Arrests Timed to Coincide with NLE 09 Kurt Nimmo | Patsies, dupes, useful idiots and fanatics are integral to any false flag terror operation.

 

 

MSNBC’s Matthews:  Leave the real news to us. That’s what we get paid not to report.    The …Paul Joseph Watson | Chris Matthews and guests characterize concerns about Obama, gun control, open borders, 9/11 and the Bilderberg Group as a mental illness.

 

7-27-09

Dollar Falls to Near 2009 Low as Economy Pares Refuge Demand       Spitzer: Federal Reserve is ‘a Ponzi scheme, an inside job’          Unemployment Not Just a Problem in America … Unemployment in Spain Forecast at 22% by Next Year         ECRI vs. Roubini, Round Two      BofA planning to cut 10 percent of branches: report (Reuters)    

 

About That New Jersey Organ Scandal Wall Street Journal - Sally Satel - ‎Even by New Jersey standards, Thursday's roundup of three mayors, five rabbis and 36 others on charges of money laundering and public corruption was big.   How Does Kidney Trafficking Work? TIME    Rogue kidney brokers resell organs from poorest nations on black ... New York Daily News

 

Bond analyst skeptical of California's new budget

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  PELOSI: I DON'T CARE IF I'M DESPISED...  
Toddler shot in head at wedding reception...
12 shot at Baltimore cookout in drug feud...
Nebraska Legislators seek to assert state sovereignty...
Six Georgia banks fail, bringing year tally to 64....

 

Massive US Terrorism Simulation Involving Foreign Agencies Begins Today Steve Watson | Mainstream media AWOL again as huge drill begins nationwide.

FDR’s Failed Reform: He Left the Fed in Place Washington’s Blog | Remember that Milton Friedman and Ben Bernanke have both said that the Federal Reserve caused the Great Depression.

It Ain’t Over Until the Jobs Come Back — Period! To destroy america…nothing could or would have been more effective than the adoption of NAFTA and GATT.
British economic collapse rivals Great Depression | The current recession is now almost identical to the decline in Britain’s output between 1929 and 1931.

Brit Nanny State to Intervene in Lives of “Shameless” Families Telegraph | Under the Government scheme, members of “Shameless” families are given intensive 24-hour supervision to make sure children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals.
Likely cover-up in UK military torture probe

 

Gates: Iran is possibly a threat to israel (depending how provocative nuke-toting israel is), but, truth be told, absolutely no threat to US

 

Stop killings in Afghanistan

 

304,569 occupiers in West Bank now

 

 

7-24-09

Scams And Bailouts The Cause of World Depression       Six Georgia banks fail, bringing year tally to 64....    Rally may cool on earnings reality check     Ben Bernanke Was Wrong      Corporate Media Spotlights Distortion of Market by High Frequency Trading      New US weekly jobless claims jump      Its Official: U.S. Trapped in an Extended Depressionary Cycle       MICROSOFT Profit Drops 29% as PC Slowdown Weighs on Revenue… they haven’t availed themselves of the fake assets/books legislation recently passed...      AMAZON.COM Profit Drops 10%...     This Is Where Each of Your 1.421 Trillion Dollars Is Going In 2010      California’s biggest government pension funds lose almost $100 billion     Think Tank Report: Obama Will “Press The Reset Button” On North American Union Agenda

 

International War Criminal Nation israel moves ahead with anti-Iran plan        Obama Administration Begins Opposition To States Claiming Sovereignty And Gun Rights      12,000 U.S. Children To Be Swine Flu Vaccine Guinea Pigs      Obama Escalates Afghanistan Quagmire      Border Patrol Agent Shot and Killed     Ben Bernanke Was Wrong For everyone who missed this, I’m reposting a compilation highlighting the Wisdom and Economic Sagacity of the man at the head of the Federal Reserve Bank.   President European Commission Advocated World Government in 1992 Jurriaan Maessen | Invoking the famous New World Order-speech of incompetent and global criminal, bush senior, Delors spoke of the prospect of world government.      

 

DRUDGEREPORT: Obama says regrets remark...
Calls white policeman who arrested scholar...
WHITE HOUSE CLAIMS POLITICS: POLICE ENDORSED MCCAIN...
THE TAPES: 911, police audio key in Cambridge case;
Officials mull release of recorded evidence...
Cop Not Ruling Out Defamation Lawsuit Against Professor...
Obama 'Regrets' The 'Obsession' Over His Comments...
BLACK POLICEMAN: I WAS THERE, GATES ACTED STRANGELY, SUPPORTS ARREST '100%'...
HOT MESS
SHOCK: 4 boys in Phoenix accused of raping 8-year-old girl...
AMAZON CEO apologizes for deleting Orwell books...
COOL TURNS COLD: OBAMA 'BELOW 50%'...
Six Georgia banks fail, bringing year tally to 64....

 

 

7-23-09

Scams And Bailouts The Cause of World Depression     New US weekly jobless claims jump      Its Official: U.S. Trapped in an Extended Depressionary Cycle       MICROSOFT Profit Drops 29% as PC Slowdown Weighs on Revenue… they haven’t availed themselves of the fake assets/books legislation recently passed...      AMAZON.COM Profit Drops 10%...     This Is Where Each of Your 1.421 Trillion Dollars Is Going In 2010      California’s biggest government pension funds lose almost $100 billion     Think Tank Report: Obama Will “Press The Reset Button” On North American Union Agenda

 

Rabbis, Politicians Snared in FBI Sting   Washington Post - Keith B. Richburg - ‎NEW YORK, July 23 -- A two-year federal probe into a money laundering operation taking place between the New York area and Israel ballooned into one of the biggest bribery and corruption sweeps in New Jersey history, netting three ...  Video: NJ Residents 'Disappointed' in Corruption Probe The Associated Press Video:  NJ Residents 'Disappointed' in Corruption Probe The Associated Press Authorities arrest 44 in NJ corruption case Boston Globe     Mayors, rabbis arrested in NJ corruption probe Among the 44 people arrested were the mayors of Hoboken, Ridgefield and Secaucus, Jersey City's deputy mayor, and two state assemblymen. A member of the governor's cabinet resigned after agents searched his home, though he was not arrested. All but one of the officeholders are Democrats. Also, five rabbis from New York and New Jersey — two of whom lead congregations in Deal — were accused of laundering millions of dollars, some of it from the sale of counterfeit goods and bankruptcy fraud, authorities said. In rounding up the defendants, FBI and IRS agents raided a synagogue Thursday morning in Deal, a wealthy oceanfront city of Mediterranean-style mansions, with a large population of Syrian Jews.Those arrested included Levy Izhak Rosenbaum of Brooklyn, who was charged with conspiring to arrange the sale of an Israeli citizen's kidney for $160,000 for a transplant for the informant's fictitious uncle. Rosenbaum was quoted as saying he had been arranging the sale of kidneys for 10 years. The politicians arrested were not accused of any involvement in the money laundering or the trafficking in human organs and counterfeit handbags. The number of arrests was remarkable even for New Jersey, where more than 130 public officials have pleaded guilty or have been convicted of corruption since 2001…Dirty Jersey: Feds Bust Dozens in Corruption Scandal...       ...international money-laundering conspiracy         FBI ARRESTS MAYORS, RABBIS IN NEW JERSEY SWEEP...

 

Scams And Bailouts The Cause of World Depression     This Is Where Each of Your 1.421 Trillion Dollars Is Going In 2010          FEMA to Conduct Massive NLE 09 Martial Law Exercise Next Week      The International Banking Cartel is the New World Order       Senate narrowly rejects ‘radical’ concealed weapon measure     Global Warming or Global Cooling? A New Trend in Climate Alarmism       Obama on US economic crisis: ‘The fire is now’       European Court Ruling spells an end to water fluoridation     Warships in Suez prepare for Iran attack     Iraq’s worst violence since withdrawal      Abuse Images ‘Disgust’ Top US Military Chief

 

DRUDGEREPORT: Police Officer denies he's a racist, won't apologize...
Audio: 'I know what I did was right'...
Says Obama 'way off base'...
Video...
Obama faces criticism in liberal Massachusetts...
Police union condemns president's comments...
White House qualifies remark...
Republicans question Obama's police criticism...
*Full Arrest Report...
Feds have spent $79 billion on global warming policies,research...
Dems Block Republican Health Care Mailing; Attempt to censor chart...
GOVERNMENT MOTORS sales fall 22%...
Dirty Jersey: Feds Bust Dozens in Corruption Scandal...
...international money-laundering conspiracy
FBI ARRESTS MAYORS, RABBIS IN NEW JERSEY SWEEP...

 

How Israel lobby controls US IN the early 1960s, Sen. William J. Fulbright fought to force the American Zionist Council to register as agents of a foreign government. The council eluded registration by reorganizing as the American...

 

 

7-22-09

Wall Street’s Love Affair with Ben Bernanke Mike Whitney | bernanke knows that the country is in a Depression.    More bodies go unclaimed as families can’t afford funeral costs       GOVERNMENT MOTORS sales fall 22%...     Bernanke: “I Don’t Know” Which Foreign Banks Were Given Half a Trillion   Paul Joseph Watson Grayson grills Fed chairman on destination of credit swaps.    Detroit: The Post-Apocalyptic Future of American Cities…Who Can Deny That?      Fiscal ruin of the Western world beckons      

 

New Jersey, that Font of Garbage, Mob, and Corruption, has Governor Attack Concealed Carry and the Second Amendment       Jay Rockefeller Can’t Deny His Connection to Modern Eugenics     Detroit: The Post-Apocalyptic Future of American Cities…Who Can Deny That?      Fiscal ruin of the Western world beckons      European Court Ruling spells an end to water fluoridation     Biden (aka ‘Lobotomy Joe’) Says His Trip Proves Iraq Remains Priority    U.S. Deaths Hit A Record High In Afghanistan    Kwiatkowski: “Operation in Afghanistan is rooted in Israel”  Russia Today | The real reason why the U.S. continues its presence in Afghanistan is Iran the country which is an annoyance for Israel, said Karen Kwiatkowski, a writer and former U.S. Air Force officer.

 

DRUDGEREPORT: Feds have spent $79 billion on global warming policies,research...
GOVERNMENT MOTORS sales fall 22%...

 

7-21-09

CalPERS assets fall 23.4 percent in value for 2009 (AP)     Morgan Stanley To Show Losses (at Forbes.com)     People Working for Free During Economic Crisis      Ron Paul: Establishment Can No Longer Ignore Calls To Audit The Fed     China Politely Moves Away from Dollar: Strategist         Global Demand For Gold Soars 38 Per Cent     Cost Of Bailout Hits A Whopping $23.7 Trillion Dollars        The wrong kind of transparency Power Line | The midsummer budget update will surely show higher deficits and unemployment, and slower growth, than that projected in the president’s budget and in a May update.

 

Alex Jones: america is a nation of crack-whore, brain-damaged prostitutes – can we ever recover?  PIMP GAME: the degradation of america, and our inability to face our masters as anything but a controlling-pimp guaranteed to dominate us by force. Alan Grayson grills Ben Bernanke on Foreign Lending      Senators Criticized for Not Grilling Holdren Over Eugenics Theories      Billions of People Expected to Die Under Current Codex Alimentarius Guidelines      German Man Who Protested Obama Deemed Insane     21st Century Traitors

 

Alex Jones: america — a nation of crack-whore, brain-damaged prostitutes    Actually, america’s worse than that; america’s a nation of criminals and mentally ill people (criminally insane).   americans, citizens of a defacto bankrupt nation, upbeat on “Progress” in Iraq, Afghanistan    Feds Prepare To Tax Toilet Paper In Name Of Climate Change     Billions of People Expected to Die Under Current Codex Alimentarius Guidelines     EU666 Biodefense Stockpile and US666 Biodefense Stockpile      German Man Who Protested Obama Deemed Insane Kurt Nimmo | A Berlin court says the man was protesting “injustice and poverty in the world” and is not guilty of any offenses for the reason of mental illness.  

 

Tories want to give Bank of England greater powers over Britain’s financial system

 

7-20-09

Cost Of Bailout Hits A Whopping $24 Trillion Dollars     Stearns Crucifies Paulson On Bailout Bait And Switch     Fiscal ruin of the Western world beckons     Foreign Embassies Urged to Stockpile Local Currencies     Bailout Overseer Says Banks Misused TARP Funds     TARP watchdog says Treasury lacking bank data     Goldman Sachs  caused  the problems in the first place… Who can deny that?       Regulators shut banks in CA, GA and SD...     U.S. depression said to be easing but not over: survey      Oil rises above $64 on weak dollar results      CIT Group falls off S&P 500 index     CIT gets $3 billion lifeline from bondholders (Reuters)      The Race To $23.7 Trillion        25% Unemployment Will Doom the Recovery…Can there be any question about that?       Exxon faces $1 billion fine for sabotaging Texas oil wells       

 

Cost Of Bailout Hits A Whopping $24 Trillion Dollars According to the watchdog overseeing the federal government’s financial bailout program, the full exposure since 2007 amounts to a whopping $23.7 trillion dollars, or $80,000 for every American citizen.

 

Stearns Crucifies Paulson On Bailout Bait And Switch Republican Congressman Cliff Stearns completely crucified former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson last week on everything from his bailout bait and switch to his tax dodging on $200 million in profits from Goldman Sachs. Paulson’s stuttering and embarrassing attempt to respond made him look guiltier than a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

 

Foreign Embassies Urged to Stockpile Local Currencies A top investment advisor, Harry Schultz – who was MarketWatch’s Peter Brimelow pick for financial newsletter of the Year in 2008 – is now claiming.

 

TARP watchdog says Treasury lacking bank data The top watchdog over the financial bailout package said the Treasury Department is rejecting “common sense” by not requiring banks receiving billions of dollars in government money to say how they are using the money.

 

 

7-17-09

Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs Are “Scum,” “Financial Terrorists”     Bank profits not as impressive as they seem when you take into account TARP funding, changed accounting rules to fudge books, new stock issues, etc… um      Regulators shut banks in Calif., Ga. and SD      Ron Paul: Opening Statement on Federal Reserve Role and Consumer Protection     ‘Printing money will lead to serious problems down the road,’ says Jim Rogers     Ron Paul: “Audit the Fed!”       Swiss banks running out of storage space for gold bullion        Paulson Threatened Great Depression, Food Riots, Martial Law To Get Bailout Bill Passed     Bank of America credit losses soar, profit falls       Citigroup losses masked by Smith Barney gain      GE revenue trails estimates, CEO lowers outlook     

Federal Drug Agents Asked to Join Michael Jackson Death Probe...
Home prices post 18% annual drop...
Second autopsy completed at the request of Jackson's family...
Los Angeles Prepares for Massive Memorial Service...
Doctor hires an attorney...
Was taking up to 3 powerful narcotic pain relievers at same time... Developing...
PLOT THICKENS: Police focus on medical treatment...
A LETHAL JAB: 'Collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol'...
WEEKS AWAY FROM LONDON 'COMEBACK'...
Paramedics spent 42 minutes trying to resuscitate...
'Was home alone for some time before help arrived'...
JACKSON FAMILY SPOKESMAN: 'EVERYONE AROUND HIM WAS ENABLING HIM, ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS'...       WIRE...           FINAL PHOTO...
JACKSON 'WAS UNABLE TO SING'

'I'm better off dead. I'm done': How Michael Jackson predicted his death six months ago By Ian Halperin
Last updated at 2:08 AM on 28th June 2009

Whatever  the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Had he not been driven – by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers – to commit to the gruelling 50 concerts in London’s O2 Arena, I believe he would still be alive today. During the last weeks and months of his life, Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the concert series scheduled for next month – a series that would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but which he could never have completed, not mentally, and not physically…

JACKSON 'WAS UNABLE TO SING'...
Grief turns to anger for fans...
NANNY REVEALS TRAGIC SECRET: 'I had to pump his stomach many times'...

 

"The horrifying state of pop superstar Michael Jackson in his final days can be revealed by The Sun today," the tabloid article began (disavowed by coroner). "Harrowing leaked autopsy details show the singer was a virtual skeleton -- barely eating and with only pills in his stomach at the time he died." According to The Sun, Jackson's hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds believed to be the result of injections of narcotic painkillers given  three times a day for years. The newspaper also claimed that Jackson, at 5 feet 10, had become severely emaciated and weighed about 112 pounds. It said that pathologists found his stomach empty, aside from partially dissolved pills. Additionally, according to The Sun, Jackson was wearing a wig when he died. The newspaper quoted pathologists as saying little more than "peach fuzz" covered his scalp.

 

7-16-09

Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs gang are ’scum’ who have co-opted U.S. gov’t       Faber: Next Stimulus Will Be Worse        What Economy? There’s Nothing Left to Recover        Oil falls towards $61 amid realistic pessimism on economy (Reuters)     CIT shares plunge after govt refuses bailout (AP)      Head of $25 Billion Templeton Fund: Derivatives Will Cause Another Crisis       Asia Markets: China still buying U.S. assets despite rhetoric – the communist chinese are bull s**t! … they’re the real paper tigers/bullies like their business partners, the fake free-enterprise/capitalist americans c     Roubini: Some People-- CNBC-- Have Taken My Statements Out Of Context        Can The Economy Recover? Paul Craig Roberts | There is no economy left to recover. The US manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring and free trade ideology.   What Economy? There’s Nothing Left to Recover  There is no economy left to recover. The US manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring and free trade ideology. It was replaced by a mythical “New Economy.”  Foreclosures at record high in first half 2009 despite aid...       Rising unemployment accelerates foreclosure crisis...      Foreign demand for long-term US financial assets fell sharply in May...

 

Max Keiser: Goldman Sachs gang are ’scum’ who have co-opted U.S. gov’t You Tube | Goldman Sachs are scum– that’s the bottom line. They have co-opted the government, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve’s functionality. They’ve co-opted the Obama administration & Barack Obama dances to Goldman Sachs’ tune.

Obama Science Czar’s Plan To Sterilize Population Through Water Supply Already Happening

NASA lost moon footage (riiiiight!…and they also want to sell you swampland in jersey), but Hollywood restores the new fake version which is a much slicker fake (AP)

London Times Censors Mass Opposition to Mandatory Swine Flu Vaccine

DRUDGEREPORT: HELP WANTED: Dept of Treasury seeks contractors for 'power of humor'...
'Have the ability to create cartoons on the spot'...
CBO: Federal budget is on unsustainable path...
Buchanan: Socialist America sinking...
'WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO KEEP FROM GOING BANKRUPT’ …..Riiiiight!…Sounds like a plan!'
VIDEO: Top black business leader Accuses zionist Sen. boxer Of Racism...
Foreclosures at record high in first half 2009 despite aid...
Rising unemployment accelerates foreclosure crisis...
Foreign demand for long-term US financial assets fell sharply in May...
Defacto Bankrupt Social Security spends $700,000 on Phoenix conference: Airfare, hotel entertainment, dancers...



 

 

7-15-09

Foreclosures at record high in first half 2009 despite aid     Foreclosures (those increased home sales that has been fueling suckers’ rally)  rise 15 percent in first half of 2009      BofA operating under secret regulatory sanction: report (Reuters)       $5 Billion Hedge-Fund Firm Switches Holdings To Physical Gold       Inflation, Deflation and “Got You” Prices       Fed: unemployment will top 10 percent this year...

Ex-FBI Agent: Why I Support a New 9/11 Investigation

Obama’s Science Czar: Traditional family is obsolete, punish large families

June proves big month for border smuggling via truck

7-14-09

Lower Markets on the Horizon      Cody Willard: Goldman Sachs Is A Ponzi Scheme, Should Be Punished Accordingly     The Ultimate Insider Trading Scheme     Obama Says Jobless Rate Likely to Tick Up for Several Months     Economist: At Best, An Inverted Recovery…and that’s a stretch…y     Justice Dept. wants UBS customer names      U.S. Budget Gap Exceeds $1 Trillion Bloomberg | The shortfall for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 totaled $1.1 trillion, the first time that the gap for the period surpassed $1 trillion, Treasury figures showed today in Washington.

US Warmongers want terrorists to take down Iran govt.      

African Media: Obama Returned To “Continent Of His Birth”  Paul Joseph Watson | Ghanaian news outlet claim sure to raise eyebrows of birth certificate skeptics.

William F. Buckley and the CIA       New reports of massive spying, criminality by US government        David Icke: ‘Don’t Take The Swine Flu Vaccine’      Dr. David Kelly killed because he knew too much…daaah?

CIA Assassination Program Revealed: Nothing New Under the Sun Kurt Nimmo | Corporate media engages in a feeding frenzy over the latest CIA revelations while ignoring the CIA’s long history of assassination.   

Moody's cuts Calif rating, budget talks press on    

Job cuts 'hit two in three' in UK       Brits go to Switzerland for assisted suicides...

 

7-13-09

Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time          CIT Watch: Analysts Says Debt Load Isn't the Only Problem       Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time (AP)     Geithner Refuses to Rule Out Continuing Using American Taxpayer as Piggy Bank for Derivatives Losses       China criticizes dollar      The Financial Flogging Continues We need to get people involved with protests. People must understand this is not a democratic or republican issue this is an american issue and we are getting our rights and wealth stolen.   Bernanke May Explain Fed Exit Strategy in Testimony Next Week    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke probably will show how the central bank will exit the biggest monetary expansion in history when he reports to Congress next week, economists said.

Geithner Refuses to Rule Out Using American Taxpayer as Piggy Bank for Derivatives Losses Infowars | Goldman Sachs operative sidesteps Rep. Sherman’s questions several times.

Goldman Execs Sold $700M of Stock: Report  TheStreet.com      GOLDMAN executives sold $700m of stock; Selling surge came amid bailout...

CIT in 'Active' Talks With Government for Aid as Bonds Tumble Bloomberg - Pierre Paulden, Caroline Salas July 14 (Bloomberg) -- CIT Group Inc., the century-old lender that's been unable to persuade the government to back its debt sales, is in “active discussions” with regulators about a rescue before $1 billion of ...    Video: CIT Prepares For Bankruptcy - Bloomberg

 

Retired General / American Intelligence Official Says 911 was an Inside Job

 

Egypt Calls for Establishing New World Order to Overcome Crises

 

Broadcasters Seek Federal Aid…that should help an already unobjective media/news charade become even more objective …riiiiight!...

 

Convicted Thought Criminals Seeking Asylum Jailed Los Angeles Times | Since arriving in America, they haven’t spent a single day as free men.  Infowars | Video of AG Holder admitting the Hate Crime law will be used to go after politically incorrect enemies of the state.

Obama Science Czar’s Plan To Sterilize Population Through Water Supply Already Happening Paul Joseph Watson | Antiandrogens discovered in lakes and rivers are feminizing men as global sperm counts plummet.

UPDATE: Man gored to death at Pamplona bull run...

7-10-09

This Depression Will Last For Years       Wyoming sees first bank failure since 1991     China criticizes dollar      Medvedev Shows Off Sample Coin of New ‘World Currency’ at G-8      The Fed’s “Independence” Argument is False     AIG Seeks Clearance For More Bonuses      The ‘gold is bad in a deflationary environment’ myth

 

Uighurs claim 400 killed in unrest in western China     CIA ‘often lied to congressmen’     Obama threatens to veto law decreasing White House secrecy

 

Obama’s Cap and Trade Carbon Emissions Bill – A Stealth Scheme to License Pollution and Fraud Stephen Lendman | “We are on the verge of creating a new trillion dollar market (through) financial assets that will be securitized, derivatized, and speculated by Wall Street like the mortgage-backed securities market.”

"It's Going to Be a Disaster": Associate Says Jackson Was Too Weak for Major Comeback - One of the dreamers who tried to reboot Michael Jackson's career says the late King of Pop wasn't fit enough to hit the stage for the "greatest comeback show ever" two years ago,...

7-9-09

AIG Preparing to Pay New Round of Bonuses...     While Talking About Keynesian Stimulus, Feds Are Really Just Giving Money to the Big Frauds            FDIC Insurance Fund: It Doesn’t Actually Exist      Replacing the dollar as reserve currency      Ron Paul On Fed Audit: We Will Not Be Stopped Paul Joseph Watson | Congressman says investigating private Federal Reserve would reveal where missing TARP funds went.

 

FDIC Insurance Fund: It Doesn’t Actually Exist Seeking Alpha | As a former FDIC chairman, Bill Isaac, points out here, the FDIC Insurance Fund is an accounting fiction.

 

Replacing the dollar as reserve currency Reuters | The U.S. dollar is in the line of fire as leaders from the largest developed and developing countries gather in Italy for talks, as China pushes for debate on an eventual shift to a new global reserve currency.

 

Senate Blocks Bill To Audit The Fed As Government Prepares For Second Round Of Looting A Senate amendment based on Congressman Ron Paul’s successful House bill to audit the Federal Reserve was blocked by the Senate yesterday evening on procedural grounds, as Jim DeMint slammed the Fed for refusing to disclose where trillions in bailout funds had gone, while a top Obama administration advisor called for a second “stimulus” package to be prepared.

 

OHIO: Black teens attack white family on 4th, shouting 'It's a black world'...      LAPD's public database omits nearly 40% of this year's crimes…I knew this had to be so... 

 

So This Is What Victory Looks Like?  Scott Ritter | Many in the West continue to delude themselves into seeing progress—and therefore “victory”—when in fact the situation in Iraq has only regressed.

 

White House opposes increased CIA oversight; House intel chairman says CIA lied to Congress

 

New 7/7 Bombing Photo Contradicts Official Story A new photo released on the fourth anniversary of the 7/7 attacks in London appears to contradict the government’s official story that Muslims with backpack bombs were responsible for the Tube and bus bombings which killed 52 people.

 

Sarkozy: Israeli strike on Iran would be 'catastrophe'...    

 

Blitz of “Cyber Attacks” as Rockefeller Bill Approaches Kurt Nimmo | A determined propaganda blitz is well underway as the government sets the stage for the passage of Cybersecurity Act of 2009.

 

John Boehner: Lobotomy Joe Biden’s lying about stimulus    SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE…BECAUSE THE FIRST WORKED SO WELL…RIIIIIGHT!

 

 

7-8-09

Economist: FDIC gearing up for bank closures     Goldman Sachs Admits Its Software Can “Manipulate Markets in Unfair Ways and fraudulently generate commissions /trade volume”      True unemployment rate already at 20%      GE Stock Worth Just $2, Says Longtime Bear Charles Ortel     Ron Paul Is Right! We Should Audit the Fed     America's "War on Capitalism": Why More Govt. Stimulus Is a Bad Idea     With $700 billion in TARP, $700 billion in Stimulus and a $1.5 trillion ($1500 billion) federal budget deficit it’s easy to get numb to big numbers.     Replacing the dollar as reserve currency     Bob Chapman | The Fed, banking and Wall Street are responsible for the destruction of about 40% of worldwide wealth.

 

Economist: FDIC gearing up for bank closures The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is gearing up to handle a large number of bank failures expected as a result of bad mortgages, both in residential and commercial real estate, an economist said Tuesday.

 

Economy In Turmoil Can’t Be Fixed With Farcical Regulation Bob Chapman | The Fed, banking and Wall Street are responsible for the destruction of about 40% of worldwide wealth.

 

U.S. Occupation of Iraq Continues Unabated

 

Blitz of “Cyber Attacks” as Rockefeller Bill Approaches Kurt Nimmo | A determined propaganda blitz is well underway as the government sets the stage for the passage of Cybersecurity Act of 2009.

 

John Boehner: Lobotomy Joe Biden’s lying about stimulus

 

GALLUP: OBAMA APPROVAL DIPS TO NEW LOW...
2 suspected US missile attacks kill 45 civilians in Pakistan...
Jury sees videos of Dem congressman accepting cash...

 

If proven, alleged Israeli spying in Lebanon a 'serious violation': UN (AFP)  

 

7-7-09

Economic Expectations – Unemployment Rate Will Reach 15% David Tice: We are going into a depression. 15% unemployment or more on horizon.   U.S. consumers fall behind on loans at record pace       FBI: Mortgage fraud 'rampant' and growing...       Celente and Schiff Predict Food Panic This Year. Watch clips HERE. Fema Camps Built.      Wall Street hits 10-week low amid talk of new stimulus     

 

Long-Term Trends Point to Gold Above $1,000

 

U.S. consumers fall behind on loans at record pace  Soaring U.S. unemployment and a shrinking economy drove delinquencies on credit card debt and home equity loans to all-time highs in the first quarter as a record number of cash-strapped consumers fell behind on their bills.     

 

Senate Blocks Bill To Audit The Fed (Making them Complicit) As Government Prepares For Second Round Of Looting Paul Joseph Watson | Senator Jim DeMint slams Fed’s monopoly, questions where trillions in bailout funds has gone. A Senate amendment based on Congressman Ron Paul’s successful House bill to audit the Federal Reserve was blocked by the Senate yesterday evening on procedural grounds, as Jim DeMint slammed the Fed for refusing to disclose where trillions in bailout funds had gone, while a top Obama administration advisor called for a second “stimulus” package to be prepared.  Senate Update on Audit the Fed legislation Campaign for Liberty | Earlier today, the first shot in our battle to pass Audit the Fed through the U.S. Senate was fired on the Senate floor by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina.    Rothschild’s Federal Reserve Must Be Abolished

 

Western Governments Funding Taliban & Al-Qaeda To Kill U.S. Troops, Destabilize Countries Recent revelations concerning the U.S. importing Taliban members into Iraq to foster false flag terrorism is merely the tip of the iceberg when compared to the U.S. intelligence complex’s multi-decade history in sponsoring Sunni Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist groups around the world.

 

Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama

 

Chinese Troops Kill 140 in Xinjiang

 

 

7-6-09

US lurching towards ‘debt explosion’ with long-term interest rates on course to double         Jim Rogers Sells Dollars, Plans to Short Treasuries               ‘Sucker’s Rally Beginning To Unwind’ daaaah…?    Calls grow to supplant dollar as global currency     China officials call for displacing dollar, in time       Tracking Two Depressions, 1929 and now this       Lear Corp files for bankruptcy       GM to get final $20 billion in U.S. funding this year          Big Banks Don't Want California's IOUs (at The Wall Street Journal Online)     Unemployment Worse with Stimulus than Without      California’s Nightmare Will Kill Obamanomics        Payrolls Fall More Than Forecast, Unemployment Rises       

 

Calls grow to supplant dollar as global currency The call to find an alternative to the U.S dollar as the global reserve currency is gaining momentum as France joined calls by China, India and Russia for a review of the world’s currency practices.

 

Jim Rogers Sells Dollars, Plans to Short Treasuries  The dollar and U.S. Treasuries are both likely to slide as soaring government debt in the world’s biggest economy undermines confidence in its assets, according to Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings.

 

Woman in Beverly Hills faces jail -- for feeding stray cats. No wonder rational, productive people are leaving caleefornia!

 

Biden: ‘We misread how bad the economy was’

 

Bill Gives Attorney General Power To Designate Gun Owners, Tax Protesters As Terrorists Paul Joseph Watson | Amendments to H.R. 2647 empower Holder to demonize law-abiding American citizens as “extremists” under definitions already established by Homeland Security.  Kurt Nimmo | The amendment would give Holder the authority to determine what persons are “associated or affiliated with hate groups.”

 

Biden, known for his verbal gaffs, uncontrolled off-the-cuff embarrassing remarks, has finally added a global dimension to his foot-in-mouth  misdirection with potentially dire consequences outside this country as he purportedly gives Israel OK for Iran attack; it should be noted that some years ago biden had part of his brain surgically removed and much like other lobotomized mental cases, his outbursts are uncontrollable and  often out of wack

 

Iran’s reaction to attack would be ‘very decisive’: official A senior Iranian official, reacting to comments by US Vice President Joe Biden, on Monday said his country would respond “in a very full-scale and very decisive way” if it were attacked by Israel.

 

Kelly Was Working On Book Exposing Government Before his murder which has been falsely called “Suicide”

 

7 US troops killed throughout Afghanistan

 

Cynthia McKinney: Letter from an Israeli Jail Cynthia McKinney | This is Cynthia McKinney, July 2nd 2009, also known as Ramle prisoner number 88794.

 

 

7-2-09

America’s Effective Unemployment Rate at 18.7%?     US loses 467,000 jobs, unemployment at 9.5%       'We're in the Middle of a Crash': Black Swan...      U.S. job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes     Bank earnings to be hit by higher bad loans     MORGAN STANLEY May Post Another Loss ...      Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage (AP)      Banksters Love Cap-and-Trade     An Economy Bigger than Russia, Brazil, Canada, India or Spain Is About to Default      

 

7-1-09

Mortgage applications fall to 7-month low...         Private sector sheds another 473,000 jobs in June...        'Layoffs may be worsening'...      AIG shares drop after 1-for-20 reverse-stock split (AP)     Manhattan apartment prices skid 13 to 19 percent        [$$] Big Pay Packages Return to Wall Street as new fraud gains steam (at The Wall Street Journal Online)       

 

US private sector sheds 473,000 more jobs in June U.S. private employers cut 473,000 jobs in June, more than expected but down from the 485,000 jobs lost in May, a report by a private employment service said on Wednesday.

 

Stewart: CIA hopes Wall St. geniuses will help other ‘calm, stable countries to collapse’  Jon Stewart wants to know why the CIA is recruiting former Wall Street bankers.

 

Gerald Celente on the Cap and Trade Scam Infowars | Gerald Celente interviewed on FOX Business.

 

Homeland Security and U.S. Army Plan Invasion of States      The CIA’s Swine Flu & Your Plastic FEMA Coffin          Beck and Former CIA Employee Agree: U.S. Needs to be Hit by al-Qaeda     

 

Color Revolutions, Old and New  Stephen Lendman | Belgrade was the prototype for Washington-instigated color revolutions to follow.

Murdoch CEO Labels Bloggers “Political Extremists” Paul Joseph Watson | John Hartigan laments how bloggers are not sent to jail like in China or Burma.

FEMA, Israeli Defense Forces Home Front Command Partner for Martial Law Kurt Nimmo | The Israeli National Emergency Management Authority and FEMA partnership was established under a 2007 Memorandum of Understanding with the DHS.

Rasmussen: Obama Disapproval Rating Matches Lowest Level Recorded Rasmussen Reports | Thirty-three percent (33%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2. That matches the lowest level yet recorded.
US remains silent over McKinney arrest by Israel Nearly a day after the detention of former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney by Israeli forces, Washington has yet to make a reaction.

Pirates of the Mediterranean Paul Craig Roberts | Israel, of course, will get away with a mere act of piracy. After all, Israel has been getting away with its war crimes and violations of international law for 60 years.

DRUDGEREPORT : Mortgage applications fall to 7-month low...
Private sector sheds another 473,000 jobs in June...
'Layoffs may be worsening'...
Deficit forces California to issue IOUs...
States brace for shutdowns...

Federal Drug Agents Asked to Join Michael Jackson Death Probe...
Home prices post 18% annual drop...
Second autopsy completed at the request of Jackson's family...
Los Angeles Prepares for Massive Memorial Service...
Doctor hires an attorney...
Was taking up to 3 powerful narcotic pain relievers at same time... Developing...
PLOT THICKENS: Police focus on medical treatment...
A LETHAL JAB: 'Collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol'...
WEEKS AWAY FROM LONDON 'COMEBACK'...
Paramedics spent 42 minutes trying to resuscitate...
'Was home alone for some time before help arrived'...
JACKSON FAMILY SPOKESMAN: 'EVERYONE AROUND HIM WAS ENABLING HIM, ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS'...       WIRE...           FINAL PHOTO...
JACKSON 'WAS UNABLE TO SING'

'I'm better off dead. I'm done': How Michael Jackson predicted his death six months ago By Ian Halperin
Last updated at 2:08 AM on 28th June 2009

Whatever  the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Had he not been driven – by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers – to commit to the gruelling 50 concerts in London’s O2 Arena, I believe he would still be alive today. During the last weeks and months of his life, Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the concert series scheduled for next month – a series that would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but which he could never have completed, not mentally, and not physically…

JACKSON 'WAS UNABLE TO SING'...
Grief turns to anger for fans...
NANNY REVEALS TRAGIC SECRET: 'I had to pump his stomach many times'...

 

"The horrifying state of pop superstar Michael Jackson in his final days can be revealed by The Sun today," the tabloid article began (disavowed by coroner). "Harrowing leaked autopsy details show the singer was a virtual skeleton -- barely eating and with only pills in his stomach at the time he died." According to The Sun, Jackson's hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds believed to be the result of injections of narcotic painkillers given  three times a day for years. The newspaper also claimed that Jackson, at 5 feet 10, had become severely emaciated and weighed about 112 pounds. It said that pathologists found his stomach empty, aside from partially dissolved pills. Additionally, according to The Sun, Jackson was wearing a wig when he died. The newspaper quoted pathologists as saying little more than "peach fuzz" covered his scalp.

 

 

6-30-09

Consumer confidence suffers steep fall...     Home prices post 18% annual drop...    Worldwide Depression: Review of Global Markets     Can credit default swaps be abolished - Washington’s Blog | The U.S. economy is not “the most vibrant and flexible in the world”. It is the most broke in the world.   Did you know that ?  

 

Gloomy U.S. consumers clip housing recovery hopes Reuters | Billionaire investor George Soros added to the cautionary tone, saying fears of inflation would drive up borrowing costs and choke off growth once financial markets recover.

 

Debasing the Currency is Leading to Financial Collapse . . . Just As It Has for Thousands of Years In a fascinating 22-page study of money and currency, Christopher Weber shows that every government - from Athens, to pre-collapse Rome, to the Islamic countries in the Middle Ages - which stuck to the Greek standard of coins has been stable and prosperous.

 

Can credit default swaps be abolished? Washington’s Blog | The U.S. economy is not “the most vibrant and flexible in the world”. It is the most broke in the world.

 

Worldwide Depression: Review of Global Markets Bob Chapman | As you have already seen this is a worldwide depression and no one will escape.

 

Cap and Trade Will Lead to Capital Flight Ron Paul | The Cap and Trade Bill HR 2454 was voted on last Friday. Proponents claim this bill will help the environment, but what it really does is put another nail in the economy’s coffin.


Poll finds Alan Greenspan to blame for credit crisis Greedy bankers are routinely blamed for the credit crisis but one British-based poll of — well, financiers — spreads the blame more widely.

 

Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Bill Gathers Steam CQ | Paul’s legislation, popularly known as the “Audit the Fed” bill, has drawn 244 cosponsors, ranging from Republican floor leader John A. Boehner to Democratic chairman of the Judiciary Committee John Conyers Jr.

 

Alex Jones: Obama Breaks Promise Not to Raise Taxes on Middle Class Infowars | Obama reveals his contempt for the American people by issuing signing statements, even though he said during the election he would not.

 

Rasmussen: Obama Disapproval Rating Matches Lowest Level Recorded

 

International Bailout Brings Us Closer to Economic Collapse Ron Paul | In an affront to all those who thought they voted for a peace candidate, the current president will be sending another $106 billion to Afghanistan and Iraq.

 

The two party system has failed America Shawn Connors | Our ranking two party politicians can no longer be trusted because they are not making decisions in our interest.  World bankers, corporations, and elitists with an agenda have infiltrated our government.  These two party politicians are puppets.

 

The Truth Behind The Iraq “Sovereignty” Propaganda The corporate media is getting all giddy and affording blanket coverage to the story of Iraqis who are “regaining their sovereignty” as U.S. troops are pulled out from Iraqi cities. This is of course lurid and baseless propaganda - hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops will remain in Iraq stationed at the dozens of military bases that have been built across the country.

 

DRUDGEREPORT: NKorean Ship Reverses Course...
Zelaya vows return to Honduras despite arrest threat...
*Ousted leader likely to meet US officials...
**Zelaya accused of drug ties...
Ahmadinejad declares 'soft overthrow' failed...
Consumer confidence suffers steep fall...
'Unexpected'...
Stocks Slump as Quarter Ends...
Deficit forces California to issue IOUs...
States brace for shutdowns...
Home prices post 18% annual drop...
Second autopsy completed at the request of Jackson's family...
Los Angeles Prepares for Massive Memorial Service...
Doctor hires an attorney...
Was taking up to 3 powerful narcotic pain relievers at same time... Developing...
PLOT THICKENS: Police focus on medical treatment...
A LETHAL JAB: 'Collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol'...
WEEKS AWAY FROM LONDON 'COMEBACK'...
Paramedics spent 42 minutes trying to resuscitate...
'Was home alone for some time before help arrived'...
JACKSON FAMILY SPOKESMAN: 'EVERYONE AROUND HIM WAS ENABLING HIM, ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS'...       WIRE...           FINAL PHOTO...
JACKSON 'WAS UNABLE TO SING'

'I'm better off dead. I'm done': How Michael Jackson predicted his death six months ago By Ian Halperin
Last updated at 2:08 AM on 28th June 2009

Whatever  the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Had he not been driven – by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers – to commit to the gruelling 50 concerts in London’s O2 Arena, I believe he would still be alive today. During the last weeks and months of his life, Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the concert series scheduled for next month – a series that would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but which he could never have completed, not mentally, and not physically…

JACKSON 'WAS UNABLE TO SING'...
Grief turns to anger for fans...
NANNY REVEALS TRAGIC SECRET: 'I had to pump his stomach many times'...

 

"The horrifying state of pop superstar Michael Jackson in his final days can be revealed by The Sun today," the tabloid article began (disavowed by coroner). "Harrowing leaked autopsy details show the singer was a virtual skeleton -- barely eating and with only pills in his stomach at the time he died." According to The Sun, Jackson's hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds believed to be the result of injections of narcotic painkillers given  three times a day for years. The newspaper also claimed that Jackson, at 5 feet 10, had become severely emaciated and weighed about 112 pounds. It said that pathologists found his stomach empty, aside from partially dissolved pills. Additionally, according to The Sun, Jackson was wearing a wig when he died. The newspaper quoted pathologists as saying little more than "peach fuzz" covered his scalp.

 

California set to issue IOUs as fiscal crisis weighs...
State shutdowns loom...

 

 

6-29-09

Four banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to 19 more than all of 2008 at a total thus far of 44       Dollar Falls Most in Month as China Urges New Reserve Currency      Gerald Celente speaks on Cap and Trade and other handicaps to the US economy       Top WH Advisor: Obama Won’t Rule Out Middle Class Tax Hike              

 

Hyperinflation Nation Hyperinflation Nation starring Peter Schiff, Ron Paul, Jim Rogers, Tom Woods, Gerald Celente, and others. Prepare now before the US dollar is worthless.

 

BIS Sees Risk Central Banks Will Raise Interest Rates Too Late The Bank for International Settlements said there’s a risk central banks will raise interest rates and withdraw emergency liquidity too late, triggering inflation.

 

RED ALERT: The Total Takeover Of America Enters Its Final Phase  The wholesale looting of America and the transfer of wealth and power over to a private banking elite who are setting up a world government, along with the complete obliteration of any remaining freedom to protest, resist, or even speak out against this agenda, is now entering its final phase as numerous different pieces of the jigsaw puzzle fall into place and portray a clear picture of tyranny.

 

Brookings Publication mentions possibility of ‘Horrific Provocation’ to Trigger Iran Invasion In a recent policy paper published by the influential Brookings Institute, the authors propose almost anything to guarantee dominance of Persia by the new world order, including bribery, lying, cheating and mass murdering by an all-out military assault of Iran.

 

More Obama Lies: Signing Statement on $106B War Bill President Obama signed the $106 billion war-spending bill into law Friday, but not without taking a page from his predecessor and ignoring a few elements in the legislation.

 

US, Israel behind Iran vote-rigging rumors: Ejei  Iran’s Intelligence Minister has dismissed claims of vote-rigging in the presidential election, blaming the US and Israel for the spread of such rumors among the people.

 

 

RED ALERT: The Total Takeover Of America Enters Its Final Phase Paul Joseph Watson | Full frontal assault on every aspect of freedom kicks into high gear as the elite twist the knife into the rotting carcass of the United States.

 

Buchanan: Climate Bill Is Transfer Of Wealth To World Government Paul Joseph Watson| Former presidential advisor slams fearmongering that led to passage of nightmare legislation. 

 

 

Deficit forces California to issue IOUs...

 

Shanghai activists 'save cats from being eaten' What a primitive, worthless, uncivilized and oppressive/repressive country china is. No wonder (kindred) america transferred their economic future to this dirty, polluted country, china, where if not for slave/prison labor they would have no workforce at all and certainly not one of paying but a few cents per hour…”their competitive edge”… Their products like america’s are junk and inferior in every way except price which reflects as well their worth… -0-. … "There is no law in China saying cats cannot be eaten," police officer Ma Yong was quoted as saying. "Cats are not a protected animal." Yang, who has traded cats for a decade, bought the animals from so-called hunters who trapped the cats in residential areas at night, the report said. Police could not charge him with possessing stolen property because, unlike dogs, a licence is not required for owning a cat in Shanghai, making ownership impossible to prove, the report said. Eating cat meat is a tradition in many parts of China, especially in southern regions, where some restaurants specialize in preparing the dishes, according to Chinese media reports.

 

 

DRUDGEREPORT:  Second autopsy completed at the request of Jackson's family...
Los Angeles Prepares for Massive Memorial Service...
Doctor hires an attorney...
Was taking up to 3 powerful narcotic pain relievers at same time... Developing...
PLOT THICKENS: Police focus on medical treatment...
A LETHAL JAB: 'Collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol'...
WEEKS AWAY FROM LONDON 'COMEBACK'...
Paramedics spent 42 minutes trying to resuscitate...
'Was home alone for some time before help arrived'...
JACKSON FAMILY SPOKESMAN: 'EVERYONE AROUND HIM WAS ENABLING HIM, ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS'...       WIRE...           FINAL PHOTO...
JACKSON 'WAS UNABLE TO SING'

'I'm better off dead. I'm done': How Michael Jackson predicted his death six months ago By Ian Halperin
Last updated at 2:08 AM on 28th June 2009

Whatever  the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Had he not been driven – by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers – to commit to the gruelling 50 concerts in London’s O2 Arena, I believe he would still be alive today. During the last weeks and months of his life, Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the concert series scheduled for next month – a series that would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but which he could never have completed, not mentally, and not physically…

JACKSON 'WAS UNABLE TO SING'...
Grief turns to anger for fans...
NANNY REVEALS TRAGIC SECRET: 'I had to pump his stomach many times'...

 

"The horrifying state of pop superstar Michael Jackson in his final days can be revealed by The Sun today," the tabloid article began (disavowed by coroner). "Harrowing leaked autopsy details show the singer was a virtual skeleton -- barely eating and with only pills in his stomach at the time he died." According to The Sun, Jackson's hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds believed to be the result of injections of narcotic painkillers given  three times a day for years. The newspaper also claimed that Jackson, at 5 feet 10, had become severely emaciated and weighed about 112 pounds. It said that pathologists found his stomach empty, aside from partially dissolved pills. Additionally, according to The Sun, Jackson was wearing a wig when he died. The newspaper quoted pathologists as saying little more than "peach fuzz" covered his scalp.

 

California set to issue IOUs as fiscal crisis weighs...
State shutdowns loom...

 

 

 


OBAMA WARNING ON SOCIAL SECURITY

TRENDSRESEARCH.COM     GERALD CELENTE

 

 



Vol. XVII, No. 1


Top Trends of 2009

 



Winter 2009


THE COLLAPSE OF '09 

The “Panic of ‘08” will be followed by “The Collapse of ‘09.” In 2008, when the world’s largest financial firms and equity markets crumbled, Wall Street’s woes preoccupied the media. In 2009, the focus will broaden to include a range of calamities that will leave no sector unscathed.....


THE REVOLUTION

It’s unprecedented. There is nothing like it in the history of the United States. No week goes by without the Government buying into or buying up another failing “too big to fail” using taxpayer money. In the process, a super-race of corporate giants is being created that will be declared “too big to tumble.” It is a matter of historical fact: When people are homeless, helpless, desperate, jobless and hungry, sooner or later they will rebel. And it won’t be any different in America.....


ECONOMIC SLIM-FAST

Like it or not, Americans are going on a diet: a spending diet and a food diet. Staying fit and living frugally was a mainstay of pre-World War II America, and it will be a major defining trend of 21st century America.....


LITTLE PEOPLE SQUEEZE

To keep local, state and federal governments running, and to finance stimulus packages and bailout programs, politicians will put the squeeze on the already squeezed. The biggest squeeze: property taxes. Historically, empires crash when taxes are raised beyond the capacity to pay.....


REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

The signs are clear that the time is ripe for stem cells to start coming out of the laboratory and into the clinic, to make the leap from theoretical to practical, from promise to product. The breathtaking promise, the wild hype, and the raging controversy has turned stem cell research into a political lightning rod, a scientific holy grail, and the last best hope for millions of people with otherwise untreatable diseases.....


THE GREATEST DEPRESSION

While we alone predicted the “Panic of ’08” (and even took out the domain name “Panicof08.com” on November 7, 2007), we are not alone in predicting a Depression. The “D” word is being uttered – in some cases by those who have the most to lose and whose best interests are not served by spreading gloom and doom.....


OBAMARAMA

Setting aside the only major question that remains unanswered (when, or if, Obama makes Supreme Court selections, will they reflect the liberal beliefs of his supporters?), we see nothing coming from his administration that can prevent The Collapse of ’09, the Greatest Depression or the brewing Revolution. From these macro-developments, a number of other significant trends — some promising, some foreboding — will emerge, accelerate and intensify.....


BUSH GARDENS

To cope with food shortages and food rationing during World War II, masses of people planted “Victory Gardens.” As America moves into the Greatest Depression, the need to put food on the table will again oblige people to grow their own.....


WHOLE HEALTH HEALING

Just as Greatest Depression economic conditions cannot be cured with financial stimulus pills or monetary painkillers, so too chronic degenerative disease cannot be cured by silver bullet drug therapies or through the magic of medical doctors. The philosophy and practice of Whole Health Healing, a first line of defense, requires that the individual responsibility for achieving and maintaining health.....


THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

During the grim times of the Great Depression, arts and entertainment flourished, and with the repeal of Prohibition the good times rolled … and they’ll roll again. Lifting spirits, and drinking them, will be big businesses and major pastimes for both down-and-outs and the Uptown crowd during the Greatest Depression.....


COLLEGE CRASH

As the economy and the country unravel — closely following our forecast schedule — there is not a single major mitigating factor to forestall, much less reverse the process. Following the commercial real estate and retail cave-ins: College. Most will downsize, many will fail.....

WHAT DO THE TOP FINANCIAL ADVISORS SUGGEST FOR 2009?

George Washington’s Blog
Wednesday, Jan 7, 2008

Here’s a round up of what some of the top investment advisors who predicted the financial crisis are suggesting for 2009:

PhD economist Marc Faber suggests buying gold (and gold miners), silver, platinum, and industrial commodities, massively shorting long-term treasuries at the appropriate time, and - if one wants to buy stocks - to buy some resource company stocks such as Freeport McMoran, and some Asian stocks (but selling out of stocks at the top of the bear rally).

Jim Rogers likes agricultural and oil stocks.

Fund manager Peter Schiff thinks gold will go through the roof as runaway inflation kicks in and - as usual - urges people to buy stocks in solid, dividend-paying companies in Europe and Asia.

PhD economist Gary Schilling suggests the following:

1. Sell homebuilder stocks and bonds.

2. If you plan to sell your house, second home or investment houses anytime soon, do so yesterday.

3. Sell some housing-related stocks.

4. Sell some consumer discretionary spending companies.

5. Sell most commercial real estate.

6. Sell some commodities.

7. Sell emerging market equities.

8. Sell emerging market debt.

9. Buy the dollar.

10. Sell stocks in general. (S&P 500 to 600)

11. Sell consumer lenders’ equities.

12. Buy, carefully, high-grade bonds.

And its always worthwhile to look at what Mish is thinking.

 

Economy in grip of recession, reports show 1-6-08

Stocks end higher on hopes for economic rebound

Alcoa to cut 13 pct of global work force

The Secular Bear Market Continues

Willem Buiter warns of massive dollar collapse

Bank Of England Policymaker Predicts Unprecedented Dollar Collapse Steve Watson | Warns that within five years global dumping of dollar assets could be complete.

Value of 2008 Bailouts Exceeds Combined Costs of All Major U.S. Wars CNSNews | The total value of the bailouts undertaken by the federal government in 2008 now exceeds the combined cost of every major war the United States has ever engaged in.

Willem Buiter warns of massive dollar collapse Telegraph | The long-held assumption that US assets — particularly government bonds — are a safe haven will soon be overturned as investors lose their patience with the world’s biggest economy, according to Willem Buiter.

Obama: Trillion-Dollar Deficits to Last...
...for years

 

Unconventional Weapons against The People of Gaza Akram al-Sattari | The attack against Gaza is a carefully planned humanitarian catastrophe. How can anybody in their right mind support the actions of the Israeli government?

Israel Bombs Palestinian School, Kills 30 BBC | At least 30 people were killed and 55 injured when Israeli artillery shells landed outside a United Nations-run school in Gaza, UN officials have said.

Gaza’s worsening nightmare AlArab Online | The shelling is incessant, hospitals are overwhelmed, children are shell-shocked, the Gaza nights are miserably cold in the windowless homes. And residents fear their nightmare could worsen.

Remember that Britain’s SAS trained the Khmer Rouge At a time when the USA is supporting Israel’s actions in Palestine, we should remember that the USA and UK supported Pol Pot and his murderous Khmer Rouge.

CIA Preparing To Install Military Government In Greece?

Norwegian doctor: Israel intentionally targeting civilians Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor working in Gaza, told Sky News on Monday that that he believes Israel is deliberately attacking the Palestinian population, not just targeting Hamas as Israeli authorities have said numerous times

The Gaza Bloodbath

Israel’s slaughter of innocent Palestinians is morally outrageous

Massacre at refugee shelter

Israeli terror in Gaza overshadows US-Gulf forum

Al-Qaida No. 2 blames Obama for Gaza fight...

UN SCHOOL HORROR IN GAZA; TANK FIRE KILLS DOZENS...

 

Car sales plunge heralding bleak 2009 1-5-09

Stocks slip on telecom and financials; Apple jumps on ‘jobs alive’ news…riiiiight!

Obama plunges into econ talks, borrows a page from bush economic strategy of spending money you don’t have and cutting taxes, and predicts approval

Consumer bankruptcies jumped 33% in 2008 and much worse expected in 2009 including commercial bankruptcies far greater and larger than in 2008

 

Will We Have a Good 2009? Not If History Is Any Guide

[$$] Don't Get Too Happy About the New Year
Some reality: After a short modest rally in the stock markets, lasting at best if at all, 1 to 4 months after Obama is inaugurated as President, people will realize that Obama’s stimulus plan isn’t going to work. Specifically, it will become obvious that we’re in a Great Depression, and that nothing that Bushco or Obamaco did can get us out of it (it may take a while longer for people to realize that what both administrations did actually made the financial crisis much worse).
Check This Graph-Proof we are going into a Great Depression. Notice MASSIVE job losses. Is there really any doubt any longer?

 

Israeli terror unleashed

Gaza hospital overwhelmed by dead, wounded (AP)

Fighting rages in Gaza as International war criminal nation israel spurns truce calls and should be sanctioned for their terrorism (AFP)

Diplomats seek truce as Gaza's civilian toll(over 25%) rises (AP)

UN contradicts Israel over depth of crisis in Gaza (AP) america/israel 21st century terrorists/nazis

Olmert rebuffs Sarkozy call for Gaza ceasefire (AFP)

Israel Using Depleted Uranium Against Gaza Victims Paul Joseph Watson | More evidence of war crimes being committed.

Financial Ruin and War For All Who Oppose The Rulers of the Economy Bob Chapman | The Quadrillion Dollar Derivative Death-Star is a world-class disaster made possible by the same group of deregulatory Clintonites who now infest Comrade Obama’s Cabinet.

Engines of Recovery Flame Out as Economy Seeks Obama-Fed Rescue Bloomberg | The engines that have lifted the U.S. economy out of every recession since World War II will be of little help this time around.

2009 is Going To Be a Bumpy Ride
George Washington’s Blog January 5, 2009
Here are my predictions for 2009. If these predictions sound too gloomy and you don’t buy them, bookmark this, and come back to it later in the year to see whether or not it was right.

After a short rally in the stock markets, lasting somewhere on the order of 1 to 4 months after Obama is inaugurated as President, people will realize that Obama’s stimulus plan isn’t going to work. Specifically, it will become obvious that we’re in a Great Depression, and that nothing that Bushco or Obamaco did can get us out of it (it may take a while longer for people to realize that what both administrations did actually made the financial crisis much worse). At that point, the stock market will crash like a waterfall. Mish thinks the crash will leave the S&P at 600. Robert McHugh thinks the crash will drive the S&P to 500 or lower (in McHugh’s worst-case scenario, the S&P could end up at 50). At around the time of the crash, the bubble in long-term treasuries will burst. Retirees and other people who have socked away their money in treasuries will get hit hard. The government itself will start massively buying its own long-term treasuries. Obama will institute numerous "emergency measures" to "restore stability". None of them will be pretty, and none of them will work . . . except to undermine our liberties still further. Its going to be a very bumpy ride.

 

OIC slams world silence on Gaza bloodbath

ISRAELI TANKS AND TROOPS LAUNCH ATTACK ON GAZA...
'Lengthy operation': Israeli official...
THOUSANDS OF RESERVISTS CALLED UP...
EU president: Israel ground op in Gaza IS offensive...
Schwarzenegger’s a dummy who really possesses no analytical skills whatsoever (probably roid brain damage) and is done: No nation has right to starve people in land they invaded (and blockaded) violating international law and created the very scenario they now use to buttress their killing of innocent children, women, and men... Then there’s also little tony villar, former gang member who changed his name, failed the bar exam 4 times, also a land of fruits and nuts dummy who embraces war criminal nation israel for lost angeles politics sake and yes…he’s lost angeles mayor, little tony ‘mecha man’ villargairosa.
FRANCE, LONE EUROPEAN VOICE OF REASON, CONDEMNS...

Israel Using america-funded Depleted Uranium Against Gaza Victims Medics have found traces of depleted uranium in victims of Israel’s brutal attack on Gaza, according to a Press TV report, meaning the ultimate death toll could be far higher as future generations are plagued by cancers and birth defects. Israel rains fire on Gaza with america-funded phosphorus shells - israel is using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday.

Israeli forces kill five Palestinian children in Gaza

Top 5 Lies About Israel’s Assault on Gaza The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated pieces of property in the world. The presence of militants within a civilian population does not, under international law, deprive that population of their protected status, and hence any assault upon that population under the guise of targeting militants is, in fact, a war crime.

Israel rejects truce monitors

Kingdom denounces silence — Palestinian factions asked to unite JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia yesterday denounced the silence of the international community over the ferocious Israeli war on unarmed Palestinians in Gaza and the collective punishment inflicted on the inhabitants...
Foreign journalists barred from Gaza
Bodies of Hamas leader's children paraded...
WIRE...
PHOTOS...
Obama, Looking More And More Like A Pre-Election Jive-Talker, Silent on war crimes by america funded israelis...

DONOR AIDED BY SEN. CLINTON ALSO GAVE TO CLINTON CHARITY...

 

Victims with a legitimate grievance

Gaza: Never-ending tragedy

Civilians bear brunt of attack GAZA CITY: Dozens of civilians were killed yesterday as the Israeli war machine rolled on in the Gaza Strip.

RAIN OF FIRE ON GAZA...
ISRAELI TANKS, TROOPS SLICE THROUGH CITY... At least three children were among a dozen Palestinian civilians killed on Monday as Israeli troops pressed home a ground assault
PAPER: 'Obama's silence is damaging'...


journalists prevented from Arab free press forum
Authorities in Saudi Arabia, Syria and Tunisia prevented four Arab journalists and human rights activists from attending the Arab Free Press Forum, an annual gathering in Beirut, Lebanon organised by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and "An-Nahar" newspaper.
Regional, Politics, 12/24/2008
British minister describes Israeli settlements as tyranny
British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Bill Rammell toured the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday and called for removal of illegal Israeli settlements in the city.
Palestine-Israel-UK, Politics, 12/24/2008
No supplies enter Gaza
due to the shortage of wheat grain, all Gaza mills have been shut down, and more than half of Gaza's 47 bread bakeries have had to close.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/24/2008
Israeli forces arrests Neta Golan, co-founder of ISM
Neta Golan, an Israeli citizen and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), has been arrested by Israeli police while attempting to leave the Gaza Strip through the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/24/2008
UN recognizes end of mandate of multinational force in Iraq - Yahoo! News
Iraq-UN, Politics, 12/24/2008
Official Report Faults Iraq Reconstruction - WashingtonPost.com
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/24/2008
Iraq says power grid not fully restored until 2011 - Yahoo! News
Iraq, Politics, 12/24/2008
The Saturday Profile: Once a Political Riser, an Israeli Challenges His Country’s Identity - NY Times
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/24/2008
Hamas: Gaza will become 'cemetery' for Israeli army...
Bethlehem adapts to life in shadow of Israeli wall - WashingtonPost.com
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/24/2008
U.N. Rights Investigator Expelled by Israel - NY Times
Palestine-Israel-UN, Politics, 12/24/2008

 

 

2008NEWS

 

April 17 (Bloomberg) -- David Tice, the chief portfolio strategist for bear markets at Federated Investors Inc., said the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will probably plunge about 62 percent. He spoke during a Bloomberg Television interview today. The Federated Prudent Bear Fund that he founded returned 6.7 percent last year as the S&P 500 plunged 38 percent, the most since 1937. Tice said the benchmark index for U.S. stocks may slump to about 325. It closed today at 865.30. The measure has surged 28 percent since March 9, the most in five weeks since the 1930s.

SUCKER'S RALLY APPROACHING AN END by Peter Cooper: Whatever the technical reason for the 25 percent rise in the S&P over the past five weeks, or a more modest eight percent bounce in GCC regional stock prices, the absurdness of this sucker’s rally ought to be obvious to all. Unemployment is still rising, house prices are still falling, and the fundamentals of bank balance sheets are still deteriorating with total bad debts unknown except that we know they must be getting worse. Global trade fell off a cliff in the first quarter of the year. Even Mercedes car sales to the oil rich of the GCC fell 23 per cent. The collapse of the world’s second largest economy, Japan, has been unprecedented.
Bad news coming
… The stock market pattern in 2008-9 has so far been a mirror image of the crash of 1929-30 with a halving of prices from the autumn followed by a 25 per cent rally from March lows. In April 1930 stocks moved sideways and then they crashed another 50 per cent into the summer. What possible reason is there for optimism to believe that history will not repeat itself? Government stimulus packages have more than likely been too small and too late to prevent another down leg in stocks, and will take time to revive the real economy, if indeed they can do so. They might just stop the worst possible scenario but are they going to prevent the plunge downwards? Governments have not managed it so far.
Consumers and unemployment
…It will take more than weasel words from US bankers and ‘green shoots’ in the waffle of President Obama to put things right. Eventually global stock markets will reach a bottom but they are not close to having visited it just yet. Wall Street and its friends are playing investors as suckers but they are in danger of overdoing it. For once these guys are impoverished where will the next bunch of fools come from? Goldman Sachs' (GS) results this week might well mark the top of the rally, beyond that the only way is down.

Madman Cramer – the ultimate contrarian indicator - CRAMER'S CALL: ANOTHER RALLY TOP INDICATOR Greg Feirman   Wow, the bulls are really feeling good. “Wells Fargo Carries The Day” and the S&P and Dow closed at 2 months high and the Nasdaq is near its highs for the year. On Mad Money this evening, Cramer went so far as to call “a turn in the economy”, saying “the facts have changed”, “the situation has clearly improved” and “things are getting better”. This isn’t the first time Cramer has called a bottom and he’s been wrong before (For example, see “Cramer Declares The End Of The Bear Market” , Top Gun FP, July 31, 2008). The market topped out a couple weeks later. On Monday October 6, Cramer went on the today show and told people to sell any stock money they might need in the next five years. The market bottomed that Friday. It could run another couple weeks but this rally is running thin. Methinks me smells a top…..

Rational View Courtesy of ETF.COM: ‘…Due to our expectations of continued weakness in the financial sector, the looming deterioration of commercial real estate, the credit markets tepid backing of the equity rally, and the still very shaky and highly volatile global economy, it's our view at ETFdesk.com the recent run-up in stocks is unwarranted and presents an overly optimistic view of the months ahead. We believe investors should consider taking short term profits or use the recent run to reduce equity exposure they are weary of. We also believe investment grade debt (NYSEArca: LQD - News) represents an opportunity for investors seeking beaten down prices without the downside volatility of equities…’

Art Hogan recently summed up choosing stocks in this environment thusly: ‘pick the best-looking horse at the glue factory’…..I think he was as a courtesy to his industry overly generous. The administration pitches hardballs to the auto industry while continuing to pitch powder puffs to the wall street frauds who have perpetrated the largest (securities) fraud in recorded history, turning a cyclical downturn into what is now unavoidably depression, putting beleagered taxpayers in the unfathomable position of funders/guarantors of the scam/fraud in bailing out the perpetrators of the crimes (bush’s infamous base) who have financially benefited enormously (fees, commissions, spreads, points, salaries, expenses, bonuses, etc.) from their fraud/crimes. Still not even one prosecution from this administration even though disgorgement, the legal remedy among other criminal penalties, would aid the defacto bankrupt u.s. treasury!
ON WHETHER BEN BERNANKE HAS REDEEMED HIMSELF AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR STOCKS:

I do not think so. On the contrary, I think what the government is doing and its economic "dream team" under Mr. Bernanke and Mr. Geithner and Mr. Summers are going to be, from a longer term point of view, rather negative.
But, you understand, we can all sit here and say it will all end in disaster. That I'm sure. But, in the meantime, we can have big moves in markets.

On the new bad assets purchase plan:

I think he's doing the politically expedient thing from a very short term perspective. If you have cracks in your walls and just put paint on it, it will hide them and then you sell your house. But it won't solve the problems of the cracks - it's the next owner and these are the children of the current taxpayer who will pay for it.  Marc Faber: 'It Will All End in Disaster'    

China calls for new global currency (AP)    Why Goldman Sachs Should Return Its TARP Money (at Seeking Alpha)    Marc Faber: 'It Will All End in Disaster'    Congresswoman presses Geithner on connections to Goldman Sachs    Gerald Celente Predicts Economic Armageddon by 2012     Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers: Stiglitz

It bears repeating, so preposterous was 3-23-09 Pavlov dogs rally [conditioning to associate what’s good for fraudulent wall street, viz., privatizing profits – still not one prosecution for what now is the largest fraud/scam/swindle in the history of this planet – and socializing the losses, is somehow positive for america/the economy by the magnitude of this suckers’ bear market rally and prior market manipulations] when the same created the instant crisis in the first instance (don’t worry about the frauds on wall street, they’ll get their commissions again on the way down as they did in creating this financial debacle/fraud as they clamor for more taxpayer/treasury money).  They’re still printing/creating those worthless Weimar dollars like mad, China Urges New Money Reserve to Replace Dollar ,don’t know what they’re doing, are clueless, and disingenuously seek to divert attention from the missing/stolen/bilked $14 trillion of taxpayer money with the subterfuge of outrage over the relatively miniscule though not unimportant million dollar bonuses (AIG, etc.), so-called fixes/plans, etc., so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  What the Pros Say: US Is Now ‘Bankrupt’   US is Already Bankrupt: Analyst   U.S. Budget Office offers darker economic and deficit outlook      The Geithner-Summers-Bernanke Plan to Prop Up Asset Prices Has Failed    U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar     

Fierman: How quickly things change…..
Some stats from today’s rally:
S&P: +54 (7.1%) to 823
Dow: +497 (+6.8%) to 7776
NYSE Up Volume: 1,866,836,012
NYSE Down Volume: 44,683,760
NYSE Total Volume: 1,914,836,622
It was just 2 weeks ago (March 9th) that the S&P closed at 12-year lows and the stock market felt like it was forecasting the end of the world. We’ve now rallied 22% in 2 weeks! But if we look at the catalysts for this rally, they really don’t seem to justify such an explosive move. Citi said they were profitable in the first two months of the year and JP Morgan (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) said they were too. The Fed initiated some serious quantitative easing. And now Geithner’s toxic asset plan this morning. I agree with the Capital Spectator when he wrote this morning:

We’re skeptical largely because the rally this month has drawn power primarily from a new round of hope that Washington’s various experiments to right the economy will finally hit pay dirt. Perhaps, but it’s not the stuff that powers sustainable rallies, much less secular bull markets. We’re Sellers of This Rally!

Lawrence York

‘Treasury Secretary Geithner has released his plan to mop-up the toxic assets held by banks that threaten their solvency and the global financial system. Accordingly, the plan purposes that private equity firms partner with the Fed to purchase bank assets at some discount set by the private firms at auction. Then the Fed will leverage the purchase six-fold to buy more bank assets and assume all the risk of leverage. In other words, private firms will set the price and then put up half the initial purchase price. The Fed will then put up non-recourse loans to purchase six times more debt at the same price to be owned by the joint venture partners. If the deal works private equity splits the booty equally. If the deal fails, the government loses upwards to six times taxpayer's money and private equity loses only its original equity match equal to 1/6 the total loss.

Flabergasted? Don't be. How often can you cut a deal where you get to set the price and your partner puts in six times your money and you split the profit. IF THESE DEAL TERMS DON'T UNDERSCORE WHY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT HANDLE YOUR MONEY AND WHY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STAY OUT OF BUSINESS, WHAT DOES? Other deal terms are that the Fed will designate the private equity players, at least initially. Could it be that the Fed is creating another pass-through mechanism to simultaneously bail out or reward its friends? If so, look for Goldman Sachs (GS), Merrill, Blackstone (BX), Carlye Group, Texas Pacific Group, and perhaps Bear Stearns to be players. Look also for the typical MOS of some Structured Investment Vehicle, not much different from the Maiden Lane III SIV, to backstop or divert money where it needs to be--by gratuitous selection that is. Oh, and never mind that Private Equity may be joined by the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA and Private Equity article by Financial Times) as Private Equity at present is having a bit of a liquidity crunch with their own deflated, illiquid assets. In short, the Geithner Toxic Asset Plan is just another bank bailout and footnote to this era of 'Dark Capitalism" where profits are reaped and losses socialized in an ever transparent way.’

Trevisani: ’…The beginning of quantitative easing calls all three ideas in question; it increases the supply of dollars effectively lowering US interest rates well below Europe’s; the need for such an unprecedented step undermines the hope for a US recovery; and a devaluing dollar cannot be a safe haven. Add the projected Federal deficits and the dollar begins to look very vulnerable. If the Europeans go down the same quantitative road then the dollar’s disabilities may be matched by the euro’s. But if they are not, then the Bernanke dollar call may not be an option to buy but a call to sell…’ China and most of the financial world outside the u.s. agrees with the latter. China Urges New Money Reserve to Replace Dollar              Kremlin to Pitch New Currency...   



EMBRACE THE BEAR By Rev Shark There is an old saying that in a bear market, we slide down the slope of hope. Unfortunately, we have seen plenty of good examples of how that works over the past year. We have had dozens of new initiatives to try to bolster the economy that create hope for a few days. The market will get excited and we'll have some big point gains, but then doubts begin to surface about how easily it will be to turn this economic supertanker that is going over a waterfall. The buying stalls out, a few dip-buying attempts are made, but eventually we break support levels and more downside ensues. That is classic bear market action but the standard Wall Street reaction is to not accept it…[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc.) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion] …INVESTORS …..FOOLED (at least today) By Rev Shark …..realization that economic stimulus isn't going to be nearly as simple or easy (or effective) as it sounds. We aren't going to spend our way out of this economic spiral …We'd probably be better off if the government did less rather than more. The great likelihood is that the unintended consequences we suffer will prolong the whole cycle. We have to let some bad businesses and financial institutions fail…

 


HERE’S THE REAL DEAL:
    SUMMARY/RECAP OF LORIMER WILSON 3-17-09 ANALYSES/REVIEW
Harry Dent, Jr.
Economy will be in a Depression by 2011
The worst of this next depression is likely to hit between mid-2010 and mid-2013, especially around early 2011, but if the banking system continues to implode a deep downturn or depression could begin sometime in 2009 instead of 2010.
Dow will Fall to 3,800 – 4,500 by 2012
Nasdaq will Fall Below 1,100, its 2002 low, by late 2010 or mid-2012 at the latest.
Inflation will Increase until mid- 2010 and then turn to Deflation
Interest Rates will Increase
U.S. Dollar will Decline
Housing will Decline by 40 – 60% from Today’s Levels
Greatest Economic and Banking Crisis since the 1930s will Occur Between 2010 and 2012

Russell Napier is the author of the book “Anatomy of the Bear”, a professor at the Edinburgh Business School and a consultant to CLSA Ltd. which is one of the top research houses in Asia. Napier’s research indicates (and I paraphrase) that:
The S&P 500 will Decline to 400 by 2014 (the Dow 30 to 3800)
The S&P 500 will then undergo a major crash that will see U.S. equity prices bottom at almost 50% below current levels (i.e. to 400 or less; the Dow 30 to 3800 or less) sometime around 2014 as Tobin’s “q” drops to 0.3 signaling the end of the bear market, as it has done at the end of the four largest U.S. market declines in 1921, 1932, 1949 and 1982.
U.S. Treasury Sales Could Collapse Leading to End of U.S. Dollar as Reserve Currency

Robert R. Prechter Jr. is author of a number of newsletters and books including “Elliott Wave Principle” (1978) in which he predicted the super bull market of the 1980s; “At the Crest of the Tidal Wave – A Forecast of the Great Bear Market” (1995) in which he predicted a slow motion economic earthquake, brought about by a great asset mania, that would register 11 on the financial Richter scale causing a collapse of historic proportions; and “Conquer the Crash: You can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression” (2002) in which he described the economic cataclysm that we are just beginning to experience and advised how to position one’s self financially during that period of time.
Depression is Imminent
The Dow Jones Industrial Average will go down to at least 1000, most likely to below 777 which was the starting point of its mania back in August 1982, and quite likely drop below 400 at one or more times during the bear market.

   Regulator: Before Banks Collapsed, They Pleaded With Feds To Let Them Fudge Their Books Ryan Grim | Before financial institutions collapsed, they went to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, pleading for a change in mark-to-market accounting rules so that they can continue to appear to be solvent on their balance sheets and hence, continue to defraud the public as they are now once again trying to do. This says it all!  Will FASB remain viable by resisting fudge/fraud  factor.  Suckers’ bear market rally   ( Citigroup Inspired Bear Market Suckers’ Rally  ) to keep the suckers suckered and commission dollars flowing to the frauds on wall street

 

Why we think this is a (suckers’) bear market rally:

Citing 13 reasons that the bear will continue in spite of this rally seems appropriate.

1. Current P/E: the current 20+ P/E on trailing “as reported earnings” is too high for this set of negative sales, earnings and dividends growth conditions.

2. Forward P/E: the projected 2010 S&P 500 earnings by Standard and Poor’s at about $40 would only support 800 at best (20 P/E), and more likely would support 600 (15 P/E), assuming there was a general recovery under way — before that time, the current market should sell for less than 800, and perhaps less than 600.

3. Earnings: profits are still declining in the aggregate

4. Dividend Yield: banks and other companies continue to cut dividends, reducing stock appeal and putting total return in question until dividends stabilize and begin to grow (historically dividends generated about 1/3 of total return for the S&P 500)

5. Revenue: overall sales are down — declining sales, earnings and dividends are not reasons for bullish markets.

6. World GDP Growth: credible parties (Goldman Sachs, IMF, and noteworthy individuals, such as Nouriel Roubini, predict worsening global economies) — until forecasts for improvements within 12 months or less for the US or world economies become prevalent, the market is unlikely to “anticipate” with a sustainable trend reversal to a bull

7. Government Intervention: the US and global economies are currently highly government policy dependent, and while policies are becoming more clear, they are not all revealed, and there are suggestions more may be needed — the resulting uncertainty warrants low valuation until government policies to “save” and “stimulate” economies are no longer the centerpiece of investor hopes and earnings prospects

8. Real Estate: the US and global real estate asset deflation continues with waves of negative impact on household and institutional wealth — until property prices stabilize, or are believed to be about to stabilize, a new bull market will have difficulty gaining traction.

9. Other Bank Shoes to Drop: the major banks have not yet experienced likely future write-downs associated with non-mortgage asset types, such as credit cards and auto loans.

10. Auto Industry: the fate of GM, Chrysler and the entire supply chain is uncertain with unknown government involvement.

11. LBOs: private equity firms built on leverage may not be able to continue to service and rollover the debt they used to make recent optimistic acquisitions — those debts could be a further burden on the financial sector.

12. Retirees and Pre-Retirees: the 55 and over crowd who control the largest portion of US private assets are not as likely to risk their life accumulations in stocks relative to bonds as they were in the boom times of the last couple of decades — that will delay the onset of a bull and subdue the extent of a bull when it occurs

13. Credit Availability: the credit and leverage availability that helped the US stock market recover from the 2002-2003 bottom is not available at this time to increase household expenditures and corporate capital investment — even the US government may be put on credit rationing by China, which today said it is “worried” about the credit quality of their US Treasury holdings, which has implications about their willingness to support the borrowing our “stimulus” programs require and assume to be available.     By Richard Shaw

 

 

Analyst Andre Egleshion points to continuing effect of credit default swaps and pegs the amount of the worthless, fraudulent (previously sold, commissioned, repackaged, resold, re-commissioned, etc.) securities at $600-$675 TRILLION, their continued effect on money pit AIG, that fed’s received $11.7 trillion since 2008 yet refuses transparency as to where funds spent, who received same, etc., agrees with comment that shockingly no prosecutions yet,  economy re-tooling, need for stiffer regulation, points to historical fact that fiat currencies and private central banks have consistently failed, sees hyperinflation with dollar weakness (printed/created like mad) and higher oil. Hopes for funny assets [in addition to funny money, other fraud, relaxation of rules/laws/enforcement (real asset values) (remember the exemption from RICO garnered by fraudulent wall street-those campaign contributions really pay off, etc.) ], spur suckers’ bear market short-covering rally  to keep the suckers suckered and commission dollars flowing to the frauds on wall street so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME!  NOW LISTEN HERE, FOR THIS IS TRUTH!: There is not enough money in the entire world to cover the fraudulent securities foisted/commissioned/ distributed/sold by the wall street frauds/perpetrators which if assumed/guaranteed by the u.s. government (don’t forget that social security/medicare are already technically insolvent/bankrupt - all monies/reserves going into the general account and already and continually spent) will only guaranty the insolvency of / worthlessness of the currency of the u.s. treasury. Cost to buy protection against U.S. government default surges   Frank just said that he wants to prosecute those who’ve caused this crisis…waxman was supposedly doing just that in part  (fog of war fraud-360 tons of $100 dollar bills stolen), etc…. If they don’t do this as said, among others, they should be forced resign as complicit. THERE IS NO MYSTERY HERE; HENCE, NONE SHOULD BE AFRAID TO LOOK, PROSECUTE, AND FORCE DISGORGEMENT!    Celente: U.S. Has Entered “The Greatest Depression”  …‘… Watch for fake reports and continued jawboning/spin/b.s. regarding bailout/stimulus as they are desperate yet remain protective of the criminals who caused the crisis with their fraud in staggering amounts far beyond the substantial scam by madoff ($50 billion) who now audaciously from his $7 million NYC penthouse seeks ownership of same along with $62 million (only in systemically fraudulent america). Why are they not seeking disgorgement from the criminals who benefited from the huge multi-trillion dollar fraud they perpetrated? No one yet has asked tiny tim geithner where the missing $4 trillion at the fed is…Why? Then there’s the $2 trillion in taxpayer money, the destination of which the fed refuses disclosure of…Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money  …Why? How? This is criminal activity of monumental proportion, yet protected by the bureaucratic complicit frauds (I’ve experienced this directly in my RICO case), damaging lives here and abroad.  Then there’s also the illegal wars, war-profiteering, war crimes, etc., that have bankrupted this nation, killed many innocents, etc., [remember, ie., the 360 tons of hundred dollar bills flown into Iraq that democrats/land of fruits and nuts henry waxman (doesn’t he look like a hedgehog or some other rodent) the lying fraud talked endlessly about while republicans were at the helm, yet nothing…no prosecutions…the frauds who stole that money should put same in the failed ‘stimulus fraud pot’…at the least, etc.].   An analyst previously said 2011-2014 earliest for bottoming at best. Another analyst previously pointed out there has been not one prosecution thus far and the frauds on wall street should be prosecuted and forced disgorgement. …[The upshot is that the fraud continues in churn-and-earn fashion with investors, taxpayer, etc., getting burned for the sake of wall street greed/fraud. The lunatic wall street frauds’ desperation linked to their substantial crimes and booty which must be disgorged through prosecution, especially since none of the real problems (hundreds of trillions of fraudulent/worthless securities, etc. - Analyst Andre Egleshion puts the amount at $600+trillion) have been addressed much less solved; hence, virtually all problems remain and there is but an infinitesimally small fraction of the capital and resources necessary to solve them thanks to fraud, incompetence, lack of knowledge/ability, greed, etc.]. Analyst Frank Cochrane looks ahead to 4,000 to 6,000 on the DOW, 700 to 900 on the NASDAQ, and 425 to 625 on the S&P, and says spending/stimulus programs will not work, a point on which he is correct and the low end of his ranges closer to reality.  Not Just a Few Bad Apples - Corruption is Systemic in America  In case you believe that there are only “a couple of bad apples” in the United States, here is an off-the-top-of-his-head (I could give many, many more including my RICO case) list of corruption by leading pillars of american society. 

HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE WALL STREET FRAUDS, WITH CYCLICAL REGULARITY, DO THE SAME OR SIMILAR FRAUD WITH IMPUNITY (STILL NOT ONE PROSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT  MASSIVE SECURITIES FRAUD, BUT PLENTY OF OBFUSCATION EMANATING FROM THE PERPETRATORS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTING /PURSUING THEM) NOW REFLATING THE STOCK MARKET BUBBLE BASED UPON NOTHING AT ALL (BAD NEWS,FRAUD AND BULL S**T), CHANGING ACCOUNTING RULES TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSIONABLE BUBBLE FROM WHICH THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO EVEN PAY BACK LOANS TO AVOID SCRUTINY OF THEIR NEW FRAUD IS GENERATED [SAVINGS AND LOAN DEBACLE, DOT.COM SELL THE SIZZLE BUST /DEBACLE, RECYCLED /REPACKAGED /RESOLD /RECOMMISSIONED WORTHLESS COLLATERALIZED SECURITIES /PAPER (IN THE TRILLIONS YET STILL NOT ADDRESSED), ETC., THE FRAUDS ARE GETTING LARGER, HENCE THE RIDICULOUS TOO BIG TO FAIL MANTRA … HOW PATHETIC! … THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEPLACE, IE., PRINTING, CREATING, YOUR POCKETS, … NOT OUT OF THIN AIR! ] ,  300 - 1,000+ % SWING TO THE UPSIDE INTO THE CLOSE IN THIS SECULAR BEAR MARKET PROGRAMMED SUCKERS RALLY TO KEEP SUCKERS SUCKERED AND COMMISSION DOLLARS FLOWING BASED ON CONTINUED BAD NEWS ( ie., record loss of wealth, higher gas prices, job losses, higher interest rates / yields, higher commodity prices, higher deficits, hyperinflation, record continuing unemployment claims at 6.8 million, worthless Weimar dollar crashing,  money supply exploding with hyperinflation/higher interest rates coming, budget deficit at new highs and trade deficit worse than expected, analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   AND BULL S**T ALONE (ie., Analyst who called crash says inflationary depression, banks passed stress tests only with the help of fraudulent change in accounting rules, banks still insolvent, toxic assets even more toxic, dollar falling and a lot lower to go, $100 + oil by end of year, Obama/bernanke continuing failed policies of bush greenspan, recommends getting out of Dodge and u.s. assets   ,  ‘SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY’, so SELL/SELL INTO RALLIES/STRENGTH/ TAKE PROFITS WHILE YOU STILL CAN SINCE MUCH, MUCH WORSE TO COME! 

 

Top 2008 Predictions! Ask an Analyst! You Get This!     The Coming Depression

Neocon Mental Case Bolton Has Wet Dream and Says Gaza Conflict May Result in U.S. Attack on Iran

Why should we bail out US automobile industry JEDDAH: According to reports published in Al-Seyassah, a Kuwaiti newspaper, and some other Gulf newspapers, the United States has asked four Gulf states for financial aid close to $300 billion to face...They’d be the dumbest people in the world to do so…war criminal americans who fund and support war criminal allies the war criminal israelis

‘Israeli assault of Gaza empowers Hamas objective’

The Manipulation of Gold and Silver Prices

Cynthia McKinney on CNN via YouTube - Speaks about USS Liberty

 

‘Key Ally In The War On Terror’ Breaks With U.S., Condemns Israel For Gaza Strikes

Israeli airstrikes kill 363 in four-day campaign in Gaza

Dollar Heads for Biggest Annual Drop Against Yen in Two Decades

Crude Oil Rises After Israeli Attacks on Gaza Roil Middle East

Poll: 75% glad Bush is done

 

 

Analyst: One Third Of Banks To Collapse In 2009
U.S. Economy: Home Prices Fall At Depression Pace

Recession/depression deepens, countries boost spending

New York University sues fund executive over Madoff

Wall St Santa rally small comfort after grim year; S&P set to end year down 40%...

Consumers cut spending, job outlook bleak

 

Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul: The Wall Street Ponzi Scheme Called Fractional Reserve Banking

Half of middle class home owners realistically fear their properties could be repossessed next year

Almost one in 10 Floridians are on food stamps

Online holiday sales fall 3 percent

Madoff liquidation trustee receives $28M for costs (AP)

Charlotte, NC, home values post record decline (AP)

Wrong Great Depression Lessons Will Haunt Equities in 2009

 

73,000 retailers to close in first half of 2009, Stocks Rally  Bloomberg | U.S. retailers face a wave of store closings, bankruptcies and takeovers starting next month as holiday sales are shaping up to be the worst in 40 years   There’s No Pain-Free Cure for Recession/Depression

 

Schiff: Government Interference Only Makes The Problem Worse Paul Joseph Watson | Establishment talking heads still pushing useless and destructive bailout.

A Ponzi Scheme Within A Ponzi Scheme Bob Chapman | Dwarfing the Madoff Ponzi scheme is the Social Security Ponzi scheme that has been looted (the iou’s) and is hopelessly insolvent.

Corporate Media Notices War College Report on Economic Crisis Kurt Nimmo | It took a while for them to come around, but the corporate media has finally taken note of the U.S. Army War College report predicting civil unrest due to the private bank engineered economic crisis.

 

As if Things Weren’t Bad Enough, Professor Correctly Predicts End of U.S.  Wall Street Journal | A polite and cheerful man with a buzz cut, Mr. Panarin insists he does not dislike Americans. But he warns that the outlook for them is dire.

CAIR says Israel has turned Gaza into a giant jail

No evidence to convict 10,000 detainees– U.S. commander

Editorial: Dismal lack of willpower The relatively muted response from the capitals of the Western world over the conflict in Gaza is a sad testament to a kind of collective failure of the will and imagination on all our parts, commented…

 

israeli rabid rabbis: Thou shalt kill civilians, the story of the self-destructive Christ-killing jews who through avarice, bloodthirst, and pure evil continue their fraud, murdering, plundering, stealing, corruption, etc., until fed up, people react in a drastic but effective and if you believe in the israeli eye-for-eye prescription, just way. Simply stated, israelis are 21st Century Nazis Press TV | Four leading Israeli rabbis have sanctioned the murder of civilian population in the Gaza Strip amid the Israeli massacre in the region.
BBC Video on Dignity, Gaza-bound Humanitarian Ship Rammed by Israelis BBC | An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman admitted there was “physical contact” with the boat but the Free Gaza Movement claims the boat was rammed.

Slaughter in Gaza: Another Chapter in the Global Master Plan

Israel warns america-funded Gaza blitz could last weeks

Kucinich: UN should investigate Israeli Gaza strikes

Obama adviser preposterously aligns with White House in criticism of rocket attacks on israel

israel: Don’t even speak about peace israel’s envoy to the United Nations says that there will be no negotiations about peace, as Tel Aviv attacks Gazan civilians for a third day leaving the complete elimination of Israel as the rational, civilized solution.

 

BLAGO STRIKES BACK!

RNC accuses Bush of going socialist...

Iran sets up court to try Israelis...
Widening range, rockets hit kindergarten...
Israeli army launches YOUTUBE channel...
Cynthia McKinney 'relief boat' rammed by Israeli navy...

Bankruptcies, Store Closings Loom at Retailers Amid Holiday Debacle...
CHANEL lays off staff as crunch hits lux brands...

 

Pros Say: Employment Collapse is Coming

Holiday Sales Slump to Force U.S. Store Closings, Bankruptcies

Manufacturing, Home Prices Sank: U.S. Economy Preview

israel declares 'all-out war'

US dumb bomb comes handy

Don’t fall for Israeli propaganda ONCE again Israel seeks to defend the indefensible in an attempt to cloak its crimes against humanity with the mantle of self-defense. As its American-manufactured bombs and missiles pound a virtually unarmed starving population, Israeli officials appear on just about every satellite news network singing from the same propagandist song sheet.

CHINA: USA LOST STRENGTH IN 2008; RUSSIA GAINED

REDS: China, Russia military chiefs hold first phone call...
UPDATE: Professor Predicts End of USA...

Congress pay raise protested...

 

FINAL WEEK: Wall St. faces record losses in 2008...
Sales Plummet; Discounts Don't Revive Holiday Spending; High-End Walloped...

Cash-strapped states weigh selling roads, parks (AP)

Holiday report: E-commerce dips, electronics plummet

 

OIC, GCC denounce massacre in Gaza

Gaza toll passes 350 in 3rd day of Israeli strikes

Israel rains death on Gaza

Israel set for ground invasion
Slaughter in Gaza: Another Chapter in the Global Elite Master Plan Kurt Nimmo | Bombing Gaza with deadly U.S. GBU-39 missiles is but a small detail in a larger plan to decimate Arab and Muslim societies.

Israel Accused Of Massive War Crime Atrocities

Israeli Troops Mass Along Border; Arab Anger Rises

World protests Israeli massacre in Gaza

 

Crude Oil Rises After Israeli Attacks on Gaza Roil Middle East

 

YouTube Places CIA Recruitment Ads on Alex Jones Search Results Kurt Nimmo | It is likely a psychological operation designed to discredit Alex Jones or a brazen attempt to recruit agents.

School Children Put in Solitary Confinement Cells, Practice Common

 

AIR STRIKES ON GAZA...
MORE THAN 1000 WOUNDED...
REACTION…THE REACTION SHOULD BE THE OVERWHELMING CONDEMNATION OF DEFACTO OEDIPAL EFFECT; THAT IS, ISRAEL CREATING EXACTLY WHAT THEY PURPORT TO BE DETERRING/AVOIDING/PREVENTING, A PLAY OUT OF AMERICA’S FAILED PLAYBOOK WHICH HAS BANKRUPTED THE NATION FINANCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY, AND GEOPOLITICALLY…DO THE PEACE…THEY TALK ABOUT SEPARATE STATE AND SEPARATE WOULD BE JUST FINE…BUT OF COURSE, THEY ARE NOT ABOUT PEACE AT ALL, BUT NEOCONS/ZIONISM/FOOLISHLY FLAWED STRATEGY…FORCE THE PEACE…LIKE AMERICA, THE COWARDLY MILITANT BULLY ISRAEL CHOOSES WEAKER/DEFENSELESS FOES INCLUDING INNOCENT CHILDREN, WOMEN, MEN…FORCE THE PEACE …..
Iran orders Muslims to defend Palestinians... 
Islamic university bombed...
100 targets....
Escalate?
Israeli troops mobilize...
Fear of rockets sends hospital underground...
London: Violent protesters 'try to force their way in' to Embassy...

Israel mounts third day of Gaza raids, 307 killed

 


AIR STRIKES ON GAZA...
MORE THAN 700 WOUNDED...
REACTION...
Arab world slams Israel...
Mosque hit...
100 targets....
Panic...
Escalate?
Israel reinforces troops at border...

Russia braced for unrest; Moscow continues rouble devaluations...

 

 

Holiday Sales Tumble as US Consumers Reduce Luxury Purchases

Bleak economic picture emerges from new data

Retail Sales Plummet

Holiday Sales Tumble as US Consumers Reduce Luxury Purchases

Bleak economic picture emerges from new data

 

Wages, It all gets down to wages

Conflict Between Pakistan and India: Realizing RAND’s Plan for World War Three. Could people be so stupid as to be so self-destructively duped? Lamentably the answer is yes.

Israel attacks Gaza, more than 155 reported killed

 

Barack Obama: The Naked Emperor  Shocking but true revelations from David Icke (a must read) | Vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama.…. (excerpts) Obama has been the chosen one for a long time, a fact known only to a few in the deep inner circle, and his relationship with Brzezinski almost certainly goes back to the start of the 1980s when he attended the Ivy League, and big-time Illuminati, Columbia University where Brzezinski was head of the Institute for Communist Affairs. Obama simply will not talk in any detail about this period. He has been covertly funded and supported ever since by the Trilateral Commission and its network of foundations connecting into the Ford Foundation, for whom Obama’s mother worked. And a question: Does anyone really believe that someone, a ‘man of the people’, would simply appear from apparently nowhere to run the slickest and best-funded presidential campaign in American history? He was chosen long ago by those who wish to enslave the very people that Obama says he wants to ’set free’. The sources of Obama funding read like a Wall Street Who’s Who - Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and so on. No wonder he went back on his pledge to accept the limitations of public funding for his campaign and instead took the no-limit option of ‘private’ funding…Then there is the Jewish financier, George Soros, the multi-billionaire associate of Brzezinski and closely involved with the funding and marketing of Obama. Soros is a former board member of the Illuminati’s Council on Foreign Relations and funds the European Council on Foreign Relations. In short, he is a major insider… You can certainly see the Soros/Brzezinski techniques in the Obama ‘revolution’ in the United States. It was the complex and secretive network of Soros foundations and organisations, connected to the intelligence agencies of the US and Israel, that trained and funded students in the Ukraine, Georgia and elsewhere in the art of mass protest and overthrowing governments. These manufactured protests were sold to the world as ‘peoples’ revolutions’, but it just so happened that when they were over and the old regime was removed the new leaders were those waiting in the wings all along - the puppets of Soros, Brzezinski and their associated networks. Obama is just more of the same, a big smile with strings attached, and controlled completely by the Illuminati networks that chose him, trained him, sold him and provided his record funding. It was they who kept his many skeletons under wraps, like the gay sex and crack cocaine allegations of Larry Sinclair (from affidavit: 1. Who is Ron Allen that claims to be with your Presidential camp, who is alleged to claim that someone claiming to represent me called asking for $100,000, to keep me from coming forward about our (Obama and I) November 1999 encounter of sex and cocaine use?…), and they will continue to do so as long as he jumps to their bidding. Obama is just another Banksters’ moll prostituting himself for fame and power, and that’s why he supported the grotesque bail-out of the banking system and why he will always put their interests before the people. His financial advisors are straight from the Wall Street ‘A’ list, including Paul Adolph Volker (Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, Bilderberg Group), the head of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987 and Illuminati to his fingertips.  Obama has made him head of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, which is dominated by insiders, including its staff director and chief economist, Austan Goolsbee, a close Obama associate from the University of Chicago. Goolsbee is an initiate of the infamous Illuminati Skull and Bones Society at Yale University, which also includes Boy and Father Bush.  It was Goolsbee who told the Canadian government not to worry about Obama’s attacks on the economic effects of ‘free trade’ agreements because his words were just to win votes in the election campaign. Another Wall Street insider, the Zionist Timothy Geithner (Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations), was appointed by Obama to be his Treasury Secretary. Geithner was the President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, the most powerful in the private ‘Federal’ Reserve cartel that masquerades as America’s ‘central bank’, and he is a former employee of both the Council on Foreign Relations and the appalling Kissinger Associates.  Obama’s Treasury team locks into the inner circle around the Zionist Robert Rubin, the Director and Senior Counselor of Citigroup, co-chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and economic advisor to Obama. Rubin, a member of the Illuminati Bilderberg Group, was the man behind Citigroup’s strategy of expanding its risk in debt markets which forced it to be rescued by taxpayers’ money. The very people who caused the financial crisis are being appointed by Obama to decide how to respond to it (more taxpayers’ money for them and their friends)…

 

Angry Government Employees Protest Lay Offs

U.S. Army Ready If The Downturn Gets Out Of Hand

Russia to raise nuclear missile output fourfold

Russian probe accuses Georgia of genocide in conflict

Russia orders 70 strategic nuclear missiles by 2011: report

Russia, China warn of dire economic straits in 2009...
Russia to raise nuclear missile output fourfold; More tanks, ships and planes...
Beijing Considers Upgrades to Navy...

Existing home sales plunged to a rate of 4.49 million last month, down 8.6 percent from October, and worse than economists predicted. Total sales, not calculated as an annual rate, fell 17 percent in November from a year earlier to 322,000, sales of newly built homes fell 2.9 percent from October to a pace of 407,000 units, the slowest rate in nearly 18 years. Madoff investor found dead of suicide. Standard & Poor's lowered the unsecured debt rating of General Motors (GM 3.01, -0.51) to C from CC, even though the government plans to provide GM with financing and Moody's lowered Ford's (F 2.19, -0.40) credit rating to Caa3. Final third quarter GDP data showed economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.5%, unchanged from the prior reading though personal consumption component was down 3.8%.

IMF warns of Great Depression
100% chance of depression in US
Depression Hits Detroit: Average home price $18,513 - Unemployment rate 21%
U.S. Home Resales Fall; Prices Drop by Record 13.2%
Congressman: “If We’re Not Very Lucky Or If We Don’t Do Everything Right, We Could Easily Have A Ten- Or Fifteen-Year Depression”

French Madoff investor found dead in NY office
No Christmas cheer as recession/depression gathers steam
Wall Street stumbles on economic data, retail anxiety (Reuters)
Dow falls for 5th straight session on grim data
Economy and housing sales post declines

FDNY Lieutenant Admitted Plan To ‘Take Down’ WTC 7
International criminals  There is pressure building on the incoming Obama Justice Department to somehow adjudicate the war crimes committed by the George W. Bush administration, starting at the top. The political problem is that these crimes also implicate leading Democrats, thereby rendering true justice nearly impossible.

CIA warned Condi on Niger claim A high-ranking CIA official warned Condoleezza Rice in September 2002 that allegations about Iraq seeking yellowcake uranium from Niger were untrue and that she, as national security adviser, should stop President George W. Bush from citing the claim in making his case against Saddam Hussein’s regime, according to new evidence released by a House committee.

Credit crunch Britain must learn the lessons of Nazi Germany, warns Archbishop The Archbishop of Canterbury has risked new controversy after he appeared to draw parallels between Gordon Brown’s Government and the Nazis.

One-state solution gains supporters

Obama wants Bush war team to stay...
...Gates to keep most Bush appointees

Barney Frank: Obama 'Overestimates' Ability to Charm ...

 

Housing crisis worsens as economy weakens

Japan recession deepens, China cuts rates

Great Recession/Depression of 2008, et seq., Worse Than All Others

After Hours: GM, Ford ratings cut; CIT Group shares jump on more wall street bailout hype with hopes for taxpayer funds for nothing up nearly 8%

 

AP Impact: Wall Street still flying corporate jets; indeed, with all the bashing of auto rank and file employee pay, the reality is that american executives, among the least able, least talented in the world, along with fraudulent wall street are grossly overpaid and far exceeding that of their far more able foreign counterparts (AP)

Where'd the bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret (AP)  AP - It's something any bank would demand to know before handing out a loan: Where's the money going? But after receiving billions in aid from U.S. taxpayers, the nation's largest banks say they can't track exactly how they're spending the money or they simply refuse to discuss it.

AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs

 

Ratings Agencies Play Reality With Multiple Downgrades in Banking Sector (at Seeking Alpha)
Archbishop warns of dangers with economic dogma...
Sees parallels in new politics and Nazi Germany...

 

Cheney: We Asked If We Needed Approval For Wiretapping, Congress Told Us ‘Absolutely Not’

Obama & Biden Make Big Mistake in Protecting Bush Administration Criminals

Mike Connell was warned not to fly before plane crash WMR | WMR has learned from our Ohio sources that five threats against Connell were conveyed to the election fraud plaintiff attorneys with the last tip being “Connell is in danger.”

Where’d the bailout money go? Shhhh, it’s a secret AP | After receiving billions in aid, the nation’s largest banks say they can’t track exactly how they’re spending the money or they simply refuse to discuss it.

World faces “total” financial meltdown: Bank of Spain chief AFP | The governor of the Bank of Spain issued a bleak assessment of the economic crisis, warning that the world faced a “total” financial meltdown unseen since the Great Depression.

IMF warns of ‘disturbing’ UK debt BBC | Public debt has risen to £650bn, 44.2% of UK gross domestic product. Consumer debt is more than £1.4 trillion.

Hedge funds gain access to $200bn Fed aid Financial Times | Hedge funds will be allowed to borrow from the Federal Reserve for the first time under a landmark $200bn programme intended to support consumer credit.

Obama will not prosecute Bush and Cheney for 9/11, war crimes Joseph Lopisi | Mark my words. Obama will not hold the Bush administration liable for violating the Constitution or for crimes including treason, 9/11, financial fraud, mass murder and war crimes.

US military ‘to defy’ Iraqi pact  Gareth Porter | U.S. military leaders and Pentagon officials have made it clear that they plan to violate a central provision of the withdrawal agreement by reclassifying combat troops as support troops.

Madoff: “I’m very close with the regulators.”

Ex-Israeli Gen.: war criminal nation israel can’t defeat Iran

Mike Connell was warned not to fly before plane crash

Video: Crash Will be Worse than Great Depression Infowars | Interview with economist Nassim Nicholas Taleb and mathematician Dr. Mandelbrot who predict a depression far worse than anything we have ever seen.

Banks Keep Mum on What they Did with Bailout Cash

Rice: Obama will likely continue Bush’s failed approach to foreign policy despite promised change. Could he be that dumb? If so, then wobama y

Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash, Non-Profit Demands Full Federal Investigation

 

cheney, Mr. Dead-Man-Walking, along with dumbya bush are at once the biggest jokes and the most destructive (of america and other nations, globally) purveyors of incompetence, decline, war crimes, etc., in american history and who should be in jail, is in no position to mock Biden or anyone else for that matter...

China blocks Internet access to New York Times

 

Senate-for-sale case threatens new chief of staff jewmanuel f

Gaza violence: israel at it again

Israel threatens major offensive against Gaza...
Egypt warns...

 

Closely Watched Hedge Fund Seen Cutting Back on Stocks

Get Ready to Scrimp and Save, Says Economist Shilling

Nazi Economics LewRockwell.com | Nearly every day brings new reports of the collapse of a large financial institution or the impending bankruptcy of a major company.  Ron Paul: Fear Based Bailouts Constitute Economic Terrorism Steve Watson | Rep. Ron Paul has warned that fear-based politics are being used to promote the bailout culture in the same way they were used to sell the Iraq war.

He Saw the Crash Coming: What Gary Shilling Sees for 2009    Yes, he’s using  the d for depression word so If video unavailable, here for avi rendering.

Rogers: The Incompetent Senile and Vegetables Have Turned A Recession Into A Depression

 

SCROOGE BIDEN: ECONOMY IS 'ABSOLUTELY TANKING'

SWINDLER'S LIST: Gov't Toughens Bail Conditions For Madoff...

CONGRESS GIVES ITSELF RAISE FOR JOBS POORLY DONE AND CAUSING NATIONAL AND GLOBAL DISASTER...
 

kissinger is Clearly Senile and Calls For New International System Out Of World Crises

Lebanon says israeli provocateurs invade Southern Lebanon and Take as hostages two
Lebanese men (AFP)

SWINDLER'S LIST: Gov't Toughens Bail Conditions For Madoff...

Anti-Semitism floods Internet...

 

JP Morgan CEO and Citi's Rubin won't seek bonuses; figure why press their luck/fraud/incompetence; they’ve stolen enough: report (Reuters)

A Most Desperate Move by the Fed

Dollar’s Slump Erases Months Of Solid Gains

“The Biggest Bubble Of All . . . U.S. Government Debt”

Video: Crash Will be Worse than Great Depression

U.S. Stocks Fall on Concern Fed Is Running Out of Ammunition

 

Career Army Officer Sues Cheney, Rumsfeld For 9/11 Complicity

Olbermann: ‘The president is just full of crap’

Book: Tenet drunkenly mocked Bush neocons, right-wing Israelis

Dick Cheney’s fantasy world

Cheney Lauds Obama Security Team; thats not a good thing

Psy-Ops in the Nick of Time

Assaults on border agents increase

PAPER: Rham Emanuel talked directly to Blago... Developing...

 

Pakistanis stage massive anti-US rally

Barak backs purposeful US-Iran dialogue

 

Gaza militants fire rockets after deadly Israeli raids (AFP)

Israel launches two more air strikes on Gaza: witnesses (AFP)

 

CAROLINE KENNEDY SEEKS AND SHOULD BE GRANTED CLINTON'S SENATE SEAT

 

Fed unleashes greatest bubble of all John Kemp | Like the sorcerer’s apprentice, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his predecessor Alan Greenspan have unleashed a series of ever-larger asset bubbles they cannot control.
U.S. Records Huge Current Account Deficit
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper believes a depression is COMING

Peter Schiff new VIDEO on the Coming Collapse Dec 16 We will follow in the footsteps of ARGENTINA not JAPAN.

 

Scholar: Cheney confessed to war crime

Russian treason bill, Neocon/bushesque and a throwback to the old failed soviet union (how regressive and pathetic), targets Kremlin critics Associated Press | New legislation backed by Putin would allow Russian authorities to label any government critic a traitor — a move that rights activists say is a chilling throwback to times of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

Blasts kill 18 and wound 53 in Baghdad

Swiss gold bullion in huge demand as trust in banks dives

Goldmine Sachs: Bank’s bonuses cut to a ‘mere’ £142,000 EACH Investment bank /taxpayer bailout funds recipient Goldman Sachs is to pay £4.3billion in bonuses to its City workers.

Dollar Falls Most Against Euro Since 1999 Debut on Fed’s Rate

Dollar Declines to 13-Year Low Against Yen After Fed Rate Cut

Federal spending soars 25% -- even before bailout...

Editorial: What ails global financial system ‘The $50 billion investment fraud to which the respected New York financier and former NASDAQ Chairman Bernard L. Madoff has allegedly confessed, may prove to be the paradigm for all that has gone wrong with the international financial system. It points up the greed, incompetence and woeful wishful thinking that have all combined to produce economic meltdown and plunge the world into recession. Most staggering is the stupidity of both regulators (and government corruption/venality vis-à-vis wall street) and professional investors in failing to spot that for at least a decade, at the heart of his hedge fund operations, Madoff was running a pyramid scheme. This relied on new investment funds to pay out market-beating returns to existing investors…..’ This is wall street every day with their eating away at other peoples money to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars a day based on nothing but bull s**t and fraud!

Arizona Police Trained for Economic Civil Unrest
IMF Chief Warns Of Riots In Response To Economic Crisis

Neocon Gaffney: 4000 US Troops ‘Had To Die’ In Iraq Steve Watson | Renowned neocon says he is “delighted” the illegal invasion went ahead regardless of fabricated intelligence.

 

CAROLINE KENNEDY SEEKS AND SHOULD BE GRANTED CLINTON'S SENATE SEAT

Not just super rich caught up in $50B Madoff case

More banks reveal Madoff exposure
Army ‘Strategic Shock’ Report Says Troops May Be Needed To Quell U.S. Civil Unrest

Police State War Against Photojournalism

The Purpose of the Economic Meltdown Carolyn Harris | We all know economic depression here, and some of us have an inkling about what is coming.

U.S. Turns on the Printing Presses to Churn Out Worthless Weimar Dollars To Save Debtors While at the Same Time Destroy Creditors and Debtors

 

Federal Reserve sets stage for Weimar-style Hyperinflation , etc., so sell into these suckers bear market rallies/strength/take profits while you can since much, much worse to come. Economist Brusca “the economy is sinking fast”, FOMC states that “data indicate deteriorating labor conditions and declining consumer spending, business investment, and industrial production, and the outlook for economic activity has weakened further”,  F. William Engdahl “The US economy is in a depression free-fall of a scale not seen since the 1930’s”, BILLIONS VANISH IN EPIC HEDGE FUND FRAUD Downturn Spurs “Survival Panic” for Some in the U.S.

Israel shuts Gaza again as freedom fight escalates

 

NY BUDGET BLOWOUT: 88 NEW FEES, TAXES

Bernard Madoff arrested over alleged $50 billion fraud Madoff told senior employees of his firm on Wednesday that "it's all just one big lie" and that it was "basically, a giant Ponzi scheme," with estimated investor losses of about $50 billion, according to the U.S. Attorney's criminal complaint against him. Bernard Madoff arrested over alleged $50 billion fraud (Reuters)

 

Report: Bush masked cost of wars that could top $1.7 trillion    Bush Tries To Rewrite History: ‘I Never Said The Taliban Was Eliminated (LIE!)’

The Two Trillion Dollar Black Hole Pam Martens | The U.S. taxpayer is funding little more than Ponzi schemes…   Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions...
Celente Correctly Predicts Revolution, Food Riots, Tax Rebellions By 2012 Paul Joseph Watson | Trend forecaster, renowned for being accurate in the past, says that America will cease to be a developed nation within 4 years, crisis will be “worse than the great depression.” The man who predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the Soviet Union is now forecasting revolution in America, food riots and tax rebellions - all within four years, while cautioning that putting food on the table will be a more pressing concern than buying Christmas gifts by 2012.
Layoffs mount, economic crisis deepens in the US | Mass layoffs, bankruptcies and negative labor market data — all indicate the US is entering a deep economic crisis.
Foreclosure rates up 25 percent year-over-year

Washington is Powerless to Stop the Coming Economic Depression    Whitehead sees slump worse than Depression   Dollar’s Days Numbered, Buy Commodities: Jim Rogers    America’s economic crisis is beyond the reach of traditional solutions

Cost Of Bailout Hits $8.5 Trillion Paul Joseph Watson | Total sum represents 60 per cent of GDP and yet is but a small fraction of the hundreds of trillions of dollars “worth” of worthless securitized paper at the core of the problems which they are afraid to address.

FDIC Troubled Bank List Grows to 46% - Is Your Bank Safe? (at Seeking Alpha)

October home sales and inventories fall

Consumers cut spending

Stocks on win streak amid more bad economic news
Cisco plans 4-day shutdown to cut costs

October home sales fall sharply (Reuters)

Sacrifice We Can Believe In Kurt Nimmo | Sacrifice for you and me, of course, not for Obama or Hank Paulson and not for their global elite bosses.
As mortgages went bad, executives cashed out

U. S. auto bailout tip of iceberg, analysts warn

Economy shrinks at fastest pace in seven years

 

Beck: States should secede from America to protest bailouts.  Today on his radio show, conservative talker and future Fox News personality Glenn Beck suggested that states should “secede” from the union to protest the recent string of Wall Street bailouts.

 

Financial Disaster Will Lead to Civil Disorder in 2009 or 2010, Says Secret Citibank Memo An internal memo from a top Citibank analyst reveals what the banks really think about the global financial situation, and the outlook is grim.

 

Home values to lose well over $2 trillion during 2008 and more losses in 2009: Zillow (Reuters)

More banks reveal Madoff exposure

Banks hit worldwide by US 'fraud'

As Rates Race to Zero, Printing Presses Gear Up When the Federal Reserve policymakers decide on interest rates Tuesday, investors will probably look one step beyond their decision, to gauge how much money will the Fed be willing to print once it is out of rate ammunition.

Farrell’s 15 Ghosts of wallstreet/economic Past/Present/Future

 

CAROLINE KENNEDY SEEKS AND SHOULD BE GRANTED CLINTON'S SENATE SEAT

 

Iraqi reporter throws shoes at Bush, calls him dog – That shoe fits! (Reuters)   Arab world hails shoe attack as Bush’s farewell gift

Fund Fraud Hits Big Names; Madoff's Clients Included Mets Owner, GMAC Chairman, Country-Club Recruits...
...HSBC FALLS VICTIM
PALM BEACH ENCLAVE, STUNNED BY AN INSIDE JOB...

RAHM IN THE MIDDLE...  On Tape...     'Aides Discussed Senate Seat'...

BOX: 'EARTH STOOD STILL' TOP...

 

Not just super rich caught up in $50B Madoff case

Tokyo full moon lunacy pace gains, ignoring bad news, data

UK house prices 'to fall by 30%'

 

Israel warned against halting cash flow to Gaza (AP)

More banks reveal Madoff exposure
How Much Coverage Do We Get?

Customers of a failed brokerage firm get back all securities (such as stocks and bonds) that already are registered in their name or are in the process of being registered. After this first step, the firm?s remaining customer assets are then divided on a pro rata basis with funds shared in proportion to the size of claims. If sufficient funds are not available in the firm?s customer accounts to satisfy claims within these limits, the reserve funds of SIPC are used to supplement the distribution, up to a ceiling of $500,000 per customer, including a maximum of $100,000 for cash claims. Additional funds may be available to satisfy the remainder of customer claims after the cost of liquidating the brokerage firm is taken into account.

What Happens After A Failure

Report: Google Seeking To Cut Net Censorship Deals What hypocrites!
Update: Marine “Military Presence” Confirmed in San Bernardino County

Trends Forecaster Celente: Greece-Style Riots Coming To U.S.  Paul Joseph Watson | Troops and mercenaries will be used to detain Americans in prison camps, warns deadly accurate trends forecaster. Frighteningly accurate trends forecaster Gerald Celente says that America will see riots similar to those currently ongoing in Greece and that the cause will be a hyper-inflationary depression, leading to the inevitable use of troops and mercenaries to deal with the crisis as Americans are incarcerated in internment camps.

Radical US Federal Reserve action expected with rate cut

jewmanuel the adviser on gov tape

Obama’s Economic Team Planning for Global Economic Collapse

Bush on the invasion of Iraq leading to al-Qaeda presence: ‘So what says the war criminal, burnt out drunk, murderer of innocent men, women, children, destroyer of his own and that nation among others’

Dollar Staggers as U.S. Unleashes Cash Flood, Deficit

Home values to lose well over $2 trillion during 2008: Zillow Homes in the United States have lost trillions of dollars in value during 2008, with nearly 11.7 million American households now owing more on their mortgage than their homes are worth, real estate website Zillow.com said on Monday.

 

USA Excluded From Latin American Summit as China, Russia, Iran Loom Large...

 

Iraq Approves U.S. Security Pact as Violence Flares - NY Times
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/9/2008
Iraqis comment on US troop deal - BBC
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/9/2008
Anger as Egypt sheikh meets Peres - BBC
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 12/9/2008
How a murder investigation could snarl Mideast peace - CS Monitor
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/9/2008
Syria inches in from the cold - BBC
Syria, Politics, 12/9/2008
Sadr Movement Seeks Its Way As Others Gain Power in Iraq - WashingtonPost.com
Iraq, Politics, 12/9/2008
Out by June: UK plans Iraq withdrawal - Guardian Unlimited
Iraq-UK, Politics, 12/9/2008
Basra vote aims to benefit from Iraq oil wealth: planner - Yahoo! News
Iraq, Politics, 12/9/2008
In Iraq, 'a Prison Full of Innocent Men' - WashingtonPost.com
Iraq, Politics, 12/9/2008
Iraq outlines regional plan for security, development - Yahoo! News
Iraq, Politics, 12/9/2008
Attorneys for Indicted Blackwater Guards Lash Out at Justice Dept. - WashingtonPost.com
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/9/2008
U.S. declines to free Reuters photographer in Iraq - WashingtonPost.com
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/9/2008   
New Tensions in Jerusalem’s Arab Neighborhoods - NY Times
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/9/2008
 US criticized at UN session on terrorism - WashingtonPost.com
Regional-USA, Politics, 12/9/2008

 

THE TYPICAL WALL STREET JEW WHO COANNED THE WORLD...
Madoff fallout spreads; Banks report potential losses of $10B...
Investors May Get Protection From Government...
Charities hit hard...

 

Geneva banks lost more than $4 billon to Madoff: report

Citadel suspends redemptions from two hedge funds

Madoff fraud case raises questions about SEC (AP)

Fed regulators shut 2 banks in Georgia, Texas (AP)

Bernard Madoff arrested over alleged $50 billion fraud Madoff told senior employees of his firm on Wednesday that "it's all just one big lie" and that it was "basically, a giant Ponzi scheme," with estimated investor losses of about $50 billion, according to the U.S. Attorney's criminal complaint against him. Bernard Madoff arrested over alleged $50 billion fraud (Reuters)

 

“New Rules” for Obama’s National Civilian Security Force

Collapse of Pension Funds: The End of Retirement?

Congressman: Fed “Bamboozling” Americans

Top socialites face ruin...
Wall Street's biggest scheme...

BILLIONS VANISH IN EPIC HEDGE FUND FRAUD

Obama Team Interest Encourages Paulson Treasury Mortgage Plan of new fraudulent securities to generate wall street fraud commissions. How dumb can they be? Very!

8 really, really scary predictions  Nouriel Roubini | Known as Dr. Doom, the NYU economics professor saw the mortgage-related meltdown coming. We are in the middle of a very severe recession that’s going to continue through all of 2009 - the worst U.S. recession in the past 50 years. It’s the bursting of a huge leveraged-up credit bubble. There’s no going back, and there is no bottom to it. It was excessive in everything from subprime to prime, from credit cards to student loans, from corporate bonds to muni bonds. You name it. And it’s all reversing right now in a very, very massive way. At this point it’s not just a U.S. recession. All of the advanced economies are at the beginning of a hard landing. And emerging markets, beginning with China, are in a severe slowdown. So we’re having a global recession and it’s becoming worse. Things are going to be awful for everyday people. U.S. GDP growth is going to be negative through the end of 2009. And the recovery in 2010 and 2011, if there is one, is going to be so weak - with a growth rate of 1% to 1.5% - that it’s going to feel like a recession. I see the unemployment rate peaking at around 9% by 2010. The value of homes has already fallen 25%. In my view, home prices are going to fall by another 15% before bottoming out in 2010.

BANK OF AMERICA to cut 35,000 jobs...
...final could be higher
Shocking but true claim: Most big banks 'bankrupt'...

 

Greek-inspired demonstrations spread

Gates Memo Announces Final Assimilation of National Guard and Reserve Carolyn Harris | The recommendations that are so disturbing are those involving the assimilation the National Guard and Reserves into the regular US military, under control and management of the DoD.

Top Homeland Security Official Arrested After Allegedly Hiring Illegal Aliens to Clean Her Home

U.S., Mexico Mostly Silent About Deaths of American Tourists South of the Border

Obama will nuke Iran if Israel nuked, official says

Settlements blocking agreement, says Qorei

CHICAGOLAND: RAHM REFUSES QUESTIONS
Case Confirms Rezko Talking With Prosecutors...

 

New unemployment claims surge unexpectedly

Ron Paul: Printing Money Only Prolongs The Pain Amidst the hand-wringing of the automaker bailout debate, Ron Paul took the opportunity on the House floor yesterday to remind Congress that the real culprit behind the financial crisis is the Federal Reserve, and that allowing the Fed to continue to print money without audit will only prolong the pain.   

US budget deficit to reach USD 1 trillion

Jim Rogers calls most big U.S. banks “bankrupt”  Jim Rogers, one of the world’s most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks “totally bankrupt,” and said government efforts to fix the sector are wrongheaded.

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-UPDATE - Wells Fargo to take $40 bln Q4 charge

German FM criticises Britain’s ‘crass Keynesian’ policies: report The German finance minister has launched a highly unusual attack on Britain’s economic stimulus package, saying it will not fend off recession but will leave the next generation saddled with debt.

 

Bernard Madoff arrested over alleged $50 billion fraud Madoff told senior employees of his firm on Wednesday that "it's all just one big lie" and that it was "basically, a giant Ponzi scheme," with estimated investor losses of about $50 billion, according to the U.S. Attorney's criminal complaint against him. Bernard Madoff arrested over alleged $50 billion fraud (Reuters)

Gates Memo Announces Final Assimilation of National Guard and Reserve Carolyn Harris | The recommendations that are so disturbing are those involving the assimilation the National Guard and Reserves into the regular US military, under control and management of the DoD.

Top Homeland Security Official Arrested After Allegedly Hiring Illegal Aliens to Clean Her Home

U.S., Mexico Mostly Silent About Deaths of American Tourists South of the Border

Obama will nuke Iran if Israel nuked, official says

CHICAGOLAND: RAHM REFUSES QUESTIONS
Case Confirms Rezko Talking With Prosecutors...
Feds subpoena TRIBUNE...
BLAGOSPHERE: 'OPEN GOVERNMENT' SITE CENSORS QUESTIONS...
Jackson Jr. denies wrongdoing...

GOP Senator Warns of ‘Riots’ if Automakers Are Bailed Out

BANK OF AMERICA to cut 35,000 jobs...
...final could be higher
Shocking but true claim: Most big banks 'bankrupt'...

 

Foreclosure Storm Will Hit US in 2009 as Loan Changes Fail Bloomberg

Retail sales post big drop in November

Lawmakers rap Treasury on bailout plan

Whitney: Banks On Life Support Next 18 Months Influential bank analyst Meredith Whitney remains bearish about the economy, and her outlook for the banks that “lubricate the economy” is grim.

Worsening Spending Slump Paces ‘Scary’ U.S. Recession The biggest slump in U.S. consumer spending since 1942 will extend the recession and push the jobless rate to the highest level in a quarter century, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.

Treasury Bills Trade at Negative Rates

Is the Fed Taking the First Steps to Selective Default and Devaluation?  ABOLISH THE FED; THEY’RE PROVEN F**K UPS! Jesse’s Cafe Americain | The Fed is asking Congress about permission to issue their own debt directly, not tied to Treasuries. Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money

Obama Lies About Meeting Blagojevich

Countdown: Comment on the Bush Legacy Keith debunks the talking points memo put out by the Bush administration trying to rewrite his legacy of abject failure.

Real Cost Of Bailout So Far: $5 TRILLION - $7.4 TRILLION - $8.5 TRILLION!

 

Wall Street stung by risk-aversion and realistically  bleak outlooks

Point of no return: Interest on T-bills hits zero

Tightening Budgets Mean a Rough Ride for IT

Economic crisis: US, China and the coming monetary storm

FIRST TIME: Treasury Bills Trade at Negative Rates...

 

Tortured Patsies “Confess” To 9/11 Paul Joseph Watson | And it has nothing to do with the waterboarding, cattle prods or sleep deprivation — they just wanted to get it off their chest.

Blagojevich Arrested On Corruption Charges After Going Up Against Bank of America

Zbigniew Brzezinski: Israel’s push for Iran strike may hurt U.S. ties Haaretz | Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to Carter, told Haaretz that Israel will do harm to its relations with the U.S. if it insists on lobbying Washington for an American military strike on Iran.

 

Illinois Governor Arrested By Federal Agents...
Probe widens to vacant senate seat...

'A fu**ing valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing'...

'The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering'...

CROOK COUNTY

 

US Depression Likely -The Truth Is Here

Coming soon to U.S., 1 million jobs lost every month: Report

America Has No Means to Recover from a Depression Dustin Ensinger | Economist Peter Morici, a professor at the University of Maryland, said the job loss experienced in November “was much worse than was expected … The threat of a widespread depression is now real and present.”

Unemployed and hungry in the U.S.

Feeble-minded feds Could Take Stakes in Big 3...   N A T I O N A L I Z A T I O N     'And now for a world government'...  

'IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE'

NEWS IS BROKE: TRIBUNE, Others Prepare for Bankruptcy Filings...

NEWS IS BROKE: NYT MORTGAGES HQ IN CASH CRUNCH...
TRIBUNE FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY...
ZELL MEMO...
ZUCKER: NBC MAY SCALE DOWN PROGRAMMING HOURS...

Bag the Failed fed!

 

Filibuster Al Qaeda Founder Robert Gates Webster Griffin Tarpley | The nomination of Robert Gates to be Secretary of Defense must be rejected. Gates is deeply implicated in three decades of crimes by the intelligence community.

Former ISI Chief: Mumbai And 9/11 Both “Inside Jobs”  

Bush Regime Declares Itself Above the Law The US government does not have a monopoly on hypocrisy, but no other government can match the hypocrisy of the US government.

 

New York governor shock: 'Once you go black, you don't go back'… I don’t think so!…..

Clinton builds loyalist empire

 

Israel's West Bank system like apartheid: rights group (AFP)

Jewish settlers set fire to Palestinian home (Reuters)

Israeli cops block aid boat bound for Gaza

‘Mossad fails in top anti-Iran agenda’

 

Chinese whistleblowers 'sent to mental wards'...

 

Don't Buy the 'Stocks Are Cheap' Hype: Weak Earnings Means a 'Washout' in '09  Mauldin predicts valuations will eventually fall to record low levels — meaning low single-digits price-to-earnings ratios… This is going to be a longer recession we've had in a long time [and] earnings are going to be impacted a lot more than people are currently thinking…..

3 Tell Tale Signs Of This Sucker Rally

Half-million jobs vanish as economy deteriorates (AP)

Job losses worst since 1974  Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years

Late mortgage payments and foreclosures hit record

1 in 10 homeowners behind on mortgage payments, or in foreclosure...

Wall St financiers party like there's no tomorrow -- literally

Obama Doesn’t Plan to End Occupation of Iraq  The New York Times is reporting about an “apparent evolution” in president-elect Barack Obama’s thinking on Iraq, citing his recent statements about his plan to keep a “residual force” in the country, despite campaign promises that helped get him elected to the contrary.

Bush reported to be drinking heavily  With less than two months remaining in office, George W. Bush, witnessing a devastating defeat for the Republican Party, worse favorability ratings than those of Richard Nixon at the height of the Watergate scandal, and the most devastating economic situation since the Great Depression, is reported by a number of well-placed sources in Washington as drinking heavily.

 

Employers shedding jobs as recession deepens

AP IMPACT: Some bailout holdings down $9 billion

Governments brace for long crisis ahead

High inventory is killing home builders; industry asks for help

It's Not a Great Time to Get Into Stocks

Long Term Investors Should Avoid Leveraged ETFs

Fixing the Enron Economy

US FEDERAL RESERVE to buy US DEBT? WITH WHAT?

Prepare For Depression Level Unemployment

Record number of Americans using food stamps: report

Whether We End Up Paying For It Through Taxes Or Hyperinflation, It Will Still Come Out Of Our Pockets

Corporate Debt Protection Costs Climb Amid Depression Concern

Shoppers ready to call it quits MarketWatch | More than one-third of consumers chose not to shop at all last month, except on Black Friday, according to Britt Beemer of America’s Research Group.

Lawsuit claims Citigroup was running a “quasi-Ponzi scheme”  Bloomberg | Citigroup Inc., the second-biggest U.S. bank by assets, was accused in a lawsuit of repackaging unmarketable collateralized debt obligations it held and re-selling them to itself in order to hide its exposure to the securities. Where are the criminal prosecutions and disgorgement?

 

Flashback: U.S. Counterinsurgency Manual Leaked, Calls for False Flag Operations, Suspension of Human Rights

Leaked Memos Reveal Holder’s Involvement In OKC Murder Cover-Up

The World View: U.S. ‘infected’ the world with the crisis – Putin

CNN Censors Sound Critique of Federal Reserve?

Pentagon: Obama to fire majority of 600 Bush appointees…A wise move!..

St. Louis City Leader Says Police Ineffective to Stem Rising Crime, Tells Residents to Get Armed

CFR-Brookings to Dominate Obama “Strategy”  Kurt Nimmo | Meet the new boss, same as the old boss — and that boss is the Council on Foreign Relations.

 

A Bleak Outlook: Nov. Job Loss, Economic Weakness Housing Wire | Private sector employment decreased by 250,000 in November, according to a monthly National Employment Report released Wednesday by Automatic Data Processing Inc.

US, China currency clash over worthless american currency...

IT SEEMS ALMOST TOO INCREDIBLE FOR WORDS THAT BUSH MAN JEB BUSH LEAGUE OF CRIMINALS IS TALKING ABOUT RUNNING WHEN PRIOR SIMILARLY TALENTLESS BUSHES HAVE LITERALLY LEFT THIS AND OTHER NATIONS IN SHAMBLES (LOOK AT FLORIDA). CAN FLORIDIANS PARTICULARLY AND AMERICANS GENERALLY BE SO INCREDIBLY STUPID? THE ANSWER, SADLY, IS QUITE POSSIBLY INASMUCH AS OUTRAGE SHOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE. INDEED, SOUND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES WARRANTING A CLEAN SWEEP FOR THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION SEEM TO HAVE BEEN TOTALLY IGNORED WHICH DOES NOT AUGUR WELL FOR THE ALREADY DISMAL FUTURE IN STORE FOR THE NATION. PARTICULARLY TROUBLING IS THE CLINTON APPOINTMENT IN LIGHT OF THEIR SQUANDERING THE PEACE DIVIDEND FOLLOWING THE END OF THE COLD WAR, FURTHER DECIMATED BY MORON WAR CRIMINAL BUSH, AND CLINTONS’ ROLE IN NAFTA, ‘UNPROTECTED’  PHONE (WHAT A PERVERT) AND OTHER SEX IN THE WHITE HOUSE, DEALS, CRIMES, ETC..  HOWEVER, TRUTH BE TOLD, HAVING DONE MY COLLEGIATE EDUCATION IN NEW YORK (BS, MBA, JD) I DO SHARE THE PREPONDERANT NEW YORK VIEW VIS-À-VIS THE CLINTONS; VIZ., GOOD RIDDANCE. 

GM, Chrysler considering bankruptcy to get bailout: report

Stocks irrationally finish higher despite dismal economic data to keep fraud ball rolling and suckers sucked in (AP)

Meredith Whitney Sees Plenty of Pain Ahead for Consumers (at BusinessWeek)

Desperate Times, Desperate Policies )

 

61% oppose auto bailout CNNMoney | Survey shows that Americans think federal aid for the Big Three is unfair and won’t help the economy.

Credit Suisse posts $2.5 billion loss

 

Pakistani Security Consultant Calls Mumbai Attacks A “Botched” False Flag Steve Watson | Says Hindu zionists and Mossad behind attacks meant to imitate 9/11. Hemant Karkare - False Flag Investigator Killed in Mumbai Attack  Homeland Security Council Warns of Preposterous Anthrax Attack Kurt Nimmo | An anthrax attack scenario envisioned by the Homeland Security Council is nothing but a transparent scare tactic. 100 nations sign treaty banning cluster bombs, US refuses

Libya complains of Israeli high sea 'piracy' to UN council (AFP)

 

November US auto sales drop to 26-year low

Fed said owing to things being so bad and strains in the financial markets it will extend three liquidity facilities through April 30, 2009, as they keep printing/creating more worthless Weimar dollars and spending money the government doesn’t really have.
US manufacturing hits 26-year low: ISM
November sales fall despite Friday's liquidation sale buying

GAO finds 'critical issues' in US Treasury's financial bailout

Auto sales plunge, slowdown spreads (Reuters)

The Cost of Hegemony is Beyond Reach  Paul Craig Roberts | The “peace dividend” that the Reagan-Gorbachev accord provided has been squandered by an arrogant American government seeking world hegemony.
Alex Jones on Coast to Coast AM: Domestic Security Force
U.S. bailout monitor sees lack of a coherent plan  International Herald Tribune | The head of a new congressional panel set up to monitor the gigantic U.S. government bailout says the government still does not seem to have a coherent strategy for easing the financial crisis, despite the billions it has already spent in that effort.

Data signal deep global downturn  Financial Times | Evidence of a global slide towards a deep recession mounted on Monday with severe strain reported by manufacturing companies around the world, large falls in car sales across Europe and bad construction figures in the US.
Auditors Fault Oversight of Bailout Funds...
Governors to Seek Up to $100B in Social Aid...
Feds to expand rescue; reviewing applications from 'hundreds of banks'...
FDIC head: Gov't plan needs 'exit strategy'...
Metal prices fall further than during Great Depression...

 

Dow plunges on news recession began in Dec. 2007 (AP)
Down we go again: Fourth-worst drop ever for Dow

Recession declared; Wall Street tanks

JPMorgan cutting 9,200 jobs at Washington Mutual

Official Recession Drags Down ETFs

These Mutual Funds Are the Real Turkeys

Where Did the Fed’s Bailout Money Really Go? Chart Shows Illegal Money Trail

Fourth-worst drop ever for Dow Associated Press | The stock market suffered one of its worst days since the financial meltdown Monday, slicing 680 points off the Dow Jones industrial average as Wall Street snapped out of its daydream of a rally and once again faced the harsh reality of a recession.

Report Concludes Recession Began A Year Ago Steve Watson | But the White House and the corporate media consistently continued to state otherwise.
It’s a depression

 

Another Russian “expert” claims the US will break apart

Washington Post: 20,000 More U.S. Troops To Be Deployed For “Domestic Security”  Paul Joseph Watson | As part of long term agenda to establish “military form of government,” combat likely with unrest following total economic collapse.

Mumbai attacks part of ‘blowback’ for CIA double-cross

Clinton staffers make up nearly two- thirds of Obama transition team

The New Obama Administration: A Lot of “More of the Same”
Barack Obama’s security team delights the war hawks    Neocons Heart Obama

Obama’s National Security Team: Minions of the New World Failed Failures Order

 

American teens lie, steal, cheat at 'alarming' rates just like americans generally, inherent criminals that they are: study...

Opening/Closing/Holiday Bell: 11.28.08 - Worker Killed In Wal-Mart Stampede (NYP) You don't have to vacation to Mumbai to be savagely murdered, just position yourself in front of a throng of sale-crazed animals in Anytown America.
Rubin's Teflon Finally Wears Off (at Seeking Alpha)
Bank sues Trump over Chicago tower loan...
Trump misses $53M interest payment...
Trump casino to miss interest payment...

 

Jewish settlers in violent Hebron protest (AFP)

Bush wants history to falsely see him as a liberator of million instead of reality of plunderer destroyer of a nation, war criminal, destroyer of his own country, and murderer of civilian men, women, and children in the millions

Mumbai attackers ‘non-state actors,’ says Pak president
Mossad role in Turkey coup plot revealed

 

BAILOUT MONITOR DECRIES LACK OF COHERENT PLAN...
PELOSI EYES $500B MORE...
Data signal deep global downturn...
Manufacturing hits 26-year low...
Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency in the land of fruits and nuts...
Bush: 'I'm sorry' for causing this crisis which is occurring...
Oil plunges below $50 because economy is so bad...
Treasury Yields Plunge to Lowest on Record...
Bernanke: 'No comparison' to Great Depression…and he is right because it is much worse,  particularly in light of the fact that now, unlike then, america is broke in every way  ...
Bank stocks suffer biggest one-day decline since crisis began...

 

Food Prices Will Rise, Causing Export Bans, Riots Bloomberg | Food prices will rise next year, prompting a revival of protectionism from food-growing nations and risking a renewed bout of rioting, according to Jochen Hitzfeld, an analyst at UniCredit SpA in Munich.

Citigroup Should Be Held Accountable Bloomberg | The U.S. government should demand accountability and changes at Citigroup Inc., as well as from automakers, in exchange for any financial assistance.

Rubin Clones and Other Fakers: The Obama “Dream Team”  Things are getting crazier by the day. On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that the Fed would commit another $800 billion to fight the financial crisis which has spread to the broader economy and is causing sharp declines in consumer spending.

Citigroup says gold could rise above $2,000 next year as world unravels

US debt triggered global crisis

‘Encouraged by a wicked wizard, Greenspan, Bernanke toils at his Weimar dollar printing press’

 

Wal-Mart worker dies in rush; two killed at toy store CNN International (CNN) -- Three violent deaths in two stores marred the opening of the Christmas shopping season Friday. Two people were killed in a shooting at a Palm Desert, California, Toys "R" Us store on Friday. 2 men dead after shots fired in SoCal Toys 'R' Us The Associated Press

HOW TYPICALLY UNCIVILIZED THE INHERENTLY CRIMINAL AMERICAN ANIMALS/CATTLE ARE AS THEY STAMPEDE AND TRAMPLE AN EMPLOYEE RUSHING TO GET LIQUIDATION PRICE BARGAINS. HOW PATHETIC!

MALL MADNESS! MAN KILLED...
...throng of shoppers physically broke down doors
Video...

Microsoft Corporation government shill/censor/propagandistCensors 9/11 among other Dissent

Media Forced To Backtrack On Al-Qaeda Link To Mumbai Attacks

India’s Leaders Need to Look Closer to Home: The Assault on Mumbai

 

Americans’ Food Stamp Use Nears All-Time High

For stores, the holiday season may already be over

Meltdown far from over, new mortgage crisis looms

Experts Warn of Food Shortages One of the top experts on derivatives warns that supermarkets may not be able to borrow against their inventory and will thus be forced to shut down.

 

Experts doubt Al Qaeda link in Mumbai attacks

Evidence Mumbai Attackers were Anglo-American Intel Operatives

Mumbai Attacks Blamed On Al-Qaeda As Pretext For U.S. Military Response

FM: No Israelis in Mumbai Hospitals Foreign Ministry Spokesman Yossi Levi said, mid-morning Thursday, that according to the data received by Israel’s control center for the Mombai terrorist attacks there are no Israelis among the wounded or dead in Mombai hospitals, the mossad/cia, israel/u.s. connection

India, Corporate Media Moves To Frame Pakistan For Suspicious Attacks As we predicted would happen in our early report yesterday, Indian government authorities are now blaming Pakistan for being behind the ongoing attacks in Mumbai, providing a perfect pretext for expanded U.S. military aggression against a country that is also a target for President elect Barack Obama.

Microsoft Corporation Censors 9/11 Among Other Dissent as government shill which suppression has brought u.s. unequivocal decline 
Merkel finally, though better late than never, criticises US over crises

Merkel criticises USA over crisis; hits out at use of 'cheap money'...

U.S. eyes “surge” of over 20,000 for Afghanistan

Iraq told: Keep US troops or face martial law

UPDATE: TERROR AT THE TAJ...
Mumbai gunmen besiege hotels, kill 119 in 2 days...
'Still not under control'...

Mexican Interpol Official Involved with Narcotics Trafficking    Former Mexican President Calls Border Fence ‘Offensive’

Hillary of State Wall Street Journal - By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL One rule of employee relations? Never hire someone you can't afford to fire.   The Obama-Clinton soap opera is set to run for another few years Economist

 

u.s. will not balance budget by 2012: white house DAAAAAH!

More Proof That Uncle Sam Is In Trouble PhD economist Marc Faber thinks the U.S. will go bankrupt. He’s not alone. Glass-Steagall and other Depression-era legislation was repealed based upon the claim that the modern financial system was totally stable.

Column: Impeach before Bush leaves office

Take away the president's power to grant pardons

Editorial: Implications of Citibank bailout   CITIGROUP bailout slammed by New Yorkers...
U.S., Mexico Mostly Silent About Deaths of American Tourists South of the Border CNSNews | According to the U.S. Department of State, more than 1,300 Americans have died in Mexico in the past six years.

A look at Obama’s “economic team”  President-elect Barack Obama’s choices for top economic positions underscore the fact that his administration’s overriding priority will be to cover up the crimes of and to secure the interests of the financial elite.  Obama beats record for press conferences/jawbone/bull s**t  sessions to give wall street frauds b.s. talking/fraud points...

Federal deficit could hit $1 trillion this year

FDIC's list of 'problem' banks swells to 171 (AP)
Dollar falls on realistically discouraging u.s. economic data (AP)

Third quarter real GDP was revised to a 0.5% annual rate of decline from a previously reported 0.3% rate which had rallied stocks and, only in the fraudulent world of wall street, rallied stocks again though worse than expected

Third quarter personal consumption expenditures were revised to a worse than expected -3.7% from -3.1%, which rallied stocks…..riiiiight!.

Consumer confidence remains at an extremely depressed state despite fake numbers.

Rogers Says Dollar to Be `Devalued,’ Buys Commodities
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 US cities fell 17.4% year over year — most on record.

Economy shrinks at fastest pace in seven years Reuters | The economy contracted at its fastest pace in seven years in the third quarter as consumer spending plunged to a 28-year low, data showed on Tuesday, raising the reality of a deeper recession.

Citigroup collapses! Banking Shutdown Probable Dr. Martin D. Weiss | It pains me deeply to announce that, despite the massive government rescue, yesterday’s collapse of Citigroup could ultimately lead to a shutdown of the global banking system if they get sucked into america’s black hole.

Russian Analyst Correctly Predicts Decline and Defacto, and Quite Possibly Dejure, Breakup of U.S.A.

The Fed and Its Lies

Home Prices for 20 U.S. Cities Decline Most on Record

Bush: Give More Money to the Bankers

The Citigroup Deal is Lousy for America The verdict on the Citigroup bailout is pretty much unanimous: its a terrible deal for America.

Peter Schiff - Was Right Again and Again

Russian “Infowar” Analyst Says U.S. Will Break Apart A renowned Russian political analyst has repeated a prediction he made ten years ago that the economic and political turmoil in the U.S. will lead the country to collapse and divide into separate parts

Bush Hands Over Reins of U.S. Economy to EU

Attorney general nominee Holder represented firm that hired right-wing paramilitaries who killed union activists

Russia says U.S. mercenaries, others fought for Georgia

China Scrambles to Stave Off Economic Meltdown
Israel seals off Gaza crossings again

FED PUMPS $800B MORE TAXPAYER MONEY TO THE RICH AND INFAMOUS, COMPOUNDING THE WASTE/FRAUD/CRIME...

WOODWARD: Obama must be 'smoking something'...
Federal deficit could hit $1 trillion this year...
FDIC adds 54 more banks to its 'problem list'...

Struggling Banks Paid Clinton $2.1 million for Speeches/hillary favors/bull s**t; CITI, GOLDMAN, LEHMAN, MERRILL...

Cynthia McKinney Prevented From Leaving U.S.  Former Congresswoman and presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney has been prevented from leaving the country after she planned to give a speech in Damascus Syria at a Conference being held to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Sovereign wealth funds flee the West...  Sovereign wealth funds in the Gulf are switching their focus away from Western stock markets to shore up ailing economies in the Middle East and protect themselves from losses in the City and on Wall Street.

Dow falls below 8,000, S&P at 5-year low
Fed sharply lowers forecasts, hints of rate cut which ploy previously sparked b.s. suckers’ bear market rallies based upon nothing at all but reality says with only a point to zero and much worse to come is just plain b**l s**t
Now Buffett the senile in stock slump!
Conditions so bad that consumer prices drop record 1 percent in October
[$$] Mall Owner Lines Up Bankruptcy Law Firm as ghost malls predict by Celente of trendsresearch.com over a year ago begin (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
[$$] Stocks, Bonds Tumble to New Crisis Lows (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Deflation: Here, Now I’ve been warning of deflation for some time. Specifically, I predicted 1 1/2 to 2 years of deflation, followed by hyperinflation. Well, deflation is here.
“Slush fund” … “Banana Republic” … “Keystone Kops.”
Technical Economic Indicators Worsening Again Even after the trillions spent by the feds, the technical economic indicators are getting worse

 'Crisis Only Just Beginning': Crisis/Video  Right About the Crash, Peter Schiff Sees More Pain Ahead      Crisis Only Just Beginning': Right About the Crash, Peter Schiff Sees Much More Pain Ahead

Cost of Bankster Bait and Switch Now $7.4 Trillion  Kurt Nimmo | Congress critters are wary of the wrath of their constituents as the bankster giveaway rockets through the stratosphere.

Colossal Financial Collapse: The Truth behind the Citigroup Bank “Nationalization”  F. William Engdahl | The 2009 year will be one of titanic shocks.

Rubin Protégé Selected to Head Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers

Obama’s jobs plan: A band-aid for an economic catastrophe

Will The US Government Accept Responsibility For The Slaughter Of Over 1,000,000 Iraqis.

Obama’s Economic Foxes To Guard Financial Henhouse Today President elect Obama officially introduces his economic team to the world. What many may fail to recognize however is the fact that those tasked with rescuing the economy are the very people who helped create the financial crisis in the first instance.  WOODWARD: Obama must be 'smoking something'...

All US Financials Will be Nationalized in a Year: Manager

US to Inject $20 Billion into Citigroup, Back Assets The U.S. government has agreed to guarantee over $300 billion of Citigroup’s troubled assets — loans and securities backed by residential and commercial real estate and other such assets — with conditions attached. These conditions are being hammered out.

 

Bush: A disgraceful legacy

Bumbling, bungling, war criminal bush consulting Obama on bailouts Now we can all breathe a sigh of relief…..riiiiight! This Is Change?  ...tax hike for the rich may be delayed  Another $700 billion?

Bush pleased with Iraq war outcome The Age | Bush apparently pleased with over a million dead Iraqis and millions more suffering due to a decimated civilian infrastructure based on lies.

US is on the decline, report says

US National Intelligence Council Predicts Further and Complete Decline of America  ...

Worst of financial crisis yet to come: IMF chief economist...

 

FBI arrests eight New York mafia men: prosecutor

POLL: Most Correctly Consider Web Most Reliable Source of News in light of propaganda, censorships, veiled bribes, etc...

 

UK TOP INCOME TAX RATES COULD HIT 61%...
FED PLEDGES TOP $7.4 TRILLION...
London, Midtown Manhattan, Tokyo Office Rents Post First Drop Since 2002...

 

Mugabe bars door to top-level humanitarian mission

 

NewsWatch: Stocks look cheap, but that doesn't mean you should buy

Economic Preview: Harsh economic data expected for coming week

 

OBAMA: 'MILLIONS OF JOBS' IN DANGER NEXT YEAR

Downey Seized, Sold to US Bancorp as Mortgage Fallout Spreads

IMF economist says worst of crisis to come: paper

Robert Gates: As Bad as Rumsfeld?

Federal regulators shut 2 California thrifts

This Is Not A Normal Recession, Rome is burning. It’s time to stop tinkering with a failed system  : Moving on to Plan B
Use of nuclear weapons more likely in future: us unintelligence

Paulson’s Cascade of Lies

US to see end of an ‘aura’ by or before 2025

The Third Clinton Administration

WOODWARD: Obama must be 'smoking something'...

Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama is creating hawkish Cabinet Activists note that most of the candidates for top security posts voted for the 2002 resolution authorizing President Bush to invade Iraq or otherwise supported launching the war.

Zimbabwe refuses Annan group visa

U.S. economic and military dominance ’set to wane’, warns spy agency through corruption, greed, fraud, incompetence, etc.
Mobsters seize control of Israeli public's imagination...
HU: World economic situation 'grim'...

ROMNEY: 'Let Detroit Go Bankrupt'...
Finger-pointing begins as Senate nixes auto vote...  
CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds...

World stocks down amid reality of deep recession (AP)

Congress extends jobless benefits; stocks fall 400

Aids: Obama on track to nominate Clinton (AP)

Attorney general collapses

Sharp decline seen in holiday shoppers

Bank of America Bailout Recipient Buys Stake in China Construction

China to Buy 4,000 Tons of Gold Jason Hommel | China wants 4000 tons of gold, to help “diversify” their $1.9 trillion in U.S. bonds.

Massachusetts Foreclosures Up Nearly 70-Percent This Year

The Imperialism You Can Believe In While naive, giddy and myopic establishment leftists have been celebrating the great “change” heralded by the election of Barack Obama, the President elect has been busy appointing people to key positions who advocate the same Neo-Con imperialist foreign policy crafted during eight years of the Bush administration.

Ron Paul Warns That U.S. Will Support Israeli Attack On Iran

Army shreds documents on friendly fire deaths

Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat Senator James Inhofe has revealed that Henry Paulson was behind the threats of martial law and a new great depression prior to the passage of the bailout bill, having made such warnings during a conference call on September 19th, around two weeks before the legislation was eventually approved by both the Senate and Congress.

Head of Interpol Mexico arrested for drug ties Mexico arrested its head of Interpol on Tuesday for allegedly working for a powerful drug cartel and sent the military to take over police duties in the city of Tijuana in another step to flush out corrupt law enforcement.

Jobless Claims Hit 16-Year High, Above Forecast

Fed Signals Ready to Cut Rates with only a point to zero, calls urgent extended December meeting by a day Amid Glum Outlook

Obama and the Great Depression

President-elect promised change, picking insiders...

Iran Censors, Cracks Down On Internet

Jewish settlers desecrate Hebron mosque, graves

SUN SETS ON USA POWER: REPORT PREDICTS END OF DOMINANCE...

Raw: Attorney General Michael Mukasey Collapses During Speech in Washington   AG COLLAPSE ON STAGE IN DC

America’s Moronic Iraqi Policy
Israel refuses to ease blockade
Will The US Government Accept Responsibility For The Slaughter Of Over 1,000,000 Iraqis.
America’s moronic hegemonic policy spells disaster
ENDGAME Economic Predictions - 2006 Bilderberg
Inside Home Affairs: The recession – and the crime wave that goes with it
Naomi Klein: Bailout is ‘multi-trillion-dollar crime scene’
Head of Interpol Mexico arrested for drug ties
Crimes by air marshals raise questions about hiring
Port of Los Angeles security under control of Chinese President’s son
Former CIA Employee Zawahri Threatens America
Al Zawahiri is used to counter Obama’s growing unpopularity Al Zawahiri has sent a new message. (1) to gain sympathy for Obama, (and his various billionaire cronies.) (2) to gain sympathy for US military action (in the event of any false flag terror operations by the CIA and Mossad). (3) to gain sympathy for a US takeover, or destruction, of Pakistan. (4) to turn world opinion against Moslems.

Arraignment set for Cheney, Gonzales in Texas (AP)

Ron Paul Confronts Bernanke On Global Currency Plans
Congressman Ron Paul confronted Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke this morning about plans to replace the dollar with a new global currency during the House Financial Services Committee meeting on Capitol Hill.
Banker Manipulation Of Gold And Silver Prices Further Exposed
US planning Velvet Revolution in Iran?
Russia warns Georgia against military build-up
‘US not after Taliban leaders under Bush’
Uranium at Syria site come from Israeli missiles: FM
No Signs of Change in Obama’s Middle East Policies
China Passes Japan as Biggest U.S. Treasuries Holder

Israeli forces launch fresh Gaza incursion

CHENEY INDICTMENT: Vice president, former AG, state senator indicted [in Texas]...     Willacy County Grand Jury...    Arraignment set for Cheney, Gonzales in Texas (AP)

The G-20 Economic Summit Won’t Change the “Financial Crime Scene”  Richard C. Cook | For the immediate future people could fight back by doing everything possible to get out of debt, convert their cash reserves to tangible holdings, and start their own local currency and barter systems.
Inhofe: Billions Given Away to Bankers and Their “Friends”  Kurt Nimmo | Senator Inhofe admits Congress was told lies about the bailout and says Congress should take back what is left of the “blank check” it gave the Treasury and its coterie of ex-Goldman Sachs manipulators.
Forecasters: U.S. in 14 month recession
Fed has done "as much as it can": Fed's Hoenig
Stocks finish lower as recession worries deepen
The Great Depression of the 21st Century: Collapse of the Real Economy

Japan's Economy Shrinks 0.4%, Confirming Recession (Update2)
Ken Clarke warns Britain is on the brink of ‘meltdown’
Japan's economy shrinks in 3Q; enters recession
Europe in recession, U.S. in pain as world leaders meet
ECRI: Economy Falling At Fastest Pace in 60 Years
Rep. Neugebauer: American People May “Rise Up and Stop Us”
DOWNTURN DRAGS MORE CONSUMERS INTO BANKRUPTCY...
Unremitting gloom and capital flight

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli air strike (AFP)
Israeli minister openly calls for assassinating Hamas leaders
Gaza: No respite from suffering
Ahmadinejad aide: Obama must ‘replace Bush’s war-mongering approach’
Neocon John Bolton Grilled on BBC EVTV1 | Bolton’s neocon explanations for the mass murder of more than a million Iraqis are dismissed for what they are — criminal lies.

Los Angeles ringed by wildfires...
STATE OF EMERGENCY...
LIVE FEED... SHARP KNIVES: STATE BUDGETS IN SHORTFALL; CUT SERVICES OR RAISE TAXES?...drudge DEVELOPING...
600 mobile homes burned...
Updates, Maps, Details...
Wildfire chases patients from hospital...
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ A NIGHTMARE: THOUSANDS EVACUATE

Record numbers of American students are studying abroad...
Libertarian Talk Radio Activist Jailed For 100 Days For Having A Couch In His Yard
“The Dollar Standard Is Coming To An End”
Busted in Washington As expected, the G-20 Economic Summit in Washington turned out to be a total bust. None of the problems which have pushed the global economy to the brink of disaster were resolved and none of the main players who gamed the system with their toxic securities was held accountable.

Obama’s Intelligence Agenda: More of the Same from the so-called “Change Administration” as names as clinton (some have dismissed her owing to her’s and bill’s deals on the come which voters foiled) and as well, jokin joe lieberman, the independent who is not independent at all but rather a bush administration/israeli shill. Could he be so foolish as to relinquish his mandate?  ”

Housing starts expected to hit half-century low
G-20 Wants Quick Action on Credit Default Swaps, But Bush Talks Them Into Toothless Regulation   

Washington is Powerless to Stop the Coming Economic Depression Barbara L. Minton | The unwinding of the Great Depression took 10 years and the debt overhang was nothing like it is today.
Whitehead sees slump worse than Depression The economy faces a slump deeper than the Great Depression and a growing deficit threatens the credit of the United States itself, former Goldman Sachs chairman John Whitehead, said at the Reuters Global Finance Summit on Wednesday.
Dollar’s Days Numbered, Buy Commodities: Jim Rogers Commodities are one of the only viable investment opportunities left and are set to rebound as demand problems take hold, while the outlook for the dollar is bleak, famed investor Jim Rogers said Friday.
U.S. cities seek federal help to ease economic crisis
America’s economic crisis is beyond the reach of traditional solutions By most accounts the US economy is in serious trouble. Robert Reich, an adviser to President-elect Obama, calls it a “mini-depression,”and that designation might be optimistic. The Russian economist, Mikhail Khazin says that the “U.S. will soon face a second ‘Great Depression’.” It is possible that even Khazin is optimistic.
U.S. Retail Sales Drop in October by Most on Record
With Its Failed Policies, Government Triggers “A Return of Systematic Risk to Credit Markets”
Retail sales fall by record amount in October...
CITIGROUP to cut 10% of jobs...
110 banks have asked for $170B under bailout plan
FACE SLUMP...
New alarm over economy as retail sales plummet
Freddie seeks gov't aid after $25.3B loss (AP)
Wall Street ends turbulent week sharply lower

Kashkari Accused Of Bailout “Bait and Switch” During Angry Hearing
A Ticket to The Hague for Dick Cheney?  I now believe that some international human rights organization ought to open an investigation of the Bush Administration.
Sarkozy to Putin: ‘Do you want to end up like Bush?’
A Dumbed Down Society is What the New World Order Wants
Lawmaker Joins Fight To Outlaw Human Microchip Implants
Liberals Start Supporting War After Obama Is Elected
Italian police officers convicted of violence at 2001 G8 Genoa Summit
Switzerland says Israel breaking international law (AP)
U.N. agency says runs out of Gaza food supplies (Reuters)
French, Palestinians call US Mideast role crucial (AP)
Israel shuts down Gaza border crossing

Iraq - US security agreement initial approval
The Iraqi cabinet yesterday approved a security agreement with the USA that calls for a full withdrawal of the American forces from the country by the end of 2011.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/17/2008
Abbas: No partial peace agreements to be made
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said today that Israel had decided to release 250 Palestinian prisoners before Al-Adha Holiday and affirmed the necessity of a continued ceasefire between the Gaza Strip and Israel, to help ease the suffering of Palestinian citizens in Gaza Strip.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/17/2008
Palestinians denied press freedom, official
Representative of Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) today said that Palestinian newspapers are prevented from publishing the truth.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/17/2008
Israel kills four Palestinians, Gaza humanitarian crisis
Hamas said that Israel is violating the ceasefire. Aid agencies say Gaza faces a humanitarian crisis if Israel's blockade continues.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/17/2008
Israel forbid Muslims to enter the Ibrahimi Mosque
Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) denounced today the Israeli Occupation Authorities decision to forbid Muslims from entering Al-Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron on Friday and Saturday, November 21-22 2008 to enable Jewish settlers to perform their rituals on the
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/17/2008
Iran's new missile is for deterrence: minister
Iran's Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Force Rear Admiral Morteza Saffari said today that forces under his command are ready to repel any threat in the Persian Gulf.
Iran-Regional-USA, Politics, 11/17/2008
Ahmadi-Nejad's letter to Obama covers key issues
As for the establishment of a US interest section in Iran, Hosseini said, "If the request comes from official channels in the US, Iranian officials will follow it up."
Iran-USA, Politics, 11/17/2008
Ahmadi-Nejad meets with Israeli-freed Lebanese
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said yesterday that Lebanon was a source of honor and respect for regional states for its victory over the Israeli forces during their 33-day war against Lebanon in 2006.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/17/2008
Saudi-UN interfaith conference condemned for presence of Israelis
Elham reiterated that the "Zionist regime" has a secular nature.
The issue of Judaism is completely different from Zionism, he said
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Politics, 11/17/2008
Iraq Head, Top Cleric Back 2011 Exit by U.S.:  Agreement Gives Pact Better Odds of Passing - WashingtonPost.com
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/17/2008
Iran judiciary chief lauds US-Iraqi security pact - WashingtonPost.com
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 11/17/2008
Cleric Calls for Resistance to U.S. Presence in Iraq - NY Times
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/17/2008
Iraqi Soldier Reportedly Kills 2 G.I.’s - NY Times
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/17/2008
Iraq Signs $3.5 Billion Deal for China to Develop Oil Field - NY Times
Iraq-China, Politics, 11/17/2008
Mideast Negotiators Vow Talks Will Go On:  Transitions in Israel, U.S. Spur Concerns - WashingtonPost.com
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/17/2008
Israeli troops face abuse trial - BBC
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/17/2008

Rick Biggs KERRY KILLINGER CAN’T SAY HE WASN’T WARNED. From my hometown Seattle Times:

Two months before Washington Mutual failed, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned then-CEO Kerry Killinger that he ought to sell the Seattle-based thrift before it deteriorated further.

"Paulson said, 'You should have sold to JPMorgan Chase in the spring, and you should do so now. Things could get a lot more difficult for you,' " said one of several current and former high-ranking WaMu executives familiar with details of the call.

"Sopranos" flashbacks, anyone?  Good lord. Here’s today’s lesson for bank and thrift CEOs: When the Secretary of the Treasury tells you point blank that “things could get a lot more difficult for you,” you should take it to the bank (sorry) that things will in fact get more difficult. That should be easy to remember. . .

I have refrained thus far from commenting on Sarah Palin who aside from breathing new life into Saturday Night Live, seems to serve no useful purpose whatsoever. Indeed, she is so pathetically and embarrassingly dumb that it should come as no surprise to hear her sing paeans of praise to kindred dimwit criminal dumbya bush, certainly a failed president and the worst of modern times, the absurdity of her assertion being evidenced by the current disaster of a nation he leaves in his wake, economically, politically, and geopolitically. She is a dope and, like the bushes, is done.

Turley: Late bush move ‘almost sign of contempt’ for election results

Wall Street rally defies rationality, odds, economic indicators but is explainable in terms of full moon and lunatic wall street frauds The Miami Herald 
Dow sees 911-point swing to close on third-biggest point gain on ... MarketWatch
MARKET SLAPCRAPSHOT: US Stocks Close Crazed Session With Large Surge ... CNNMoney.com
Jobless claims hit 25-year high, weak economy causes imports plunge
Analysts Predict Hyper-Inflation To Push Gold To $2000, Oil to $300 Within Months Economic experts have predicted that rampant inflation caused by government stimulus packages will soon take hold of the economy and force precious commodity prices to all time highs.
Sarkozy Pushes for Abandonment of Dollar as World Reserve Currency There have been many previous indications that the dollar would not remain the world’s reserve currency for long. But this is a dramatic statement by a close American ally.

Banker Bailout Costs $5 Trillion So Far
Bailout Lacks Oversight Despite Billions Pledged
Soros says deep recession inevitable, depression likely

Foreclosures up 25 percent: RealtyTrac
Foreclosure Filings Rose 25 Percent in October as Prices Fell
Alabama foreclosures rise 15 percent in October

Germany falls into recession, Japan to boost IMF
Asian shares hit as grim news abounds
Oil falls to $55 on grim US economic outlook

Australia the former and apparently present penal colony uses web filter to block 10,000 internet sites
Rahmn Emanuel’s Compulsory “Circle of Love”  Kurt Nimmo | Is it possible the ruling elite will need a legion of inducted slaves to stand against their fellow citizens as the economy further disintegrates and social chaos unfolds?
What Wayne Madsen Said About Rahm The Truth Will Set You Free | WMR has learned from US intelligence sources that Emanuel was discovered to be part of a political intelligence and blackmail operation directed against the very blackmailable and compromised criminal clinton by Israel.
Israeli Blockade Creates Food Shortages in Gaza

 

The Insanity of the $700 Billion Giveaway       
Stock Market Has Fallen Steadily Since Bailout Bill Signed

The Wall Street Coup and the Bailout Scam
Paulson Doles Out $125 Billion to Wall Street Elite
Treasury Blacks Out Key Parts of Private Bailout Contracts
The Evil of Bailout One of the burning questions regarding the recently passed bailout, and the one that almost no one has bothered to answer, is how the government intends to pay for it. Bailout $700 billion yet national debt increased by over $1 trillion.
They socialize their losses and privatize their gains ….. How is this happening? What a total fraud/scam!
Roubini Sees Worst Recession in 40 Years, Rally’s End
Government of Thieves: When Greed is Rewarded

EDITORIAL ON BUSH’S FAILED PRESIDENCY
Thanks for the Depression

Renowned economist Mikhail Khazin : U.S. will soon face second “Great Depression”
Fannie Mae Posts Record $29 Billion Quarterly Loss
Fannie posts $29B 3Q loss, $100B may not be enough
China Blames Wall Street Meltdown On Fraud and Fed Overissuance Of Currency
Government to Grant AIG New, Larger Bailout
Real Cost Of Bailout So Far With Much More To Come: $5 TRILLION+
Fed's bailout for AIG swells to more than $150B
GM says GM may not survive (AP)
...US to assume toxic mortgage assets
Wall Street Should Slash 70,000 Jobs, Be Prosecuted for Securities Fraud, Disgorgement Mandated: Report
Buffett's senility showing as government/wall street shill, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Net Falls 77%...
U.S. Weekly Leading Index Now at Six Decade Low

3rd UPDATE: Intel Cuts 4Q View; Stock At 12-Year Low CNNMoney.com Intel Cuts $1 Billion From Sales Forecast Amid Slump    Intel slashes 4Q outlook on dimming PC demand   Technology stocks hit after Intel warns of sales shortfall
Fed Covers Up Financial Crisis
Federal Reserve Seeks Oversight of CDS Clearinghouse The Federal Reserve is seeking to become the lead regulator for clearing trades in the $33 trillion credit-default swap market, according to people with knowledge of the proposal.
U.S. Slump May Be Longest in Decades as Growth Fell Off `Cliff’ The U.S. downturn will be the longest in three decades, and the drought in consumer spending may be the worst ever, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.
AmEx Said to Request $3.5 Billion in U.S. Aid
Lobbyists Swarm the Treasury for Piece of the Dwindling Bailout Pie  When the government said it would spend $700 billion to rescue the nation’s financial industry, it seemed to be an ocean of money. But after one of the biggest lobbying free-for-alls in memory, it suddenly looks like a dwindling pool.
Dimon: Recession could be worse than market crisis (AP)
Intel's shock warning sounds alarm for tech sector

One Aspect of the Massive (Securities) Fraud/Fraudulent Wealth Transfer is Aptly Described/Illustrated in this Comment

Obama Won’t Be Able to Stop the Collapse of the Fallen american Empire
Paulson Says Troubled Assets Will Not Be Purchased Associated Press | Hank Paulson really didn’t mean it when he promised the $700 billion government rescue program would be used to purchase troubled assets.    U.S. backs away from plan to buy bad assets
US To Lose Its ‘AAA’ Rating CNBC | The United States is on course to lose its ‘AAA’ rating due to the large amount of debt it has accumulated, according to Martin Hennecke, senior manager of private clients at Tyche. "The U.S. might really have to look at a default on the bankruptcy reorganization of the present financial system" and the bankruptcy of the government is not out of the realm of possibility, Hennecke said. "In the United States there is already a funding crisis, and they will have to sell a lot more bonds next year to fund the bailout packages that have already been signed off," Hennecke told CNBC. In order to solve or stem the economic slowdown, Hennecke suggested the US would have to radically reduce spending across all sectors and recall all its troops from around the world. As for a stimulus package, there is not much of an industry left to stimulate back into life, Hennecke said.

Obama’s Bailout Bunch Brings Us More of the Same
Editorial: End the scandal of Guantanamo
Obama’s pick for White House chief unsettles Arabs
What is Obama thinking?  Barack, my brother. Mr. President-elect, what is going through your head? Rahm Israel Emmanuel for White House Chief of Staff? Rahm, who fought with the Israeli Army in the Gulf war, whose father Benjamin fought with the Irgun gang, the Zionist terror bombers of the King David Hotel; Rahm, the 2001 Freddie Mac board member involved with campaign scandals and contributions, personally raking in $231,655. I mean, just look in that guy’s eyes, scary. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
We can’t defeat Taleban, says Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith

MAG: WASHINGTON'S $5 TRILLION TAB...
STOCKS IN FREEFALL; DOW SHEDS ANOTHER 400...
NEAR FIVE-YEAR LOWS...
RUSSIAN TRADING HALTED AFTER 12% DROP...
ECONOMIC WOES INCREASE, CRISIS DEALS IN TROUBLE...
AS MORE COMPANIES SEEK AID, 'WHERE DO YOU STOP?'...
EMBATTLED BANKS STILL PLANNING BIG BONUSES...
FLU: GOOGLE SHARES BELOW $300 FOR FIRST TIME SINCE '05...
GE SAYS FEDS WILL GUARANTEE UP TO $139 BILLION IN DEBT...
Bank of England: We'll slash interest rates to ZERO...
WANT SOME GOVERNMENT MONEY? APPLY NOW!
Boehner Demands Fed Identify Recipients of Loans...
Democrats prepare to move forward with investigations of the Bush administration... drudge Developing...
ALL SWIPED OUT: AMEX SEEKS BILLIONS FROM TAXPAYERS...

Consumer spending worries send stocks lower (AP)

GM shares hit 65-year low amid liquidity concerns

Banking crisis claims more U.S. victims Financial Times | The credit storm swept through Wall Street and Main Street with renewed virulence on Monday as AIG and Fannie Mae reported huge losses, a leading US retailer filed for bankruptcy and multinationals such as DHL cut thousands of jobs.

Worries about housing, consumers send stocks lower Associated Press | Homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. and coffee chain Starbucks Corp. helped send Wall Street sharply but modestly relative to reality lower Tuesday after giving investors more evidence that the housing market and consumer spending are getting weaker.

Goldman urged bets against California bonds it helped sell Los Angeles Times | Goldman, Sachs & Co. urged some of its big clients to place investment bets against California bonds this year despite having collected millions of dollars in fees to help the state sell some of those same bonds. California faces $28 billion deficit...

Government To Confiscate 401(k)s and IRAs For Mandatory Savings Tax?  Paul Joseph Watson | Proposals to implement additional form of income tax while seizing private pensions raised in Congress.

Chinese activists tell UN of communist state torture

Blogger jailed for 20 years for cheeky poem that mocked Burma's leader...

Obama plans Gitmo closure
Georgia Rep. Issues Warning on National Security Force, Gun Ban
Government To Confiscate 401(k)s and IRAs For Mandatory Savings Tax?  Under the pretext of combating the financial crisis, Democrats in Congress have been conducting hearings on proposals to confiscate private retirement accounts and turn them into government-controlled accounts managed by the Social Security Administration, by implementing a new tax in the guise of mandatory savings scheme.
Ex-KGB general cautions US against Iran war A former KGB general and Russian prime minister says a war on Iran would produce a question mark over the Republican Party’s sanity.
Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money The Federal Reserve is facing a lawsuit after it failed to comply with congressional demands for transparency and disclose the destination of at least $2 trillion dollars in bailout funds, underscoring once again the failure of top down socialism and the folly of trusting the foxes to guard the henhouse.
Obama, Rahm-bo and the End of the New American Century: Conned Again?  If the change President-elect Obama has promised includes a halt to America’s wars of aggression and an end to the rip-off of taxpayers by powerful financial interests, what explains Obama’s choice of foreign and economic policy advisors?
Biden told not to change Iran policy Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has warned the US vice president-elect against changing the Bush White House policies toward Iran.
Documents linking Iran to nuclear weapons push may have been fabricated
Obama’s Afghan War Plans May Run Into Weary Public, Deficits
Project for No American Century The Project for a New American Century cut America’s stability short by almost a century.
Ruble Devaluation Concern Triggers 13% Plunge in Russian Stocks
US Banks Will Lose $450 Billion More in 2 Years: Analyst
Asian economists warn Barack Obama policies could make downturn worse
$150 billion more for AIG: US gov’t
Government Soaks Up AIG’s Toxic Credit Default Swaps On Our Dime

World business leaders see more fiscal pain
Credit Suisse reportedly shuts down bond fund
Top hedge fund managers 'funereal' in midst of financial crisis
Worst retail sales trend since 1974 expected
Cisco warning signals trouble ahead in tech sector
Stocks Slump as Earnings Concern Overshadows Stimulus...
Growing credit crisis claims more victims...
STARBUCKS profit drops 97%...
GM needs federal aid in coming weeks...
BAILOUT? Fed gives AMERICAN EXPRESS full bank status...

Blackouts in Gaza as fuel supply cut off
NYT: SECRET ORDER LETS U.S. RAID AL-QAIDA IN MANY COUNTRIES...
Gorbachev calls on Obama to carry out 'perestroika' in USA...
NYC To Toll Every Major Bridge Into Manhattan...
Bloomberg: Spending cuts, layoffs...
Obama Consigliere “Rahmbo” Emanuel Sent Dead Fish to Foe Kurt Nimmo | Rahmbo’s services may be required after the economy crashes and new total war fronts open in Pakistan and Iran.
A quiet windfall for U.S. banks MSNBC | Corporate tax lawyers quickly realized the enormous implications of the document: Administration officials had just given American banks a windfall of as much as $140 billion
Fed Defies Transparency Aim in Refusal to Disclose Bloomberg | The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.

 

Jobless rate at 14-year high as above expectation losses continue

GM, Ford losses worse than expected, burning cash

Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years

Ford announces $129M 3Q loss, burns $7.7B in cash

Jobless rate bolts to 14-year high of 6.5 percent

Wells Fargo Earnings-diluting Offering Disappoints Street (at TheStreet.com)

Dollar falls after U.S. job losses top forecasts

Holiday Outlook Gloomier After Weak October Sales

Unemployed Nation: America’s Shrinking Payroll ABC News | In the first ten months of this year, the nation’s employers have cut nearly 1.2 million jobs and the unemployment rate is now at 6.5 percent

GM reports $2.5B 3Q loss, says running out of cash (AP) General Motors Corp. reported a $2.5 billion loss in the third quarter and warned Friday that it could run out of cash in 2009.

GM operating loss $4 billion, Ford operating loss $3 billiion

 

Obama’s Council On Foreign Relations Crew Steve Watson | Out with the old regime, in with the old regime.

14 more civilians die in US strike in Waziristan

Barack Obama: Brought to you by the New World Order

Obama’s Anti-Gun Agenda Spurs Record Firearms Sales

No “Change” In Israeli Manipulation Of U.S. Foreign Policy Under Obama President elect Barack Obama’s first act of “change” upon winning the Democratic presidential nomination back in June was to don a joint US-Israeli label pin, head on over to AIPAC and prostrate himself in front of the Israeli lobby, vowing to keep military action in mind for Iran and promising to hand over another $30 billion of American taxpayers’ money in military assistance to the Zionist state.

Obama’s American Dream: Servitude Kurt Nimmo | Obama’s American dream includes forced labor and mandatory servitude for all Americans, including the elderly.

Emanuel’s father: His son will not “clean the floors of the White House” like an Arab Jerusalem Post | Dr. Benjamin Emanuel said he was convinced that his son’s appointment would be good for Israel. “Obviously he will influence the president to be pro-Israel,” he was quoted as saying. “Why wouldn’t he be? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going to clean the floors of the White House.”

 

GM Reports $2.5B Loss...     ...May Not Have Enough Cash to Finish Year      Stock Rocked...

Wall St. has worst week of a presidential election... ...

Bloomberg wants more taxes; would raise millions for cash-strapped NYC...

Schwarzenegger: $4.4B in tax hikes...
States consider billions in cuts...

 

Holiday Outlook Gloomier After Weak October Sales

World markets tumble on renewed economic fears

Who’s going to Finance the rising US National Debt?

Troops hope Obama brings them home as ‘Commander in Chief’

Wall St extends losses on economic gloom Stocks extended their sell-off on Thursday as concerns of a worsening economic downturn were fueled by a disappointing revenue outlook from Cisco Systems and bleak sales from  major U.S. retailers.
STOCKS CONTINUE POST-ELECTION PLUNGE...
Dow, S&P 500 Post Worst Two-Day Decline Since 1987...

 

Editorial: Don’t pin much hope on Obama 7 November 2008  …..But a president whose deputy is Joe Biden, a man who last year said that israel is “the single greatest strength america has in the Middle East (oh yes…suuuure…can’t you see the economic and geopolitical benefits america has derived from following israeli policy in the middle east)” and who is proud to call himself a Zionist, is not going to turn his back on the Israelis. His appointment of Rahm Emanual as his chief of staff makes that doubly certain. Emanual is an even more convinced Zionist (his father was a member of the Zionist terror organization Irgun), not to mention a prominent figure in the US Jewish lobby. Far from challenging Israel, the new team may turn out to be as pro-Israeli as the one it is replacing….. Barack Obama, Neocon

Obama’s Treasury Candidates: Old Guard Of The Corporate Elite

Obama Supporter Waves Communist Flag at Victory Celebration Outside White House

Ron Paul: Republicans Have Lost All Credibility; But Obama’s Core Policies Mirror Bush

Will Obama Keep His Promise To Reverse Bush Executive Orders?
VOTER TURN-OUT SAME AS 2004...
Day One: Obama faces Cold War threat and warning from Israel...

Rahm Emanuel and Obama’s Civilian Security Force Kurt Nimmo | If Obama’s soon-to-be chief of staff stabs a knife into a table while denouncing the enemies of his former boss, Bill Clinton, it does not take a lot of imagination to predict how Obama’s Civilian Security Force will be used.

Obama’s First Appointment Is Son Of Zionist Terrorist Buckling to terrorist israeli pressure President elect Barack Obama’s first appointment, Rahm Emanuel, who is set to become chief-of-staff, is the son of a member of the Zionist terrorist group Irgun, which was responsible for bombing hotels, marketplaces as well as the infamous Deir Yassin massacre, in which hundreds of Palestinian villagers including women, children, and babies were slaughtered.

 

U.S. to Sell $55 Billion in Long-Term Debt Next Week The U.S. Treasury said it plans to sell $55 billion in long-term government debt this quarter and bring back auctions of three-year notes, as a slowing economy/runaway spending balloons the budget deficit to a record level.

Treasury wants to borrow record $550B...

U.S. Stocks Drop on Economic Concern

Fresh U.S. air raid kills Afghan civilians: officials

Stocks Have Biggest Post-Election Slump....   History List...

U.S. border police arrest Mexican troops

Mexican officials held for selling intel to drug cartels

US-led strike kills 36 Afghan civilians

 

General Motors Bankruptcy? An Economic Nightmare

Ex-Bear Stearns exec now at Fed (AP) The former chief risk officer at investment bank Bear Stearns Cos., which nearly collapsed in March, is now a senior official of the Federal Reserve division that supervises U.S. banks. Brilliant….riiiiight!

Some owners deserting factories in China

UPDATE - Japan seen slipping into recession in Q3

Czech opposition demands top court examine U.S. missile deal

 

EXIT POLLS CLAIM 'OBAMA +15' IN PA... drudge DEVELOPING...
TOO CLOSE TO CALL AT CLOSE: FL, IN, OH...
MCCAIN KEEPING AZ... drudge DEVELOPING...
DEM EARTHQUAKE...
'LANDSLIDE'
1 President, 35 Senate Seats, 435 House, 11 Govs... drudge DEVELOPING...
SENATE: DEMS SEE 58 SEATS; EXIT POLLS SHOW OBAMA BIG

US defense secretary insanely and incompetently expands pre-emptive war doctrine to include nuclear strikes

Israeli troops kill civilian in Gaza raid: Hamas (Reuters)

US military raid inside Syria's border

 

Flashback: Max Keiser Calls Paulson and the Bankers “Financial Terrorists”

They Made a Killing: The Use of Knowledge of Covert Operations in the Stock Market

Worst is yet to come for economy

Uses for $700 billion bailout money ever shifting

Alan Greenspan’s 18 year crime spree was “a mistake”

Thousands of hedge funds, banks, companies on brink of failure

Americans Don’t Want a Corporate Bailout U.S. News & World Report | Americans want the free market and not Washington to decide which companies live or die.

Medvedev: US to blame for global financial crisis

Debt linked to huge buyouts is tightening the vise

Inflation, Stagflation, Are Looming Threat

Evidence of a recession piles higher with new data

 

Ex-CIA Man Warned Top Executives To Leave New York On 9/11

AP IMPACT: Flood of wounded GIs swamps care units (AP)

Prince Turki accuses US government of doublespeak

Israeli security chief warns of assassination by israelis to thwart peace...

Pakistan warns US over missile strikes Pakistan’s Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has warned the US General David Petraeus of growing anti-American sentiments in the country.

 

RAND (think stink tank with new plan based upon the Iraq plan debacle that worked so well for the u.s. and the deficit laden economy) Lobbies Pentagon: Start War To Save U.S. Economy Paul Joseph Watson | EXCLUSIVE: Shocking proposal urges military leaders to attack major foreign power.

Lies and Audiotape: Morgan Chase Exec Brags Bailout Is for Compensation/Bonuses, Takeovers, Restructuring, Not Lending Boston Globe | Congressional investigators demanded State Street Corp., Citigroup Inc., and seven other banks justify billions of dollars in pay and bonuses after they accepted $125 billion as part of a taxpayer-funded bailout.
U.S. Economy: GDP Shrinks (even with fake better than expected GDP numbers from corrupt commerce department) at Fastest Pace Since 2001 The government falsely reported Thursday that the economy shrank only 0.3 percent in the July-September period, still a significant slowdown after growth of 2.8 percent in the prior quarter in the summer, sending the strongest signal yet that a deep recession has already begun. Consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of the economy, dropped by the largest amount in 28 years in the third quarter. One expert says multiple levels of things going wrong in u.s. recession, ie., consumer spending down and declining, housing recession, fraudulently worthless investments, worthless Weimar dollars that are being printed/created like mad, etc.. Another expert says fake GDP number in 3rd quarter does not capture slowdown which will be reflected in 4th quarter with minimum 2-4% decline.
Asian shares fall, to post worst month ever

 

Consumer Confidence and Dollar Plunge; Oil Prices Soar

Georgia accused of targeting civilians

The 2008 land grab for food and financial security
Israel demolishes dozens of West Bank shacks (AP)
Spector killed actress in fit of rage: prosecutor

 

11-06-08 Barack Obama wins american presidency (by what is close to but dare not be called landslide) ….. Congratulations! … (dated 10-31-08)

 

It's Year Five, Do You Know Where Your Senators Are? OpEdNews