Gordon Long

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• Extend and Pretend: Gaming the US Tax Payer

  Published 16 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Today, April 15th, most of us grudgingly settle our annual obligations with the government tax authorities. But for how long will we keep doing this?…

• Extend and Pretend: Manufacturing a Minsky Melt-Up

  Published 09 April 2010 | viewed 1,859 times

  A distracted and preoccupied amateur is no match for a determined, organized professional with a strategy. Though the collapse of the shadow banking system was…

• Extend and Pretend: Hitting the Maturity Wall

  Published 02 April 2010 | viewed 1,773 times

  How long can the government continue to Extend & Pretend? How long can public policy endlessly 'kick-the-can' down the road without addressing the underlying causes?…

• Sultans of Swap: ACT III - The Getaway!

  Published 26 March 2010 | viewed 1,390 times

  There are 7 stages to executing a successful sting operation. Whether this is the modus operandi behind the Sultans of Swap operating in the $605…

• Sultans of Swap: ACT II - The Sting!

  Published 19 March 2010 | viewed 1,227 times

  There are 7 stages to executing a successful sting operation. Whether this is the modus operandi behind the Sultans of Swap operating in the $605…

• Sultans of Swap: Smoking Guns and the Sting!

  Published 12 March 2010 | viewed 2,265 times

  There are 7 stages to executing a successful sting operation. Whether this is the modus operandi behind the Sultans of Swap operating in the $605…

• Sultans of Swap: Fearing the Gearing!

  Published 04 March 2010 | viewed 1,759 times

  Ever imagine getting your tie caught in a mechanical set of gears (sorry ladies - but I will spare you). The results are nasty! Now…

• Sultans of Swap: Explaining $605 Trillion of Derivatives!

  Published 24 February 2010 | viewed 5,772 times

  (The Bond Vigilantes are dead - RIP - Long Live the Sultans of Swap) Every parent has had that moment when their child asks them…

• 8 Financial Fault Lines Appear In The Euro Experiment!

  Published 18 February 2010 | viewed 3,489 times

  Niall Ferguson Financial Times Tremors were heard across Europe and around the world last week. There was little mistaking the clear fracturing sounds of the…

• UR All PIGS From HELL!

  Published 16 February 2010 | viewed 5,072 times

  Whether you're in Central Europe, such as Ukraine or Romania, the Med countries such as Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain, or from Hungary to the Baltic…

• America - Innovate or Die!

  Published 04 February 2010 | viewed 2,612 times

  US innovation is plummeting faster than our Financial Markets did during the 2008 financial crisis! The future of America is presently in peril, not just…

• Extend and Pretend

  Published 29 January 2010 | viewed 3,704 times

  SHOCK & AWE Beginning in October 2007, the world survived a Financial Crisis like no other in modern times. It was the first truly Global…