Mike Shedlock

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• Stocks Rally on Dead-on-Arrival Eurobond Proposals, Rumors, and Patches...

  Published 14 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  ... More ECB Emergency Funding; Why a Breakup of the Eurozone is Likely The ECB stepped in today to provide emergency liquidity to at least…

• 'Orderly Insolvency for Greece Cannot be Ruled Out' says German Economy Minister; Mish says 'Neither Can a Disorderly One'; Schaeuble Lie Confirmed

  Published 11 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Mainstream media is chock full of humorous reporting today, including this Bloomberg headline Greek 'Orderly' Default Can't Be Ruled Out, Roesler Tells Welt An "orderly…

• Can Government Lies Calm the Markets?

  Published 11 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The question of the day (for which everyone should know the answer) is Can Government Lies Calm the Markets? In spite of the fact most…

• Germany Prepares 'Plan B' Default...

  Published 09 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  ...Top ECB Official Resigns; German-Italy Bond Spreads Widen Again; Dollar Soars, European Equities Hammered Once again news from Europe resonates in the markets. The 2-day…

• Dissecting the Lies in Obama's $447 Billion 'Shock-and-Awe' Reelection Ploy...

  Published 09 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  ...Dead-on-Arrival in Congress? Alternative Proposal Will Not Cost a Dime President Obama's rumored $300 stimulus program ballooned to $447 billion upon unveiling. For a full…

• Bernanke's Waterloo; Midst of Deflationary Collapse or Brink of Inflationary Disaster? 12 Specific Recommendations

  Published 07 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The September Contrary Investor It's A Long Hard Road is an exceptional marriage of debt-deflation concepts, long-wave K-Cycles, credit cycles, and Austrian economic thinking. Here…

• Switzerland to 'Buy Foreign Currency in Unlimited Quantities'...

  Published 06 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  ... Sets Euro Peg 1.20; Extreme Mid-Day Currency Volatility; Gold is Safe Haven, Not Francs In a stunning morning press release, Swiss National Bank sets…

• Economic Crossroads of Immense Consequences: Will Governments and Central Bankers Bail Out Bondholders and Banks (again), or the Public at Large?

  Published 06 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  As noted previously, it is crystal clear to everyone but bankers and brain-dead analysts that banks need to be recapitalized, in Europe and the US…

• Trichet Warns Heads of States; Italian President Warns 'Markets Lost Confidence in Italy'; IMF Warns again on Bank Capitalization; Mish Warns Trichet

  Published 05 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The warnings are flying today so let's take a look at a few of them, including a couple of my own. Trichet Warns Heads of…

• Global Recession, Right Here, Right Now...

  Published 02 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  ... Japan's Capital Spending Plummets; Eurozone PMI, UK PMI, US ISM ex-Inventory, China Exports in Contraction It's time to stop debating whether or not the…

• US In Recession Right Here, Right Now

  Published 29 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  I am amused by those who think a US recession will come within a year. Even more amusing are those who think a recession will…

• Hello Richard Bove, Repeating Nonsense Does Not Make It True; Bank of America Will Not Survive in One Piece

  Published 24 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Richard Bove says Bank of America Has 'No Reason' to Raise Capital Bank of America Corp. (BAC), the U.S. lender that lost half its market…

• Video Content and Blogs by Kids, How Kids See Products, Humor, Politics; Meet the Tweeny Bloggers

  Published 21 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Kids are actively into blogging and producing videos, and some of them are surprisingly good. Should parents encourage their kinds to pursue such activities? I…

• Former Moody's Senior Vice President Accuses Rating Agency of Fraud, Corruption, and Greed

  Published 19 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  In good times, no one wants to end a party and everyone is willing to turn a blind-eye to fraud, corruption, and excessive greed. Bear…

• In Praise of Timely, Blatant Incompetence

  Published 19 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Tonight I am going to do something different, openly praise blatant incompetence. I will list my reasons later but first let me sing the praises…

• Earnings Collapse Coming Up; Don't Worry Companies Will Still 'Beat the Street'; Value Traps and Road to Ruin

  Published 17 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Of all the inept reasons to be bullish about equities, "beat the street" hype is near the top of the list. The fact is, in…

• Media Ignores Ron Paul So Blatantly, Even Time Magazine Recognizes It...

  Published 16 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  'Why?' is Easy to Explain The mainstream media continues to ignore Republican candidate Ron Paul to the point of absurdity, favoring candidates that no one…

• BNP Paribas Leveraged 27:1...

  Published 15 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  ...Société Générale Leveraged 50:1; Sorry State of Affairs of U.S. Banks; Global Financial System is Bankrupt BNP Paribas leveraged 27:1 Jean-Pierre Chevallier reports on his…

• Growing Gloom for States and Cities; Who is to Blame? What About Solutions?

  Published 14 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  A New York Times article accurately describes a set of fiscal realities in Sunday's editorial A Growing Gloom for States and Cities. The New York…

• U.S. Circuit Judge Upholds Right of Two US Citizens, Tortured in Iraq, to Sue Former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld for Torture

  Published 13 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Thankfully, a US circuit court has upheld the rights of Donald Vance (a US Navy veteran) and Nathan Ertel, both US citizens, to sue former…