10 reasons to shun stocks till banks crash
Commentary: Stocks a sucker bet in a rigged game; meltdown ahead Paul B. Farrell Market Watch SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif — Do not buy stocks….
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U.S. in Vast Insider Trading Probe
Susan Pulliam, Michael Rothfeld, Jenny Strasburg, Gregory Zuckerman Wall Street Journal Federal authorities, capping a three-year investigation, are preparing insider-trading charges that could ensnare consultants,…
Gold at $7800/oz, Or S&P 500 at 220? Take Your Pick
Seeking Alpha The chart below (to the right, Ed.) shows yet another way to look at the value of the stock market and gold in…
Baby Boomers: Get Out of the Stock Market Now, the Rug is Being Pulled Out By Insiders
CNBC reports insider selling-to-buying ratio for top firms is a staggering 3177 to 1 Eric Blair Activist Post If you’re a baby boomer who still believes…
70% of All Stock Market Trades Are Held for an Average of 11 SECONDS
Washington’s Blog The Fourteenth Banker writes today: In the stock market, program trading dominates volume. I heard recently that 70% of trade positions are held…
Big Banks, Hedge Funds Become Surrogate Tax Collectors
Youtube – HuffPostFund Wall Street titans have a new sweet spot — as surrogate tax collectors. They see profits in tacking on fees and threatening…
Mortgage Damage Spreads
Big Bank Stocks Hit Again as Modern Finance Collides With the Legal System Nick Timiraos, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Dan Fitzpatrick Wall Street Journal The unfolding foreclosure-processing…
Bank of America Downgraded by Bond Market on Foreclosures: Credit Markets
Mary Childs Bloomberg Bondholders are penalizing Bank of America Corp. the most of any of the largest U.S. financial firms as the investigation into the…
Insider Selling To Buying: 2,341 To 1
Tyler Durden Zero Hedge Sorry kids, we just report the news… as ugly as they may be. After last week saw an insider selling to…
Waiting for the Next Bankster Financial Meltdown
Youtube – fal2grace Dylan Ratigan Show–Sept. 30: “Inside Job” director Charles Ferguson takes an in-depth look at how “banksters” brought the nation to the brink…
Scientists, Secrets and Wall Street’s Lost $4 Trillion
Pam Martens Counter Punch Thanks to an ever growing influx of Ph.D.s from the Ivies and an insatiable demand for an algorithmic trading edge by…
The Illusion of Pension Savings
Mary Williams Walsh NY Times Earlier this year, Illinois said it had found a way to save billions of dollars. It would slash the pensions…
Illinois’ Pension Fund Death Spiral Revisited: “10 Years Of Money Left”
ZeroHedge A month ago, we discussed the death spiral that the Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund has now entered by openly commencing to sell its securities. We…
