Category: Credit Crisis 2009
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
I Apologize to David Viniar and Goldman's Lawyers and Call for More Regulation of Goldman Sachs / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Janet_Tavakoli
I apologize to Goldman Sachs’ CFO David Viniar. He did not lie when he said that Goldman’s direct credit exposure with AIG was hedged in the event AIG collapsed. He only addressed direct AIG credit risk.1 On September 16, 2008, he may merely have been unimaginative about risk to Goldman as a result of AIG’s potential bankruptcy partly brought on by stress created by billions in collateral payments already made—and the billions in additional collateral owed—to Goldman Sachs (and other CDS counterparties). Systemic risk is a matter of public interest. Viniar apparently did not intentionally give the impression that Goldman was disinterested when it came to AIG’s bailout.
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
States Should Cut Wall Street Out! Own Your Own Bank / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Ellen_Brown
Pouring money into the private banking system has only fixed the economy for bankers and the wealthy; it has not done much to address either the fundamental problem of unemployment or the debt trap so many Americans find themselves in.
President Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan has so far failed to halt the growth of unemployment: 2.7 million jobs have been lost since the stimulus plan began. California has lost 336,400 jobs. Arizona has lost 77,300. Michigan has lost 137,300. A total of 49 states and the District of Columbia have all reported net job losses.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
U.S. Dollar Fiat Reserve Currency Root of the Global Financial Crisis / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Richard_Karn
Chapter 4: “James Ross Clemens, a cousin of mine, was seriously ill two or three weeks ago in London, but is well now. The report of my illness grew out of his illness, the report of my death was an exaggeration.”1
The matters discussed thus far in the first three chapters of our report, Credit and Credibility, may be summarized as follows:
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Trillion Dollar Ticking Derivatives Time Bomb to Explode Under Bankrupt Banks / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Graham_Summers
Dear %$firstname$%,
At Gains, Pains, & Capital I’ve been warning about the Trillion Dollar Ticking Time Bomb of derivatives for months now. As a brief recap, let’s consider the following:
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Bailed Out Banks Continue to Raise Loan Interest Rates / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2009
By: MoneyFacts
Since Bank Rate dropped to the historic low level of 0.50% in March, loan rates have continued to increase.
In this period half of all lenders offering personal loans, have upped their rates.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Banks Screaming to be Regulated as Credit Card Panic Beckons / Personal_Finance / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Mike_Shedlock
Emails are pouring in over Citigroup's "Hail Mary Pass": How To Know Citigroup Is In Serious Trouble.
Here is one from "HG" who writes
Monday, October 26, 2009
Second Guessing Commodity Trading Systems / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Andrew_Abraham
Mechanical trading systems used in commodity trading if followed with discipline and patience can assist one in their quest for long term success. Many of these systems are based on trend following. One of the most positive aspects of mechanical commodity trading systems is that it helps commodity traders control their emotions ( or at least it should)
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Mervyn King Attacks Fellow Bankers, But Talk is Cheap / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Mervyn King one of the key people behind the failure to regulate the out of control banking sector, the bailout of which risks bankrupting Britain Iceland style as the budget deficit continues to mushroom higher towards £200 billion for the current the fiscal year the consequences of which will trigger a double dip depression for Britain, uttered more words against his fellow bankster's, but as we have seen talk is cheap or rather worthless if not backed up by any real action to hold the bankster's to account.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Bair Admits FDIC in the Red Until 2012 / Economics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Mike_Shedlock
Counting projected losses FDIC bank fund in the red until 2012.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Reviving the Economy with Publicly Owned Banks / Economics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Ellen_Brown
The credit crunch is getting worse on Main Street, despite a Wall Street bailout that is now in the trillions of dollars. The Federal Reserve's charts show that "base money" is rapidly expanding - meaning coins, paper money, and commercial banks' reserves with the central bank. But the money isn't making it to where it needs to go to stimulate economic growth: into the bank accounts of American businesses and consumers. The Fed has been pumping out money to the banks, and their reserves have been growing at unprecedented rates; but the money supply in the real economy has been declining.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Truth Behind the Financial Crisis May Lead to Another Crash / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Washingtons_Blog
William K. Black - professor of economics and the senior regulator during the S & L crisis - says that that the government's entire strategy now - as during the S&L crisis - is to cover up how bad things are ("the entire strategy is to keep people from getting the facts").
Indeed, as I have previously documented, 7 out of the 8 giant, money center banks went bankrupt in the 1980's during the "Latin American Crisis", and the government's response was to cover up their insolvency.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Global Financial Crisis Polarising Market Perspectives- Credit and Credibility Chapter3 / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Richard_Karn
Chapter 3: “May you live in interesting times”
The global financial crisis has wrought such extensive damage that it has polarized market perspectives like nothing in our experience. The two prevailing camps may be categorized as those subscribing to variations on either the ‘green shoots’ or the ‘Dawning of the Asian Century’ themes and those believing the lull that has existed since early March is but the calm during the eye of the storm and global markets are in for a fresh, possibly more severe battering.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Debt Crisis of 2008 Transformed Into Dollar Crisis of 2009-2010! / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Martin_D_Weiss
Martin here with an urgent update on the next phase of this crisis …
Fed Chairman Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Geithner are in for a rude awakening.
Even as they declare “victory” in their battle against the debt disaster on Wall Street, they face defeat in the war against four dangerous, unintended consequences on Main Street:
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Fractional Reserve Banking System Basis of Bankster Fraud / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Gary_North
The heart of the modern monetary system is fractional reserve banking. This system is based on fraud. At the very heart of the modern economy is fraud – fraud on a gigantic scale.
What is the nature of this fraud? Counterfeiting. Banks are government-licensed institutions that issue bogus IOUs. Because these IOUs function as money, they are counterfeit money. This is the heart, mind, and soul of all modern banking.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
The Securitization Boondoggle / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Mike_Whitney
The relentless financialization of the economy has resulted in a hybrid-system of credit expansion which depends on pools of loans sliced-and-diced into tranches and sold into the secondary market to yield-seeking investors. The process is called securitization and it lies at the heart of the current financial crisis. Securitization markets have grown exponentially over the last decade as foreign capital has flooded Wall Street due to the ballooning current account deficit.
Friday, October 09, 2009
In Defense of Capitalism: a True Love Story / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
My writing is a byproduct of my investment process, I think through writing. I don’t do movie reviews and don’t watch Michael Moore’s movies. A Denver Post reporter invited me to a private showing of Moore’s latest flick last Monday Capitalism: a Love Story, it stirred up a lot of memories and I recently finished reading Atlas Shrugged which had a great impact on me. A combination of all those things motivated me to write this.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Big Boys and Their Synthetic Political and Financial Toys / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Marilyn_M_Barnewall
It was a story about a man who plunged from an escalator at The Pier Shops at Caesars in Atlantic City that raised my curiosity. He was the second man to die on that same escalator.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Technically Bankrupt Iceland Parliament Proposes Debt Default Solution / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Webster_G_Tarpley
Reykjavik , Iceland , Oct. 7 – A leading member of the Icelandic parliament called Monday night for the country to declare a debt moratorium and stop attempting to pay the $6 billion which the British and Netherlands governments are seeking to extort from Iceland with the help of the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission in Brussels. This dramatic call was issued by Birgitta Jónsdóttir, the chairman of the parliamentary faction of The Movement in the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. Birgitta Jónsdóttir was speaking during a special session of the Althing called to address the rapidly deteriorating economic and financial position of Iceland, one year after the collapse of the three hot-money offshore banks, Landsbanki, Kaupthing, and Glitnir.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
The Fed's Financial Crisis Balance Sheet Exit Strategy Dilemma / Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Philipp_Bagus
The Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks currently face a dilemma. A strong central-bank balance sheet is essential for the quality of a currency and the stability of a financial system. Unfortunately, the financial crisis has seen substantial changes in the balance sheets of the world's major central banks.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Stock Market Rally Warning, Investors Should Adopt a Defensive Posture / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Richard_Karn
Markets worldwide have been rallying on the assumption that more of the very same interventionist policies and malfeasance that caused the global financial crisis can in fact cure it. Our analysis of recent events concludes this assumption is misguided for a number of reasons, not least being:
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