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Bankers like Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Mervyn King, and many others, have a sense of posture and way with their words that projects an image of confidence in their policies, with near mystic quality. But even the Grand Wizard of banking Alan Greenspan admitted later that he made a mistake in not avoiding the financial […]
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Bitcoin was thought to be dead and dying after a series of attacks to the Tor network, and the shutdown of the site “Silk Road” a site where users could purchase anything illicit from drugs to fake passports. But since then Bitcoin has surged to record highs, attracting the attention of the US Senate which […]
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China has surpassed the US economy on several key measures: China is the largest trading country in the world, the largest importer of oil, and has the fastest growing economy. So why should the rest of the planet listen to China? Well, China now accounts for more global trade [40] than anyone else does, including […]
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SAC Capital, once thought to be a world leading money manager, has plead guilty to four counts of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud. Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund pleaded guilty to fraud charges Friday as part of a $1.2bn deal to resolve a long-running insider trading investigation. At a court […]
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Marc Faber points out the growing disconnect between the real economy, and the financial economy, referring to asset bubbles as “white elephants.” In a real economy, the debt and equity markets as a percentage of GDP are small and are principally designed to channel savings into investments. In a financial economy or “monetary-driven economy,” the […]
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Goldman Sachs is the latest Forex trading bank to be added to the list of banks being investigated for rigging of Forex rates used to price other derivatives, and for benchmarking purposes, known as the WM/Reuters rates. However the investigation against Goldman Sachs also includes commodities, options, and technology systems. Bloomberg reports: Goldman Sachs Group […]
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The U.S. House just passed a bill called H.R. 992 – the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act – that was literally written by mega-bank lobbyists. It repeals the laws passed in 2010 to prevent another meltdown like the one that crashed our economy in 2008. The repeal was co-sponsored by a former Goldman Sachs executive and […]
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Bitcoin, an online-only currency scarcely four years old, is breaking out to new highs this week and now sports a total value of $2.8 billion. Just a few months ago, it looked like this economic experiment as the world’s first decentralized technology-based form of money would crash and burn. Since then, ConvergEx’s Nick Colas points […]
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According to data released by the Social Security Administration, 23 Million Americans make less than $5,000 a year, while only 166 make more than $50 Million per year. Some other data highlights: 119,400 Americans make more than $1 Million per year 81 Million Americans make less than $29,999.99 per year 92.5% of Americans make less […]
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The US tax code has over 4 million words, since 2001 Congress has made over 5,000 changes to it. It’s the equivalent of 7x the words from War and Peace, and 4x the number of words in all Harry Potter books combined.Each year taxpayer advocate Nina Olsen prepares a report and delivers it to Congress, […]
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