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U.S. credit crisis ’
Sep 11th, 2009 |
By Shah Gilani |
Category: Politics & Economics
When it comes to the U.S. credit crisis, we’ve all heard the numbers. The stock market decline wiped out $7 trillion in shareholder wealth. It forced the federal government to commit to $11.6 trillion in bailout programs and stimulus spending. And it’s led to the longest U.S. downturn since the Great Depression.
Tags: BRK.A, BRK.B, Corporate Bonds, Mary Shapiro, MCO, MHP, MS, SEC, Shah Gilani, U.S. credit crisis
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Feb 11th, 2009 |
By Charles Delvalle |
Category: Chart of the Day
Think back hard for a few seconds… to the days when the dollar was the most hated asset in the world. In those days, the dollar was joked about, the euro was rapped about, and everyone came to the conclusion that the buck was history.
Tags: $USD, bullsih diversion, Charles Delvalle, dollar, forex, slow stochastic, U.S. credit crisis, Us Dollar Index
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Feb 11th, 2009 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News
While members of Congress debated the merits of President Obama’s $838 billion stimulus plan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled a raft of new measures aimed at returning functionality to the besieged credit markets.
Tags: Credit Markets, Home Foreclosure, Jason Simpkins, Obama Stimulus, Timothy Geithner, U.S. credit crisis, US Housing Market
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Jan 23rd, 2009 |
By Chuck Butler |
Category: Financial News
The dollar continues to rally… No risk takers to be found… Simply awful data yesterday… Gold continues its rally… And Now… Today’s Pfennig!
Tags: Chuck Butler, Fomc, Global Currencies, Gold Prices, Japanese Yen, U.S. credit crisis, US dollar
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Jan 23rd, 2009 |
By Peter D. Schiff |
Category: Financial News
In a speech before the London School of Economics a week ago, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke offered a perverse economic theory in his quest to gather support for never-ending Wall Street bailouts.
Tags: Bailout, Bernanke, Credit Bubble, Peter D. Schiff, U.S. credit crisis, US economy
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Jan 19th, 2009 |
By Shah Gilani |
Category: Financial News
” The United States must engineer a new transparent, non-partisan, “systemic-centric,” economy-oriented regulatory apparatus that facilitates innovation in capital formation, product efficacy, public protection and open, fair and equal market access.”
Tags: Barack Obama, Shah Gilani, U.S. credit crisis, US politics
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Jan 9th, 2009 |
By Bill Bonner |
Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics
The world markets have begun a correction – and the governments are determined to stop it…the days of ’stuff lust’ are long gone. Replacing private spending with public spending…in the fight against global financial illness the Fed can’t cure the patient. The U.S. empire may be too old and tired to battle this downturn…the 50th anniversary of Cuba’s revolution…tune into the Critic’s Choice Awards on VH1 tonight and cheer for I.O.U.S.A.!…and more!
Tags: Bill Bonner, Credit Crunch, Downturn, U.S. credit crisis, US debt, US unemployment, World Markets
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Dec 2nd, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
NBER: U.S. in Recession Since Dec. 2007; Fed Reserve Could Buy T-Bills; JP Morgan Sees 0% Interest Rates; Pilgrim’s Pride Files for Bankruptcy Protection; Consumer Credit Crunch in the Making; Crude Slides on Recession Outlook; J&J to Buy Mentor
Tags: Australian Credit Card Debt, Credit Card Debt, Fed Reserve, Jnj, JPM, MNT, PPC, U.S. credit crisis, WMT, YUM
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Oct 31st, 2008 |
By Richard Daughty |
Category: Financial News
But this monetary expansion thing is the stuff of nightmares, too, and one day soon you will wake up screaming in the middle of the night, bathed in sweat, jolted out of a nightmare of financial misery and suffering that is all but unimaginable…
Tags: Federal Reserve, Richard Daughty, U.S. credit crisis, US recession
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Oct 31st, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
The Bush Administration is considering a plan that could keep as many as 3 million homeowners who are behind on their mortgages from losing their houses, The New York Times reported today (Thursday).
Tags: Fdic, Mortgage Backed Securities, Treasury Department, U S Treasury, U.S. credit crisis, US subprime crisis, William Patalon III
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