Guess Where George Soros Plans To Set Up Shop?
Last month, as Hillary Clinton ended her historic visit to Burma, she hinted that the U.S. would stop discouraging international aid to the repressive state. It seems that George Soros was paying...
View ArticleBank Of America Is Exploding Higher -- Is This Blog Post The Reason Why?
Shares of Bank of America are up 8% today and are now back above $6.20/share. What's going on? We're not sure, but.... There's some trader chatter going around that it has to do with gossip about...
View ArticleDEAR OBAMA: How Could You Sign This Police-State NDAA Bill?
On New Year's Eve, President Obama signed into law a bill that eliminates one of the fundamental protections of the U.S. Constitution: The right for people not to be detained indefinitely by the...
View ArticleA Punch To The Mouth—Food Price Volatility Hits The World
Perfect Storms 2011 was an abysmal year for the global insurance industry, which had to cover yet another enormous increase in damages from natural disasters. Unknown to most casual observers is the...
View ArticleThe Most Difficult Part Of Being In The Calabrian Mafia? How To Invest All...
Andreas Ulrich has an in-depth look at exactly how the Calabrian Mafia, known as the 'Ndrangheta, operate in Germany, over at Der Spiegel. You may have heard of the 'Ndrangheta. Like their Sicilian...
View ArticleCFPB Head Richard Cordray Revealed Who He Blames For The Financial Crises At...
Here's what you need to know about Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray's speech at the Brookings Institute today: He's ready to go now. And if you're wondering what he thinks...
View ArticleHere's Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Tomorrow's Big Jobs Report
Tomorrow (Friday) the BLS will release the December Employment Situation Summary at 8:30 AM ET. Bloomberg is showing the consensus is for an increase of 150,000 payroll jobs in December, and for the...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Will Now Be Taking His Hidden Talent To China
Warren Buffett has decided to grace China with his musical talents—the investment genius and head of Berkshire Hathaway has recorded a video of himself playing guitar and singing for China's annual...
View ArticleFederal Reserve: Here's How Fannie And Freddie Are Hurting The Housing Market
The Federal Reserve has put out a white paper on the housing market. There’s a lot in there to digest so I’ll be picking out points and writing up posts as I go through it. One point that shows up...
View ArticleSTOCKS RALLY AGAIN AFTER GREAT NEWS ABOUT JOBS: Here's What You Need To Know...
You would think that the jobs data we got today would've sparked a monster rally. But we also got some weak guidance that made investors a bit more skeptical. Nevertheless, the 2012 rally continues....
View ArticleRajat Gupta's Lawyers Are Trying 3 Strategies To Make Sure He Doesn't End Up...
We all know how things turned out for former Galleon head, Raj Rajaratnam. Now Raj's friend, Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs director, is getting ready for his turn in the hot seat (with Judge...
View ArticleJeffrey Gundlach Speaks On The Markets And The Economy
Legendary bond manager Jeff Gundlach is just gave his first presentation of the 2012. You can see the whole thing here. A few interesting takeaways: -Italian yields are high, but they would be much...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: The Final Word On ADP, The Most Controversial Economic...
This morning we got some great news on the jobs front: ADP, the payroll company, said that 325K new private sector jobs were created in December. Of course, that's got everyone excited for the BLS'...
View ArticleA Raid On A Luxury Ski Resort Has Uncovered The True Scale Of Tax Evasion In...
A raid by Italian tax officials on a luxury ski resort revealed dire rates of tax evasion, reports the Telegraph. Officials traced the license plates of several of the Lamborginis, Ferraris and other...
View ArticleRichard Cordray's Controversial Appointment Could Be Big News For The Housing...
Barely a few hours after the White House confirmed that President Obama would use a controversial recess appointment to install former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the director of the...
View ArticleThere's A Revolution Coming In Global Finance
HONG KONG – In March 2011, the catastrophic earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that hit Japan halted production of key components on which many global supply chains depend. The sudden...
View ArticleJEFFREY GUNDLACH: This Presentation Has Every Chart You Need To Understand...
Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Funds just wrapped up a conference call with clients, which included this presentation, the first of 2012. In it, Gundlach reviews what happened in the financial...
View ArticleThese 15 Investment Funds Were The Bottom Of the 2011 Pool
Last night, we shared with you the 15 best performing investment funds for 2011, according to HSBC's final Hedge Weekly for 2011. [via ZeroHedge] But those were the ones that fell outside the trend....
View ArticleHere's Dylan Ratigan's BBQ Sauce Recipe For Fixing America
Dylan Ratigan's new book "Greedy Bastard$" is out now. The thing that surprised us the most as we leafed through it was this notecard inside the front cover. It contains Ratigan's condensed...
View ArticleThe One Solution To The Euro Crisis That No One Is Talking About
On October 25 I wrote about what, at the time, looked like an overvalued EURUSD (it was 1.3950). Zero Hedge had an article attributing the strength to ongoing capital repatriation by EU (primarily...
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