Concerns about the current economic mess turning into another Great Depression seem to have faded. The consensus view of government officials and private economists seems to be that the economy, although still fragile, is well on its [...]
Federal Reserve Super Low Rate Policy Crushes Savers And The Elderly
Fed Sees Solution In Zero Rates
The Federal Reserve recently vowed to keep interest rates “exceptionally low” for the foreseeable future in an attempt to revive the economy. Since mid 2006 the Fed has brought the [...]
Depression In Commercial Real Estate Results In Bargains For Some
Depression Pricing As Empty Hotels Slash Rates
The recent era of easy lending was not confined to residential real estate. Commercial real estate lending is the next big worry for a banking industry already beset by an avalanche [...]
The Correlation Between Incomes And Default Rates
The Marginalization Of Risk
The massive number of loan defaults that has put the entire banking industry on the brink on insolvency did not happen by accident. Banks recklessly extended credit, even to low income borrowers who obviously [...]
Japan’ Solution To Debt Crisis - Expand Zombie Banking
Japan’s Zombie Banking Taken To New Levels Of Lunacy
Japan’s real estate and stock market bubbles burst in the early 1990’s. Since then, twenty years of non stop Government stimulus programs have failed and left Japan with [...]
FDIC Considers Borrowing From Treasury As Banking Failures Increase
FDIC May Request Treasury Loan As Losses Grow
The FDIC always takes pride in noting that it is self funding and covers failed bank losses by assessments on FDIC insured member financial institutions.
Congress created the Federal Deposit Insurance [...]
Feds Finally Move To Restrict Excessive Bank Compensation And Risk
Bailout Funds Go To Bank Bonuses
Banks that lost billions of dollars on speculative investments and poor loans have routinely been awarding thousands of employees massive bonus payments. Ironically, the only reason many of these banks are still [...]
Greenspan Revisionist Babble
Debt Is The Greenspan Legacy
Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve Chairman, today expressed his concern about the level of the US national debt.
Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) – Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he’s worried that lawmakers will [...]
K-Ratio Indicates Gold Stocks Still Cheap
K-Ratio Predicts Higher Gold Stock Prices
Based on the recent large rally in the gold stocks, it is time to sell and take profits? The K-Ratio, a time tested method for timing the purchase and sale of gold [...]
- Why The Biggest Risk To The Economy Is A Strong Recovery
- Federal Reserve Super Low Rate Policy Crushes Savers And The Elderly
- Depression In Commercial Real Estate Results In Bargains For Some
- The Correlation Between Incomes And Default Rates
- Japan’ Solution To Debt Crisis - Expand Zombie Banking
- FDIC Considers Borrowing From Treasury As Banking Failures Increase
- Feds Finally Move To Restrict Excessive Bank Compensation And Risk
- Greenspan Revisionist Babble
- K-Ratio Indicates Gold Stocks Still Cheap
- Can The Unemployed Afford A Mortgage Payment?
- US Bancorp Takes Fed’s Advice To Lend Aggressively
- Rampant Corruption Symbol Of Empire’s Decline
- Can The Unemployed Afford A Mortgage Payment?
- Second Mortgage Investors Facing 100% Losses
- Dear Congress - Thanks For Doubling My Credit Card Interest Rate
- Wells Fargo’s New Zero Down Payment Mortgage Program
- The Illusion Of Prosperity Ends
- AIG Says We Must Retain The Talented Staff That Lost $170 Billion
- Feds Finally Move To Restrict Excessive Bank Compensation And Risk
- K-Ratio Indicates Gold Stocks Still Cheap
