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Geithner Plan = Mother of all Frauds

Sonntag, März 29th, 2009

Sometimes it is really unbelievable, what is happening in today’s world.
And sometimes it beats everything.
First … I thought, my English was not good enough … then … I thought, my math was not advanced enough …
But … as now some intelligent people found out EXACTLY the same, we have to put a name to […]

Helicopter Ben starts dropping money …

Mittwoch, März 18th, 2009

Ben Bernanke does everything to anchor himself in the history books.
He and his funny irresponsible friends made it official today. Helicopters will start dropping money senseless NOW.
Just over 1 TRILLION $ (more) will be used to get inflation going to zimbabwedize the crisis.
Print money until one crisis is solved by creating another one.
The UK […]

Stupidity rules (Monday edition) …

Montag, März 16th, 2009

Stupidity still rules … here comes why …
- AIG … AIG’s CEO justified bonus payments by telling that otherwise “top talent” would leave the company … RIDICULOUS!
- CNBC … All day talking heads were emphasizing the 5th(!) straight up session … then market closed down … what do they do? They find it positive, […]

Unbelievable (Stock Letter Edition)

Freitag, März 6th, 2009

Mark Hulbert, the funny guy who makes a life out of ranking stock- and newsletters and distributes a sentiment index, has a rather weird story today on “marketwatch.com.
He started measuring the performance of the tipletters in 1980 (June 30th).
And he has a NEW NUMBER ONE!!!
In first place for risk-adjusted performance is now “Growth […]

Be aware of CHINESE selling of BONDS …

Mittwoch, Februar 25th, 2009

Today morning we got it officially, that the Chinese won’t finance the US mess forever …
China’s national pension fund said Wednesday it plans to adjust its investment portfolio this year by lowering its investment in bonds and increasing its direct equity investments as part of efforts to cope with the global and domestic economic downturns.
The […]

The Bond-Miracle ???

Mittwoch, Februar 18th, 2009

As nobody so far was able to explain the Bond-Miracle to me … I just ask you
First the facts …
- we will have all-time-record-supply of BONDS coming as all these daily help programs some day need to be refinanced.
- printing money is inflationary … at least I heard this.
- FED sees only […]

What could keep us from new lows? IF :)

Montag, Februar 16th, 2009

As the situation IMHO is absolutely clear … We will hit new lows in equities
I try to think up a scenario, which could prove me wrong …
I found one … and only ONE!!!
As we could read over the weekend, the big industrial nations … thanks for the hint Mrs Merkel … agreed on NOT letting […]

Geithner = LOSER

Dienstag, Februar 10th, 2009

What a LOSER!!!
Not only that he thought that not paying his taxes would pass unnoticed …
He had to present a plan to “save the planet” …
and came EMPTYHANDED!!!
Talking numbers does not help … the truth …
He is a LOSER … as Bernanke … NO charisma … NO market knowledge …
Just backup muppets … […]