Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Stocks Fall, Then Rise on News of Fin Reg Bill
The stock market has had another seesaw day. Stocks fell sharply in early trading on a series of troubling economic and political developments, then recovered late in the day. (May 25)
McDonald Puts Oil Leak at 40,000-100,000 Barrels a Day
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Ian McDonald, professor of oceanography at Florida State University, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about the amount of oil leaking from BP Plc's well in the Gulf of Mexico. McDonald said research suggests that the amount of oil leaking from the well may be between 40,000 and 100,000 barrels per day. (Source: Bloomberg)
Forget Equities, Invest in Commodities
May 25, 2010 — Caprock Risk Management President Chris Jarvis offers commodity plays to prop up your portfolio.
Bob Chapman : Dysfunctional Markets That Change Every Hour
Bob Chapman on the Sovereign Economist 19 May 2010
extracts from the latest issue of the International forecaster :"
markets too hard to follow, Euro bailout continues to fail, Fed the source of liquidity for ECB, Bank failures and home losses continue, layoffs rise, Goldman Sachs likely to payout for SEC suit, California pension pressures, deflation fears,
Keeping up with today’s dysfunctional markets is very difficult because they change hour by hour. The problems of Europe have stolen center stage from US problems. The focus is on Europe, but we all should remember trillions of dollars have been injected into the US financial system since mid-2007. All are attempting to maintain the façade that all is well, when in fact all is not well. Underlying assets are worth far less than their stated value. As a symptom of this corporate bank lending has fallen off a cliff and in Europe it doesn’t exist. Without such lending there can be no recovery. The American implosion will now be repeated in Europe. The green shoots of recovery have now turned into poison ivy. The abyss has again been filled with more debt and more fiat currency. In the process the Fed and now the ECB have lost all credibility.
The $1 trillion initial package to save the euro thus far has been a failure as the euro continues its decent. This bailout plan has US fingerprints all over it. The elitists figured they could take down the entire system in 1-1/2 to 2 years, but the poster child Greece didn’t cooperate, so all their plans have been split asunder. As far as the bailout is concerned will the effort be stopped in German courts and will the austerity programs in the weak countries work? Greek citizens say no. We will just have to see if they are serious. Do not forget that the bogus books in Greece are nothing different than almost all nations have been engaged in. Greece is no better or worse than the rest. Again, like the US, Europe is only trying to buy time. In fact, Mr. Trichet and Mrs. Merkel tell us officially that is what they are up too, buying time. This is not a situation where Greece acted alone; every nation has been doing something very similar. What is different this time is that the Greeks have responded with rage over the past month. As a result of that, the falling euro and skepticism as to whether the stimulus will work has pushed acceptance in the wrong direction.
Needless to say, all these machinations have led to deep disappointment in the wealthier EU member countries. At this point we don’t see cooperation between Greeks and their government and the bureaucrats led by a Bilderberger. On the other side the other members of the EU and the IMF refuse to conduct a bailout, which is supposed to protect the members. The Greek government may have signed the treaty, but the Greek populace hasn’t. Stringent austerity measures are not something they’ll stand still for encompassing the next ten years."
Home Prices in U.S. Cities Rise Less Than Forecast
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index of property values in 20 U.S. cities increased 2.3 percent in March from a year earlier, the group said today in New York. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected a 2.5 percent advance. Bloomberg's Mike McKee and Betty Liu report. (Source: Bloomberg)
Hold On to Your Gold
FoxBusinessNetwork — May 24, 2010 — Eric breaks down why you must continue to invest in the precious metal.
Bob Chapman on Discount Gold and Silver Trading 24 May 2010
Mr. Chapman also known as The International Forecaster is a 74 years old. He was born in Boston, MA and attended Northeastern University majoring in business management. He spent three years in the U. S. Army Counterintelligence, mostly in Europe. He speaks German and French and is conversant in Spanish. He lived in Europe for six years, off and on, three years in Africa, a year in Canada and a year in the Bahamas.
Mr. Chapman became a stockbroker in 1960 and retired in 1988. For 18 of those years he owned his own brokerage firm. He was probably the largest gold and silver stockbroker in the world during that period. When he retired he had over 6,000 clients.
Bob Chapman : you got to remove these people from the government
Starting in 1967 Mr. Chapman began writing articles on business, finance, economics and politics having been printed and reprinted over the years in over 200 publications. He owned and wrote the Gary Allen Report, which had 30,000 subscribers. He currently is owner and editor of The International Forecaster, a compendium of information on business, finance, economics and social and political issues worldwide, which reaches 10,000 investors and brokers monthly directly, and parts of his publication are picked up by 60 different websites weekly exposing his ideas to over 10 million investors a week.
In June of 1991, at the request of business associates, and due to retirement boredom, he began writing the International Forecaster.
Bob Chapman : do not expect the government to guarantee your bank account , it is bankrupt
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