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Moody’s, Central Bankers Concerned With Banks
As the FDIC continues shuttering U.S. banks, ominous signals are coming from Central Banks around the world and from Moody’s Investor Services. The timely release of this information seems to support the legislative reform proposed by Representat...
Bair’s FDIC – 106 Banks Down, 400 To Go!
Straight-talking, fast shooting and true to her word, FDIC gunslinger Sheila Bair pulled the trigger on seven more banks over the weekend. The closings raised her agency’s annual total to 106 banks shuttered in 2009. In August, the understaffed...
Interview with the National Futures Association (NFA) Director of Communications and Education, Larry Dyekman on Forex Trading
We had the pleasure of interviewing National Futures Association Director of Communications and Education, Larry Dyekman about the future of the forex market. He has helped to clear any lingering questions about recent NFA regulatory changes as wel...
Goldman Cannot Sustain Rally
Equity investors expected Goldman Sachs to perform well. The venerable investment bank did not disappoint. Meanwhile, Citigroup’s loss was less than expected, but failed to fuel a further DOW Jones rally as equities slipped under the esteemed 1...
Sheila Bair Speaks Out
Soft-spoken Kansas native and tough-minded Chairman of the FDIC, Sheila Bair, is gaining a reputation on Capitol Hill. Unlike her fellow Treasury and Federal Reserve regulators, her strongly asserted positions do not reflect any political agenda. ...
Wall Street’s Big Payout
It’s as old as the system itself and a topic that has resurfaced with much criticism over the last couple of days. It’s BONUS TIME. On Thursday of this week, the venerable house of Goldman is expected to release compensation numbers for the y...
6,600 Foreclosures Per Day
For months the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has done its best to put forth a positive message about the housing crisis. During this time, the NAR has reported increased sales and improving home values. The Center for Responsible Lending...
Will Unemployment Hit 15%?
The hammer fell Friday morning when the Labor Department’s Non-Farm Payroll was released showing another 263,000 jobs trimmed from the U.S. workforce. Unemployment is now stated at 9.8%. Most analysts feel the rate is significantly understated ...
Why The FDIC is Nearly Depleted
FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair is the tough-minded, fiercely independent advocate of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Sheila Bair does not mince words. Bair makes decisive moves and backs them up with tough policy. Under her tenure the FDIC has se...
Has Growth Returned to US Economy?
On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve said that growth had returned to the U.S. economy. With congressional leaders and the Obama Administration locked in heated debates regarding health care and the War in Afghanistan, some of the momentum for fi...
Decisive Leadership Lacking At the G20
Later today the G20 officially convenes but indications are that momentum on three key fronts is conflicted. At a time when give-and-take progress is necessary, the world’s economic leaders seem unable or unwilling to assert decisive leadership t...
How Will the Dollar React to the G20?
The dollar slid quickly in overnight trading as investors awaited today’s decisions from the Federal Reserve and the upcoming G20 summit in Pittsburgh. Meanwhile, equity markets surged and oil edged up after a slight trimming in Monday trading. T...
Sheila Bair & FDIC Stand Alone
The FDIC To Go It Alone Tough-minded FDIC Chairperson, Sheila Bair, has her own visions of the recession and the trajectory of the recovery. Her views rarely coincide with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner or Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke. ...
G20 Summit in Pittsburgh Critical to Recovery
The September 24-25 G20 Summit in Pittsburgh must be more productive than the last meeting in London and may well determine the shape and depth of the recovery from the world’s deepest recession. Leaders are positioning themselves to lay out thei...
The New U Recovery
Okay, the recovery will not be “V” shaped. It may not be “W” shaped, so today’s media experts now refer to the recovery as “U” shaped, even if it is an extended “U.” Well, one thing is for sure, the longer this recession-recover...
On Wall Street – Change is Coming
Embroiled in the political turmoil surrounding a national health care initiative and with an economic recovery seemingly underway, the Obama Administration appeared to have moved its cry for investment regulation to a back burner. On Monday, Presid...
U.S. Dollar: China-U.S. Trade War and the FX Markets
It’s not difficult to have missed the new developments in the U.S.-China trade relationship over the weekend. Little has been said since animosity sprouted over prices of steel and the days of union workers barking at politicians’ doorstep. H...
Geithner Impressive
For many Americans, Secretary Geithner’s performance in heated Senate debates one year ago was less than inspiring. In fact, it was unnerving and caused stock markets to tumble and countless cries for his replacement. Many felt the Secretary se...
American Consumer Retreats
For all those who believed the tireless American consumer would lead the country and the globe from the depths of the recession, guess again. In the face of a conservatively stated 9.7% unemployment rate, the American consumer is not buying the rec...
The Federal Reserve - Wait & See?
The Federal Reserve governors appear divided about the meaning of certain economic trends. The Fed’s August 11-12 policy session was optimistic but tempered with caution. The minutes of the meeting indicated that Reserve members felt the ri...
More Mixed Messages
Nervous analysts continue to struggle with the data released concerning a host of powerful indicators. The trajectory of a recovery seems muddled as one positive piece of news is soon diminished by a negative counter-report. The much anticipated ...
Bernanke Again!
Two men firmly committed to increased transparency have decided to remain on the team that hopes to lead the U.S. Recovery and stave off the possibility of choking inflation. President Barack Obama has crossed political parties once again and will ...
Japanese Yen: Japan Growth Beats U.S., But For How Long?
According to the most recent report on Japanese growth, expansion is well on its way for the world’s second largest economy. The tip has helped the yen currency this week, trading up to as high as 94.00 against the US dollar from last week’s low ...
The Oracle Speaks - The World Listens
When Warren Buffett speaks, the financial world takes note. On Wednesday, The Oracle of Omaha delivered a summary of his view of the recession, the recovery and the future of the dollar in a full-length editorial in the New York Times. In his usua...
The VIX Launches Fears
The CBOE VIX jumped 15% as stocks dropped 186.06 points or 2% before the DOW settled at 9135.34 on Monday. The S&P 500 Index dipped 24.36 points to 979.73 while Nasdaq dropped 54.68 to 1930.84. The DOW and the S&P posted their worst one-d...
Recovery V or Recovery W
If you put 100 economists in the same room, would you get 100 different answers about the projected recovery from the world’s deepest recession? Apparently, the answer is yes. The prestigious Blue Chip poll was released on Monday. 16% of th...
US Dollar: Fundamental Reasons Why Another Greenback Bullish Run is Coming
Everything in the economy for the last couple of months has become optimistic. Stock markets are higher, manufacturing declines have stabilized and last week’s employment numbers give some hope that the US economy is on the recovery road. However, ...
AIG - Where The Money, News and Action is
American International Group, Inc. is in the news, posting huge market gains and rightfully positioned at the center of multiple controversies. On Monday, investors welcomed new CEO Robert Benmosche as AIG continued its powerful rally closing +1.56...
Good Employment News
The Friday non-farm payroll report posted positive employment news. Even better than expected employment trends were well received by global equity markets as the dollar made a strong early morning push at the yen as optimism hit trading floors aro...
Feds Focus On Flash Trading
Today it was announced that the SEC, in an effort to make the playing field more level, will look to ban what has been known as flash trades in the industry. Simply defined as an advance look at orders in the market, the flash trades are somewhat com...
