Apr 30

News Wrapup

Time: 18:55 - Tags: News

Big Picture->

 

Bear Stearns Bailout “Worst Fed Mistake in a Generation” +++

 

Inflation Abounds ++++

 

Gold Hanging on by Its Fingernails ++++

 

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (April 21 – 27, 2008) +++++

 

Petrobras’ Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ++

 

Don’t be Fooled by this Sucker’s Rally; Buy Gold on Weakness ++

 

U.N. and World Bank say to tackle food crisis ++

 

Medicare “drifting towards disaster”: U.S. official ++

 

The Monetary Model of Exchange Rates, Money Demand Shocks and Order Flow +++

 

Banks: The End of the Beginning… +++

 

Inflation Fears & Food Shortages  +++

 

Another Record Low in the Dollar  +++

 

Are we Heading towards Global Famine? - Part 3 +++++

 

$200 Oil, $2,000 Gold ? +++++

 

Prison World +++++

 

Global Demographics - (Almost) Uncharted Waters  ++++

(u may have to scroll down a bit below the head article)

 

Food Prices, Farmland, Global Rebalancing and Rural Labour Shortages ++++

(u may have to scroll down a bit below the head article)

 

Proposition Bets, Markets, and Suckers, from Jeff Watson ++++++

 

Bull Markets and Busted Banks +++

 

Stimulus Package: Does It Even Work? ++

 

Horatio Alger Multiplied by 1.3 Billion ++

 

Bagehot’s Lessons For The Fed, ++

 

Human Organs for Sale, Legally, in … Which Country? ++++

 

Global Inflation Continues to Accelerate ++++

 

Why the Stock Bulls Are Dead Wrong -
and I’m Stocking Up on Gold Instead
++++

 

A Word About Mortgage Resets: Tsunami ++++

 

Time to buy on the Chinese dip ++

 

Japan: Land of the Setting Sun… +++++

 

Via Cryptogon ->

 

Activists Collapse Radome at ECHELON Intercept Facility in New Zealand ++

 

13 Killed in Tijuana Gunbattles ++

 

Chinese Children Sold “Like Cabbages” Into Slavery +++

 

Number of U.S. Homes Facing Foreclosure Sees One Year Increase of 112% +++

 

Oil Company Profits Up Sharply +++

 

McCain Accused of Accepting Improper Donations from Rothschilds ++++

 

Revolution MoneyExchange +++++

 

‘Retired’ Goldman Sachs Executive to Head Trading for Merrill Lynch +++

 

Dollar Slide Drives Budget as Japan Shuns Treasuries +++++

 

Wachovia Facing Drug Money Laundering Investigation ++++

 

UK: Bank Bail-Outs to be Kept Secret ++++++

 

The Rise of the Sanford and Son Global Economy: Urban Miners Look for Precious Metals in Cell Phones ++

 

UK: BP Shutting Key Oil, Gas Pipeline System Over Ineos Strike ++

 

Computer Security Community Warns High Street Chains +++

 

New Zealand Food Prices Increasd 28.5% Over the Last Year ++

 

U.S. Department of Justice: International Criminals Launder Billions of Dollars Through U.S. Financial Institutions, and Invest Profits in Publicly Traded Companies ++++

 

UK: Rice Rationing +++

 

American Firm to Build Amusement Park in Baghdad +

 

Forex->

 

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About the VIX +++++

 

 Top 25 Most Influential People in Forex ++++

 

Recession Proof Your Portfolio: 50 Best Blogs for Free Investment Advice +++++

 

Austrian Economics->

 

What is Fractional Reserve Banking? +++++

 

What Is Fascism? +++++

 

Why Not Let Markets Set Prices? +++++

 

 

 

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  1. Allen Taylor April 30th, 2008 7:00 pm

    Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

    Allen Taylor

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