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Interest rate, volatility, options costs and regulatory environment tests growth in US
June 30, 2008
Old Mutual Falls After Saying U.S. Profit to Decline | www.bloomberg.com
1. Profit margins are challenged by market conditions.
2. The marketplace is very competetive.
3. Regulatory power struggles create fewer channels for sales.
Hedge Funds, Pension funds, "Derivatives", a ticking time bomb. Sub-prime mortgage derivatives.
December 28, 2007
Hedge funds assess exposure to banks | www.ft.com
As a member of the Wall Street Investment community for over thirty years, it continues to confound my logic that time and time again, beginning with the "Match King" and "Ponzi" scams of the turn of the century, to Samuel Insul's Utility Holding Companies of the twenties, to the "conglomerate" bubble and explosion of the early seventies, to Michael Millikin's "junk bond" plays of the late eighties-early nineties, how the public is led back repeatedly to scams, with the procession being headed by major print-media giants, retail stock brokerage firms, and supposed "experts" in the investment field. The sub-prime mess is a logical next step.
Industrialization at any price
August 2, 2007
Navajos and Environmentalists Split on Power Plant | www.nytimes.com
The world is becoming less habitable to mankind as a result of industrial pollution. Already-built industrial nations owe a debt to those nations who are attempting to follow that path. We have to work as a global partnership, for the protection of earth and future generations of mankind.
Perception by Crowds, of future events, foretell their occurrance.
August 2, 2007
WAS LATEST MARKET MELTDOWN 'THE BIG ONE'? | www.nypost.com
The Capital Markets are being fed by cheap, foreign capital. The Dollar has collapsed against major currencies. The net buying power of the consumer has been stagnant to declining for six years. We are distrusted, as a nation.
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