The Destructive Power of Financial Markets

August 29, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThere was a very interesting article in Der Spiegel Online last week titled The Destructive Power of Financial Markets. The article was focused on how financial market players could wreak havoc for profit according to a number of global leaders. Here are a few quotes from the article to consider: “Speculators are betting against […]

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The Soros Solution

August 22, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit Billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros has shared his suggestion on how to solve the European debt crisis that has been plaguing the global financial markets. Basically, he has called for Europe to offer Euro Bonds according to an interview with Der Spiegel on August 15th: “I think there is only one choice. […]

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China Threatens Economic War

August 19, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditWe have been warning that the Chinese are preparing for Economic War for quite some time. In fact, we believe they have been waging it in minor ways for more than a decade. We have pointed to the publication of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of Unrestricted Warfare in 1999. We have noted official Chinese activity […]

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Understanding the Market’s Gyrations

August 12, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe recent market gyrations are suspicious to say the least. Stock prices collapsed almost 20% in a few weeks including several declines of 400 points or more on the Dow in single sessions. The same issues at work were those that caused the 2008 collapse include credit default swaps, naked short selling, and high-frequency […]

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S&P Downgrades U.S. Treasury Debt

August 6, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditAfter the market closed, S&P announced a downgrade of U.S. Treasury debt. In addition, they left the outlook negative suggesting that further downgrades are possible in coming months: S&P Downgrades U.S. Debt by CNBC August 5, 2011 The United States lost its top-notch triple-A credit rating from Standard & Poor’s Friday, in a dramatic […]

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Man vs. Machine…Phase Three Underway?

August 5, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditCNBC mid-day reports today featured Jon Najarian commenting on how unusual recent High Frequency Trading activity has been this week. He gave one example that he described as another “flash crash.” Najarian is a very good analyst and watches option trading closely. He comments regularly on CNBC. His thoughts support what we have been seeing. […]

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They said it wouldn’t happen….dollar to lose reserve status

August 5, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditBut now, the economists are beginning to realize what we have been saying all along. The dollar is at risk of losing reserve currency status.We have been warning about this for nearly three years, first in reports to the Pentagon and Intelligence Community, then in a Pentagon-funded study, next in private briefings to policymakers […]

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Europe Under Attack

August 5, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditYou probably won’t hear this reported anywhere else. However, the problems today (including the stock market mini-crash with the Dow falling more than 500 points) were precipitated by direct assaults on the Italian, Spanish, French and Belgian economies by market participants. Credit Default Swaps jumped markedly despite European efforts to calm the situation. Market participants […]

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China chief suspect in major cyber attack – Telegraph

August 3, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditNearly every day we learn of additional examples of what the Chinese have termed as “Unrestricted Warfare.” This is the use of non-kinetic means of warfare to achieve geopolitical objectives. For the most part, these methodologies are means of economic warfare. Two PLA Colonels described causing a stock market crash, using a computer virus, […]

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Is The Dollar Our Greatest Vulnerability?

August 3, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit In the past few days, we have had Vladimir Putin call the United States “a parasite,” and a Chinese ratings agency downgrade our debt. Here are the key quotes: “They are living like parasites off the global economy and their monopoly of the dollar,” Putin said….“Countries like Russia and China hold a significant […]

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