What Could Possibly Go Wrong

Why Serial Asset Bubbles Are Now The New Normal

"Asset bubbles are inevitable when the pool of good investment opportunities is much smaller than the pool of credit-money sloshing around seeking a higher yield. It really is that simple. It's astonishingly easy to create hot money: just create the money in a central bank and then make it available to financiers, investment banks, global corporations and other Financial Elites at near-zero real rates of interest. It's considerably more difficult to create a good investment opportunity: an investment that is worthy of the risk must have a sound base in fundamentals such as cash flow, return on investment, etc." Continue reading →

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Foreclosures are the Solution, Not the Problem

"The majority of those foreclosed on and who sold short would have become clean potential buyers in 3 to 7 years ensuring a housing recovery was not only on deck but would be 'durable'. Millions of legacy HELOCs and HELOANs preventing folks from rebuying real estate indefinitely would have been exterminated making millions more potential buyers within 2 to 5 years. Bottom line, history will not be kind to loan mods and workouts. It will show that modifications, anti-foreclosure laws, banks protecting their HELOC assets — in general, unabated can-kicking — was responsible for housing to remain in a depression for years longer than it would have." Continue reading →

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Peter Schiff on Bullion Banks, and the Hidden Trove of QE Money

"Perianne talks about the Fed and gold with Peter Schiff. Justine Underhill presents a chart to explain just exactly what the Fed has been doing vis a vis QE. Also, in the US, the big banks have had to submit 'living wills' to regulators -- basically, a blueprint for their wind-down should they become insolvent -- or, more insolvent, we guess. But the central bank of central banks, which is the Bank for International Settlements, just came out with its own plan for how to deal with too-big-to-fail. It's 'simple,' they say. Just let the creditors and depositors take losses -- a la Cyprus -- and force the creditors to recapitalize a new banking entity." Continue reading →

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U.S. bill would deny visas to known hackers

"A group of lawmakers proposed legislation Thursday that would deny US entry and freeze the assets of foreign nationals involved in hacking or cybercrimes targeting the United States. The Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act calls US authorities 'to bring more economic espionage criminal cases against offending foreign actors,' the lawmakers said in a statement. The bill would also ban foreigners participating in cyber crimes from getting visas to enter the United States. If they are US residents, their visa would be revoked and their financial assets frozen under the proposal." Continue reading →

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Why Suppressing Feedback Leads to Financial Crashes

"The suppression of feedback only dams up risks and imbalances: out of sight, out of mind. But the imbalances haven't vanished; they're piling up unseen in the system, where they eventually break out at the system's weakest point. Central-planning manipulation 'works' by closing all the safety valves of market feedback, creating a dangerous but politically appealing illusion of stability and 'growth.' But the consequences of removing or suppressing feedback are catastrophic longer term, as the imbalances and risks pile up unseen until they bring down the entire system." Continue reading →

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Why Suppressing Feedback Leads to Financial Crashes

"The suppression of feedback only dams up risks and imbalances: out of sight, out of mind. But the imbalances haven't vanished; they're piling up unseen in the system, where they eventually break out at the system's weakest point. Central-planning manipulation 'works' by closing all the safety valves of market feedback, creating a dangerous but politically appealing illusion of stability and 'growth.' But the consequences of removing or suppressing feedback are catastrophic longer term, as the imbalances and risks pile up unseen until they bring down the entire system." Continue reading →

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Why Suppressing Feedback Leads to Financial Crashes

"The suppression of feedback only dams up risks and imbalances: out of sight, out of mind. But the imbalances haven't vanished; they're piling up unseen in the system, where they eventually break out at the system's weakest point. Central-planning manipulation 'works' by closing all the safety valves of market feedback, creating a dangerous but politically appealing illusion of stability and 'growth.' But the consequences of removing or suppressing feedback are catastrophic longer term, as the imbalances and risks pile up unseen until they bring down the entire system." Continue reading →

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Why Suppressing Feedback Leads to Financial Crashes

"The suppression of feedback only dams up risks and imbalances: out of sight, out of mind. But the imbalances haven't vanished; they're piling up unseen in the system, where they eventually break out at the system's weakest point. Central-planning manipulation 'works' by closing all the safety valves of market feedback, creating a dangerous but politically appealing illusion of stability and 'growth.' But the consequences of removing or suppressing feedback are catastrophic longer term, as the imbalances and risks pile up unseen until they bring down the entire system." Continue reading →

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Why Suppressing Feedback Leads to Financial Crashes

"The suppression of feedback only dams up risks and imbalances: out of sight, out of mind. But the imbalances haven't vanished; they're piling up unseen in the system, where they eventually break out at the system's weakest point. Central-planning manipulation 'works' by closing all the safety valves of market feedback, creating a dangerous but politically appealing illusion of stability and 'growth.' But the consequences of removing or suppressing feedback are catastrophic longer term, as the imbalances and risks pile up unseen until they bring down the entire system." Continue reading →

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Why Suppressing Feedback Leads to Financial Crashes

"The suppression of feedback only dams up risks and imbalances: out of sight, out of mind. But the imbalances haven't vanished; they're piling up unseen in the system, where they eventually break out at the system's weakest point. Central-planning manipulation 'works' by closing all the safety valves of market feedback, creating a dangerous but politically appealing illusion of stability and 'growth.' But the consequences of removing or suppressing feedback are catastrophic longer term, as the imbalances and risks pile up unseen until they bring down the entire system." Continue reading →

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