Archive for September, 2008

$4 Trillion to $25 Trillion Bailout

Friday, September 26th, 2008

If you think $700 billion is enough to resolve the financial crisis, you are sadly mistaken.  The government's estimate is the initial payment to start dealing with the flawed financial business model.  The underlying derivatives will be observed by all of us to truly be financial weapons of mass destruction.  ...

Love is kind

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Luke 6:35  But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil. Christians who critically judge others have a ...

Financial Crisis Status & Scorecard: 9/24/2008

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Inflation is defined as an increase in money supply.  Price inflation results after the money supply has been increased.  The U.S. Government wants us to focus on price inflation rather than true inflation of the money supply.  Remember when the Fed quit publishing M3 Money Supply increases?  They said it ...

$700 Billion is just the beginning…

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Many of us who have been around for a while know that when Washington says $700 Billion, they really mean $1.4 to $2.1 Trillion.  Over the weekend, King Henry (Hank Paulson) spoke on the networks about the need to shore up the financial system.  He focused on the impact to ...

A flight to safety

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

For nearly a year I have been warning readers of the coming financial storm.  It is here!  Pundits have told us many times "the worst is over".  That is not the case.  We are still at the front end of the mortgage crisis.  There are still many mortgage loans that ...

Example of Energy Market Manipulation

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Everyone was quick to call on Congress to go after the speculators who caused the increase in oil prices earlier this summer.  Oil company executives were summoned.  Congress wanted to file a lawsuit against OPEC.  However, we are now sensing that there is an unseen hand affecting the market to ...

"Save the Hill"

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

We are now in the midst of the largest market intervention in history.  Why?  They must "save the Hill", Capitol Hill.  Until the November elections, those in control of the purse strings will throw everything at the market to maintain "status quo".  Remember last year when we were told there ...