Money & Markets – Week of 7.25.10

Money & Markets – Week of 7.25.10

Goldman’s Leading Indicator Plummets To A Seven-Month Low, Predicts An ISM Collapse Next Week Business Insider (30 July 10) China Overtakes Japan as No.2 Economy:

Money & Markets – Week of 7.25.10

Money & Markets – Week of 7.25.10

Goldman’s Leading Indicator Plummets To A Seven-Month Low, Predicts An ISM Collapse Next Week Business Insider (30 July 10) China Overtakes Japan as No.2 Economy:

Precious Metals – Week of 7.25.10

Precious Metals – Week of 7.25.10

James Turk: Deciphering The BIS Gold Swap GATA (28 July 10) Anthony Weiner Demands Answers From Goldline, Glenn Beck Sponsor The Huffington Post (28 July

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.25.10

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.25.10

Hank Paulson Wants To Fix Fannie And Freddie By… Recreating Fannie And Freddie Businessinsider (29 July 10) Mortgage Brokers to be Fingerprinted And Registered CNBN

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.25.10

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.25.10

Hank Paulson Wants To Fix Fannie And Freddie By… Recreating Fannie And Freddie Businessinsider (29 July 10) Mortgage Brokers to be Fingerprinted And Registered CNBN

American's Household Net Worth

American's Household Net Worth

By Gregory White and Kamelia Angelova View Larger Chart Continue reading the article . . .

Geopolitical – Week of 7.25.10

Geopolitical – Week of 7.25.10

Panel Begins Hearings on Rangel The Wall Street Journal (30 July 10) IMF Says U.S. Financial System May Need $76 Billion in Capital Bloomberg (30

Prepare For Emergencies And Disasters

Prepare For Emergencies And Disasters

Listening to Katrina is a record of my personal experience of hurricane Katrina, and a guide to help you prepare for emergencies and disasters of

Britain Plans to Decentralize Health Care

Britain Plans to Decentralize Health Care

By Sarah Lyall Perhaps the only consistent thing about Britain’s socialized health care system is that it is in a perpetual state of flux, its

Food & Health – Week of 7.25.10

Food & Health – Week of 7.25.10

Disputed Chemical Bisphenol-A Found in Paper Receipts The Washington Post (27 July 10) Wired And Tired Chicago Tribune (26 July 10)

Food & Health – Week of 7.25.10

Food & Health – Week of 7.25.10

Disputed Chemical Bisphenol-A Found in Paper Receipts The Washington Post (27 July 10) Wired And Tired Chicago Tribune (26 July 10)

Life – Week of 7.25.10

Life – Week of 7.25.10

Forecasters Expect World Population to Reach 7 Billion Next Year The New York Times (29 July 10) Ellen DeGeneres Quits American Idol Reality Blurred (29

Science & Technology – Week of 7.25.10

Science & Technology – Week of 7.25.10

Global Warming “Undeniable,” U.S. Government Report Says National Geographic (July 2010) Google In Talks To Build Facebook Competitor Yahoo Finance (28 July 10) How to

Science & Technology – Week of 7.25.10

Science & Technology – Week of 7.25.10

Global Warming “Undeniable,” U.S. Government Report Says National Geographic (July 2010) Google In Talks To Build Facebook Competitor Yahoo Finance (28 July 10) How to

Who Will Be My Sheriff?

Who Will Be My Sheriff?

My candidate for Sheriff here in Hardeman County has one tough race. It just got dirtier! Continue reading Dirty Politics: Sheriff Candidate’s Sex Tape Leaked

Wal-Mart Radio Tags to Track Clothing

Wal-Mart Radio Tags to Track Clothing

By Miguel Bustillo Apparel supervisor Sonia Barrett uses a handheld scanner to read EPC labels on men’s denim jeans on July 19, while checking inventory

Wyoming Food Freedom Act

Wyoming Food Freedom Act

Want the right to eat real food instead of poison? Now is a good time to organize locally to protect local fresh farmers. Want to

Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill

Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill

The first commercial organic feed mill in Texas and the home of Jeremiah Cunningham’s Worlds Best Eggs Continue watching Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill at

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

Corrupted by wealth and power, your government is like a restaurant with only one dish. They’ve got a set of Republican waiters on one side

Lowering Brain Capacity

Lowering Brain Capacity

Gordon J. F. MacDonald, a geophysicist specializing in problems of war, has written that accurately timed artificially excited electronic strokes could lead to a pattern

Where Does Your Tax $ Really Go? Find Out With CAFRs!

Where Does Your Tax $ Really Go? Find Out With CAFRs!

A Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), now a government accounting standard, found its first roots with the establishment of the “National Committee on Municipal Accounting”

Dr. Nick Begich on HAARP

Dr. Nick Begich on HAARP

by Catherine Austin Fitts Dr. Begich in Alaska with his wife, artist Shelah Begich Slade This Thursday on the Solari Report, I will be speaking

Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.22.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.22.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.22.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.22.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Obama's Next Focus of Reform: Housing Finance

Obama's Next Focus of Reform: Housing Finance

By Zachary A. Goldfarb After President Obama signs into law an overhaul of financial regulation at a ceremony set for Wednesday, his administration will turn

Europe Freezes Out Goldman Sachs

Europe Freezes Out Goldman Sachs

By Elena Moya Shocked by past deals with Italy and Greece, governments are excluding the Wall Street bank from sovereign bond sales. European governments are

1977 Environmental Modification Convention

1977 Environmental Modification Convention

The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD), formally the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques is an international

Fiscal Localism On Rise In Germany

Fiscal Localism On Rise In Germany

By Eric Westervelt The Havelbluete, the Augusta and the Chiemgauer might sound like the names of locally brewed beers, but they are in fact micro-currencies

Why I Don’t Trust Matt Simmons

Why I Don’t Trust Matt Simmons

I remember being puzzled by Matt Simmons hawking of peak oil theories in 2004 and 2005. He was unusually aggressive. While I never took the

Why I Don't Trust Matt Simmons

Why I Don't Trust Matt Simmons

I remember being puzzled by Matt Simmons hawking of peak oil theories in 2004 and 2005. He was unusually aggressive. While I never took the

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

Why live in shame of what we have done, when we can live in awe of what we might do? ~ From Battlestar Gallactica

The Source of Our Despair in the Gulf

The Source of Our Despair in the Gulf

With a new containment cap atop the damaged well, many are hopeful. But all is not well, after all. National Incident Commander Thad Allen said

Rooftop Farm

Rooftop Farm

By Martyn Burns Amidst the industrial terrain of Greenpoint, Brooklyn sits the magical Eagle Street Rooftop farm – one of the boroughs unique plots and

Higher Education Fund Buys Gold Over Economic Worries

Higher Education Fund Buys Gold Over Economic Worries

By R.G. Ratcliff and Jeannie Kever Fearing unstable international financial markets and the possibility of high inflation, Texas’ higher education investment managers have bought more

Money & Markets – Week of  7.18.10

Money & Markets – Week of 7.18.10

Citigroup, JPMorgan Said to Have Sold AIG Protection to Goldman Bloomberg (23 July 10) Here Comes The Real Stress: Only 27% Of China Project Loans

Money & Markets – Week of  7.18.10

Money & Markets – Week of 7.18.10

Citigroup, JPMorgan Said to Have Sold AIG Protection to Goldman Bloomberg (23 July 10) Here Comes The Real Stress: Only 27% Of China Project Loans

Precious Metals – Week of 7.18.10

Precious Metals – Week of 7.18.10

Izabella Kaminska: Looks Like BIS Swaps Relieved Gold Market Squeeze GATA (22 July 10) Gold Moving Towards Global Reserve Status – Gartman Mineweb (22 July

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.18.10

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.18.10

Mortgage Securities and the Fed’s Dilemma Yahoo Finance (23 July 10) Mortgage Rates Hit 4.56 pct., Record Low Yahoo Finance (22 July 10) Homebuilder Confidence

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.18.10

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.18.10

Mortgage Securities and the Fed’s Dilemma Yahoo Finance (23 July 10) Mortgage Rates Hit 4.56 pct., Record Low Yahoo Finance (22 July 10) Homebuilder Confidence

Geopolitical – Week of 7.18.10

Geopolitical – Week of 7.18.10

First Gitmo Trial Under Obama Poses Tough Test For His ‘Swift And ‘Certain Justice’ Pledge Politico.com (24 July 10) Rep. Charles Rangel Broke Ethics Rules,

Food & Health – Week of 7.18.10

Food & Health – Week of 7.18.10

Government Cover-up of Food Shortage Feared WorldNetDaily (10 Jan 10) Bill Gates Talks About ‘Vaccines to Reduce Population’ Geopolitics-Geoeconomics (4 March 10) Having a Cow

Food & Health – Week of 7.18.10

Food & Health – Week of 7.18.10

Government Cover-up of Food Shortage Feared WorldNetDaily (10 Jan 10) Bill Gates Talks About ‘Vaccines to Reduce Population’ Geopolitics-Geoeconomics (4 March 10) Having a Cow

Life – Week of  7.18.10

Life – Week of 7.18.10

Woman in 911 Call Says She Strangled Her Autistic Children CNN.com (22 July 10) Hundreds of Dead Penguins Dot Brazil’s Beaches Yahoo News (22 July

Science & Technology – Week of 7.18.10

Science & Technology – Week of 7.18.10

Facebook IPO “When Makes Sense”, Zuckerberg Tells ABC Reuters (22 July 10) Smartphones Could Be Latest Battle Accessory Reuters (21 July 10) Ads that Match

Science & Technology – Week of 7.18.10

Science & Technology – Week of 7.18.10

Facebook IPO “When Makes Sense”, Zuckerberg Tells ABC Reuters (22 July 10) Smartphones Could Be Latest Battle Accessory Reuters (21 July 10) Ads that Match

Cheetah

Cheetah

Cheetah by Follower of Giovannino de’Grassi Anonymous Lombard (Workshop of Giovannino de’Grassi), Two studies of a cheetah, 1410 (detail). Related reading: The British Museum Cheetah

Fed Gets More Power, Responsibility

Fed Gets More Power, Responsibility

By Luca Di Leo After fending off most challenges to its independence and winning new powers to oversee big financial firms, the Federal Reserve has

Hauser’s Law

Hauser’s Law

From Wikipedia In economics, Hauser’s Law is an empirical observation that, in the United States, federal tax revenues since World War II have always been

Hauser's Law

Hauser's Law

From Wikipedia In economics, Hauser’s Law is an empirical observation that, in the United States, federal tax revenues since World War II have always been

Inflating War 

Inflating War 

By Thomas Dilorenzo “One can say without exaggeration that inflation is an indispensable means of militarism,” Ludwig von Mises wrote. “Without it, the repercussions of

Farewell Evergreen Farm

Farewell Evergreen Farm

Evergreen Farm, the finest farm and dairy in my county, announced this week that they are closing and will auction their herd and land. This

Equities vs. Gold

Equities vs. Gold

By Joe Weisenthal Continue reading the article . . .

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“He who controls the Spice controls everything!” ~ Dune, by Frank Herbert

Carnicom Institute – Live Webinar

Carnicom Institute – Live Webinar

July 22, 2010 – 7PM MDT with Clifford E Carnicom The Carnicom Institute will hold a live webinar on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 7PM

Yet Another Options Expiration "Surprise"

Yet Another Options Expiration "Surprise"

By Karl Denninger Since when does the SEC announce that it’s about to make an announcement – about an hour before the market closes the

Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.15.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.15.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.15.10

Money & Markets Charts ~ 7.15.10

View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The

Wall Street Reform Clears Congress

Wall Street Reform Clears Congress

By Andy Sullivan and Kevin Drawbaugh The Congress on Thursday approved the broadest overhaul of financial rules since the Great Depression and sent it to

Goldman’s Silent Board

Goldman’s Silent Board

By Richard Teitelbaum Amid a storm of criticism, government investigations and an SEC suit, the investment bank’s outside directors have failed to speak out. Greg

Goldman's Silent Board

Goldman's Silent Board

By Richard Teitelbaum Amid a storm of criticism, government investigations and an SEC suit, the investment bank’s outside directors have failed to speak out. Greg

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the government then extends its arm

Happy Bastille Day!

Happy Bastille Day!

Bastille Day is the French national holiday which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête Nationale (National

Shanghai vs S&P 500

Shanghai vs S&P 500

By Vincent Fernando, CFA and Kamelia Angelova Continue reading the article . . .

Shanghai vs S&P 500

Shanghai vs S&P 500

By Vincent Fernando, CFA and Kamelia Angelova Continue reading the article . . .

Small-Business Lending Is Down

Small-Business Lending Is Down

By Sewell Chan The chairman of the Federal Reserve urged banks and regulators on Monday to help the nation’s small businesses get the loans they

The National Bank of Malvern

The National Bank of Malvern

[Note from CAF: My wonderful bankers at National Bank of Malvern did not tell me about this story published last year. I just found it,

Resort Opens In Singapore

Resort Opens In Singapore

By Lucy Ballinger The impressive, boat-shaped ‘SkyPark’ perched atop the three towers that make up the world’s most expensive hotel, the £4billion Marina Bay Sands

The Con of the Decade

The Con of the Decade

The con of the decade (Part I) involves the transfer of private debt to the public (the marks), who then pays interest forever to the