Precious Metals – Week of 7.28.08
Gold Options Point to $1,200 By Frank Tang – Reuters (25 Jul 2008)
Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.21.08
Ex-convicts Active in Mortgage Fraud By Jack Dolan, et al – MiamiHerald.com
Optimism Sinks With Home Equity….
Case-Schiller Home Prices and Consumer Confidence Index By Natalie – Swivel Preview (10 Jul 2008)
Financial Stock Shorts
SEC Short-Sale Rule Gets Negative Reviews By Kara Scannell – Wall Street Journal (19 Jul 2008)
Life – Week of 7.21.08
Lonesome George May End Bachelor Days on Galapagos By Alonso Soto – Reuters.UK (22 Jul 2008)
Precious Metals – Week of 7.14.2008
What if Gold Gave a Party and Everyone Came? By Peter Brimelow – MarketWatch.com (14 Jul 2008)
Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.07.08
Housing Market Meltdown Causes Massive Losses By Dean Baker – The Center for Economic & Policy Research (9 Jul 2008)
Who’s Who in the Housing & Mortgage Bubble
Given the interest in the housing and mortgage bubble, here are links to introduce leading institutional players in the governance, regulation and credit guarantee/enhancement of the US mortgage market.
As the housing and mortgage bubble was a component of the “strong dollar policy,” the same players are also present in the other components, including the suppression of the gold price (a necessary step that preceded this bubble as the suppression of the gold price turns off the financial “smoke alarm”) and the refusal to produce audited financial statements for the US government from fiscal 1995 to date (as required by law) thus allowiing trillions to go missing from the US government.
Who's Who in the Housing & Mortgage Bubble
Given the interest in the housing and mortgage bubble, here are links to introduce leading institutional players in the governance, regulation and credit guarantee/enhancement of the US mortgage market.
As the housing and mortgage bubble was a component of the “strong dollar policy,” the same players are also present in the other components, including the suppression of the gold price (a necessary step that preceded this bubble as the suppression of the gold price turns off the financial “smoke alarm”) and the refusal to produce audited financial statements for the US government from fiscal 1995 to date (as required by law) thus allowiing trillions to go missing from the US government.
Quote du Jour
Thanks to Caroline Casey at visionaryactivism.com for pointing this out.
Precious Metals – Week of 6.30.08
ECB is Done Selling Gold Through September From Agence France-Press (1 Jul 2008) On the Precipice By James Turk – GoldMoney.com (28 Jun 2008)
Life – Week of 6.30.2008
Local and National Outbreak of Grave Robbing By Nicholas J.C. Pistor – St. Louis Post-Dispatch (30 Jun 2008)
Oklahoma Asserts Sovereignty
View the vote tally in the Oklahoma House of Representatives – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Gun Ownership
Wikipedia on Gun Politics The Supreme Court Opens Fire The Economist (26 Jun 2008) Read the Supreme Court Decision
“What’s Up in Alabama?” Updated
Catherine’s post – “What’s Up in Alabama?” has been updated. ~ View it here.