Archive for the ‘QE and Market Rigging’ Category
How some companies manipulate share buybacks to inflate earnings
September 24th, 2018 by Jason B. Vanclef
By Mark Hulbert Published: Sept 24, 2018 8:46 a.m. ET Accelerated Share Repurchases can turn a quarterly miss into a stock-boosting beat Not all company share-buybacks are created equal. Investors can gain a crucial advantage by taking this into account. And it takes surprisingly little effort to do so: less than 10 minutes of analysis […]
Argentina Unexpectedly Announces Sale Of 100-Year Bonds
June 19th, 2017 by Jason B. Vanclef
by zerohedge.com Jun 19, 2017 10:01 AM One year after Argentina emerged from its latest sovereign bankruptcy, and at a time when the Latin American nation grapples with a surging budget deficit, Argentina surprised markets by announcing (on Twitter) its intention to sell its first 100-year bond, taking advantage of a world starved for yield. The issuance, […]
Wall Street Analysts Are Slowly Losing It
December 5th, 2016 by Jason B. Vanclef
by zerohedge.com Dec 5, 2016 12:35 PM Back in April, we commiserated with BBG ex-trader and commentator, Richard Breslow, who when looking at the ongoing events in markets, had a near nervous breakdown. For those who missed it, here are the key excerpts: Trading is a hard business. The world is becoming a more complicated place: a […]
Hedge fund after hedge fund closing their doors for the simple reason investing today doesn’t make any sense.
January 5th, 2016 by Jason B. Vanclef
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/05/2016 11:05 -0500 zerohedge.com As noted moments ago, the iconic $1.5 billion Nevsky Capital is calling it quits. What is surprising, is that unlike some “one hit wonder” hedge fund wannabe, Nevsky is actually a brand name in the hedge fund community, as demonstrated by the following performance charts. […]
Peter Schiff: “Mission Accomplished”
December 19th, 2015 by Jason B. Vanclef
By Peter Schiff of EuroPacific Capital Mission Accomplished On May 1, 2003 on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln then President George W. Bush, after becoming the first U.S. president to land on an aircraft carrier in a fixed wing aircraft (in a dashing olive drab flight suit), declared underneath an enormous “Mission Accomplished” banner […]
This picture, printed in 1912, pretty much sums up our economic system today…..
November 3rd, 2015 by Jason B. Vanclef
The Federal Reserve sucks everything dry and gives it to Wall Street. Yup, nothing has changed in 103 years….
103 Years Later, Wall Street Turned Out Just As One Man Predicted
June 7th, 2015 by Jason B. Vanclef
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/07/2015 17:54 -0400 zerohedge.com In 1910, three years before the US Federal Reserve was founded, Senator Nelson Aldrich, Frank Vanderlip of National City (Citibank), Henry Davison of Morgan Bank, and Paul Warburg of the Kuhn, Loeb Investment House met secretly at Jekyll Island in Georgia to formulate a plan for […]