Showing posts with label Investments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Investments. Show all posts

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Damned if you do, doomed if you don't

SUBHEAD: All we can do is "minimize the suffering of the herd". Our way of life is over. For good. We’ll have to find other ways.By Ilargi on 4 March 2011 for The Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-4-2011-damned-if-you-do-doomed-if.html)Image above: "The Silk Road" by Hing Nian Zhang. From (http://worldhistoryto1500.blogspot.com/2010/10/

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Muni Defaults in 2011

SUBHEAD: Forecaster Whitney: wave of municipal bond defaults to spur layoffs, and social unrest as early as 2011.By Staff on 21 December 2010 for CNBC.com - (http://www.cnbc.com/id/40769692)Image above: New York City bridge bond from 1868. From (http://www.cezarysalad.com/blog/tag/credit-crunch/).A wave of defaults by state and local governments in the coming months will spark a selloff in the