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Shadowy Economy Earthside Comments: We’re sorry to do this … but below are some really scary articles on the state of the U.S. and, really, the world economy.

The Greenspan legacy, however, is for the Federal Reserve Bank to intervene in the markets strategically during times of financial crisis . He first did so early in his career back in 1987 when the Fed added heavy doses of liquidity to arrest the stock market crash. …. Given that the stock market is “fairly valued” at earnings ratios based on record productivity levels, if corporate earnings cool off the U.S. stock market could begin to melt down. …

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King Henry VIII had successfully looted the entire Catholic Church in England a generation earlier but due to inflation that took off when Columbus found the New World’s vast mineral wealth and gold and silver came pouring into Europe …. Time to go visit today’s news as the US stock market struggles to rise in the teeth of a howling economic wind pushing a hurricane of red ink: Fed cuts rates 75 basis points in emergency move. Hoping to prevent a market meltdown and …

Thus, unilateral Fed rate cuts have become a big headache for Tokyo’s financial warlords. Yet Japanese finance officials were surprisingly silent this week, as the dollar fell below 109-yen, previously regarded as the MoF’s red line in … To stay on top of volatile markets, subscribe to the Global Money Trends newsletter today, for insightful analysis and predictions for the (1) top stock markets around the world, (2) Commodities such as crude oil , copper, gold , silver, …

World stock markets are collapsing rapidly alongside real estate markets. This is classic and very much like the timeline for the Great Depression. Only in this case, the US is more like Germany or England back then. … Last week, after Trichet promised to act “preemptively” to tame inflation, Societe Generale said the key rate would remain unchanged after previously predicting an increase. Dresdner Kleinwort said it now expects a rate cut . HAHAHA. See? …

These measures have indeed upgraded the investor sentiments while they await to see more aid from the Fed , if it likely be so needed to cut interest rates further. Fed Fund rate outlook for the next session hovers around 4.0% or even …. An equity outflow from the Asian markets could also trigger forex weakness, since emerging markets have increased their foreign ownership in stock market capitalization. As the US still remains the major investor in global economy, …

If CBs don’t allow a serious recession, we get stagflation. The US Fed and the ECB may be faced with the choice of raising interest rates and biting the serious recession bullet, or face ongoing and painful stagflation. Gold … The odds of central banks actually raising interest rates in 08 and 09 appear very slim. They are more concerned about things like the credit/ financial crisis , prospects of crashing stock markets , collapsing housing. They will cut , not raise …

Cayne oversaw all sorts of memorable issues at Bear last year… from the insolvency of two multibillion-dollar funds that basically triggered the financial meltdown to a 50% fall in BSC stock prices. But at least he left on a high note… news … “Should the ECB decide to raise rates and the Fed decide to keep cutting rates, the euro would enjoy a positive rate differential. You think the euro was popular as an offset currency to the dollar before? Wait till that happens!” …

Stock markets were left in the shade as both gold and oil hit all-time highs. Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics at New York University, wrote on his blog: “… the stock market started the year with another bearish fall … a lousy … These reports provide strong support for further Fed easing. An interest rate cut of 25 basis points at the FOMC’s next meeting on January 30 seems a foregone conclusion, but the Fed Fund futures now also indicate a 46% chance of a 50 …

The perma-bulls have been screaming for further rate cuts. But even if the Fed had cut an extra 50 bps last fall, it is unlikely the extra cuts would have had much effect. The problems in financial markets and the economy are related to transparency … I own a semiconductor capital equipment stock and two consumer stocks . Precious Metals. Gold will hit $1000 this year. The liquidity that will be created by lower interest rates will find its way to into precious metals. …