Transformed in a handful of years from a tiny fishing economy to an international banking powerhouse to a poster-child victim of the global crash, Iceland provides the perfect microcosm for observing the end results of cheap, plentiful cash and governme ...
Tag: banking
Feature - May 2nd, 2012
All terms: banking, Current Analysis, Dollar, economic recovery, Euro Crisis, Financial Crisis, global economy
Blog Post - April 16th, 2012
Rob McEwen is the original founder of Goldcorp, where he grew the tiny $50 million mining company to over $10 billion in total value. Given such an amazing achievement, and his 29 years of experience in the natural resources space, we turn to the entrep ...
All terms: banking, Bull Market, COMEX, Commodities, Currency, Demand, gold mining, JPMorgan, silver mining
Blog Post - February 10th, 2012
After long months of wrangling, the U.S government and 49 states announced yesterday a settlement agreement in the bank foreclosure scandal. But despite the tough negotiating stances taken by some states attorneys general, the end result represents only ...
All terms: bailout, banking, Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Fannie Mae, financial regulation, Government, GSE, Housing Market
Blog Post - December 23rd, 2011
One of the most destructive developments within the central banking system over the past three decades has been the enshrinement of too-big-to-fail (TBTF) policies. Writing for the Wall Street Journal , columnist Mark Spitznagel uses the natural hist ...
All terms: banking, Central Banks, Economic Growth, Federal Reserve, Government, Sustainable Growth
Blog Post - November 28th, 2011
When you combine a private central bank with the ability to create currency out of thin air with its corrupt bank owners, what do you get? The answer is you get trillions in dark loans made under the table in corrupt deals outside the auspices of the la ...
All terms: banking, banks, currency, Currency, Federal Reserve, Government, loans, Morgan Stanley, Personal Finance
Blog Post - October 6th, 2010
Despite trillions of dollars worth of global taxpayer cash pledged to support faltering banking systems, the International Monetary Fund still thinks there is more taxpayer funding necessary to support the banks.
Over the next two years, the IMF’s ...