Category: Financial Crash
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Monday, July 02, 2007
The Smell of Financial Contagion in the Air / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Michael_J_Panzner
An ill wind swept through Wall Street last week, seeping into trading rooms, cubicles, and offices on every floor. All of a sudden, people began to feel anxious and afraid. After years of dreaming about how much they would make, people started worrying about how much they might lose. In a matter of days, the notion of risk had been transformed from a hypothetical concept to a potentially lethal reality.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Bear Stearns - Please Pass the Risk / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Andy_Sutton
I have sat here completely agog and amazed at the shenanigans going on within the financial community. Last week some hedge funds associated with Bear Stearns got themselves in trouble on risky subprime mortgage debt. Surprise Surprise. People with common sense have been forecasting this mess for a while now. My point in writing on this is to illustrate the moral hazard that is created when this type of stuff goes on and it is this moral hazard that can get Mr. and Mrs. Main Street into big trouble.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, June 29, 2007
Is Bear Stearns Just The Tip of the Iceberg? / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
The Chicago Trib's headline says it all. “ Hedge funds' mortgage woes could spread .” “Investors following the near-collapse of two hedge funds managed by Bear Stearns Cos. might be a little bit like a homeowner watching the house down the block catch fire: It's far enough away to think there's no immediate threat, but you still need to care about what the embers could do to your own roof.The worry is the same on Wall Street, where bankers are anxiously watching to see if the hemorrhaging at Bear Stearns will spread elsewhere.” Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, June 29, 2007
Dow Jones Double Top - Important Steps to Take Now! / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Money_and_Markets
Larry Edelson writes: You're at a unique crossroads. We've had almost four years of relative calm in the financial markets. Corporate earnings have rebounded from their lows in 2003 and the depths of the 2000 - 2001 stock market collapse. There have been no terror attacks on U.S. soil. Interest rates have remained artificially low.
But now, even as foreign economies continue to gather strength, the U.S. economy's second breath — as I call it — is ending.
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Housing Market Mortgage Meltdown and the Hedge Fund Collapse / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Money_and_Markets
Martin Weiss writes: For many months, Mike Larson has been warning you about a meltdown in America's vast new market for home mortgages.
Now that meltdown is here.
He told you home sales and prices would fall, and they did.
He told you that American homeowners would default on their mortgage payments in record numbers, and they have.
He warned this would shake Wall Street to its core. Now it is.
The evidence is ubiquitous and indisputable:
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