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OUCH!!!!! You left out a juicy part.... The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $125.3 million. MB Financial Bank, National Association's acquisition of all the deposits was the "least costly" resolution for the FDIC's DIF compared to all alternatives...

No offense...but, get a fucking clue!!!! The "bank failures" are TOTALLY FUCKING ARTIFICIAL!!! Look at the intersection of "geography" and "finances"" of the failures!!!!!!!!! NO - DO NOT JUST GO AND READ THAT STATEMENT - GO AND LOOK AT GEOGRAPHY AND WHERE THE "BANK FAILURES" HAVE...

Ah Ah!!!! It is 35%...not counting the private debt held by the mafia! :D Relax - I am joking! -gastropod

I dang near busted my gut reading your post - and mind you - that is one big gut to bust! Well said! Thanks for your humorous explanation. -gastropod

You are either one hell of a troller or one complete moron! Either way...you have joined my ignore list, because I won't waste further time reading your posts. You should be real proud of yourself! You have joined the likes of stock_trad3r and fkbsuhites.

He is just following the Kenyan president's example - not giving the money back to Goldman, but still trying to "regulate" them. :D -gastropod

WOW!!!! I can't believe what dumb fucks some of the posters here can be!!!! This post is in the economics forum, because it represents the US economy - how fucking dumb can you be?????? The same pig fuckers who RANT about the US economy being a HUGE part of the international economy will...

I posted this -> http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=196490 in the metals futures forum, but it appears to apply to energy as well - link is about "Trading At Settlement" contracts for NYMEX/COMEX contracts. -gastropod

I have no idea about how profound this is (I am not a metals trader), but I thought it might impact those who are...something called "Trading at Settlement" is now on gold and silver... http://ftp.cme.com/tools-information/lookups/advisories/market-data/Q2010-50.html Like I said - I am not a...

I am SO FUCKING SICK OF HEARING, "THE MARKET IS UP ON HOPES OF A GREEK BAILOUT SETTLEMENT!!!!!!!" FUCK WHOMEVER IS "BUYING" ON SUCH "NEWS" - It is ALL market manipulation!!!!! -gastropod

+1 LOL!!! -gatropod

I don't know about Europe, but IIRC - it is illegal in the US. IIRC, it has something to do with market manipulation or gaming the markets. If it were US, then I would say check the law (it is on-line) and check the rulebook for the exchange. Depending upon which country in Europe, thy may...

Double dip on the way!

You REALLY need to go and read "The Report From Iron Mountain" - in spite of the bullshit claims that it is a hoax. It is no hoax! You will understand "global warming" and other mind manipulation endeavors. Your "understanding" of reality is VERY flawed. I USED to be a Republican - not...

Hello dcraig, do you mean whining by me or the OP? Thanks - gastrpod

DISCLAIMER: If you have never seen the venting of the gastropod's full fury - you need to move on to the next post! NO SHIT - IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ME VENT -MOVE THE FUCK ON!!!! FURTHER - THIS REPLY IS ONLY FOR AMERICANS!!!! IF YOU ARE IN EUROPE or ANY OTHER PLACE ON EARTH - SAVE THE USA -...

ROFLMAO!!! Yeah - its a 3,000 year old "emerging market" Oh, hold on - where the hell did the world get the word "democracy" - oh, yeah, right - the Greeks....What about the market place...oh, yeah the Greeks - agora - we get our term agoraphobia - fear of being in a public place like the...

Dumb liberal/progressive - here is why you may face "the squad"!!!! If you have a brain,then answer what is the difference between these "articles?"...

Good point, but I think it is even worse than you describe. The a$$hole banks are "borrowing" at 0%...just to put the money back into the Fed and get interest on "their" "reserves" - total bullshit!!! Where do people in America think the Federal Reserve is getting the money to pay this...

I posted this here over a year ago -> http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147142&highlight=currency The New York Fed was clearly manipulating the FX markets to make a profit to hide from the US population the losses incurred in the disgusting bailing out of AIG...