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I hope this type of government behavior does not find roots in the US in the near future. We're already seeing a lot of internet filtering in Australia. This could take the world down a dark road.

How do we get this turd burglar out of office?

Shorts are getting their ass handed to them.

This is a very good blog. Thanks for the link. This guy addresses the true issues of the current crisis, which stems from global imbalances.

It strikes me as odd how many veterans of the investing community have come out to blame the mechanics of the markets in place of the true faults. Why is there such an uproar about the uptick rule, when the banks are insolvent, Credit Default Swaps are the ultimate gift to shorts, and the...

Really, it's annoying that you do not fully spell 'have' or 'people', but do everything else. Please drop that bad habit in respect to yourself and people that read what you have to say. If you want to be taken seriously, that is.

This was announced in november. It's old news that will not affect the market.

At some point you have to realize your trade was good and take some profits. Roubini is staying in his trade too long. Things may look bad in the equities market, but that's a reflection of the global economy. The US economy is in much better shape than the rest of the globe now because of the...

I'm with Topsurfi on this one. I'm still long ZB in fact for only one reason, the fed re-iterated yesterday that they are going to continue to buy treasuries. You can see that every time the $tyx rises above 3% an invisible hand comes in and props the futures. The fed has massive breathing room...

China's coming economic issues don't come from Chinese consumers, but from export businesses. There may be some domestic demand, but China has way too much excess capacity to be absorbed domestically. The worldwide demand for Chinese products is down big, just look at US retail numbers for the...

I think people are forgetting that the federal funds rate is at 0! Banks are not having capital issues, this selloff is all about the government trying to nationalize them.

The thing about gold is that it is a doomsday asset. It doesn't hurt to own a few gold coins in the chance all paper money at some point becomes valueless as a medium of exchange. It's dumb to own etf's or futures of gold, but some coins is a safe bet. Gold is more of an insurance than an...

The banks are going to squeeze the economy tight in order to prevent the government from nationalizing them. Watch the about face we will see in the coming days as the market collapses. Then when the government throws more bailouts to the banks, the markets will rally.

Inflation will only help if they were to deposit it directly into every person's bank account. But that's not how it works. The banks get it first, drive up asset prices, then eventually that money trickles down to everyone else. But the prices are already higher by the time any new money...

Elitetrader should program a spell checker into their dialogue box. It will accomplish 2 objectives: 1 limit the irritation of educated people, 2 educate the ignorant/uneducated by teaching them how to spell.

Wow, "war". A war with whom?

Great thread! One of the main benefits of experiencing failure is seeing yourself for who you are, and being able to recover from that failure and move forward. I think the more times a person is able to experience and recover from failure, the more chance they will be successful at their...

Great chart Big.

Spain is not going to leave the blanket of the Euro currency. There is no incentive for them to do so. The risks would be much higher. It would be like California leaving the Federal government. When it comes down to it, the ECB will support Spain.

If oil rises in price, it's only going to cut more demand. The BRIC countries are not going to turn around on a dime after the damage to their exports this past year. If gasoline rises above 3 a gallon within the next few months, demand will fall off a cliff beyond what we have seen. People are...