June 10, 2016
The State of the World Economy
We are facing a rerun of 2007-2008 with more dire consequences and a longer duration than we experienced then. The first blows will surface as a result of the…
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May 20, 2016
The State of the Union by Asher Edelman
Asher Edelman reviews problems facing our nation.
May 16, 2016
Brussels Proposes “Guillotine” to Stabilise failing Banks
Eurozone bank depositors may face a threat to liquidity and even the loss of their deposits if Brussels enacts the “moratorium tool.” Effectively depositors will “opt-in” to bank failures in…
May 11, 2016
Government. Jobs. America. Bernie.
This New York Times article says a lot about restarting the system to make the people of America great. These ideas are not new. Only Bernie Sanders will institute them….
April 12, 2016
Banking, Bernie, Hillary
“Today I am pleased to sign into law S. 900, the Gramm-Leach-Biley Act. This historic legislation will modernize our financial services laws stimulating greater innovation and competition in the financial…
March 03, 2016
Octavian Report Interviews Asher Edelman
MACRO VIEWS THINKING IT THROUGH AN INTERVIEW WITH ASHER EDELMAN After a meteoric career on Wall Street culminating in his status as a top-level corporate raider in the 1980s, Asher…
January 14, 2016
Plunge Protection Team
Dow Jones Industrial Average (9/1/2015-1/14/2016) We often point our finger at the Chinese government’s manipulative market intervention not knowing that the U.S. Government has in place the “Working Group on…
January 12, 2016
China? Oil Prices? Saudi Arabia? Iran? Why Volatility? The Grand Surprise Part Two
CBOE Volatility Index 1/1/2016-1/12/2016 We were saving these ideas for the last chapter of the book. Sadly, things are going so fast; the convergence of factors, other than the obvious,…
December 10, 2015
THE OPPORTUNIST
SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTHTHE OPPORTUNIST November 30th, 2015 edition of the New Yorker Marco Rubio! “My mother was a maid at what was then called the Imperial Palace.” He went on,…
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