It’s the Solvency Stupid

July 8, 2008 9:12 am By John Galt There has been a lot of speculation and postulation by the Bubblevision crowd and those declaring a […]

The Smart Money Will Be Right Again

The markets have a weird methodology of warning the world that there are problems with the underlying economy if one listens for the signals. Unfortunately, […]

05.23 Stock Market Roundup: The Good, The Bad, and The Put a Grocery Bag on That Ugly

There are some updates one can write that are straight off the cuff. Then the stories which require some mood music for the era in […]

03.24.23 Stock Market Preview: Cue the Piano Music

Europe is getting smoked this morning. Yesterday was a disastrous intraday reversal on meh volume. And the charts below indicate that Petula Clark will be […]

Gold Soars Above $2000, Equities Down as Banking Panic Continues

The lack of awareness by the leading Western central banks is nothing more than breathtaking. As they forced the bailout of Credit Suisse in Europe […]

The Banking Crisis is Worse than Reported

There has been a lot of speculation as to why the second and third largest bank failures in US history occurred in the last ten […]

More Banks Crashing and Burning in the Pre-Market

I think I’ll just leave this here… Lines were seen outside a First Republic Bank branch in California, with worried customers wanting to withdraw funds […]

Chinese Military Deploys Tanks Around Banks But…

Yes, the big story tonight is that the People’s Liberation Army has deployed armored vehicles in front of key financial institutions just in case the […]