Thursday 21 May 2009

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Treasuries Fall After Fed’s Purchase of Debt as Supply Looms

  • Bloomberg
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  • 05/21/2009 01:50 PM

Gold gains, copper falls; data darken economic picture

  • Market Watch from Dow Jones
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  • 05/21/2009 01:46 PM

U.S. Stocks Tumble as Jobless Claims Revive Recession Concern

  • Bloomberg
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  • 05/21/2009 01:49 PM

Dollar index falls to its lowest level of 2009

  • Market Watch from Dow Jones
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  • 05/21/2009 01:47 PM

Oil Falls From Six-Month High After Fed Warning on U.S. Economy

  • Bloomberg
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  • 05/21/2009 01:50 PM

Quotable

"The combination of rising delinquencies, higher foreclosures, more housing inventories, increasing interest rates on many mortgages and greatly reduced availability of mortgages due to limited liquidity is creating what we call a near-perfect storm for housing."

Kerry Killinger, CEO Washington Mutual, September 10, 2007

Commentary

Credit Bubble Bulletin

by Doug Noland | May 15

Just the Facts

A little reality seemed to have returned to the markets this week.

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The Bear's Lair

by Martin Hutchinson | May 18

The Wreck of Modern Finance

Over the last 30 years, the capital markets have been restructured through the tenets of modern finance in its various forms, which together have gained six Nobel Prizes and might have generated a couple more.

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Featured Commentary

by James Quinn | May 5

If You Believe Banks Are Recovering …

The conspiracy theorists of the world believe the U.S. government faked the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon.

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Guest Commentary

by Satyajit Das | May 18

Catastrophic to Awful! - The Banking Spin Cycle

The recent rally in equity markets – the largest for decades – was predicated, in part, on the improving fortune of banks.

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