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I actually thought the presentation went better in the B&N in NYC — crisper, better narrative, less detailed — but the clips I saw of this were fine . . .
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Knowing that the vote over the weekend in Greece was really a referendum on Euro membership, a majority of the Greek Parliament said yes to staying. European Finance Ministers meet again on Wednesday to solidify the 2nd bailout package for Greece at the same time hopefully a deal is consummated between Greece and its creditors this week. The Greek 14.5b euro bond that matures on March 20th is up by 2 pts. The optimism that all will be completed and contained AGAIN to Greece has yields lower in Portugal, Spain and Italy. The iTraxx Financial Index is also narrower by...
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June 27th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I’ve been reading The Creature From Jekyll Island , a second look at the Federal Reserve, by G Edward Griffin.
I nearly didn’t start because its hard going and I’m not a big conspiracy theory freak but many aspects of the book resonate with the current crises. If there is even a fairly small amount of truth in it, easy money and greed (not to mention power, corruption and the ability to shake the world) have been lurking on Wall Street for a long time.
http://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve/dp/0912986212
June 27th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Looked great, Barry.
June 28th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
That turned out better than I remembered — I was pretty exhausted when I did that