Comments on: Recent Concentration of Volume in Financial Stocks: Coordinated Capital Infusion?

By: The Almighty Dollar :: ASPO-USA: Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas

The Almighty Dollar :: ASPO-USA: Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:37:19 +0000

[...] 2 — From Recent Concentration of Volumes in Financial Stocks: Coordinated Capital Infusion? C = Citigroup, FNM = Fannie Mae, and FRE = Freddie Mac. Trading volumes for these 3 stocks have [...]

By: yoganmahew

yoganmahew — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:46:42 +0000

Does it make sense to wonder what other holders of these shares would benefit from their share prices rising or from being able to cash out at a better price?

Pension funds, insurance companies etc.?

Or perhaps what equity derivatives would bust at low levels? Is is possible that ’someone’ is gaming the prices so they don’t have to pay out?

I suppose anything’s possible nowadays, so perhaps it is better to ask is it likely?

By: Testing Tuesday Morning - S&P 1,010 Edition

Testing Tuesday Morning - S&P 1,010 Edition — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:37:34 +0000

[...] back to good old 9,500. The movement is getting so aggregious that even conspiracy theory-hating Barry Ritholtz is now saying: “I’m not inclined toward conspiracy theories, but it’s difficult to imagine a scenario [...]

By: gamingthemarket

gamingthemarket — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:18:51 +0000

Where the New PPT Hides

This article draws connections between the greatest financial bubble of all time and how the Fed uses names like AIG in a Ponzi scheme to offload U.S. debt. Hopefully it will be so obvious you’ll feel sick. It also explores High Frequency Trading and the myth of savings accounts.

http://www.gamingthemarket.com/2009/08/where-the-new-ppt-hides.html

By: wunsacon

wunsacon — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:06:15 +0000

Nice summation, wally.

By: call me ahab

call me ahab — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:03:16 +0000

moss-

“the road” was heavily talked about by CNBC sucks- good book- give it a read-

could easily be made into a movie

By: Boots or Hearts

Boots or Hearts — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:42:42 +0000

So BR, to quote the Book, is this thread part of the “preawareness stage?” I am ready for the next dose of reality, something tells me wash. DC however prefers denial……..

By: Moss

Moss — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:21:47 +0000

Leftback.. was it u that liked “The Road”?

Author Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic vision of the world in “The Road” makes it to the big screen, with Viggo Mortensen starring with Theron.

By: wally

wally — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:38:36 +0000

So, really, in addition to the demise of the Five US broker-dealers and 2 of 3 US car manufacturers and millions of US homeowners and a bunch of banks and the world’s largest insurance company and any sense of economic fairness and decency of the US Treasury and Fed, we can now add the US stock market. Apparently it is now simply a fake market, a carny geek show… whatever.

By: inessence

inessence — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:18:28 +0000

Robert Kiyosaki reviewed
http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html