Tag Archives: Federal Reserve

The True State of the Union: US Banks Have $248 Trillion in Notional Derivatives at Risk

Posted on January 25, 2012 by DRenegade

I know that the financial information presented in this article may be seen as just another piece of bad news to add the list. However, this may be the one article that explains the true gravity of our country’s financial … Continue reading →

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Economic Terrorism Continues

Posted on January 19, 2012 by DRenegade

Glenn Beck has Kevin Freeman on GBTV tonight (Thursday, January 19th, 2012). Mr. Freeman will continue his discussion on economic terrorism by Russia, China and the Muslim Brotherhood. On Tuesday, Mr. Freeman discussed how NASDAQ had been hacked and the … Continue reading →

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Stock Market Trading Volume Correlated with Mayan Prophecy

Posted on January 11, 2012 by DRenegade

Birinyi’s Ruler Predicts The End Of The Stock Market: Trading Volume To Hit Zero By Year End Although the volume of stock market trading is decreasing rapidly, the chart above shows the regression line extrapolated to no trades. Ask yourself … Continue reading →

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The Federal Reserve’s Latest Attack on Dollar – Mortgage Bailouts

Posted on January 9, 2012 by DRenegade

The Federal Reserve is out of ammunition. Its major weapon to control the supply of money is the interest charged on borrowing. Since the interest rate has been effectively zero for several years, this option is not available. With the … Continue reading →

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The Impotent GOP Response to the IMF Redistribution of America’s Wealth – Updated 12/4/11

Posted on December 2, 2011 by DRenegade

Update 12/4/11 The Latest Rumor: Fed To Fund IMF, Bypassing Congressional Refusal Of European Bailout The following article from the Hill outlines an attempt by “conservatives” to prevent a bailout of the European Union by the IMF. The United States … Continue reading →

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Fed Action Explained

Posted on December 1, 2011 by DRenegade

America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve (Fed), in coordination with five other global central banks (Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, Swiss National Bank), surprised financial market participants with a surprise change to an … Continue reading →

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Greenspan: It Is Not My Fault

Posted on October 25, 2011 by DRenegade
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Alan Greenspan is now admitting that the European Union is doomed to fail. At least Mr. Greenspan does not subscribe to the “too big to fail” philosophy of our politicians. The video after the article shows Greenspan stating that the … Continue reading →

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Ben Bernanke Outlines the Current Status of Our Economy

Posted on October 4, 2011 by DRenegade
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The following video is the first part of Ben Bernanke’s opening comments at a Congressional hearing of the Joint Economic Committee: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvvSSDI0wOo His evaluation of the strains on the world’s economic markets is not hopeful. His four key objectives were … Continue reading →

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Who Said Ben Bernanke Does Not Have A Sense of Humor?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by DRenegade

The following excerpt shows that Ben Bernanke has a sense of humor. Don’t let his dry demeanor fool you. Beneath his calm exterior is a repressed sense of the macabre that is waiting to be unleashed. David DeGerolamo Bernanke Says … Continue reading →

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The Federal Reserve Prepares To Eavesdrop On Everything Mentioning The Fed

Posted on September 25, 2011 by DRenegade

It looks like the Federal Reserve must have its share of social media in order to keep watch over the world.And I thought net neutrality was bad. This has not been a good day for freedom in the Divided States … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Federal Reserve Action Explained – Frank Roche

Posted on September 22, 2011 by DRenegade

Unless you were listening to CNBC or The Frank Roche Show (and I wasn’’t even on the air), the talking heads are struggling to explain the Fed action taken yesterday, 9/21/2011.  Allow me.  As they do eight times per year, … Continue reading →

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Fear Is In The Air

Posted on September 22, 2011 by DRenegade

The CBOE MKT VOLATILITY IDX (VIX) measures volatility in the stock market but it is generally called the fear index. If you had invested in fear on Monday morning, you would have realized a 34.21% profit in four days. Playing  Monday morning … Continue reading →

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Bernanke’s Hail Mary?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by DRenegade

The Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting results will be announced today. Ben Bernanke’s arsenal is running low to revive the world’s economy. The rumors before the announcement are that he will institute “Operation Twist” which was last used in the 1960s. As … Continue reading →

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Europe Rejects Geithner’s Printing Press Solution

Posted on September 18, 2011 by DRenegade

Tim Geithner’s latest trip to Europe to implement a “printing press solution” to their financial problems has been rejected. Germany (throught the ECB) has decided to maintain their sovereignty and follow a sound monetary policy that will ensure their country’s and … Continue reading →

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This Time It’s Different

Posted on September 16, 2011 by DRenegade
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Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of government the fledging country would become after the Articles of Confederation were replaced. He replied “A republic, if you can keep it”. Are we now repeating history? Timothy Geithner is in Poland at … Continue reading →

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