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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know Newsby SA Editor Rachael Granby- Bank trio becomes duo. Wells Fargo (WFC) will become the largest U.S. bank by branches with its bid for Wachovia (WB), after Citigroup (C) withdrew from compromise negotiations late yesterday on concerns about the quality of some of Wachovia's assets. Wells Fargo, with a bid valued at $11.4B, expects the purchase to be completed by the end of the year, and denies it will have to absorb assets shakier than originally thought.
- Government considers next steps. As the financial crisis continues to worsen, the U.S. government is considering two dramatic steps to turn around, or at least slow, the damage: guaranteeing billions of dollars in bank debt and temporarily insuring all U.S. bank deposits. The moves, which would mark the government's most extensive intervention to date, are in discussion stages only.
- Credit stays frozen. As frozen credit markets refuse to thaw, the cost of default protection on corporate bonds reaches new global records amid investor concerns the credit crisis will trigger corporate failures as companies struggle to finance their businesses. Interbank lending remains limited, and borrowing from the Fed's expanded discount window continued its trend of setting new highs every week, as the total daily average rose to $420.2B vs. $367.8B last week.
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Wednesday, October 15.Bullish Calls:Continental Resources (CLR) -- "This is a remarkable decline. All of the high quality ones are down so much, I can't go against it. This is where you pull the trigger.
3M (MMM) -- The moment this stock starts yielding 5%, I'm a buyer. Until then, keep your powder dry.Bearish Calls:Computer Sciences (CSC) -- This is a company that was going to be bought, but they passed up the chance. Now I don't want to buy it."Email continues...
Annaly Mortgage (NLY) -- I think this is a business model that needs to borrow money. Definitively do not buy."
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Debt Ceiling Upped to $10.615tn, Just in Case
On China and What the World Won’t See During the Olympics
Idiot! You need to go back 3000-5000 years to understand the Chinese systems.
<<communism>&... is western $hit brought into China and caused disasater for about 35+ years but both China and USSR were never truely communism countries. Switzerland, German and USA have some elements of that such social welfare, nationalized banking and F&F mortgage.
Only last 30 years, Chine goes back its own root/way run the country and shows the world works. This is the reason China can eist 5000 years. When China ran current systems with open trading 800-2000 years ago. USA does not exists and European still live in the hole and wore animal skins.
There is no need to prove Chinese own systems and culture based on 5000 history.
U.S. Housing Market Forecast: 2008-2010
Can a $100 Million Home Be an Investment?
The Case for $1300/Oz Gold
Most of Americans including the ones in the Capital Hills still do not realize that when the paper dollar printed from thin air with no end in sight, gold, oil and any real assets will go up.
It is very funny in the Congress hearing about oil price, never heard anyone questioning about fed deficit/worthless dollar is the key reason why oil price goes such high. It is them creating high oil price. Never forget that.
What If We'd Been on the Gold Standard?
If Fed/US ensure 1 oz of its gold for 600 USD, the first thing happens is all of US gold in the vault will be gone overnight. The other countries will ask anythings for USD except USD. There is 4-6 trillion worthless USD paper outside floating for real assets.
Deflation? dream on.
Gold and Silver: Is the Party Over?
Weak Dollar is Bad For America - and ETFs
When Japanese Yen appreciated from 260 Yen/$ to 80 Yen/$, Euro from 0.8$/Euro to 1.56$/Euro, Chinese Yaun from 8.25 Yaun/$ to 7.09 Yuan/$, US trading deficits with these 3 manufacturing power house goes up every year.
Also weak dollars increased importing prices and booted trading deficits.
US is loosing its roots, good social values, family cells and manufacturing power and bases. US Emperor is falling since 2001 as long as Wall Street controlled by Jews for fast money, the hookers like Ann Nichole and Kristan taking the headlines as role models for youth millions per show, The president dick got sucked by his inter in the office and calling no sexual relationship, the governor picked up the hooker while telling everyone "I am virgin even though I am hooking"
Government Rule Changes Buy Time, But Will They Bail the U.S. Out?
Warning Signs of a Modern Depression: See 1990 Japan
I don't think China has any interests in taking over USA since no Chinese want to feed 300 MM lazy fat a$$.
Your worst enemies are just next to you, 6MM jews controlling and manipulating US financial. media and eco like they did in German before WWII, half population being black and Hispanics by 2038. The mess (riots, stealing, waiting for hangouts, etc.) after Katrina in New Orlan, LA just gave you a preview if you still not wake up.
China is more busy in re-building itself and restoring its 5000 years civilization.
The only thing China may do is just to watch USA destroying and sinking itself.
What's Behind the Dollar's Decline?
When a country is bankrupted and keeps printing worthless paper money to fund its deficits and spending, its paper money falls. You don't need any education to know that.
The Mortgage Crisis: Time for Real Solutions
<<The govt. should help these people out,>> gov had nothing but collect my money for its giving and now it itself is bankrupt. You basically ask me as taxpayers to give these people free handouts, not gov. If this is your compassion, I can spend all of saving right away if you can wire your cash (IFF you have) via gov into my account.
<<People were just following the American dream>> dream or greed. There are different. American dream is working hard, saving and building future. These guys spend more than they have - greed and lazy.
<<A government's role is to help out its citizens, so now is the time for them to help these people out.>> Why you ask us? IFF you can give them money, go ahead. Keep in mind that gov does not have money. That is our money.
Please, China, Sell Your Treasury Notes!
China will sell US Treasuries but will buy gold, silver, PM and commodities around the world. They will not touch worthless GSE.
Look at yourself in the mirror and think a second for God sake. 800-1500 years ago when China started trading biz, there are no civilization even on this land.
Central Banks, in Panic Mode, Announce Large Auction
Fed just prints another 200b paper fill the holes by diluting its citizen wealth or around the world.
For a bankrupt gov, the only way to walk out this mess is to inflate numbers by printing more paper. When the house price valued by paper money (not intrinsic value) is being inflated enough not down, then Fed will stop. This is the whole story happening now.
Is Currency Intervention Possible - Or Worth It?
There are 3 manufaturing countries, also as largest export countries, German, China and Japan.
Since 1980s JPY appreciated from 260 to 80 to 110 per dollar but its trading plus with USD grew every year.
Since EURO appreciated from 0.82 to 1.5 per dollar, German export esp to USA gets increased every year.
Chinese RMB has appreciated from 8.25 to 7.1 for a year+ but trading plus with USA goes up, not decrease.
USA will have bigger trading deficit when USD down since it has lost manufacturing power on one way ticket while import price goes up in term of USD.