Category Archives: stock market

Collapse Is Unnecessary Because All Money Is Fake

So Greece has now “defaulted” on its international “obligations,” thereby becoming the first developed nation to challenge the hegemony of the international system of finance—as opposed to the actual economy—by simply not paying.  Russia Today puts it thusly: The International … Continue reading

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17 YEAR OLD HEDGE FUND CEO? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

Calling his operation “a hedge fund for the rest of us,” 17 year-old Jacob Wohl of Corona, CA (about 30 minutes north of where I write this) has gotten sub-million dollar investments from regular working stiffs like his high school … Continue reading

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BANKS’ FREE LUNCH=RECORD PROFITS, KIDS’ FREE LUNCH=RECORD LOSS

So the latest indicator that not only has there not been a financial/economic recovery for the average person in the U.S. but also things have gotten worse?  Over half of all public school students in the U.S. are now eligible … Continue reading

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SOCIALISM FOR THE RICH WORKING LIKE A CHARM…

…and the capitalism for the rest of us is going just as you’d expect, and just as planned, i.e., horribly.  From a Zero Hedge story masterfully headlined “Mission Accomplished: Stocks & Homeless Kids Hit All-Time Highs”: “Something is dreadfully wrong … Continue reading

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NO, IT’S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION: YOUR REAL WAGES ARE GOING DOWN

You know that cold dread that drops into the pit of your stomach when you check your balance and see that you’re down to your last few dollars and payday is still a week away?  Too much month at the … Continue reading

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NOT NEGATIVE, JUST TRUE: “EXPENSES SOAR, WAGES STALL”

A few days ago, the website of The Washington Post ran a story with this headline–“Happy Days No More: Middle-class families squeezed as expenses soar, wages stall.”  No shit, Sherlock.  The article tells us the following: “Wages for millions of … Continue reading

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“IT’S ALL A FUGAZI”: MOVIE TELLS IT STRAIGHT UP

“It” being the stock market, stocks, money, everything, as Matthew McConaughey’s coked-up stockbroker explains in the above scene from “Wolf of Wall Street.” The important point about it all?  “It’s not fucking real,” as McConaughey’s character points out.  In other … Continue reading

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