Tag Archives: QE
NO ENDORSEMENT, NO NEGOTIATION–NO NEGOTIATION, NO SECURITIZATION
Incredible story making the rounds the last few days about a rather high percentage of unendorsed notes being offered by the Bank of New York in foreclosure/bankruptcy cases. As high as 79%. That’s more than three quarters of the notes … Continue reading
PART 2: WHAT “RECOVERY”? WHO CAN AFFORD ANYTHING?
Who can afford anything? Not many people, it seems. As noted in yesterday’s post, half of America cannot afford the house they are “buying,” while at the same time rents are skyrocketing, with the number of people who pay half … Continue reading
BANKS GET FREE MONEY, YOU GET JACK-OLA
“Quantitative easing” (QE) is a fancy, bullshit banker term for “We’re going to give free money to banks and it’s going to come out of your pocket.” Of course, as we all know by now, the money that was and … Continue reading
MAY DAY 2014: WORKING MEN SHOULD BE PISSED
So it’s International Worker’s Day…to paraphrase D. Boon from the video above, I’ll put it in simple words why working men (and women) are (or should be) pissed… 1. Banks got bailed out by workers while banks continue to prey … Continue reading
WHY DOES EVERYTHING COST SO MUCH? SCHIFF EXPLAINS
The simple answer is, of course, inflation. The powers that be are trying to convince us that inflation is a good thing, a healthy thing, as Peter Schiff notes here: “It is no accident that the concept of ‘inflation’ has … Continue reading
FINES AREN’T FINE: JP MORGAN CHASE AND QE
So JP Morgan Chase is being fined again for essentially colluding with Bernie Madoff. Ho hum–big deal. Well, for them anyway. Because even though the latest $2 billion fine–according to Marketplace–“brings the grand total of fines JPM has paid in … Continue reading
IF WE’RE GONNA HAVE FREE MARKET WAGES, CAN WE AT LEAST HAVE A FREE MARKET?
Because currently, we do not have anything approaching a free market. A free market would not have bailouts, bail-ins, subsidies, licensure requirements, exemptions from regulations as size increases, QE, ZIRP, rigged prices, etc. Libertarians often say that a minimum wage … Continue reading
THE BANK VS. YOU: ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE
Rarely does one hear the financial terrorism of the banks distilled with such clarity into a single paragraph… Max Keiser (begins at 17:42): If we look at the recent history of these financial predators going back 5 or 6 years, … Continue reading
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ASSETS VS. WAGES
As usual, Max Keiser very succinctly (and almost nonchalantly) pierces through the mumbo jumbo and hopium to the very essence of the crisis facing not only the U.S., but also the world (quote below starts at approximately 12:04 in the … Continue reading