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By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The $2 billion derivative trading loss JP Morgan announced, about two weeks ago, is growing in size. It is reportedly now more than triple the original loss. According to a CNN report, “One thing seems clear about
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com There is plenty of talk about inflation and deflation scenarios. Gold and silver do well in the extremes. I think it is safe to say the financial environment today is extreme. Look at the thud the Facebook IPO made since
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The $2 billion loss of JP Morgan in derivatives trading is signaling, once again, the enormous risks big banks take with taxpayer backing. All U.S. banks are covered by the FDIC, and if a loss is big
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com William K. Black is one of my heroes. He is a former bank regulator, professor and an outspoken critic of the part of Wall Street that crashed the financial system in 2008. His big beef is there
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The surprise announcement by JP Morgan that it lost $2 billion in trading derivatives was portrayed in some mainstream media outlets as no big deal. The Associated Press reported Friday, “Bank stocks were hammered in Britain and
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com There is no way to characterize what is happening in the EU as positive. The Euro-zone is a gigantic mess, and it is on the verge of falling apart. There is no way the destruction of the
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com You haven’t heard much from Charlie Munger (Warren Buffett’s right hand man) since he said this, a few years ago, about the massive bailouts the financial system received from taxpayers and the Federal Reserve: “So I think
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com There has been so much bad economic news out, recently, I do not see how anyone with half a frontal lobe could say the economy is not in trouble. Friday, new unemployment figures were announced, and a
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com I don’t know how many of you saw this last week, but it is worth watching. It is a showdown between Congressman Ron Paul and Nobel-Prize winning economist Paul Krugman. Things must be getting pretty bad for
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The most underreported story this week is the European debt crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland have all been in the spotlight with money troubles. Now, Spain is taking center stage, and its debt is more than double
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Revised) Last Friday, the government reported the gross domestic product (GDP) number for the first quarter, and it was 2.2%. That was .8% lower than the 4th quarter’s 3% growth rate. It was a big disappointment because most
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com It was recently reported that countries like China and India are going to buy Iranian oil with gold. Jim Sinclair of JSMineset.com said this week, “The implications of China paying for Iranian oil in gold is the
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Housing prices are back to where they were in late 2002 according to the latest Case-Shiller report that tracks housing prices. February data shows 15 of 20 cities surveyed showed price declines. Overall, the prices sank 3.5%
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Tony Robbins is known for motivational speaking. This man is the king of positive thought, and it is hard to argue with his success. I have known people who have gone to his seminars and had some
What is happening feels like a slow motion train wreck to me. I am waiting for someone to flip a switch and turn it to real speed. It’s as if people are numb to the bad news. The mainstream media (MSM)
