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By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The European debt crisis seems to get worse every day with no real solution in sight, just bailout after bailout. This may look like it is an effort to save heavily indebted countries, but it is really
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com There has been plenty of calamitous news surrounding the European debt crisis. Greece is insolvent. Spain just got a big bank bailout, and Ireland wants a new bailout deal. No matter how bad it looks in the
By Greg hunter’s USAWatchdog.com On Friday, both gold and the Dow flashed the same warning signal—the economy is in deep trouble. The Dow plunged nearly 275 points on the news of a weak jobs report, and gold rocketed higher by $66
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com You know things are heating up when the banks start with scare tactics. In Greece, the bankers are in full court press to sway voters for next month’s election. Reuters reported yesterday, “In a report released ahead
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
