How MF Global Almost Got Away With Everything
The MF Global (MFGLQ.PK) story is just another chapter in the continuing saga of the legal fleecing of America by a financial system joined at the hip in an “Unholy Washington-Wall Street Alliance.” The rules of the game are such that the managements of large Wall Street entities are allowed to gamble with assets entrusted […]
Severe Europe-Wide Recession Likely for 2012
Given the speed at which markets move, and given the volatility that accompanies the hopes and fears that occur when the key European leaders meet to try to make progress on the European debt crisis, it is somewhat risky to try to describe what will happen to the European Monetary Union (EMU) in 2012. Something […]