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Fed Wednesday – Policy Outlook

Alex — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:20:17 +0000

I don’t want to be right about my of my dire predictions, but all signs point to a significant global slowdown: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904353504576566142076103776.html The Fed is coming out at 2:15 pm to announce the results of their policy meeting. Many expect …

Cautiously waiting for the Fed

Alex — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:00:13 +0000

The Fed’s two day meeting wraps up tomorrow and markets are eagerly awaiting the release of any policy changes or revisions in the economic outlook from the central bank. Many pundits expect a variation of the 1960s “Operation Twist” where …

Central bank intervention for profit retention?

Alex — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:48:44 +0000

Today we read about Kweku Adoboli, the UBS equities trader that allegedly went rogue and lost the firm $2B in Q3 profits. We also learned about the ECB effectively using extraordinary measures to prop up insolvent EU banks. A rumor …

The coming global debt-driven depression

Alex — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:31:17 +0000

Reality begins to set in, which inspires panic. Frantic selling across various speculative assets brings prices drastically lower. Retirements and pensions wiped out. Paper investments made effectively worthless. Sound like a repeat of 2008-2009? The American Nightmare This horrifying scenario …

Risk off trade resumes after bounce

Alex — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:29:55 +0000

High frequency traders, institutions and retail investors pushed markets lower today, and in recent days, after a brief reprieve from the selling abated in to a liquidation frenzy. Gold made new record highs, silver stayed strong as the commodity complex …

Intuit’s online problems plague customers again

Alex — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:49:30 +0000

Just a few days ago I authored an article about the persistent glitches within Intuit’s online payment system causing serious problems for customers. At the time of the article being written the problems had (supposedly) been fixed. Now those same …

Intuit recovers from two day online glitch

Alex — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:21:10 +0000

Small businesses found themselves without the ability to process credit card payments, payroll and use Intuit’s Quickbooks messaging system for the better part of Monday and Tuesday of this week while the company claimed that there was a problem during …

Has Google peaked?

Alex — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:06:30 +0000

Google was once a rock star of Wall Street, delivering astronomical profits and its stock soared in to the stratosphere.

China growth continues to slow

Alex — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:42:27 +0000

This is a good trend for the environment and a bad one for the global economy. China is showing signs that world consumption is easing and as such their manufacturing sector is feeling the blow.

Goldman “Hacks”? Botnet manipulates stocks

Alex — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:02:56 +0000

Just when I thought I had seen it all, an article surfaces that says a botnet organized by unscrupulous geeks manipulated stock prices for a profit of about 100,000 euros.