Tag Archives: Investments

Greg Moses : The Sound of Un-Hatched Chickens Crashing

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Generation Payback:The cash value of capitalism By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2010 Confronted on Tax Day by satellite visions of free market capitalism led by the American Tea Party, global investors began to exit the … Continue reading →

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Whole Foods : Investment Group Calls for John Mackey’s Head

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Investment group calls for Mackey’s head; Whole Foods tries damage control CtW Investment Group calls on Whole Foods board to remove Chair and CEO John Mackey; Says damage caused by WSJ op-ed shows Mackey is a ‘liability’ See full text … Continue reading →

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Investments : Recovery Through Pinpoint Socialism

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Pinpoint Socialism:Recovery through Equities, Tools, and Land By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2009 In a Friday morning appearance on Squawk Box at the Capitalism Knows Best Channel (CNBC) Warren Buffett promoted two things: a new … Continue reading →

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Lifeguard on Duty : Swimming with the Investor Class

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from donsafer.com.Whose Recovery?: Swimming with the Investor Class ‘Never was a rich man who didn’t get his money off a poor man’s back,’ is what Paul would say. Which is another way of claiming that all Real Value comes … Continue reading →

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Who’s Minding the Store? $9 Trillion in Mystery Money!

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

This single class of mystery money isn’t a lot less than the entire US yearly GNP, commonly cited as being about $14 trillion. By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / May 15, 2009 In this video, we have the … Continue reading →

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David Zeiger : Open Letter to Michael Moore from a Madoff Victim

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Bernie Madoff and his investors: of an ilk? Photo by Don Emmert / AFP / Getty Images.An Open Letter to Michael Moore I was stunned to see you take a broad, uninformed swipe at everyone who invested money with [Bernie] … Continue reading →

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Roger Baker : AIG and the ‘Adverse Feedback Loop’

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from nextlogics Bernanke hates to call our current situation a deflationary spiral despite its close resemblance to one. Perhaps because of the association of that term with the Great depression, Bernanke chooses to call our current crisis an ‘adverse … Continue reading →

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Bernie Madoff : Ponzi Man and the Nonsense of Self-Regulation

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Surrounded by members of the media, Bernard Madoff — the man who has taken the Ponzi scheme to new heights — walks down Lexington Ave to his New York City apartment on Dec. 17, 2008. Photo by Don Emmert / … Continue reading →

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Hedge-Fund Defector Thanks ‘Prep School Idiots’ ; Says ‘Legalize Pot’

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Lahde says pot illegal because corporate America addicted to pharmaceutical profits.‘All of this behavior supporting the Aristocracy, only ended up making it easier for me to find people stupid enough to take the other sides of my trades.’By Katherine Burton … Continue reading →

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William Greider : Economic Free Fall

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Avenging Angels. Illustration courtesy of The Nation.‘In their haste to do anything the financial guys seem to want, Congress and the lame-duck President are, I fear, sowing far more profound troubles for the country’By William Grieder This article appears in … Continue reading →

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Roger Baker :
‘The Fed’s Next Move is Down’

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

See “The Fed’s next move is down” by John Browne below. ‘The odds thus favor inflation to keep the party going’ By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | August 8, 2008 This guy lays out the facts of the Hobbsian … Continue reading →

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Fannie, Freddie Rescue Won’t be Cheap

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

See A government takeover would cost taxpayers, by Chris Isidore, below. The big lie: Do the math!By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / July 30, 2008 At least the media is challenging the government lies that are so ridiculous … Continue reading →

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