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donderdag 18 september 2008
AEX sluit op laatste stand sinds mei 2005
woensdag 17 september 2008
George Soros says more banks will go under; speaks of a "meltdown" and the 1930s
Lees verder op Axis Of Logic
Beurzen blijven wereldwijd dalen
Lees verder op AD.nl
'Washington Mutual in de etalage'
Lees verder op Nu.nl
maandag 15 september 2008
Goldman, Morgan Stanley face post-Lehman funding issues: analysts
Analysts expressed concern about the funding supporting the surviving independent Wall Street investment banks Monday, following the sale of Merrill Lynch & Co. and the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Lehman's "apparent demise and the likely damage to its bondholders indicates significant spread-widening for independent broker-dealers and probably considerably narrower access to funds," Merrill Lynch banking analyst Guy Moszkowski said in a research note Monday.
zaterdag 28 juni 2008
"...er begint een complete meltdown in de VS.”
BRUSSEL/AMSTERDAM (DFT) - Fortis rekent binnen enkele dagen tot weken op het volledig instorten van de Amerikaanse financiële markten. Dat verklaart volgens de bankverzekeraar de serie ingrepen van donderdag om zich met €8 miljard te versterken.
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RBS en Barclays lieten kort geleden gelijksoortige geluiden horen.
woensdag 26 maart 2008
VS verklaart financiële oorlog aan Iran
Een totale economische ineenstorting van Iran is daardoor niet te voorkomen. Dat is precies het doel van de VS, zoals op 19 maart door het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken werd medegedeeld.Deze financiële en economische wurggreep om Iran is niets anders dan een regelrechte oorlogsverklaring, en maakt een militaire confrontatie tussen de VS en Iran zo goed als onafwendbaar.
Day of Infamy: The March 20, 2008 US Declaration of War on Iran
No, there was no dramatic televised announcement by President George W. Bush from the White House oval office. In fact on this day, reports the Washington Post, Bush spent some time communicating directly with Iranians, telling them via Radio Farda (the US-financed broadcaster that transmits to Iran in Farsi, Iran's native language) that their government has "declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people." But not to worry, he told his listeners in Farsi-translated Bushspeak: Tehran would not get the bomb because the US would be "firm."
Over at the US Congress, no war resolution was passed, no debate transpired, no last-minute hearing on the Iran "threat" was held. The Pentagon did not put its forces on red alert and cancel all leave. The top story on the Pentagon's website (on March 20) was: "Bush Lauds Military's Performance in Terror War," a feel-good piece about the president's appearance on the US military's TV channel to praise "the performance and courage of U.S. troops engaged in the global war on terrorism." Bush discussed Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa but not Iran.
But make no mistake. As of Thursday, March 20 the US is at war with Iran.
Read more at Global Research
vrijdag 14 maart 2008
Europese beurzen in greep van Bear Stearns
AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De Europese beurzen waren vrijdag aanvankelijk positief, maar moesten in de middag inleveren na het nieuws dat Bear Stearns voorzien moet worden van een noodkrediet. De Amerikaanse zakenbank krijgt deze van branchegenoot JP Morgan en van de centrale bank van de staat New York.
Bear Stearns meldde dat zijn liquiditeitspositie in de afgelopen 24 uur ,,ernstig is verslechterd''. Na het bekend worden van dit nieuws stak de bezorgdheid over de kredietcrisis weer in alle hevigheid de kop op. Wall Street dook daarop ook flink naar beneden.
maandag 17 december 2007
SP Tribune interviewt Willem Middelkoop
Het omvallen van die hele derivatenberg is nog maar net begonnen. Banken hebben maar een kleine dekking voor alle uitstaande risico’s. Die moeten als gevolg van de hypotheekcrisis nu miljarden afschrijven. Als ze te veel moeten afschrijven, gaat het mis.
Lees het hele interview online
zondag 4 november 2007
Citigroup calls emergency board meeting
Fears of more turmoil hitting global stock markets grew last night after it emerged that Citigroup, the world’s biggest bank, has called an emergency board meeting for this weekend amid fears of escalating bad debts.
donderdag 1 november 2007
woensdag 3 oktober 2007
The Con That Turned the World Against America
The world’s financial system came precariously close to seizing up these past couple months.
In fact, as far as some big banks and financial institutions were concerned, for a moment in time, the system was in a full-blown cardiac arrest. Liquidity, the flow of money—the lifeblood of today’s economic structure—came uncomfortably close to clotting up.
Defibrillators sizzling and money flowing, central banks around the world acted in concert to jump-start financial markets, slashing lending rates and injecting a half trillion in dollar steroids into the economic pulmonary system.
But contrary to what the big media outlets may have reported, it is actually inconsequential whether or not central bankers succeeded in temporarily stabilizing markets.
Irrevocable damage to America’s economic system has taken place.
zondag 23 september 2007
Instortingsgevaar
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vrijdag 21 september 2007
Willem Middelkoop-Als de dollar valt
Als de dollar valt
W. Middelkoop
We merken er in onze economie nog niet direct iets van, maar de experts maken zich meer en meer zorgen over de dollar. De munt behaalde deze week een nieuw historisch dieptepunt. Volgens sommigen raakte het zelfs een kritiek punt.
Willem Middelkoop in Eén Vandaag
donderdag 20 september 2007
Analyst: Mystery Trades Were Profit Scam For Fearmongers
"These high-profile “mystery” trades were just some of the fear tactics used by several independent and mainstream media outlets to conjure up images of another 9/11-type terrorist episode. Indeed, Halloween was early in coming this year for many," writes Droke.
"I predict the promoters of this particular fear campaign will simply put their hands in their pockets, walk away and whistle a rousing rendition of “Dixie,” all the while conveniently forgetting they ever made such dire predictions in the first place. Their mission was accomplished: they convinced millions of everyday investors and observers to hit the panic button and run for cover while they, the fear promoters, profited immensely on the very fear they engendered."
vrijdag 14 september 2007
Suppressed Details of Criminal Insider Trading Lead Directly into the CIA’s Highest Ranks
CIA Executive Director “Buzzy” Krongard managed firm that handled “PUT” options on United Airline Stock
by Michael C. Ruppert
FTW - October 9, 2001 – Although uniformly ignored by the mainstream U.S. media, there is abundant and clear evidence that a number of transactions in financial markets indicated specific (criminal) foreknowledge of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In the case of at least one of these trades -- which has left a $2.5 million prize unclaimed -- the firm used to place the “put options” on United Airlines stock was, until 1998, managed by the man who is now in the number three Executive Director position at the Central Intelligence Agency.
Until 1997 A.B. “Buzzy” Krongard had been Chairman of the investment bank A.B. Brown. A.B. Brown was acquired by Banker’s Trust in 1997. Krongard then became, as part of the merger, Vice Chairman of Banker’s Trust-AB Brown, one of 20 major U.S. banks named by Senator Carl Levin this year as being connected to money laundering. Krongard’s last position at Banker’s Trust (BT) was to oversee “private client relations.” In this capacity he had direct hands-on relations with some of the wealthiest people in the world in a kind of specialized banking operation that has been identified by the U.S. Senate and other investigators as being closely connected to the laundering of drug money.
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vrijdag 31 augustus 2007
Kwart Nederlanders vreest gevolgen hypotheekcrisis
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