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Economist is spot-on
The IMF says that last December’s austerity measures go far enough; further cuts would be “pro-cyclical” and produce “policy uncertainty”. The government needs to push through structural reforms in the housing and labour markets, let house prices fall and banks deleverage. Straightening out the kinks in the Dutch economy may mean years of depressed growth. Unpredictable austerity measures will only slow the process.
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I said it before, bank stocks are gambling tools and should not be allowed to be traded until their balance sheets are aligned with the new post-capitalist realities.
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Swiss Voters Restrict Pay of Executives
By RAPHAEL MINDER 2:32 PM ET
Swiss residents voted on Sunday to impose some of the world’s tightest restrictions on executive pay.Sentiment: Hold
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Politics had lost its grips on reality.
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Classic sign of a top. Good news is great news, bad news is great news. 15% drop coming.
by krisstubberfield •Jan 30, 2013 9:44 AMThe market is bipolar since 2003. See pattern of the SP500 Torres del Paines - towers of pain. This pattern will last probaly until 2020.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
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With their inbreed money.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=^GSPC+Interactive#symbol=^gspc;range=my;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;
1526-1530
So why the hype around 1500? Is a correction coming up? Most likely.
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Some Dutch politicians have argued for a writedown of ordinary bonds of troubled Dutch banking and insurance group SNS Reaal, the paper said.
SNS Reaal, which received Dutch state aid in 2008, is widely expected to require a second bailout because of problems at its property unit and is due to come up with a restructuring plan when it reports its earnings next month.
Fitch could not immediately comment.
"We say now that the chance is 99.5 percent that the government supports ordinary bond holders. If this assumption proves to be wrong you should no longer look at banks' current rating but at their viability rating," Gandy was quoted as saying, without specifically referring to SNS Reaal.
A viability rating, which indicates a credit judgment without implicit state guarantees, is usually two notches lower for big banks than current ratings, the paper said. -
Sorry for nasdaq_1010 cynicism. Last post for him: Unruly capitalism needed to be stopped. I'm not sure the fiscal way solves it - Obama had the chance to retighten the rules of the game in 2008. Now it looks the game itself is changing, which makes things imo more unpredictable.
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If you don't like the Metro interface get all the colourfull apps off and put your own stuff on the starter interface. There are ways to work around the metro interface. What I absolutely prefer above artificial niceties are file handling and file directory. I do think though some strong window features like right click handling are to be brought back.
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Windows 8 may have a different look and feel and may have a usability issue for some but what's more important is that the OS is improved substantially. Suddenly programs that didn't work on Windows Vista work again and data I thought I couldn't use anymore is accesible again. My complements.
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review of windows 8.......design #$%$ that i dont have to re-learn all over again please
by mikemoair2 •Nov 13, 2012 6:30 PMOnce you get the knack it will be fine. I have Itunes running with it. Tip: get all those redundant Apps off the starters pages. A bit of customization and personalization does wonders.
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Nothing is happening, belief me...
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If EU rescue Spain, ING's 50B ER become a very safe assets
by ajsingh54 •Jul 28, 2012 12:45 PM""""Deutsche Bank isn’t the only one. Capital flight continues to set new records in Spain. According to the Bank of Spain’s just released Balance of Payments, €41.3 billion left the country in May, bringing the first five months of the year to €163 billion. Eleven consecutive months of declines! For a total of €259 billion. 21.6% of GDP. And those are the people who know best.
The coordinated confidence-inspiring words from the Eurozone’s fearless leaders about doing whatever it would take to save the euro was a sign that they were afraid of Spain. Its threat of default had been effective. The ECB caved. And in doing so, it threw down the gauntlet. Read.... War Of The Central Banks?"""
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The mass has a lot of catch-up to do before they see any artificial created bargains. Discount the bubble (1995-present) and the dilution in 2008, and also a new world in which banking can't afford the old ways with excessive leverage and your bargain proposition melts very vast. This bank could be nationalized in two years.
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'Only the very big banks can survive'
We need to return to 'small limit purpose banking'. More small banks is good for competition. The Euro anti-trust regulation is a complete failure to allow to big to fail banks in its zone. -
since 2000. But this last weeks beats everything: You can sense the clif, you can see it, you can look over it but these WS clan and their bank buddies can turn it around on every unsubstantiated rumour (now Germany and France 2 T dollar fund). Look at AAPL earnings; this could usher in the end of the third industrial age (computer and microchips - that has been extended by smart phones sales last few years). The bank are completed overleveraged. If we hit a twenty transition period (slump) until the next industrial age they are totally dunzo.
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will be reformed. There's no way they are going to survive in the coming environment.
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Maybe an intermediary two-tier Europe would make it easier for policy makers to keep the EU ship afloat: C-Euro (core euro: Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Luxemburg, possibly France and Belgium) and P-Euro (Peripheral Euro). That would make QE and depreciation a lot easier, but still complex, because Europe is a zone with many economic 'speeds' and folkloric institutions, also between countries in the South. But it can be done - the siesta in Spain has considerable less impact on business in Spain than it use to be.
See for further reading this blogger:
http://sites.google.com/site/savingtheeuro/