Twelve Nice Setups from the Evil Lair
Participation on the equity side has but disappeared – we are talking a complete flatline since the NYSE open. The honeypot game continues and I...
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Senator Jim DeMint, Republican Tea Party Activist, Resigns From Senate; DeMint Seeks to “Harden the Jello”
Following the dismal results of Republicans in the last election, and amidst all the Republican infighting over the fiscal cliff comes startling news DeMint resigns...
David Warsh on Warren Buffet’s NYT Op Ed
David Warsh, a journalistist covering economics issues, takes a look at Warren Buffet's op ed at Economic Principals. The fiscal cliff negotiation is no better...
Charts of the Day: Consumer Debt Components Since 2003 and Since the Start of the 2007 Recession
In response to Deflationary Trends in Consumer Credit, reader John, owner of 37 Fast Food restaurants writes ... Hi Mish I wrote last month regarding...
LPS: Mortgage Delinquency Rates decreased in October
LPS released their Mortgage Monitor report for October today. According to LPS, 7.03% of mortgages were delinquent in October, down from 7.40% in September,... down...
Water, human rights and government failure
by David Zetland Water, human rights and government failure I...rote a paper on a human right to...ater several years ago,* in...hich I made the point...
Lawler: Single Family REO inventories down 21.7% in Q3
The following graph is from economist Tom Lawler and shows the total REO for Fannie, Freddie, FHA, Private Label (PLS) and FDIC insured institutions. This...
FDIC reports Fewer Problem banks, Total REO Declines in Q3
The FDIC released the Quarterly Banking Profile for Q3 today. "Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reported aggregate...
SOCIAL SECURITY…Sweet Reasonableness and Fact Checkers
by Dale Coberly SOCIAL SECURITY Sweet Reasonableness and Fact Checkers Apparently the Big Liars are getting worried about the fact that "Social Security has nothing...
Report: Germany to eventually consider Greek Losses
From the Financial Times: Merkel prepared to consider Greek losses "If Greece one day handles its revenues again without taking on new debt, then we...