Monthly Archives: December 2010

Credit Default Swaps PIIGS vs CINN Group (California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey) – In response to European Sovereign Debt Crisis in Pictures; PIIGS Spreads to Germany at or Near Record Levels I received this chart from Chris Puplava at Financial … Continue reading →

 Copper Advances to Record on Speculation Supply Shortage Poised to Worsen – Copper futures rose to a record for the fourth time this week as speculation heightened that a supply deficit will widen as China, the world’s biggest consumer, leads a … Continue reading →

Unofficial Problem Bank list increases to 935 Institutions – Note: this is an unofficial list of Problem Banks compiled only from public sources.  Here is the unofficial problem bank list for Dec 31, 2010. Changes and comments from surferdude808:  The FDIC … Continue reading →

In defense of doom and gloom in an oil-price bet – In peak-oil debates, Cornucopians cite improving technology that will extract fossil fuels more economically. New deposits will be found; new methods will retrieve more from existing reserves; new ways … Continue reading →

Woman Deceased in 1995 Continued to Robo Sign Till at Least 2010  – Yves Smith – How, may you ask, can a woman who has been dead since 1995 continue to sign documents in 2010? Normally, one would hazard to guess … Continue reading →

When is QE not QE? The most recent Fed balance sheet data are summarized here. Note where the Fed was yesterday (12/29/10) relative to a year ago (12/30/09). On the asset side, "securities held outright" has increased by about $300 billion, … Continue reading →

The Lender of Last Resort – Nick Rowe – What Paul Krugman is saying about Ireland and the Eurozone is not wrong. But he keeps missing the most important point. And it’s bugging me. Sure, the scale of Ireland’s bank guarantees is … Continue reading →

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 Most Buildings Don’t Work Properly, Who Cares? – At 10,600 feet in the Colorado Rockies, the weather can be extreme. On that night, things got brutal. It was minus 8 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and the wind was howling. Unfortunately, heating equipment … Continue reading →

  Quote Pension impasse continues; council summons mayor Pittsburgh City Council tonight passed a motion compelling Mayor Luke Ravenstahl to appear at a meeting tomorrow to discuss the city’s pension crisis. The motion followed hours of heated discussion over a … Continue reading →