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Lehman Brothers (LEH): The next bank in need of a bailout?

May 29, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
“Most of Wall Street’s moneymaking machines have shut down. Mortgage-securitization activity has gone kaput, while IPO and M&A activities are sputtering. Even worse, Billions of dollars of future writedowns and losses are still buried inside Wall Street’s balance sheets.” — Dan Amoss by Dan Amoss Baltimore – (TFN): Since [...]

Gold Prices: Hedging your bets

May 15, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
“That key marker of investor anxiety, the gold price, fell 15 percent from its top of mid-March to the end of April. The preceding surge had taken gold bullion up from $650 per ounce in August to above $1,030 the day after Bear Stearns was sold to J.P. Morgan.” [...]

U.S. Banks: Washington Mutual is not a good sign!

April 14, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
“Call me paranoid, but when the bullets are flying and the bodies are falling, I’m inclined to worry that I might be next. As for the big banks (investment and otherwise), Bear Stearns is not in anyway shape or form the last man to hit the ground.” — Adam [...]