Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction are Back and Bigger Than Ever
A return to pre-financial crisis days

By Bob Stokes
10/16/2012 5:45:00 PM

The alarming increase in derivatives and renewed real estate speculation are major economic red flags. Yet, EWI sees even more evidence that the second and more devastating leg of the downturn is nigh.

Filed Under: credit default swaps, derivatives, economic indicators, Elliott wave, foreclosures, housing prices, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

Category: U.S. Economy

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Have You Checked Your G.M. Stock Lately? (Yes, You're Still a Shareholder)
Will taxpayers see more losses on their GM investment?

By Bob Stokes
6/5/2012 4:45:00 PM

In 2012, we the people still own 500 million G.M. shares. And General Motors' share price needs to reach $51 just for us to break even. But...

Filed Under: bailouts, conquer the crash, debt crisis, deflation, economic indicators, Elliott wave, fundamental analysis, gross domestic product (GDP), stimulus package, stock indexes, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), U.S. Treasuries

Category: U.S. Economy

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Discover why "every Fed action to relieve the problem makes it worse..."
The real bailout was TEN TIMES the size of TARP

By Robert Folsom
12/12/2011 4:30:00 PM

In October 2008 Congress passed the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), supposedly in response to the subprime mortgage crisis. It was the most controversial of all the government's many bailout schemes. But if you followed the financial news recently, you also know now that in truth, TARP was little more than a quaint sideshow...

Filed Under: Elliott wave, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

Category: Stocks

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The Wealthy Witch of Wall Street: Past and Present Penny-Pinching
Will the public sector be forced to become as "tight-fisted" as Hetty Green?

By Bob Stokes
10/28/2011 4:30:00 PM

Stories of her frugality are legendary: she traveled in an old carriage, bought broken cookies in bulk because they were less expensive, and reportedly spent half a night looking for a lost two cent stamp. But the most extreme example of her pathological stinginess relates to...

Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, Robert Prechter, central banks, deflation, history, monetary policy, stimulus package, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), Wall Street

Category: U.S. Economy

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Understanding the Fed
EWI's free eBook explains the common and misleading myths about the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
4/12/2011 6:00:00 PM

What exactly is the function of the Fed? If it's to help the U.S. economy grow steadily, then how come in 2007-2009 we had the biggest stock market crash in decades followed by "the Great Recession" and a worldwide financial crisis? For answers, let's turn to someone who has spent a considerable amount of time studying the Fed and its functions: EWI's president Robert Prechter. This is an excerpt from a free Club EWI eBook...

 

Filed Under: 1929 Stock Market Crash, bailouts, Ben Bernanke, Robert Prechter, Campaign for Independent Thinking, Elliott wave, Greenspan, hyperinflation, inflation, market crash, market manipulation, monetary policy, monetization, Robert Prechter, quantitative easing, Robert Prechter, social mood, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)

Category: U.S. Economy

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Is Your Bank on the "100 Safest" List? Maybe You Should Find Out
Close to Collapse: Bailed-Out Banks Facing Bankruptcy

By Bob Stokes
12/30/2010 4:30:00 PM

Filed Under: bailouts, conquer the crash, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

Category: U.S. Economy

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Pennies on the Dollar
In 2009, the U.S. will post a current account deficit of more the $1 trillion. Is that a sustainable capital structure?

By Bill Fox, Senior Bonds Analyst
2/10/2009 4:00:00 PM

Ten billion dollars per day. A staggering figure, but what could it possibly be? The amount of money spent between the TARP, TALF and other alphabet soup of bailout programs? No. The amount needed to spend the proposed stimulus package? No. The amount of asset value lost everyday in the stock market in 2008? Still cold, so I’ll tell you...

Filed Under: Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), stimulus package, U.S. dollar, deflation, economic depression

Category: U.S. Economy

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Let's Look At the Treasury Department's Investing Skills
"Is the public receiving a fair deal?"

By Robert Folsom
2/6/2009 5:15:00 PM

Given that Henry Paulson had been the CEO of Goldman Sachs, one would suppose that he knows something about how to price financial assets. Even so, the Oversight Panel decided to check Paulson's math anyway: they hired a top international evaluations "to perform the evaluation"...

Filed Under: bailouts, deflation, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

Category: U.S. Economy

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Pick Your Poison: U.S. Debt or U.S. Dollar?
Focusing on "rejuvenating debt" means misunderstanding deflation.

By Bill Fox, Senior Bonds Analyst
2/3/2009 4:45:00 PM

The common assumption these days is that if only we can support deflating values of housing and other assets – even if artificially, for a time – then we can stop the broader deflation. Yet, despite trillions of dollars going into bailouts and stimuli, banks remain undercapitalized, and the depth of systemic risk remains underestimated and misunderstood. What should the U.S. Treasury focus on instead? Here is one answer...

Filed Under: Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), deflation, U.S. dollar

Category: U.S. Economy

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