#Inspirational #Wisdom Quotes - April 2, 2022

 

“False face must hide what the false heart

 doth know.”

William Shakespeare

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 April 2, 2022

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#Inspirational #Wisdom Quotes - March 31, 2022

 

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me - they're cramming for their final exam.

George Carlin

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 March 31, 2022

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On Stage Performance- Just Too Funny

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#Inspirational #Wisdom Quotes - March 29, 2022

 

. "I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives."

Jane Austen

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 March 29, 2022

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#Inspirational #Wisdom Quotes - March 27, 2022

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Salvador Dali

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 March 27, 2020 

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CHINA 2015 CRISIS: State -Run Bond Defaults On Interest

Not Concerned About China’s Financial Crisis? You Should Be

In February, IVN reported on a mostly ignoredstudy claiming that the world, especially China, was at risk of default (and possible economic meltdown) because of skyrocketing debt burdens.

On Tuesday, almost all media outlets worldwide picked up on the first Chinese-state owned business allowed to default.

Struggling in a cooling economy, Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric missed its $13.8 million interest payment due on April 21 for bonds traded within China. Even though it is a state-owned company, Beijing let them default. Read More

What if rates begin to climb too? Oh my...

Flash Traders Destroy Markets - Taxes Needed

Flash Trader at Work! 

High-Frequency Trading is a Blight on Markets. Tobin Tax Can Help.

A tax on financial transactions can calm the frenzy of speculation fuelled by computer-driven algorithms

By John Fullerton

The dark side of the world of algorithmic trading in financial markets has twice been in the spotlight this week. First was the release of Michael Lewis' explosive new book, Flash Boys: Cracking the Money Code, which highlights many worrying practices in a sector that accounts for about half of all trades on the New York and London Stock Exchanges. Second was the FBI's announcement on April 2 that it would begin a criminal investigation into wrongdoing in the sector.

Active Organized Protesters - #occupyfairmarkets 

During 18 years with JP Morgan and for more than a decade since, I have watched and participated in the inexorable transformation of the markets, enabled by advances in technology. Their primary role of raising capital, allocating resources efficiently and mitigating risk has been slowly but surely drowned out by a cacophony of frenetic speculation.

60 Minutes Report

The capital markets are no longer the means to serve the capital allocation needs of the real economy, but have become ends in themselves. That end is the "business" of speculation, which is way out of balance and therefore unhealthy for the real economy.

As initially designed and utilized, derivative contracts connected domestic capital markets into a more efficient, interconnected global market for the benefit of borrowers, investors and intermediaries alike.

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HUGE FBI PROBE: 

Expect much more in the months ahead