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Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?

The Fearless Marketer

Do you remember the stock market crash of 2008? On Monday, September 29, 2008. On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. in October for its biggest monthly drop since October 2008, while a 6.9% slide by the S&P 500 was the benchmark index’s steepest monthly fall since September 2011.

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Singapore Set for Icelandic-Style Property Bubble Meltdown; Hype or Reality?

MishTalk

First, please consider the article Why Singapore''s Economy Is Heading For An Iceland-Style Meltdown. An idiosyncrasy of Singapore’s interest rate policy makes their low interest rate-fueled credit bubble particularly acute: Singapore’s benchmark interest rate, known as the Singapore interbank offered rate or SIBOR, is tied to the U.S.

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

Earlier today, reader Charles asked me what I thought about an article on ZeroHedge entitled " Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse? " They encapsulate the self-reinforcing interactions between perceptions of value and risk, risk-taking and financing constraints which translate into financial booms and busts.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

People constantly ask why I devote so many articles to unions and city bankruptcies. Third, many mainstream media articles take the position, pensions are sacrosanct even thought they clearly aren''t. There is no banking union in spite of ridiculous articles suggesting otherwise. The broad U.S.