IMF Nearly Certainly Won't Pay Share of Fifth Tranche of Aid for Greece: German Paper Report (click for story) 

 

Ahead Of Tomorrow's ISM Plunge 

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/01/2011 00:05 -0400

May surveys had the largest ‘negative surprise’ since Bloomberg started tracking consensus estimates in 1998. In addition, several of the reports have shown some of the largest two and three month rates of decline on record. Whether this is indicative of a mid-cycle slowdown, or something more serious, a continuation of the recent deterioration could well set the table for QE3... Oh, and tomorrow's ISM will likely be a bloodbath, which in continuation of today's bizarro market (and world) will mean the S&P closes at least 2% higher.

And Scene: CME LOWERS ES, SP, YM Margins, Despite An INCREASE In Realized Vol 

Speechless. Just.... speechless.

Big Trouble In Little Goldman's VPN Firewall (Or NYT's Editorial Department)? 

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/31/2011 23:44 -0400

This evening's latest NYT Story-Morgenson Joint Venture story about Goldman beats a well-beaten drum: the question, which has been discussed extensively on Zero Hedge and elsewhere before, of just how ridiculous and ludicrous is the notion, used by Goldman in both Congress and before the SEC, that Fabrice Tourre, then a midlevel 28 year old whose story has been told millions of times, worked completely and entirely alone when perpetrating the Abacus CDO "transgression" (for which Goldman neither admitted nor denied guilt). Obviously this is such BS that nobody but an entity as entitled (and for the implications of perceived infinite self-entitlement look no further than DSK or David Sokol) as Goldman (and hence the SEC which needs Goldman for future employment prospects) could possibly believe it. There is however, a link in the story that is so weak, that it raises extensive questions about either the credibility of the entire narrative, or the complete worthlessness of Goldman's IT security and VPN firewall, two possibilities that demand further inquiry.

Guest Post: EU - A Flawed Foundation, But Brilliant Strategy? 

The European banks are slowly but surely, through a tactic of Financial Arbitrage, moving more and more sovereign debt to the ECB and EU. Someone must pay for this debt and that will eventually be the entire European taxpayer base. That is the goal. In the initial stages of the Euro dream everyone was benefiting. Like an initial user of drugs the early stage is euphoric before the issues associated with the addiction surface. This stage fostered tremendous growth in debt - never ending Corniche housing villas in Spain and Portugal, embarrassing pensions and social benefits in Greece, tax advantages for off shoring corporations in Ireland or unjustifiable and hidden local government spending in Italy. It has been a captive market for the Asian Mercantile Strategy and a financial retail market boon for US financial instruments created from the never ending supply of freshly minted US fiat paper...Be aware that the mercantile financiers are so opposed to risk that operating as the secured bond holders of the banks they make the profit from the banks - not the shareholders. The financiers get first distribution of profits and are always kept whole. The public typically attacks the bank owners, not those who insidiously control and profit from its operations - the senior secured bond holders. It is the senior secured bond holders who must take the Greek 'haircut' but as part of the strategy they have their political mouthpieces vehemently opposing it...Forcing the Greeks to sell all that's left of the family jewels is now seen as a key part of the political solution. But who will want to buy them when there is every possibility of Greece leaving the euro? Capital is already fleeing Greece as fast as it can; what's the chance of attracting it for Greek assets? Someone is going to get real fire sale prices.

Arensberg sees life in CDNX; Rule elaborates on silver shortage

If Keynesian economics worked, this would be a perfect world

 

 

The Canadian Dollar is No Haven from a US Dollar Collapse
By: Jeff Berwick – The Dollar Vigilante

Gold signaling hyperinflation?

 

Ireland may need more EU/IMF cash



The Aden Sisters on Money Metals, Where the Market Is Headed and Why Gold Is Going Up



Incredible shrinking food packages Don't be fooled by size. Shop wisely and check per-unit 






Protests against Canadian silver mine continue in Peru