TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

 

Jeremy Grantham: All the World's a Bubble
By Brett Arends

How high will the Dow go? 15,000? 20,000? How about 36,000? While euphoria sweeps stock markets here and worldwide, there are at least a few voices of dissent. One, unsurprisingly, is legendary value investor Jeremy Grantham -- the man Dick Cheney, plus a lot of other rich people, trusts with his money. Grantham, chairman of Boston firm Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo, has been a voice of caution for years. But he has upped his concerns in his latest letter to shareholders. Grantham says we are now seeing the first worldwide bubble in history covering all asset classes.

Everything is in bubble territory, he says.

Everything.

 

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'The bursting of this bubble will be across all countries and all assets.' -- Jeremy Grantham

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"From Indian antiquities to modern Chinese art," he wrote in a letter to clients this week following a six-week world tour, "from land in Panama to Mayfair; from forestry, infrastructure and the junkiest bonds to mundane blue chips; it's bubble time!" "Everyone, everywhere is reinforcing one another," he wrote. "Wherever you travel you will hear it confirmed that 'they don't make any more land,' and that 'with these growth rates and low interest rates, equity markets must keep rising,' and 'private equity will continue to drive the markets.' "

As Grantham points out, a bubble needs two things: excellent fundamentals and easy money.

The mechanism is surprisingly simple," he wrote. "Perfect conditions create very strong 'animal spirits,' reflected statistically in a low risk premium. Widely available cheap credit offers investors the opportunity to act on their optimism." And it becomes self-sustaining. "The more leverage you take, the better you do; the better you do, the more leverage you take. A critical part of a bubble is the reinforcement you get for your very optimistic view from those around you." It's something to think about the next time you hear someone tell you that the stock market will keep rising simply because the world economy is doing so well. That would make sense only if we were paying a constant price for each unit of world GDP, instead of higher and higher prices for one slice of that GDP -- equity.

Grantham concludes that every asset class is expensive today compared with historic averages and compared with the cost of replacing it.

 

(4-27-07) STAGFLATION AS INFLATION ABOVE EXPECTATIONS (HIGHEST IN 16 YEARS), WEAK GROWTH BELOW EXPECTATIONS, Worthless Dollar Down, then there was also the Weimar Republic, the pre-1929 crash rally, but this is far worse. LEGENDARY VALUE INVESTOR JEREMY GRANTHAM, CHAIRMAN OF BOSTON FIRM GRANTHAM MAYO VAN OTTERLOO, SAYS WE ARE NOW SEEING THE FIRST WORLDWIDE BUBBLE IN HISTORY COVERING ALL ASSET CLASSES. First, realize that the criminal americans lie about everything, especially for money. One expert says that with near record lows against the Euro, Pound, etc., the translation into worthless dollars by multi-nationals artificially inflates profits/stock prices, but that is only part of the story. The Euro Next union brings the fraud to the european exchange rates, much like the carry trades in a ponzi-like commissionable paper scheme in Asia, which ultimately reverts to the mean (arbitrage) and as greenspan says, can’t last and will unravel into what would be tantamount to hot potato/musical chairs with someone holding the bag/precipitous decline/wiped out. The expert also correctly points out that there is now a total disconnect between the market and the u.s. economy which has and will continue to decline/weaken. The fact is also that although superior to the u.s., there are substantial structural problems inherent to the European economies. So absurd was this surge (like nutcase dumbya’s) that the higher oil prices rallied the transports.....riiiiight! Lunatic frauds on wall street rally on as bad business news can get, sales of previously owned homes take biggest tumble in two decades, consumer confidence down sharply , b**l s**t  (including fake economic reports-they lie about everything), higher oil prices, and, ie.,  ignoring reality regarding,  erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 15, S&P down 1, and NASDAQ up 3, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Economy Crawls, Raising Recession Fears

AP - The worst economic growth in four years is raising concern that troubles in the U.S. housing market will spread and throw the country into a recession before the year is out.

FDA Agents Raid Pet Food Plant, Offices AP
Adviser Ordered to Start Fraud Sentence AP
AT&T CEO Whitacre Says He Will Retire AP
FDA Rejects Merck's Vioxx Successor AP

The major averages finished mixed and relatively flat Friday as investors looked lethargic closing out another impressive week of sizable gains fueled by this quarter's busiest week of earnings. Nonetheless, sellers armed with a weak GDP report, a mixed batch of earnings, and surging oil prices tried to fight the market's underlying bullish trend only to come up short, again.As has been the case throughout the Dow's virtually unabated month-long run into record territory, gains from just a handful of blue chips were just enough to help the average finish higher for the 19th time in 21 tries.Follow-through momentum in 3M Co (MMM 81.72 +1.27), and Honeywell (HON 54.87 +1.18) soaring 2.2% to a multi-year high, accounted for the bulk of the price-weighted index's advance; but fellow component Microsoft (MSFT 30.08 +0.98) was the day's headliner and Dow's best performer. Last night, the tech bellwether posted a 65% jump in Q3 profits that were a record amid strong Vista sales and provided reassuring guidance. A quiet 1.7% surge in shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO 26.99 +0.44), a suggested holding in the Briefing.com Active Portfolio, provided additional sector support. Dell (DELL 25.21 +0.30) was another tech winner, jumping 1.2% after CEO Michael Dell sent an email to the company's employees outlining steps to "re-ignite" growth. Minimizing the tech sector's performance, though, was weakness across the board from chip stocks after Broadcom (BRCM 33.40 -1.46) said it has limited visibility into near-term results. That news ran counter to what larger competitor Texas Instruments (TXN 34.79 -0.37) said earlier in the week. The PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index surged 3.1% on Tuesday after TXN cited improved demand predicated on the end to last year's inventory correction.The biggest surprise of the day was the economically-sensitive Industrial sector's ability to shrug off a weaker than expected advance read of 1.3% on Q1 GDP. While the data served as a reminder that the decent earnings trends for Q1 may not continue into Q2 and Q3, investors already anticipating signs of a slowdown and perhaps another round of supportive M&A news come Monday found just enough momentum to look past the dated nature of the GDP data.The Industrial sector got its biggest lift from a 2.7% surge in Dow component General Electric (GE 36.79 +0.95), which moved after a Citigroup analyst said GE should spin off its NBC and GE Money units. Environmental Services was the day's best performing S&P industry group (+7.6%) after Waste Management (WMI 38.21 +2.86) followed up a 19% rise in Q1 profits by raising its full-year forecasts. Construction & Farming was another source of sector support, getting a huge lift from Cummins Inc. (CMI 96.15 +10.16). The stock soared 12% to an all-time high after it handily beat expectations and boosted its FY07 profit outlook. DJ30 +15.44 NASDAQ +2.75 SP500 -0.18 NASDAQ Dec/Adv/Vol 1836/1166/2.11 bln NYSE Dec/Adv/Vol 1854/1392/1.40 bln

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

 

Jeremy Grantham: All the World's a Bubble
By Brett Arends

How high will the Dow go? 15,000? 20,000? How about 36,000? While euphoria sweeps stock markets here and worldwide, there are at least a few voices of dissent. One, unsurprisingly, is legendary value investor Jeremy Grantham -- the man Dick Cheney, plus a lot of other rich people, trusts with his money. Grantham, chairman of Boston firm Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo, has been a voice of caution for years. But he has upped his concerns in his latest letter to shareholders. Grantham says we are now seeing the first worldwide bubble in history covering all asset classes.

Everything is in bubble territory, he says.

Everything.

 

(4-26-07) There was the Weimar Republic, the pre-1929 crash rally, but this is far worse. First, realize that the criminal americans lie about everything, especially for money. One expert says that with near record lows against the Euro, Pound, etc., the translation into worthless dollars by multi-nationals artificially inflates profits/stock prices, but that is only part of the story. The Euro Next union brings the fraud to the european exchange rates, much like the carry trades in a ponzi-like commissionable paper scheme in Asia, which ultimately reverts to the mean (arbitrage) and as greenspan says, can’t last and will unravel into what would be tantamount to hot potato/musical chairs with someone holding the bag/precipitous decline/wiped out. The expert also correctly points out that there is now a total disconnect between the market and the u.s. economy which has and will continue to decline/weaken. The fact is also that although superior to the u.s., there are substantial structural problems inherent to the European economies. So absurd was this surge (like nutcase dumbya’s) that the higher oil prices rallied the transports.....riiiiight! Lunatic frauds on wall street rally on as bad business news can get, sales of previously owned homes take biggest tumble in two decades, consumer confidence down sharply , b**l s**t  (including fake economic reports-they lie about everything), higher oil prices, and, ie.,  ignoring reality regarding,  erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 15, S&P down 1, and NASDAQ up 6, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Microsoft's Vista Sales Boost 3Q Profit

AP - Windows Vista buoyed Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly results, easing fears that the new operating system is too pricey, requires too many hardware upgrades and doesn't work with other companies' applications.

Exxon Mobil 1Q Profit Rises 10 Percent AP
Oil Prices Climb Above $65 a Barrel AP
No Charges Against Frist in Stock Sale AP
Ford 1Q Loss Narrows As Revenue Rises AP

With the Dow soaring more than 800 points over the last four weeks, logging gains in 18 of the last 20 sessions, and finally eclipsing the psychologically significant 13,000 mark yesterday, it wasn't surprising to see blue chips take a bit of a breather Thursday. Nonetheless, a sizable gain from one of the price-weighted index's most expensive names again helped the Dow close at a new all-time high. Before the bell, 3M Co. (MMM 80.52 +3.55) handily topped Wall Street forecasts with a 52% rise in Q1 profits and reaffirmed its FY07 outlook, becoming the Dow's best performer. In fact, if it weren't for a 4.6% rally in 3M shares, the Dow would have closed in negative territory. Fellow Dow component General Motors (GM 32.40 1.33) was the index's next best performer, surging 4.3% after rival Ford Motor (F 8.21 +0.33) posted a narrower than expected Q1 loss that gave investors hope that GM will also surprise the street. Despite a late-day downturn in oil prices, Exxon Mobil (XOM 80.56 +0.64) turning in a commendable performance was also noteworthy. The world's largest publicly-traded component closed at a new all-time high after shareholders applauded better than expected earnings even though the average price of U.S. crude was 8% lower in Q1 versus last year.Of the four sectors finishing with gains, Technology was really the only bright spot following a blowout report from Apple (AAPL 98.84 +3.49). Last night, Apple posted an 88% jump in Q2 earnings on robust iPod sales and surged as much as 7.5% intraday before finishing at an all-time high. Turning in an even better performance on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, though, was Amazon.com (AMZN 62.78 +5.97), which tacked a 10.5% gain onto yesterday's giant 27% surge.

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-25-07) There was the Weimar Republic, the pre-1929 crash rally, but this is far worse. First, realize that the criminal americans lie about everything, especially for money. One expert says that with near record lows against the Euro, Pound, etc., the translation into worthless dollars by multi-nationals artificially inflates profits/stock prices, but that is only part of the story. The Euro Next union brings the fraud to the european exchange rates, much like the carry trades in a ponzi-like commissionable paper scheme in Asia, which ultimately reverts to the mean (arbitrage) and as greenspan says, can’t last and will unravel into what would be tantamount to hot potato/musical chairs with someone holding the bag/precipitous decline/wiped out. The expert also correctly points out that there is now a total disconnect between the market and the u.s. economy which has and will continue to decline/weaken. The fact is also that although superior to the u.s., there are substantial structural problems inherent to the European economies. So absurd was this surge (like nutcase dumbya’s) that the higher oil prices rallied the transports.....riiiiight! Lunatic frauds on wall street rally on as bad business news can get, sales of previously owned homes take biggest tumble in two decades, consumer confidence down sharply , b**l s**t  (including fake economic reports-they lie about everything), higher oil prices, and, ie.,  ignoring reality regarding,  erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 135.95, S&P up 15.01, and NASDAQ up 23.35, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Investors Hope for Continued Rise on Dow
AP - With the Dow Jones industrial average moving past the 13,000 mark for the first time, investors will likely be searching for a catalyst to send the markets higher.

Nissan's 1Q Profit Plunges 54 Percent AP
Oil Prices Hover Near $66 a Barrel AP
Delta to Exit Bankruptcy Next Week AP
China: U.S. to Help Probe Wheat Gluten AP

Finally, the wait is over, as the attraction of a psychologically important number such as 13,000 on the Dow helped underpin a bullish bias right out of the gate and well into the close. All three major indices finished just off their highs but averaged a one-day gain of roughly 1.0%.While corporate profits continued to pour in better than analysts' lowered expectations, arming the bulls with enough momentum to power the Dow further into record territory, it is worth noting that news other than earnings also had a profound effect on the blue-chip index. Alcoa (AA 35.76 +1.81) soared 5.3% after saying it will explore the possible sale of its packaging unit. Another example was IBM (IBM 101.46 +2.97), which nearly matched yesterday's surprise 3.4% surge following very upbeat buyback news.Nonetheless, more evidence that Wall Street analysts were overly pessimistic going into the Q1 earnings season continued to provide a floor of support for stocks even though economic trends remain worrisome.On the economic front, March durable goods rose a stronger than expected 3.4%, boosted significantly by aircraft orders which also helped Boeing (BA 94.69 +1.02) shareholders look past management's conservative guidance. Even though the headline durable goods number combined with an upward revision to the February figure still doesn't wipe out the huge 8.8% drop in January, investors found solace in the fact that core capital equipment orders bounced back after two months of declines with a healthy 4.7% increase. Non-defense capital goods orders excluding transportation provide a clearer read on underlying business investment.Investors were also eyeing the Fed's Beige Book to see what it may or may not say about the economy. However, after the report to be used at the May 9 FOMC meeting showed "modest or moderate" expansion, "only modest overall wage increases," and generally stable consumer prices, stocks caught another wave of buying interest.A bidding war taking shape that is likely to result in the largest banking deal ever was also noteworthy. Brokerage stocks got a lift after a consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland announced a $98 bln counterbid to Barclays' (BCS 58.47 +1.62) $91 bln offer for ABN Amro (ABN 49.77 +2.37) earlier in the week.With the market already questioning whether gasoline supplies will be sufficient by the start of the summer driving season, an 11th straight weekly decline in inventories, and refinery utilization falling to 87.8%, boosting oil prices nearly 2.0%, still wasn't enough to deter investors. Crude for June delivery closed near $65.80/bbl.  The Energy sector surged more than 2.0%, providing some influential leadership as the day's best performing sector.Technology also provided notable leadership to the upside as investors scooped up bellwethers like Apple (AAPL 95.34 +2.10) and Qualcomm (QCOM 45.34 +0.98) in anticipation of more earnings surprises in the what is expected to be one of the largest contributors to profit growth on the S&P 500 this year.Consumer Discretionary was another bright spot Wednesday, getting its biggest boost from Amazon.com (AMZN 56.81 +12.06), which soared 27% after management raised its full-year outlook and said Q1 profits more than doubled. DJ30 +135.95 NASDAQ +23.35 SP500 +15.01 NASDAQ Dec/Adv/Vol 1251/1827/2.69 bln NYSE Dec/Adv/Vol 943/2329/1.67 bln

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-24-07) Lunatic frauds on wall street rally on as bad business news can get, sales of previously owned homes take biggest tumble in two decades, consumer confidence down sharply , b**l s**t  (including fake economic reports-they lie about everything), higher oil prices, and, ie.,  ignoring reality regarding,  erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 34.54, S&P down .52, and NASDAQ up .87, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Options Troubles at Apple Remain
AP - Apple Inc., on a tear with its popular iPod players and Macintosh computers, is expected to report strong quarterly results Wednesday but will face lingering worries over the role its iconic CEO played in its stock options backdating troubles.

Amazon.com 1Q Profit More Than Doubles AP
GM Says Profit More Important Than Sales AP
Sun Microsystems Rings Up 3Q Profit AP
Stocks Recover, Close Mixed on Earnings AP

     Today’s market close was such a joke, no further commentary is warranted.

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-23-07) Lunatic frauds on wall street only modestly lower relative to reality, b**l s**t  (including fake economic reports-they lie about everything), higher oil prices, and, ie.,  ignoring reality regarding,  erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average down 42.58, S&P down 3.42, and NASDAQ down 2.72, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Toyota Tops GM in 1Q Global Auto Sales
AP - Toyota Motor Corp. became the world's top auto seller in the first three months of the year, passing rival General Motors Corp. for the first time, the Japanese automaker said Tuesday.

Dr Pepper Hopes MTV Show Will Sell Soda AP
Boston Scientific Profit Falls 64 Pct. AP
Texas Instruments Shares Surge 9.4 Pct. AP
China: U.S. Piracy Complaint May Hurt Ties AP

  Stocks closed modestly lower Tuesday as a market ripe for a pullback lacked the overwhelming evidence necessary to extend recent market gains. With the Dow closing at record highs over the previous three sessions and garnering its entire 4% year-to-date advance over the last three weeks, it wasn't surprising to see investors take some money off the table. The Dow came within 16 points of hitting the 13,000 milestone earlier in the day, getting a lift from analyst upgrades on IBM (IBM 95.27 +0.69) and Caterpillar (CAT 71.85 +0.03), two of the price-weighted index's most expensive names.However, valuation concerns that prompted analyst downgrades on ExxonMobil (XOM 79.24 -0.52) and Pfizer (PFE 26.35 -0.62), coupled with an afternoon sell-off in fellow Dow component General Motors (GM 30.68 -1.00), pushed the Dow into the red for good. GM's Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said there has been some spillover of the mortgage industry meltdown into the auto business, giving investors another reason to question the sustainability of the market's recent run-up.As if valuations weren't already posing a concern, oil prices surging 2.6% and flirting with $66/bbl acted as an additional headwind for the bulls. Crude for June delivery closed at $65.77/bbl amid potential supply disruptions from Nigeria following its presidential elections over the weekend. Oil's rise did lure investors into energy names; but ExxonMobil's substantial influence on the sector offset gains in everything from Drillers to Refiners.Other news getting overshadowed Monday was another wave of M&A. Barclays PLC (BCS 58.27 -1.73) finally unveiled a proposal to acquire ABN Amro NV (ABN 48.16 -1.13) for $91 bln while AstraZeneca PLC (AZN 56.00 -3.04) said it will buy MedImmune (MEDI 56.57 +8.56) for $15.6 bln. While both deals offered some reassurance that companies remain confident about the business climate, the fact that Friday's rally was fueled in part by anticipation Monday would bring another round of supportive M&A activity, and that both deals had been rumored for weeks, resulted in a muted response from investors. As a reminder, MedImmune said it was exploring strategic alternatives on April 12 while Barclays confirmed talks with ABN Amro over a potential blockbuster merger in March.The absence of leadership from Financials and Technology, which only trailed Telecom as today's worst performing sectors, were among the biggest reasons behind the market taking a breather. Better than expected earnings from both sectors last week were among the catalysts for the market's outperformance.Utilities was the only sector that finished in positive territory; but a 0.7% advance on one of the S&P 500's least influential sectors, and an area defensive in nature no less, merely underscored the hesitation on the part of buyers Monday. BTK +1.5% DJ30 -42.58 DJTA -0.9% DJUA +0.6% DOT -0.1% NASDAQ -2.72 NQ100 +0.2% R2K -0.2% SOX -0.7% SP400 +0.2% SP500 -3.42 XOI +0.1% NASDAQ Dec/Adv/Vol 1766/1294/1.93 bln NYSE Dec/Adv/Vol 1718/1551/1.38 bln

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-20-07) Lunatic frauds on wall street rallying on short-covering, b**l s**t  (including fake economic reports-they lie about everything), higher oil prices, and, ie.,  ignoring reality regarding,  erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 153.35, S&P up 13.62, and NASDAQ up 21.04, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Los Angeles Times to Cut About 150 Jobs AP
McDonald's 1Q Profit Climbs 22 Percent AP
World Bank Panel to Discuss Wolfowitz AP
Ruling Puts Texas Vioxx Lawsuits on Hold AP

  Stocks charged out of the gate Friday as buyers rallied around another batch of better than expected quarterly results while sellers, expecting a worst-case scenario for the Q1 earnings season, ran for cover. For a third straight day the Dow closed in record territory, just 38 points away from hitting the 13,000 milestone, and finished the week up 2.8%. The S&P 500, whose five-day winning streak was snapped yesterday, turned in the next best performance among the majors, while the Nasdaq, fresh off its third consecutive decline, closed just below a new six-year high. All 10 economic sectors closed higher. With analysts ratcheting their Q1 EPS growth estimates down from almost 9% three months ago to just above 3%, and several influential names being eyed for more clarity about growth prospects, Caterpillar (CAT 71.82 +3.20) was among the day's biggest surprises after handily topping Wall Street expectations and raising its full-year outlook. Fellow Dow component Honeywell (HON 51.40 +2.34) turned in an even stronger performance, soaring 4.8% to a multi-year high after posting a 21% rise in Q1 earnings and then boosting its 2007 guidance as well. Providing additional support for the Industrials sector were transportation stocks, which completely ignored a 2.7% surge in oil prices. The Dow Jones Transportation Average, an economically-sensitive proxy, also closed at an all-time high. Taking full advantage of higher oil prices, though, was Energy. Crude for May delivery, which expired today, surged 2.7% to $ 63.52/bbl amid growing worries that tomorrow's presidential election in Nigeria, one of the biggest sources of U.S. oil imports, may result in possible shipment disruptions. As the day's best performing sector, its biggest boost came from a 3.0% surge in Exxon Mobil (XOM 79.76 +2.30), which reports earnings next week. Schlumberger (SLB 75.03 +0.71) posting a 63% jump in Q1 profits provided some sense that sector estimates are too low. Evidently, surging oil prices didn't completely upset consumers.  The Consumer Discretionary sector also provided some notable upside leadership. Auto Parts & Equipment (+5.6%) was the day's best performing S&P industry group as shareholders applauded a 38% jump in Q2 net profits on record sales from Johnson Controls (JCI 102.25 +4.65). Specialty Consulting Services (+3.2%) ranked second among the more than 130 S&P industry groups to post gains. H&R Block (HRB 22.56 +0.73), a suggested holding in our Active Portfolio, reached an agreement to sell its OptionOne subprime mortgage businesss.Further proof that first quarter profit growth won't be as dismal as so many on Wall Street initially feared was also witnessed in Technology, a sector pegged to be a significant contributor to earnings growth this year. Last night, Google (GOOG 482.91 +11.26) beat analysts' estimates for the 10th time in 11 tries since going public with a 69% surge in Q1 profits.  Its blowout quarter helped to restore some confidence among tech investors. Above average volume, due in part to options expiration, and the market closing near session highs, set a good tone entering the weekend. Given the slightly negative market breadth over the last three sessions, a decidedly bullish sentiment today was also encouraging. Advancers outpaced decliners on the NYSE by a 3-to-1 margin while those on the Nasdaq held a 2-to-1 edge. BTK +1.1% DJ30 12961.98 DJTA +0.8% DJUA +1.0% DOT +0.6% NASDAQ 2526.39 NQ100 +0.7% R2K +1.2% SOX +0.2% SP400 +1.0% SP500 1484.35 XOI +1.5% NASDAQ Dec/Adv/Vol 944/2076/2.17 bln NYSE Dec/Adv/Vol 729/2517/1.82 bln

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-19-07) What a joke the lunatic frauds on wall street are by rallying on b**l s**t alone (including fake economic reports-they lie about everything), and, ie.,  ignoring reality regarding,  erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 5, S&P down 2, and NASDAQ down 5, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Nacchio Convicted of 19 of 42 Charges
AP - Joe Nacchio, a former AT&T executive tapped to transform Qwest Communications into a major telecommunications competitor, was convicted Thursday of 19 of 42 insider trading charges after one-time top executives described his relentless drive to meet revenue projections without revealing financial risks.

Google 1Q Profit Rises 69 Percent AP
Stocks Flat on Economic, Earnings News AP
Merrill Lynch 1Q Profit Jumps 31 Percent AP
China Economy Surges 11 Percent AP

  With conviction on the part of buyers lagging all day and the Dow closing in record territory a day earlier, it wasn't surprising to see the blue-chip index take a bit of a breather Thursday. Be that as it may, the blue-chip index still eked out enough of a gain to extend its winning streak to six and close at another new all-time high. The major averages finished mixed for a third straight session as the tech-heavy Nasdaq languished again as investors remained cautious ahead of more key earnings reports.It is worth noting, though, that things could have been a lot worse, given the decidedly bearish tone coming into today's trading. Before the bell, the market had all of the makings for round two, albeit a much less dramatic sequel, of the Shanghai sell-off that triggered widespread panic on February 27. Higher than expected GDP and CPI reports from China initially renewed concerns about the Chinese government stepping up its efforts to curb speculative buying interest with a possible rate hike.The news roiled overseas markets as Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.7%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index plunged 2.3% and the once unknown Shanghai stock exchange tumbled 4.5%. Fortunately for the bulls, fears of a possible unwinding in the yen carry trade and resurgence in risk aversion, similar to that exhibited throughout the month of March in the aftermath of the Asian contagion, continued to subside as the day wore on. The European bourses as well as the major U.S. averages posted only fractional declines.From a leadership standpoint, six of 10 sectors posted losses. Energy (-1.0%) paced the way lower as a 2.1% drop in oil prices diminished the desire to own the likes of explorers and refiners. Crude for May delivery, which expires tomorrow, closed near $61.80/bbl following reports that Enbridge resumed shipments through a previously shutdown pipeline from Canada, last year's biggest source of U.S. crude-oil imports.Evidently lower oil prices did little to excite consumers as the Discretionary turned in the day's second worst performance. Everything from retailers to autos to cable companies were weak, but hotels were the sector's biggest disappointment after Marriott International (MAR 48.12 -3.75) issued disappointing RevPAR guidance.With Google's (GOOG 471.27 -4.74) earnings out after the close, and rival Yahoo! (YHOO 27.50 -0.80) shocking Wall Street yesterday with its disappointing Q1 report, Technology was in focus again Thursday. Yahoo! tacked a nearly 3% decline onto yesterday's 11% drubbing while eBay (EBAY 33.16 -1.29) also weighed heavily on the Internet Services group. A suggested holding in the Briefing.com Active Portfolio, eBay posted a 52% rise in Q1 profits and raised its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts; but with expectations running high ahead of its report last night, investors were tempted to lock in some of its 15% year-to-date advance. One bright spot for tech was Intel (INTC 21.81 +0.46), another suggested holding which surged 2.2% after being upgraded. Intel was an integral reason the Dow hit a new record again and why the tech sector's decline was minimal.On the positive side of things, Health Care was the day's standout, with the bulk of sector support coming from Biotech (+3.4%), today's best performing S&P industry group. Amgen (AMGN 62.32 +2.31) staged a relief rally following upbeat results from a study regarding its blockbuster Aranesp drug while investors also applauded an upbeat Q1 report from Gilead Sciences (GILD 81.67 +3.24). BTK +0.7% DJ30 +4.79 DJTA +0.7% DJUA -0.4% DOT -0.6% NASDAQ -5.15 R2K -0.8% SOX +0.5% SP400 -0.4% SP500 -1.77 XOI -0.8% NASDAQ Dec/Adv/Vol 1988/1023/2.04 bln NYSE Dec/Adv/Vol 2122/1117/1.48 bln

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-18-07) New Moon and what a joke the lunatic frauds on wall street are by rallying on b**l s**t alone, and, ie.,  ignoring reality regarding,  erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 30, S&P up 1, and NASDAQ down 6, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Dow Closes Above 12,800 for First Time
AP - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 12,800 for the first time Wednesday, signaling Wall Street's recovery from its steep decline in February as investors rewarded companies with strong earnings.

Kraft's 1Q Profits Drop 30 Percent AP
Clear Channel Accepts Higher $19.35B Bid AP
EBay Boosts 1Q Profit by 52 Percent AP
Gap Clothes to Grace Cover of Vogue AP

   The indices finished mixed for a second straight day and, in similar fashion to Tuesday's performance, the bulk of buying interest was dictated by gains in just a handful of blue chips. The Dow closed at an historic high, but all three major averages finished the day well off their best levels of the session. A day after a tame read on consumer inflation and solid earnings from two Dow components helped the index briefly eclipse its all-time closing high of 12,786.64, the absence of any potentially troubling economic data and two more of the Dow 30 announcing upbeat quarterly results, alongside some other upbeat blue-chip news, helped power the Dow to its best finish ever.As evidenced by the 1.0% rally in Financials, a nearly 4% surge in shares of Dow component JPMorgan Chase (JPM 52.07 +1.89) was the biggest story of the day. The financial services giant soared to a six-year high after handily beating analysts' expectations with record results, authorizing a $10 bln buyback, and raising its dividend for the first time in six years. Its report helped renew enthusiasm throughout the recently beaten-down and heavily-weighted Financials sector.The only other influential sector attracting buyers, and telling the rest of the story behind today's move into uncharted territory for the Dow, was Industrials. Boeing (BA 93.88 +3.43) surged almost 4% to an all-time high following reports it is the sole bidder for a $2.5 bln South Korean fighter contract. Fellow Dow component Caterpillar (CAT 69.48 +1.82) climbed almost 3% on the back of an analyst upgrade two days before it reports earnings. Boeing's gain alone accounted for almost the entire gain on the Dow.Technology was also in focus after Dow component Intel (INTC 21.37 +0.39) kicked things off last night with its Q1 report. Intel, a suggested holding in the Briefing.com Active Portfolio, posted an in-line report and revenues were a bit light; but management raising gross margin guidance for the full year helped restore investor confidence in its leadership position. Also helping Semiconductors turn in one of the day's best performances was Linear Technology (LLTC 36.05 +3.93), which soared 12% as shareholders applauded its $3 bln stock buyback program.However, given such high expectations being priced into Yahoo! (YHOO 28.31 -3.78) shares of late, first quarter results falling short of forecasts on both the top and bottom lines revived worries that estimates for the tech sector are still overly optimistic. IBM (IBM 94.82 -2.30) was another tech blemish after an in-line report.  Its CFO saying the U.S. market showed signs of weakness prompted multiple analyst downgrades. The 2.4% decline on the Dow's highest priced stock offset what was shaping up to be an even stronger record performance for the price-weighted index. DJ30 +30.80 NASDAQ -6.45 SP500 +1.02 NASDAQ Dec/Adv/Vol 1797/1228/2.10 bln NYSE Dec/Adv/Vol 1850/1414/1.58 bln

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-17-07) New Moon and the lunatic frauds on wall street do what you expect lunatics to do, ie.,  ignore reality regarding,  erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 53, S&P up 3, and NASDAQ down 1, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Yahoo Disappointing 1Q Drags Down Stock
AP - Investors were falling in love with Yahoo Inc. again until the Internet icon's disheartening first-quarter results ruined the mood.

Intel 1Q Profit Surges 19 Percent AP
Late Filers Swamp TurboTax E-File System AP
IBM Meets 1Q Earnings Forecast AP
Seagate's 3rd-Quarter Profit Decline AP

   The major averages closed in split fashion Tuesday as investors weighed another round of upbeat earnings reports and tame inflation data against the temptation to lock in some of the market's recent gains. As a reminder, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have climbed roughly 3.6% on average during the month of April amid heightened expectations Wall Street analysts may have revised their earnings estimates too low.Meanwhile, with policy makers recently emphasizing their inflation concerns, and the monthly CPI report's ability to influence monetary decision making, early indications were signaling a lower start for stocks. The market's sizable gains a day earlier and the Dow less than 60 points away from its all-time closing high also contributed to the lack of buying interest at the onset of trading.Core consumer prices rising a lower than expected 0.1%, though, helped to ease renewed fears about pricing pressures and provided a floor of buying support. In the end, however, the soft number, coupled with rising energy costs that left total CPI with its biggest increase (+0.6%) since last April, did not exactly signal that inflation is back under control. The recent uptrend in energy prices threatens to raise overall inflation pressures and keep the core trends above Fed targets.Further proof of stabilization in housing, following unexpected 0.8% increases in monthly starts and permits, was also encouraging; but the data merely prompted bargain-hunting interest in Homebuilding (+2.8%), this year's worst performing S&P industry group (-17.9%).The bigger story Tuesday was earnings. Coca-Cola (KO 51.62 +1.35) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ 64.60 +1.58), which topped Wall Street expectations, were the biggest reasons behind the Dow briefly eclipsing its all-time closing high of 12,786.64 (Feb.20). While both blue chips acted as notable sources of support for their respective Consumer Staples and Health Care sectors, the defensive nature of both stocks suggested there was less conviction in today's follow-through buying efforts. Coca-Cola and J&J accounted for nearly half of the Dow's 52-point advance.Technology was also in focus as investors placed their bets on solid earnings reports from tech bellwethers like IBM (IBM 97.16 +0.98) and Intel (INTC 20.97 +0.28). Average gains of more than 1.0% from each Dow component, which were scheduled to report after the bell, accounted for another 10 Dow points. DJ30 +52.58 NASDAQ -1.38 SP500 +3.01 NASDAQ Dec/Adv/Vol 1751/1278/1.92 bln NYSE Dec/Adv/Vol 1685/1589/1.47 bln

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-16-07) The lunatic frauds on wall street prove they are a joke,  ignore reality regarding, erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs and earnings down 11% but stock rallies, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 108.33, S&P up 15.62, and NASDAQ up 26.39, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Restructuring Cuts Citi's 1Q Profit
AP - Despite strong growth in revenue, profit at Citigroup Inc. fell 11 percent in the first quarter as the nation's largest financial institution took a charge to cover a massive restructuring aimed at improving earnings.

Stocks Rise Amid Profit, Economic News AP
Cuomo Settles With Student Lender AP
$2.8 Million Verdict Against Allstate AP
ConocoPhillips, Tyson Team on Project AP

   Stocks rallied Monday as investors applauded a batch of better-than-expected earnings, some M&A activity and encouraging economic data. With the S&P 500 finishing Friday above its closing price the day before the global sell-off on February 27, broad-based gains helped the Dow and Nasdaq follow suit. All 10 economic sectors closed in positive territory.With the market exhibiting a fair amount of optimism heading into what is still widely expected to be an uninspiring first quarter of earnings, the majority of reports this morning checking in better than expected offered some validation behind recent market gains. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq had climbed 2.4% on average over the last two weeks amid heightened expectations the first quarter won't be as bad as initially thought. Today's gains now leave all three indices up about 3.4% on average during the month of April alone.Citigroup (C 52.86 +1.26) beating Wall Street expectations topped today's list of earnings surprises, especially with so much nervousness surrounding financial stocks. The sector remains this year's biggest disappointment amid concerns stemming from a liquidity crisis and global recession to fears about subprime lending woes spilling over into the broader economy; but today's 2.1% advance helped erase most of its 2.9% year-to-date decline. That point aside, Briefing.com recently lowered its rating for the sector to Underweight.Fremont General (FMT 8.85 +1.80) finding a buyer for $2.9 bln in subprime loans provided additional relief, especially in the struggling Thrifts & Mortgage (+3.2%) space. Diversified Banks (+2.0%) was another bright spot after Wachovia (WB 55.14 +1.14) posted a 33% rise in Q1 profits and reminded shareholders it has a "very low amount" of subprime mortgages.More evidence of ample liquidity to help support the stock market also provided some reassurance about current valuations and made beaten-down Investment Banks & Brokers more attractive. SLM Corp (SLM 55.37 +8.61) confirmed it will be taken private for roughly $25 bln, a proposal that was better than the rumored $20 bln price tag that vaulted SLM shares 15% on Friday. Today's 18.4% surge in SLM shares earmarked Consumer Finance (+4.6%) as the day's second best performing S&P industry group.More M&A news, which is typical for a Monday morning, came from Google (GOOG 474.27 +7.98). The stock's 1.7% surge following reports that it will pay $3.1 bln for DoubleClick provided a big boost to the Tech sector. Health Care was another influential sector gaining ground Monday. Drug stocks got a lift after Eli Lilly (LLY 58.37 +1.49) followed up its solid Q1 earnings report by raising its full-year outlook. Boston Scientific (BSX 15.97 +0.96) soaring 6.4% after saying the FDA has lifted restrictions on its St. Paul plant provided additional sector support.On the economic front, March retail sales and sales, ex-autos, checked in better than expected while an upward revision to February sales provided further proof that consumer spending remains on track. With the market increasingly concerned about the pace of economic growth, especially in manufacturing, the April NY Empire State Index rebounding from its lowest level since May 2005 was also noteworthy. BTK +0.7% DJ30 +108.33 DJTA +1.4% DJUA +0.5% DOT +1.1% NASDAQ +26.39 NQ100 +0.9% R2K +1.4% SOX +0.3% SP400 +1.1% SP500 +15.62 NASDAQ Dec/Adv/Vol 875/2180/1.75 bln NYSE Dec/Adv/Vol 915/2353/1.42 bln

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-13-07) The lunatic frauds on wall street ignore reality regarding, erosion in consumer sentiment and one-year inflation expectations at the highest level in 8 months, rising food and energy costs, Systemic Recession The US is sliding into a long-term economic downturn, ChinaMerica America owned the 20th century, but it won't own the 21^st, Dollar Down, Gold to Soar ...Real Estate Fiz...Recession 2007 ...Catch 22 – Lower interest rates in u.s. would decimate already worthless dollar REALITY COURTESY OF http://www.trendsresearch.com, negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 59.17, S&P up 5.05, and NASDAQ up 11.62, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):

Google to Acquire DoubleClick for $3.1B
AP - Seeking to expand its already well-honed ability to sell targeted Internet advertisements, online search leader Google Inc. said it has agreed to pay $3.1 billion in cash to acquire ad-management technology company DoubleClick Inc.

P&G Wants Judge to Uphold Jury Award AP
Undocumented Meatpackers Fear Raids AP
Wal-Mart Board Urged to Probe Spy Claims AP
FCC Unveils Settlement With Radio Firms AP

   The major averages closed modestly higher Friday as some upbeat corporate news eventually helped investors look past mixed economic data.With the Fed recently increasing its attention on raw material prices as the chief influence on inflation, the market's early focus was on the March PPI report. Core PPI in March checking in unchanged was initially comforting; but the soft number, coupled with rising food and energy costs, did not exactly signal that inflation is back under control.Another report showing erosion in consumer sentiment and that one-year inflation expectations are at the highest level in eight months also sidelined the bulls in early action.Be that as it may, investors gradually embraced leadership in two of the S&P 500's most heavily-weighted sectors -- Financials and Health Care. The latter got a huge boost from Merck (MRK 50.20 +3.84), which opened up 6% at a three-year high after upside Q1 and FY07 EPS guidance prompted an upgrade from Goldman Sachs. By far today's best performing Dow component (+8.3%), Merck accounted for more than half of the Dow's 59-point advance.Financials garnered some early interest following reports that SLM Corp. (SLM 46.76 +6.01) could be taken private in a deal worth $30 bln, including debt. ABN AMRO (ABN 48.28 +2.49) confirming receipt of a joint letter from three potential acquirers late in the day gave the sector an added lift.It wasn't until news out of Cisco Systems (CSCO 26.65 +0.68) late in the session, though, that helped the Nasdaq finally break out of its intraday funk. After trading down as much as 1.2% in early trading, Cisco spiked more than 3.0% after its Chief Development Officer said the company is at the "high end" of sales forecasts and is in the "early phases" of an upgrade cycle.The news gave the market a late-day lift, especially among tech companies reeling from a handful of warnings that have placed the sector's growth prospects under scrutiny of late. Technology bounced 1.1% from its intraday lows. DJ30 +59.17 NASDAQ +11.62 SP500 +5.05 NASDAQ Dec/Adv/Vol 1119/1902/1.86 bln NYSE Dec/Adv/Vol 1306/1940/1.32 bln

TOP INVESTOR SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH
Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:56 EDT By Elif Kaban MOSCOW (Reuters) - Commodities investment guru Jim Rogers stepped into the U.S. subprime fray on Wednesday, predicting a real estate crash that would trigger defaults and spread contagion to emerging markets. You can't believe how bad it's going to get before it gets any better," the prominent U.S. fund manager told Reuters by telephone from New York. It's going to be a disaster for many people who don't have a clue about what happens when a real estate bubble pops. It is going to be a huge mess, said Rogers, who has put his $15 million belle epoque mansion on Manhattan's Upper West Side on the market and is planning to move to Asia. Worries about losses in the U.S. mortgage market have sent stock prices falling in Asia and Europe, with shares in financial services companies falling the most. Some investors fear the problems of lenders who make subprime loans to people with weak credit histories are spreading to mainstream financial firms and will worsen the U.S. housing slowdown. Real estate prices will go down 40-50 percent in bubble areas. There will be massive defaults. This time it'll be worse because we haven't had this kind of speculative buying in U.S. history, Rogers said. When markets turn from bubble to reality, a lot of people get burned.....

GREENSPAN SAYS JUMP, WALL STREET'S PEEVED Comments from the former Fed chief still rattle the markets, while many critics say he is contradicting previous statements.
 March 16 2007: 6:04 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alan Greenspan is causing more of a stir in retirement than he did as Fed chairman, shocking many investors with a radical make-over: irrepressible optimist turned curmudgeonly bear.Making matters worse, his critics contend that many of the troubles facing the U.S. economy - including growing tumult in the housing market - are a direct product of his prolonged policy of rock-bottom interest rates. His outlook was not always glum. On the contrary, Greenspan always seemed to be looking at the bright side when holding the economy together was part of his job description. This is what he had to say back in 2005 about the subprime mortgage market, where rising default rates have now sparked concern about a broader economic crisis: "Lenders are now able to quite efficiently judge the risk posed by individual applicants and to price that risk appropriately," he argued at the height of the housing boom. With many of those very same lenders now declaring bankruptcy, their efficiency in measuring risk now seems a lot less sturdy - making Greenspan's assessment seem off target. Greenspan: Yen 'carry trade' can't last

(4-12-07) The lunatic frauds on wall street ignore reality regarding negative inflation/economic data and continue their backward looking frenzied rally mode despite higher oil prices, unexpected jump in jobless claims, mortgage defaults highest in 37 years, retailers warning that April same-store sales will be weak, and the largest rise in import prices, Citigroup to cut 17000 jobs, national mortgage delinquency rate hit an all-time high of 2.87% in Q1, sentiment down, Fed Governor Mishkin saying the current rate of inflation remains too high, and on previous stellar employment report from government ...riiiiight!..., (what about the real $11 TRILLION unfunded social security/medicare unfunded liabilty by acturial/accounting), as previously u.s. auto sector sparks rally...riiiiight!..., despite previously experts acknowledging SEC must crackdown on rampant insider trading on M&A info, both services and manufacturing indices far below expectations, u.s. auto sales down, February existing home sales up but down 8.5% from previous year.....riiiiight!...previously, manufacturing index barely positive and substantially below expectations, producer prices up and above expectations, citing obfuscating mergers, higher oil prices, and a new way to scam the unwary public by unloading their worthless paper on workers through ESOPs, rally into the close building on previous stagflation report of high core rate of inflation, slightly higher spending on lower income, high oil prices and fake upward revision to GDP report (riiiiight! US GDP growth hobbled by stocks of unsold ) still relying on b**l s**t alone, even as Bernanke totally dashes wall street’s previous b.s. story underlying the previous week’s fraudulent up move based on b**l s**t alone and the paper paper chase/commissionable ponzi scheme continues (with borrowed funds) but will unwind/unravel as they always do, Home prices down/worst since '94, defaults up, new home sales unexpectedly down 3.9%.....it’s the weather say the frauds on wall street.....riiiiight!, home inventories up, oil prices up, leading indicators down again, existing home sales unexpectedly up.....right!, even as home inventories up as prices fell, warnings from the tech sector, all no problemo for the frauds on wall street, [fed heads, who’ve been printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they are (so much so that they’ve stopped reporting M3), remove words ‘additional firming’ is excuse for ridiculous mixed close as previously dollar precipitously fell on the news which is catch 22 as same is hyper-inflationary/stagflationary and dollar denominated assets fall in value], home construction unexpectedly up according to government report (riiiiight.....if you believe same.....I don’t) though permits down, lunatic frauds on wall street rally on the news, builder/construction sentiment down again and now below 50% reflecting reality, obfuscating mergers/b.s. to the rescue,  previous CPI (.4), wholesale (1.3 annualized 15.6), and core (.4) inflation rates far exceed expectations as worthless dollar and massive printing thereof and debt come home to roost, unexpected decline on the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index/disappointing NY Empire State Index, commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds continues,  blowout Q1 earnings report from wall street lunatic frauds morgan stanley, goldman sachs (daaaaah!) even as record foreclosure rate and retail sales below expectations, mergers obfuscate dismal picture, retail sales down (they say it’s the weather.....riiiiight.....how about consumer debt at record $2.41 trillion) jobs data from private (as opposed to government) entity below expectations (who would have thunk it!.....riiiiight! But wait; latest government data at expectations and above, revising past data as unemployment rate falls to 4.5%.....and says trade deficit trend changing..... riiiiight!), along with below expectations oil inventories which had spurred oil price rally, while productivity below expectations/wage costs higher and above expectations (very inflationary), no problemo for the lunatic frauds on wall street (what a joke wall street is!) who are maniacal as lunatics suckers short-covering ‘bear market/higher oil prices/fake economic reports/fed speak rally’ (based upon b**l s**t/fake reports even assuming fake growth rate though false, the decline of the fiat currency, the worthless dollar would negate same in real terms) (b.s. contrary to bernanke testimony before congress owing to previous implicit threat of prosecution for false statements)’ fueled by b**l s**t alone ridiculously rally into the close to suck the suckers in; ie., as the Dow Jones industrial average up 68.34, S&P up 8.93, and NASDAQ up 21.01, all very commissionable on heavy volume, as in final pre-election result push for bush, which fell very short but has provided the same pump-priming of the market as most recently seen in 1999 which ended quite badly even without the exacerbating effects of huge unsustainable and debilitating debt/deficits deferring/delaying/prolonging the inevitable reality even as entire domestic u.s. industries are rendered what is tantamount to defunct and with corporate welfare unwisely spent (war crimes, etc.). Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession..... FORECLOSURES AT RECORD PACE, retail sales below expectations. TOP INVESTOR, SOROS' PARTNER, SEES U.S. PROPERTY CRASH 3-16-07 Major Mortgage Lender On Bankruptcy's Doorstep... REIT New Century Financial (NEW 3.21, halted at 0)..... Everything is hunky doory says financial propaganda minister/comedian paulson (son of pat paulson?) while Moody’s says at least a 10% correction from fraudulent bubble highs is warranted/appropriate (I believe that to be a modest analytical view). Who would you believe? What do you expect a member of a failed administration to say? What’s changed? Nothing, as the frauds on wall street continue their commissionable ponzi scheme with borrowed (ie., japan, etc.) and suckers’ funds.  Real estate experts say the pain/damage will exceed that of prior downturns since the great depression. Bernanke responds to recession prediction with b**l s**t (to his small credit he begrudgingly admits to looming fiscal crisis). Top investor, Soros partner sees property crash: 'You can't believe how bad it's going to get'... Manufacturing activity in u.s. up say fake reports (what, paper/worthless dollars/ securities/packaging for imported goods/parts/components, etc.).  BROKERS AT 'TOP-TIER' FIRMS CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING SCHEME JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG. New home sales down 17%.....Durables down over seven percent. Are they going to fudge/falsify the GDP revision? Oil rise on US energy inventory data. Stagflation, fake reports understate fundamental weakness, higher oil prices rally. Housing starts down sharply, as investors, domestic and international, dramatically slow purchase of fiat currency/worthless us/dollar denominated stocks and bonds. Record real estate price slump; industrial production/utilization down. Record home price slump. Retail numbers at best (I don’t believe them for a second) just flat; massive layoffs at Chrysler; more government borrowing to paint false facade. Trade deficit up sharply and new record for all of 2006 - $763 billion (the market last rallied with previous month’s improvement, and rallies with worsening, everything else was typical wall street b**l s**t meaning and based on nothing, ie., m&a, upgrade, etc.). Default rates up again. HSBC Holdings, the world's third largest bank, warned that provisions for bad debt will be some 20% higher than previously thought. SEC launch of insider trading (pervasive on fraudulent wall street) probe just tip of the iceberg. Negative savings rate (highest since great depression), factory output down, home inventories highest since last crash, defaults up, gm and ford sales down 17% and 19%, deficits trade/budget, dollar down and going lower, january jobs data weaker than the consensus estimate and below the average gain of 153,000 per month for all of 2006 and viewed as bearish......but no problemo if you’re a lunatic fraud on wall street. Personal Savings at Lowest Point Since 1933-- Great Depression's low.  Fake economic growth report from the administration. Mergers and acquisitions continue to cloud the picture facilitating the fraud. Having beat fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street expectations with Record Loss of $12.7 Billion, the rally in Ford’s stock continues..... riiiiight! Fake numbers also a plus. Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7 Billion.....stock rallies on the news.....riiiiight! P/E ratios far beyond the mean particularly for this stage in the cycle for selected securities (ie., 80+, etc.). Higher oil prices and fake indicators report spark rally.....riiiiight! Report on leading economic indicators is delayed (very unusual unless you understand the greater complexity in fudging same.....not to worry, fans of frauds on wall street.....the lunatic frauds will also get their churn-and-earn commission dollars on the way down). Fed Chairman Bernanke begins to euphemistically discuss reality on capital hill. PAPER: Condo market in DC, Vegas, Miami and Boston has collapsed... Euro displaces dollar in bond markets... 13 charged in Wall Street insider trading ring CNN International Higher oil prices and fake numbers spurs rally. More fake job numbers (at best, hamburger helpers, etc.). Foreclosures Rip Neighborhoods in Denver. Yahoo profit falls 61% but rallies 6% on b**l s**t alone.  Insider-Trading Ring Bust in US Fuels Hedge-Fund Concerns. Jawboning by kohn of print-those-worthless-dollars fed raises market.....riiiiight! The ism services index fell, but that was down from an unexpectedly and fake strong read a month earlier, manufacturing index up slightly to 51.4 (they must be counting hamburgers as manufactured goods in u.s......riiiiight!) but fed knows they’ve been printing worthless dollars like mad which of course is hyperinflationary and will come home to roost, along with huge debt/deficits, trade and budget, Stores Report Disappointing Dec. Sales, Gap Woes Deepen in Bleak Holiday Season. Ford and GM auto sales down 13%. More reports in defiance of reality, oil prices up, Dollar Slides..., every intelligent analyst/economist knows that the new home sales number from the government is a total lie that will be revised downward later, that the options scandals are pervasive in fraudulent america (100 investigations just tip of the iceberg), oil stocks continue to rally on lower oil prices, as previously on pipeline explosion in Nigeria, spill in Gulf, and sanctions for Iran, and sharp FALL in oil prices.....riiiiight!.....predictions of disappointing retail sales even with fire-sale discounted prices,..... Highest increase (2%) in 30 years for the wholesale price index, and as well, the core ppi (1.3%), GDP growth less than expected at 2%, dollar sharply lower, oil prices up, building permits down, all unexpectedly bad but great news in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. New Record Quarterly Trade Deficit initially spurred lunatic market rally along with obfuscating but very commissionable merger activity. Core inflation a very unexpected unchanged .....riiiiight!.....spurs superstitious, devoid of reality, santa rally.  Investment Banks Post Record 2006 Profit .....daaaaah! Churning and earning on worthless paper, where is that commission dollar coming from even as america has ceded solvency/leadership in every economic measure. Even at the lofty record numbers the indices are worth roughly half their value based on precipitous fall of the dollar in only 5 years with further downside to go. Superstitious ‘Santa Claus rally’.....riiiiight! High oil price rally.....riiiiight!  Total  bulls**t ! Retail sales up a very unexpected 1%, riiiiight, at the same time inventories of such goods rising substantially (do you think they’re booking sales to ‘straw men/companies’.....I do!) and oil inventories down. Fake employment numbers (from the government.....riiiiight!) the impetus for previous b.s. rally despite falling sentiment and uptick in unemployment. The ism services index (financed by unsustainable deficit/debt spending and pushing/commissioning worthless paper) and jawboning/bulls**t from the housing industry (the end is near.....riiiiight!), obfuscating mergers continued to cloud the picture, closely-watched core-PCE deflator had risen a more than expected 0.2%, second sub-50 reading on manufacturing activity in as many sessions-the November ISM index unexpectedly fell to 49.5 (consensus 52.0), Chicago PMI fell to its lowest level (49.9%) in October, and below the 50 level, indicating contraction, crude prices up  (OIL PRICES RISE ABOVE $63 A BARREL...), DOLLAR RESUMES SLIDE, Fed Chairman Bernanke & Co. cheerleading/jawboning/bulls**t, 3.2% decline in new home sales, oil inventories down and oil prices up, oil producers shun the dollar, Russia and Opec shift revenues into euros, yen and sterling..., all very bad news anywhere but in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Durable goods orders fell sharply, sentiment down, but supposedly used home sales rose slightly (riiiiight.....who says; the realtors/government who have been talking up this bubble market?) albeit at sharply lower prices. DOLLAR PLUNGES TO NEAR 15-YEAR LOW  In other words, no good news to justify the ridiculous up move by the alice-in-wonderland frauds of wall street. Worthless dollar, triple deficits, stock/options scandals/corruption, as some speculate that fed is behind purchases/manipulation (through proxy) of worthless american paper now being shunned by more rational market players abroad.  MARKETS ROCKED BY LONG OVERDUE BUT STILL MODEST RELATIVE TO REALITY SHARP SLIDE IN DOLLAR...There has never been a time since 1929 when stock prices and p/e ratios were so irrationally high for this point in a bull cycle in this indisputable secular bear market, particularly with the existing unprecedented structural economic problems, ie., trade and budget deficits, worthless dollar, scandals, fraud, corruption , etc.. In fact, unemployment unexpectedly rose substantially and consumer sentiment unexpectedly but similarly realistically fell, both very negative exept in the  fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Indeed, the housing bubble bursting with ie., unexpected 14% decline in starts/permits, etc., led to rally in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland world of wall street. Obfuscating mergers help preclude detection of this massive and pervasive fraud which defies analysis owing to these mergers. New talking pointing: dell numbers exceed expectations depending upon ongoing government scrutiny of their accounting practices.....riiiiight! More contrived manipulated markets and data well as that previous unexpected rise in that global hub of manufacturing activity, New York (worthless paper is their real product, etc.) …..riiiiight!….. underpins fraudulent up move. Reassuring Fed speak, also known as b**l s**t, along with IPO’s (get the suckers in at the highs as in late 90’s market bubble), and shrugging off pervasive stock/options fraud as at, ie., KB Homes, etc., leave stocks ridiculously higher. Nations leaving the worthless dollar in droves for currencies backed by value and for precious metals. Based on the self-interested statement of typical fraud american and fed rep, we hear once again the wishful thought that housing has bottomed.....right! [Reality/Truth: US housing slump deepens, spreads]. Home depot rallies despite lower than expected results and lower guidance for the year.....right! Who is stupid enough to believe anything the fraudulent criminal americans say. They are printing worthless dollars like mad. Consumer sentiment actually previously fell and there was nothing but wall street lunacy to prop the fraudulent market. The republicans who lockstepped with war criminal dumbya bush deserved to lose. The frauds on wall street now looking for the new corporate welfare program for which to sell the sizzle ie., stem cells, etc.. The know-nothing pundits are now saying the up move without any rational basis is predicated upon the the falsity that gridlock in washington is welcomed and good because no regulation of, ie., fraud on wall street, etc., can be passed. How about a tax on stock trades to come directly from the traders' (traitors/frauds) bottom lines and provide a disincentive for the churn-and-earn fraud which is tantamount to a wasteful tax on the economy. Even token Christian paulison from jew fraud wall street couldn't stem the tide against the blatent zionist/neocon/bush co failure accross the board as the wall street frauds show record profits financed, albeit indirectly, by huge deficits, both trade and budget. Obfuscating mergers blur the picture to provide cover for up move talking points in defiance of reality.  Stagflation and full employment revisions pre-election.....riiiiight. Productivity comes in at a less than expected 0 (inflationary). The only surprise should have been that the number wasn't negative. The pundits are now saying that the market/wall street fraud is in a state of denial regarding economic fundamentals and that the market is substantially overbought, overvalued, overfrauded, over, etc., the manufacturing index coming in lower than expectations. Consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell.....daaaaah. Pre-election core inflation rate report good …..riiiiight…..but savings rate still negative and walmart sales/profits/outlook substantially below expectations but what the heck, they’re wallstreet lunatics/frauds and reality is no problem. Despite pre-election deficit spending, GNP comes in a less than expected paltry 1.6% increase with worthless falling dollar the catch-22 precluding reality avoidance and the worst yet to come. More nations leaving the worthless dollar as reserve currency even as frauds on wall street reach new highs (What are they smoking? Coking? or like the dollar just cracking) based on corporate welfare flows with money the nation doesn't have pre-election (record deficits). Housing prices continue their sharp decline as bubble deflates. GM only lost 115 million. Ford lost 5.8 billion and must restate earnings back to year 2000 is a bullish sign in the fraudulent alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street. Typical pre-fed meeting rally to provide a cushion for any negative pronouncements which reality would require but are seldom forthcoming by the accommodative frauds who have similarly embraced unreality. Indeed, the gutless wimps of wall street think they're "tough" when they fraudulently take the market higher despite a clearly contrary fact based reality. Caterpillar relates the pervasive reality and the frauds on wallstreet intimidate same with sell off, ignoring pervasive options scandal/fraud and rallies Merck despite lower than expectation results.....riiiiight! Election year corporate welfare to prime the pump and the mock stock market with money the nation doesn’t have (increasing already huge deficits). CPI figures (upon which government inflation adjusted payment obligations are based) lower than expected…..riiiiight! Intel earnings/revenues down sharply but according to the lunatic frauds on wall street, beat expectations and stock rallies along with yahoo which as in the pre-dot com bust days says better days are a coming….. riiiiight Core inflation rate which is closely watched by the Fed exceeds all expectations. Fraud Merrill Lynch has really been pushing and commissioning that worthless paper and reports record earnings, despite having produced nothing and for very little if any value added (that ill-gotten money has to come from somewhere-your pockets?). The big economic report awaiting scrutiny was the monthly trade deficit which was expected to narrow but in fact INCREASED to 69.9 billion. The alice-in-wonderland lunatic wall street frauds rallied on the news as the dollar precipitously fell. The Fed Chairman said there is a "substantial correction" in housing, which will probably shave about 1% off growth in the second half of the year. The Institute of Supply Management said its services index fell to 52.9 in September -- the lowest level since April 2003. Great News….. riiiiight!..... Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected... riiiiight!..... and housing starts were down sharply but not-as-bad-as-expectations game in play US Existing Home Sales Fall 0.5% in August; Sales Price Drops Existing-home prices fall for 1st time in 11 years along with fed jaw-boning pre-election that inflation has been licked .....riiiiight …..despite printing worthless dollars like they’re going out of style because they really are! Fed did nothing and stocks rallied, pre-election.....riiiiight! What about the reality of u.s. debt service at a record unsustainable $2 billion per day on a revolving $2 trillion charge account with ie., China, etc.. The fact that foreclosures are up and that there is projected new trade deficit record, fake government inflation numbers for election year purposes, housing starts down 6% means little to the alice-in-wonderland lunatic frauds of wall street and the so-called pundits including yahoo below. Almost all computerized volume is and must be considered heavy, manipulated, economically wasteful volume [stocks move contrary to rational analytical facts (ie., exceeded lowered expectations, things so bad interest rates can’t rise, exceeded expectations, no earnings but outlook extraordinary, the fed says booo as they print more worthless dollars to finance deficits, etc. ) is money in the bank for the frauds on wall street when they unwind said irrational positions ]. Philadelphia Federal Reserve announces that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, leading economic indicators fall .2%, and previously fell .1% though expected to show an increase, and in addition to the larger than expected 4.1% drop in July existing home sales to its lowest level in over two years and lifted inventories to record levels , new home sales fell 4.3%, and a larger than expected 2.4% decline in July durable orders which are negatives anywhere but in the alice-in-wonderland lunatic world of wall street where same is greeted as good news as also follows with b**l s**t from Yahoo (which didn’t even reference the record unanticipated trade gap):