Lehman

Is This Rally a Bull Trap?

Posted on March 26th, 2010 in aus, aussie dollar, bull, cent, dow jones, downtrend, Goldman Sachs, JB, Lehman, MACD, Market News, micro cap, perth, rally, slipstream trader, VIX

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Currently most charts are looking fairly positive and stable at first glance. If we have a look at US markets it is clear that the daily charts seem [...]

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How Cheap Money and ‘Storage’ Caused the Lehman Collapse

Posted on March 16th, 2010 in aus, aussie dollar, aussie market, bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, cent, Chapter 11, cheap money, LAMCO, Lehman, Market News, micro cap, perth, storage, U.S. commercial banks, US Stock Market

One of the things we love about the US stock market is that even after a company goes into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, you can still trade the company’s shares on the market.
We’re not exactly sure why you’d want to buy shares in a Chapter 11 company. Unless you’re after a super risky punt. But [...]

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Greeks Pay Tax as an Option

Posted on February 11th, 2010 in aus, aussie dollar, Bank of England, Bear Stearns, BNP Paribas, cent, Eurozone, gold, Greece, Greek, income tax, interest rates, Lehman, Market News, micro cap, mortgage, Northern Rock, perth, public spending, shadow economy, tax

So, who gets to play Lehmans in this comedic repeat…?
ISN’T GREECE marvellous?
Paying income tax, or any kind of tax it would seem, has been entirely optional. Which should have powered its economy like 1960s’ Hong Kong.
But public spending, however, accounts for 40% of GDP. So who financed that spending if so few people paid?
Last year, [...]

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