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Goldman Releases Most Bearish 2011 Outlook Presentation Yet, Sees S&P In 725-800 Range In QE2 Case Submitted by Tyler Durden 09/28/2010 10:20 -0500 Gross Domestic Product Goldman's Investment Strategy Group has just circulated the most bearish 2011 outlook presentation, detailing why the US economy in 2011 will likely stall and post negative growth. As the chart below demonstrates, the current case, where ongoing QE will likely persist through 2011 and even into 2012, and thus make any discussion of raising rates irrelevant (likely forever, as the Fed will not be able to absorb all the excess slack before it is...

Bernanke And Paulson Are Free?Sunday, February 7. 2010Posted by Karl Denninger in Corruption at 18:08 Lewis' "legal team" (maybe Ken Lewis himself) has apparently said: "If this thing goes to trial you can expect both Paulson and Bernanke to be on the witness list." If he's going down, he's bringing them down, too. Please? Paulson and Bernanke in the dock? That's worth a Youtube. Or a dozen Youtubes, especially if they get fitted for orange jumpsuits. And let me be clear: I believe they should be. Arm-twisting is one thing, but I suspect there's more than enough dirt to fit...

The super-elite are the world’s international bankers and industrialist who can achieve anything they want simply because they have so much wealth that they can corrupt anything that gets in their way. If government poses a problem, they buy the government off; such is their way in most Third World countries. However, operating in First World countries requires more sophistication and manipulation, for they are set-up as democracies, often with the separation of government powers so that no single branch can control everything; this sort of checks and balances in government requires more finesse to corrupt and manipulate, for there...