http://www.theundergroundinvestor.com/2008/04/23/will-us-markets-crash-now-or-crash-later/ The definitive investment blog for investment news not discussed in the mainstream media Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:11:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.theundergroundinvestor.com/2008/04/23/will-us-markets-crash-now-or-crash-later/comment-page-1/#comment-27775 The Underground Investor - The definitive investment blog for investment news not discussed in the mainstream media Mon, 12 May 2008 03:41:07 +0000 http://www.theundergroundinvestor.com/2008/04/23/will-us-markets-crash-now-or-crash-later/#comment-27775 [...] Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog titled “Will Markets Crash Now or Later?” that was primarily inspired by my analysis of current solutions being implemented by the ECB and the U.S. Federal Reserve that continue to neither address nor fix the root causes of this current financial crisis. I think the answer to the debate of whether the U.S. Federal Reserve is interfering in free-market behavior behind-the-scenes will ultimately be revealed by the answer to this question. If the U.S. Federal Reserve is engaging in manipulative behind-the-scenes behavior to prop up stock markets as many claim, then this behavior should ultimately lead to a very steep and painful crash. Remember former Federal Reserve board member Robert Heller’s commented that “instead of flooding the entire economy with liquidity, and thereby increasing the danger of inflation, the Fed could support the stock market directly by buying market averages in the futures market, thus stabilizing the market as a whole.” [...] [...] Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog titled “Will Markets Crash Now or Later?” that was primarily inspired by my analysis of current solutions being implemented by the ECB and the U.S. Federal Reserve that continue to neither address nor fix the root causes of this current financial crisis. I think the answer to the debate of whether the U.S. Federal Reserve is interfering in free-market behavior behind-the-scenes will ultimately be revealed by the answer to this question. If the U.S. Federal Reserve is engaging in manipulative behind-the-scenes behavior to prop up stock markets as many claim, then this behavior should ultimately lead to a very steep and painful crash. Remember former Federal Reserve board member Robert Heller’s commented that “instead of flooding the entire economy with liquidity, and thereby increasing the danger of inflation, the Fed could support the stock market directly by buying market averages in the futures market, thus stabilizing the market as a whole.” [...]

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