Archive for August, 2009

The True Reason Behind the CFTC’s Revocation of Exemptions in Position Limits in Wheat, Corn, and Soybeans

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Last week, many analysts that were looking for some clue as to whether the CFTC will establish reasonable position limits in gold/silver futures markets and additionally not grant bullion banks (i.e. HSBC and JP Morgan) exemptions to these position limits in the near future were encouraged by the below CFTC press release. Washington, DC – [...]

The Massive Disconnect – Why Today’s Stock Markets are All About Confidence & Gullibility

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Sometimes despite knowing of the historical precedents that illustrate that public masses are easily deceived at times regarding massive lies, I still have a difficult time comprehending how any intelligent person can possibly buy into the statement of Goldman Sachs’s chairwoman of the investment policy committee, Abby Cohen, that, “We do think the new bull [...]