Money & Markets – Week of 9.29.08

Hidden in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Daily Paul (2 October 2008)

Franklin Sanders: Somebody’s ‘painting the tape’ with gold and silver
GATA & The MoneyChanger (2 Oct 2008)

Mussolini-Style Corporatism in Action: Treasury Conference Call on Bailout Bill to Analysts
Naked Capitalism (30 Sep 2008)

House starts debate on bailout bill
Reuters (3 October 2008)

Commodities Head for Biggest Weekly Decline in Over 50 Years
Bloomberg (3 October 2008)

Is Bank Of America Warning Of A Bank Holiday?
Clusterstock (2 Oct 2008)

Paulson Bank Rescue Proposal Is `Crazy,’ O’Neill Says
Bloomberg (1 Oct 2008)

Fed considers rate cut as recession fears mount
Wall Street Journal (2 Oct 2008)

Greece joins stampede for Europe-wide bank bailout
The Telegraph GATA (2 Oct 2008)

The Invisible Hand and the Pox Known as Usury
Gold$eek (3 Oct 2008)

The $55 trillion question
Fortune (30 Sept 2008)

Comex prices aren’t real, so root for them to go to zero
GATA.org (1 Oct 2008)

France seeks €300bn rescue fund for Europe
Times Online (2 Oct 2008)

Europe’s banks more leveraged than U.S. banks
The Telegraph (2 Oct 2008)

Momentum grows to ease mark-to-market accounting rules
Wall Street Journal (2 Oct 2008)

Bush signs off on loan package for car industry
Sydney Morning Herald (1 Oct 2008)

Produce The Note “How-To”
The Consumer Network Warning – Video Collection

Sludge Report #185: The iDeal
By Alastair Thompson & Jim Cousins – Scoop Independent News (1 Oct 2008)

Dodge & Cox Loses $2.5 Billion on Wachovia
By Muralikumar Anantharaman – Reuters (29 Sep 2008)

Small Banks Offer Loans in Tight Market
By David Gelles – Miami Herald (Sep 2008)

Is Purchasing $700 Billion of Toxic Assets the Best Way to Recapitalize the Financial System?
Nouriel Roubini – RGE Monitor (28 Sep 2008)

Protests on Wall Street—Not Seen on MSM
By AZGuy – HubPages

U.S. House Rejects $700 Billion Financial-Rescue Plan
By Allison Vekshin & Laura Litvan – Bloomberg.com (29 Sep 2008)

First Draft of Economic-Rescue Package
FoxBusiness.com

Hedge Funds Grudgingly To Reveal U.S. Short Positions
By Rachelle Younglai & Jennifer Ablan – Reuters (28 Sep 2008)

Rescuing AIG, U.S. Saved Golaman Sachs $20 Billion
By Gretchen Morgenson – New York Times (28 Sep 2008)

Angry Whitehouse Meeting Roils Wall Street Bailout Talks
By Kevin Drawbaugh & Thomas Ferraro – Reuters (25 Sep 2008)

Pin the Tail on the Assets
At hustleandflow.com

Why Mark-to-Paulson Accounting Won’t Save Banks
By Jonathan Weil – Bloomberg.com (25 Sep 2008)

Stopping a Financial Crisis, The Swedish Way
By Carter Dougherty – New York Times (23 Sep 2008)

Bailout Protesters Send a Strong Message to Wall Street
By Jeremy Scahill – AlterNet (25 Sep 2008)


Using A Self-directed IRA to Invest In Real Estate or a Small Business
At SmartMoney.com (25 Sep 2008)

Institute for Truth in Accounting
truthin2008.org

Let’s Play “Wall Street Bailout” The Rules Are . . .
A YouTube video – Rep. March Kaptur speaking

Banks and Thrift Screener – Bank Ratings
At TheStreet.com

Does U.S. Face a Run On Its Currency?
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (23 Sep 2008)

Hedge Funds Suffer Mass Redemptions
By Nick Clark – The Independent (23 Sep 2008)

Only 28% Support Federal Bailout Plan
Rasmussen Reports (22 Sep 2008)

Goldman to Raise $7.5 Billion From Berkshire, Public
By Christine Harper – Bloomberg.com (23 Sep 2008)

Caveat Speculatores
By Jon Nadler – Kitco (23 Sep 2008)