Money & Markets – Week of 12.07.08

‘Broken Strategy’: The Fall of Legendary Investor Bill Miller
Yahoo Finance (11 Dec 2008)

Swiss May Have to Print Money to Stave Off Deflation
GATA / The Telegraph (11 Dec 2008)

Is the Fed Taking the First Steps to Selective Default and Devaluation?
Jesse’s Café Américain (10 Dec 2008)

Cash Soon to be Trash as Money-Market Yields Go Negative
GATA / Bloomberg (10 Dec 2008)

Point of No Return: Interest on T-Bills Hits Zero
Yahoo News (09 Dec 2008)

Treasury Bills Trade at Negative Rates as Haven Demand Surges
Bloomberg (09 Dec 2008)

BIS Warns of Collapse In Global Lending
The Telegraph (09 Dec 2008)

Fed Weighs Debt Sales of Its Own
Wall Street Journal (10 Dec 2008)

Default Fears Weigh on U.S. Muni Bond Market
Reuters (05 Dec 2008)

Employers Cut 533,000 Jobs in November, Most in 34 Years
breitbart.com (05 Dec 2008)

U.S. Treasury Protection Costs Surpass Campbell Soup on Bailout
Bloomberg (10 Dec 2008)

California Eyes IOUs for Second Time Since Depression
Bloomberg (05 Dec 2008)

GMAC Bank Bid Failing, Bankruptcy May Be Next
GATA / Bloomberg (10 Dec 2008)

Lawmakers Blast Former Fannie, Freddie Execs
Yahoo Finance (09 Dec 2008)

China Will Be Happy Geithner Isn’t a Goldman Guy
Bloomberg (10 Dec 2008)

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Think Like a Regulator
The Free Mensch

Ford Motor Won’t Seek Short-Term U.S. Bridge Loan
Bloomberg (08 Dec 2008)

Muni-Bond Funds Face Record Losses
MarketWatch (05 Dec 2008)

Oil Contango Pays Most in Decade; Stockpiling Earns 11%
GATA / Bloomberg (08 Dec 2008)

Bank of England Mulls ‘Nuclear Option’ of Cash Injection
GATA / The Telegraph (05 Dec 2008)

Deflation Virus is Moving the Policy Test Beyond the 1930s Extremes
The Telegraph (06 DEC 2008)

Milwaukee Neighborhoods Could Print Own Money
Chicago Tribune (07 Dec 2008)

Julius Baer Private Bank Head Widmer Dies at Age 52
Bloomberg (05 Dec 2008)