Money & Markets – Week of 11.10.13

Citi Warns “Fed Is Kicking The Can Over The Edge Of A Cliff”
Zero Hedge | 14 November 2013
It is becoming increasingly obvious that we are seeing the disconnect between financial markets and the real economy grow…

Congressional Hearings to Provide Bitcoin Enlightenment?
The Daily Bell | 14 November 2013
A Bitcoin Exchange Holding $4.1 Million For 1,000 Customers Has Simply Vanished…

Lockheed Martin Cutting 4,000 Jobs, Closing Plants
AP | 14 November 2013
Lockheed Martin is cutting 4,000 jobs…

The Return of the Bond Zombies
Dr. Ed’s Blog | 13 November 2013
I think that the 10-year Treasury yield could be in a trading range between 2.5%-3.5% through 2014 and maybe beyond…

Senate Hearing on Federal Reserve Nomination
CSPAN | 14 November 2013
The Senate Banking Committee meets Thursday to hear testimony from Janet Yellen…

Budget Deficit in U.S. Narrows on Record Revenue for October
Bloomberg | 13 November 2013
The U.S. budget deficit last month narrowed more than economists forecast as rising employment contributed to the strongest October revenue on record…

Rise of The Distorporation
The Economist | 26 October 2013
The master limited partnership (MLP) structure which Apache pioneered is no longer just a footnote…

Fed’s Biggest Win? Bailing Out Subprime Companies
Yahoo! Finance | 11 November 2013
One of the quieter, yet most emphatic, successes of the Federal Reserve’s long-running easy-money campaign…

Investors Pull $1.8 Billion Out of Stock Funds Worldwide: BofA
Reuters | 08 November 2013
Investors pulled $1.8 billion out of stock funds worldwide in the latest week on uncertainty over the U.S. Federal Reserve’s next move…

Harvard Swap Toll Tops $1.25 Billion as Agreements Exited
Bloomberg | 08 November 2013
Harvard University, the world’s richest college, lost $345.3 million…

Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box (Marije Meerman, VPRO)
YouTube | 13 December 2012
Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box is a thriller based on actual events that takes you to the heart of our automated world…

The Wall Street Code (Marije Meerman, VPRO)

YouTube | 04 November 2013
A thriller about a genius algorithm builder who dared to stand up against Wall Street…

Deflation – The Great Equalizer – Now Greece? Was There a Different TESTED Response in History? YES!
Armstrong Economics | 09 November 2013
Deflation remains a mystery for many because they just cannot grasp the fact that money supply can increase while prices decline…