Money & Markets – Week of 8.26.12

$2500 Gold Means War
Financial Survival Network | 29 August 2012
Catherine Austin Fitts interview (audio available)

Copper Users Seek to Block JPM and BlackRock ETFs
Institutional Investor | 1 August 2012
Four U.S. copper fabricators and an international copper merchant have banded together and hired a law firm to oppose J.P. Morgan and BlackRock

Few Expect Bernanke, at Annual Jackson Hole Conference, to Signal Further Fed Bond Buying Soon
Washington Post 29 August 2012
Investors are hoping Chairman Ben Bernanke will at least hint Friday that the Federal Reserve is ready to launch another round.

SEC Won’t Take on Global Research Settlement With Jobs Act
Wall Street Journal 27 August 2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s ongoing review of the IPO process has taken another baby step…

Consolidation of Small Banks on the Rise
Washington Post 27 August 2012
A growing number of small and medium-sized banks are merging as shrinking profit margins, tepid loan demand and low interest rates place pressure on their operations.

Romney Tax Returns Show Strategy For Moving Money To Kids
Bloomberg 27 August 2012

Apple Patent Win: Good For Apple, Bad For Samsung, Lousy For Consumers
Yahoo Finance 27 August 2012

America’s Most Hated Industries
Yahoo Finance 24 August 2012