Wealth Abuse

By Andre Damon Last week, Bank of America became the latest major financial institution to announce a multi-billion-dollar settlement with US regulators of charges related to the 2008 financial meltdown. In a settlement worked out […]

An argument its dominance is in decline by Charles Hugh Smith Though the mainstream financial media and the blogosphere differ radically on their forecasts—the MFM sees near-zero systemic risk while the alternative media sees a […]

  By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com White collar crime expert Professor William Black thinks the nation’s top bankers continue to get away with massive financial crime.  The most recent $10 million fine of former Bank of […]

by Tyler Durden With Switzerland long dead as an offshore tax haven for US savers unwilling to fund Uncle Sam’s central-planning machine (and who can blame them – isn’t monetizing the deficit precisely what the […]

By Washington’s Blog Bloomberg reports that Citigroup has failed the Fed’s new round of stress tests: Citigroup Inc.’s capital plan was among five that failed Federal Reserve stress tests, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of […]

By the Burning Platform  “When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. […]

  By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Economist Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, “We have a situation where all the markets are rigged.  All the markets are manipulated.”  As an example, Dr. Roberts points to the stock […]

by Phoenix Capital Research Since 2007, the world’s Central Banks have collectively put more than $10 trillion into the financial system since 2008. To put that number into perspective, it’s equal to roughly 15% of […]

by Tyler Durden Something hilarious, and at the same time pathetic, happened earlier today: at precisely 9 am the US Treasury released its delayed Treasury International Capital data (which was supposed to be released yesterday […]