Comments on: Kohler: Nothing can save us from the market predators

By: arpy

arpy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

BK,the Fed is a qango in that it has a legislative mandate from the US government to save the banks at all costs,but it is controlled by major wall street banks.In good times, they pay interest to the US treasury and in the bad times they do what they pls

By: Bernard Kealey

Bernard Kealey — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Aus Commercial banks now have with even higher concentrations of counterparty, and settlement risk due to all the obligations due to them from 2 major players being rolled into one. And how many had CDS’s between JPM and BS? Capital charges will be biting

By: Lois Achimovich

Lois Achimovich — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

To the completely unschooled economic mind, the stock market is a game whose rules make sure that crooks get away with thievery and the ordinary punter - eg every Australian with superannuation - gets shafted. Why no insulation of super from pirates?