With economic growth stalling on around the world and high unemployment plus government debt, Roubini says we are right back to where the world was 2008 crisis, if not worse.
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The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is out of money, and the next natural disaster that hits the U.S will see no funds available to help people or rebuild. Where did all the money went, ask corrupted government officials and Wall Street banks who stole all taxpayers money during the bail out.
Fraud and money laundering to a multi-million dollar slush fund, and investor loss of up to 40 billion dollars, this is one of India’s biggest fraud and corruption scandals.
It’s no surprise that Canadian’s are having a hard time getting by financially. Canadian’s are currently burden down by heavy debt (Canadian household debt hits 1.5 Trillion), bills and are really having a hard time getting by. That is why about 30% of people surveyed said that they are cutting back spending simply because they feel that their financial security right now is not sound.
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Gary Schilling the author of “The Age of De-Leveraging” thinks there will be more pain ahead. As the economy stalls, demand for goods and commodities will fall causing deflation and subsequently stock markets will fall.
Raj Rajaratnam, a self-made hedge fund tycoon convicted in the biggest Wall Street insider trading scandal in a generation, was ordered to serve 11 years in prison, the longest sentence ever in an insider-trading case but far less than prosecutors sought.
The judge also fined him $10 million and ordered him to forfeit $53.8 million, which approximated the illegal profits and avoided losses from the trading scheme.
As more and more normal people, lose their jobs and middle class is being wiped out because of politicians mismanaging and bankers stealing taxpayers money and then making the taxpayers pay for the loss, the anger and disdain will boil over. More protest and civil unrest will happen. It should be off with their heads in many countries, including the United States.
According to many Indian nationals and Indian immigrants to U.S and Canada , there home country is one of the most corrupt nations in the world. Many say that things don’t get done until someone is bribed…sounds a lot like Washington politics.
Here is a quote:
“From the time of birth until death, nothing will move in India without paying bribe.”
American’s are angry and protesting and that is why the “Occupy Wall Street” movement is gaining traction. Wall Street in bed with the U.S Government = Facism, which means the 99% of working American’s get screwed by the ultra rich.
American society has becoming more divided than ever before with the middle class being wiped out, and the gap between rich and poor is now comparable to that of Russia. Most American’s who have been asleep at the wheel, are now waking up to see the truth.
I recently added more HQD.TO (Horizon Nasdaq Bear ETF on TSX) position, the reason is because I foresee limited upside and more downside risk within the next 1.5 years. The Nasdaq from here might pop a little higher towards 2700 but I do not think that would happen this year.