Archive for September, 2009
CryptoFib: Automatically Generate Fibonacci Retracement Levels in EasyLanguage
September 8th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I was looking for an indicator that automatically generates Fibonacci retracement levels when a move exceeds a specified number of pips over a specified number of bars. There must be some indicators out there that do this, but I couldn’t find […]
Gold Rallies to 18-Month High on Dollar’s Weakness, Inflation
September 8th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: Gold rose to the highest price since March 2008, passing $1,000 an ounce, while silver climbed to a 13-month high as a weaker dollar and concern that inflation may accelerate boosted the appeal of precious metals. Bullion for immediate delivery surged to $1,007.70 in London, taking this year’s increase to 14 percent. Gold, […]
Quick Note on Gold
September 8th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. UPDATE: USDX Prints 77.22 Intraday *SPLAT* Next leg down. UPDATE: USDX Prints 77.46 Intraday Gold longs, I’d strongly consider some defensive September and/or October puts on GLD with that major resistance overhead at $1032. To those of you who are going […]
Australia: Unconfirmed Claims of Police Officer Involvement in Michael McGurk Murder
September 8th, 2009Via: The Australian: THE NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption is to investigate the murder of Michael McGurk, amid unconfirmed claims a police officer could have been involved in the Sydney businessman’s death. NSW police and the corruption-fighting body met yesterday, with the police handing over undisclosed evidence, understood to include a tape recording that allegedly […]
For Your Health, Froot Loops
September 8th, 2009Related: Toxic Sludge is Good For You by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton Via: New York Times: A new food-labeling campaign called Smart Choices, backed by most of the nation’s largest food manufacturers, is “designed to help shoppers easily identify smarter food and beverage choices.” … Eileen T. Kennedy, president of the Smart Choices board […]
The Fall of Lehman Brothers
September 7th, 2009Via: Independent: It is time to “spray foam on the runway”, Tim Geithner told his sleep-deprived officials on Sunday afternoon. Lehman was going to crash. … The best defence of the decision to let Lehman fail is that it shocked Congress into providing funds to recapitalise the banking system – something it might not have […]
U.S. Considering $10 “Tourist Fee” to Pay for Promoting Tourism
September 7th, 2009Via: Gadling: A proposal currently under consideration in the U.S. Congress may soon charge visitors to the United States a $10 entry fee. The fee will go into a fund used to pay for promoting tourism. By now, I can imagine you are laughing about this (unless you don’t live in the U.S.). The concept […]
Van Jones
September 7th, 2009I’m baffled by the interest Cryptogon readers have in this story. It has been sent in using email, the suggestion form and posted to the subreddit. Maybe I’m too numb at this point to see why people find this story interesting. Is it the 9/11 part? I mean… Come on guys. Don’t tell me that […]
Go Long the Death Bonds: Wall Street to Securitize Life Insurance Policies That Elderly People Sell for Cash
September 6th, 2009The purpose of expanding the regulatory machinery is to facilitate even vaster amounts of fraud. This is what happens when big organizations fail, but aren’t allowed to die. A small number of people makes off with unthinkable amounts of plundered money—and then the government gets bigger! The people who are left walking funny at the […]
Earth Liberation Front Topples Radio Towers in Washington State
September 6th, 2009ELF members pick really stupid targets—considering that decades to life in prison is what they’ll get if they’re caught. The same methods used to carry out the operation below could have been applied in other areas to cause extremely serious disruptions to the system that they are allegedly trying to topple. I see three possibilities […]
