Edward Ulysses Cate

BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors: Why the Market Loves This Deal

If it's a win-win situation, why did $630 million of their customers' money disappear into 400 hands? There's only one way to sum this deal up: Snakes in Suits Slither Beneath Black Rock. Those behind Barclays drew too much attention to themselves via their slogan of "Quietly Conquering The Financial World," so now the major holder of our public corporations will appear as BlackRock rather than Barclays. Same circus, same clowns, different banner. Green shoots was actually the eye of the financial hurricane. You ain't seen nothing yet. Gawd, I hope I'm wrong.

BlackRock Hires Vice Chair of U.S. Treasury Committee: Public-Private Incest Continues

If you ever saw a chart of the value of the dollar since 1913, you'd realize that since when did a president ever make a difference. Good men or bad, they were overwhelmed. Folks keep watching the puppet, instead of the puppeteer. Financial predators only win because folks play their game, knowingly or not. Like the old movie "War Games," the only way to win is not to play.