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Major Market Turning Point Ahead (Part I)

The stock market is under almost complete control now by the
manipulators who take a profit slice on each segment via such
manipulations. They are trying to push many classes higher so that
the many mutual funds don't tank.
The insiders continue to drain cash obscenely without any concern for the company nor shareholders. Such material removal of cash
then has to be replaced by increased borrowings (and interest costs), much from the banks from which they already have existing financing, this at no choice of the banks.
The weary public stockholders and investors are "mad as hell" at the economic mess caused by the investment houses and banks,
and compounded by the very inept government, and are reducing
stock investments at losses and unfortunately reinvesting the funds
in bank deposits and government securities (and then holding their
breath).
Gold/silver continues to be highly manipulated so that the "Boyz" or
the right people can continue to profit at all levels but slowly
increasing their net positions.

Putting the Flurry of Recent Insider Selling into Perspective

Your article like many others presume that the insiders' stock and options are fair, legal, at arm's length, and not in conflict with public shareholders nor SEC (the latter group looks the other way anyhow). Options rules that were fair many years ago have fallen to the greed of many insiders and many changes made to accommodate such greed.to the point that most balance sheets are reflections of such greed with outrageous options depleting corporate net equity positions which have to be replaced with bank or bond financing detrimental to the companies financial stability.
Never before have I seen such lucrative directors' compensation
packages, ie they become insiders and not the watchdogs who
are supposed to represent the stockholders best interests.

Plunge Protection Team Attacks BofA: This Ends Now

Reading your indepth article confirms the bases of the bulk of our present economy disaster. Does my memory serve me correctly that both Paulson and Bernanke requested waiver of any civil or criminal actions against them when they originally presented their "Bailout request"? Frankly it appears the United States' economy situation is similar to that of Germany prior to the rise of Hitler, only on a much larger scale. The Mark tumbled -- the Dollar will follow.
The public will only regain confidence in the government, banks, brokers, and the stock market when some of the many culprits are heavily punished for their greed and crimes. SEC (under Cox and I don't see the current group any better) did very little but set back and watch. When a couple of insiders were caught on the "option
scaming", their hands were slapped and the corporation was fined.
The guilty go free and again the stockholders get screwed.

Uncertainty Over Bank Stress

"Uncertainty over top bank executives" should be the name of this article. The same crew continues to control the ship's bridge even though the financial ship has many hull damages and is slowly sinking.

Options Trader: Thursday Outlook

Avoid facts and logic, the real word for the market is MASSIVE
MANIPULATION.

Global Meltdown, Part III

The greedy and the power hungry egotists have working toward today's chaos and have won. The problem is they are not done but rather plan to suck every drop of blood from the general masses.
You hit the nail on the head with your "organized crime groups such as drug cartels and bankers". You did not mention the egotistic governmental "what me worry" boyz, and behind the scenes investment manipulators, the option craving big business "executives/looters", and the investment scramers (*).
There (*) are many, many more Madoff's yet to be uncovered.

'Too Big To Fail'? Wait - What About Anti-Trust?

The insiders who over the past several years have "invested" bank money into highly questionable derivatives, took big salaries, bonuses, stock option gains, and kept the machine running on a track that ended in late 2007. Now these same insiders, in spite of horrendous write offs, continue to, YES, take big salaries, bonuses, stock option gains on the basis the government will bail us out. WHY ARE THESE SAME PEOPLE ALLOWED TO EVEN REMAIN IN THEIR POSITIONS RATHER THAN BE PLACED IN JAIL, HEAVILY FINED, AND REQUIRED TO REPLAY THEIR EXCESSIVE COMPENSATIONS? The congressional hearing where these "top executives" were assembled and questioned by inept congressional "leaders" clearly reflects the problem that apparently unfortunately is not going away.

Four Stocks Whose Nationalization Won’t Affect Stock Indexes Too Much

"Short sellers" are leading the market, taking profits on every turn, of course, at the loss of the general investors. The rich get richer and the middle class keeps sliding downward which is just what the liberals want.
Of course, the nation cannot survive on that basis but the politicians don't believe nor care about that, only their individual greed and power egos.

2009 Dogs of the Dow

Is the derivative problem over with BAC and JPM much less the other large banks? I believe we have only seen the tip of the iceberg.