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Goldman Sachs: The Wall Street Bubble Mafia

If GS has done the things outlined in Matt's article, it seems there should be some sort of punishment for GS to have. A start would be to ban former GS types in government.

Goldman Sachs: The Wall Street Bubble Mafia

PM Moviemakr,

The Goldman Sachs movie should be a good one if someone would make it. Know of anyone?


On Jun 26 04:33 PM Moviemakr wrote:

> GO MATT!!!!!!! I just read the SEC requested to see a movie about
> this (see article link) called Stock Shock. Finally!!...taking some
> proactive action! satwaves.com/blog/2009.../

Three Investment Trends That Benefit From Cap and Trade

Rolling Stone Magazine this week has a very interesting article about cap and trade and all the other messes that Goldman S has steered the US into and greatly hurt our financial condiditon. The author is Matt Taibbi and it is a must read.

PowerShares Agriculture ETF Waits on a Possible Disaster

Isn't the symbol for Agrium AGU instead of TO? I do enjoy reading your blogs.



On Jun 18 11:38 AM Mad Hedge Fund Trader wrote:

> this should be a core holding. During the sixties, new dwarf varieties,
> irrigation, fertilizer, and heavy duty pesticides tripled crop yields,
> unleashing a green revolution. But guess what? The world population
> has doubled from 3.5 to 7 billion since then, eating up surpluses,
> and is expected to rise to 9 billion by 2050. Now we are running
> out of water in key areas like the American West and Northern India,
> droughts are hitting Africa and China, soil is exhausted, and global
> warming is shriveling yields. Water supplies are so polluted with
> toxic pesticide residues that rural cancer rates are soaring. Food
> reserves are now at 20 year lows. Rising emerging market standards
> of living are consuming more and better food, with Chinese pork production
> rising 45% from 1993 to 2005. The problem is that meat is an incredibly
> inefficient calorie transmission mechanism, creating demand for five
> times more grain than just eating the grain alone. I won’t even mention
> the strain the politically inspired ethanol and biofuel programs
> have placed on the system. It is possible that genetic engineering,
> sustainable farming, and smart irrigation could lead to a second
> green revolution, but the burden is on scientists to deliver. The
> net net of all of this is that food prices are going up, a lot. Entertain
> core long positions in corn, wheat, and soybeans on the next dip,
> as well as the second derivative plays like Agrium (seekingalpha.com/symbo...),
> Potash (seekingalpha.com/symbo...) and Monsanto (seekingalpha.com/symbo...).
> You might also look at DB Commodities Tracking Index Fund (seekingalpha.com/symbo...).
> These will all surpass last year’s stratospheric highs at some point.

PowerShares Agriculture ETF Waits on a Possible Disaster

I believe the symbol for Agrium is AGU instead of TO. Otherwise I do enjoy your blogs.

President's Budget Campaign Provides Solar Opportunities

Michael Barone has an opposite opinion to yours in his IBD editorial today.