Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Speaking with the Wall Street Journal on Friday, commodities trader Jim Rogers of Rogers Holdings said riots such as the ones witnessed in Greece and reported as widespread in China will hit the United States and again in Europe as the next leg down in the financial crisis takes Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: No matter how the Fed tries to manipulate the markets through its orchestrated communiques, more ‘quantitative easing’ is coming, says ‘Mr. Gold‘ Jim Sinclair.  And this time, $17 trillion more of Sinclair’s mantra “QE to infinity” is a done deal, according to him.  Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: In his February newsletter, Bill Gross of PIMCO surmises that from now on central bankers will target nominal GDP growth in their fight to prevent a systemic financial collapse.  Read more…

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David Zeiler: As the grim bank earnings roll in over the next couple of weeks, beginning with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) tomorrow (Friday) morning, don’t fall into the trap of thinking the financial sector’s woes in the last quarter reflect a sinking U.S. economy. Read more…

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