The Armageddon Looting Machine: The Looming Mass Destruction from Derivatives

TruthDig posted the latest Ellen Brown, Web of Debt examination of the financial market.

highrisk-435x235The Armageddon Looting Machine: The Looming Mass Destruction from Derivatives

Five years after the financial collapse precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy on September 15, 2008, the risk of another full-blown financial panic is still looming large, despite the Dodd Frank legislation designed to contain it. As noted in a recent Reuters article, the risk has just moved into the shadows: Continue reading

A Safe and a Shotgun or Public Sector Banks? The Battle of Cyprus

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Remember: “First come, first served”
Like the Billionaires dumping stocks – get it out of the banks now and invest in something tangible. Plant a garden, put solar on your roof – you may not want to leave those 401ks and mutual funds just sitting there because they may not be there when you need them most. [Ed. DeadlyClear]

Retirement Don't Bank on itBy Ellen BrownWeb of Debt | News Analysis | Friday, 22 March 2013 | Click here for original Truth-out post.

If these worries become really serious, . . . [s]mall savers will take their money out of banks and resort to household safes and a shotgun. – Martin Hutchinson on the attempted EU raid on deposits in Cyprus banks (Photo: Loz Pycock / Flickr) Continue reading