Category: financial crisis

PREMIERING NOW: Troubled US Bank’s Ties to China Raise More Red Flags

The Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) bad management may have set off a nationwide financial crisis. The Biden administration has pledged to protect depositors’ money. But among SVB’s customers are firms affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So why are American taxpayers footing the bill to make Beijing whole? In the premiere of the new…


Troubled US Bank’s Ties to China Raise More Red Flags

The Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) bad management may have set off a nationwide financial crisis. The Biden administration has pledged to protect depositors’ money. But among SVB’s customers are firms affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So why are American taxpayers footing the bill to make Beijing whole? In the premiere of the new…


PREMIERING at 10AM ET: Troubled US Bank’s Ties to China Raise More Red Flags

The Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) bad management may have set off a nationwide financial crisis. The Biden administration has pledged to protect depositors’ money. But among SVB’s customers are firms affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So why are American taxpayers footing the bill to make Beijing whole? In the premiere of the new…


PREMIERING at Mar. 22 10AM ET: Troubled US Bank’s Ties to China Raise More Red Flags

The Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) bad management may have set off a nationwide financial crisis. The Biden administration has pledged to protect depositors’ money. But among SVB’s customers are firms affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So why are American taxpayers footing the bill to make Beijing whole? In the premiere of the new…


The Fed Is Running Two Policies at Once

Commentary Last week was a grim reminder that the economic chaos of the lockdown period is far from over. Markets discovered that several major banks, which hardly anyone truly suspected were in trouble, faced closure and quick rescue for fear of contagion. The trouble was the same in each case: too many assets held in…


The Swiss Banking Sector: More Holes than Swiss Cheese

Commentary When someone says Switzerland, you might think of clocks and banks. All because of the country’s reputation for producing a high-quality products in all these areas of endeavour. Well, it’s time to think again as the clock is ticking, if not tocked, on Switzerland’s banking sector. Credit Suisse, which had an enviable reputation as…


Credit Suisse Stock Crashes to Record Low as Key Backer Says No More Money

Credit Suisse’s shares fell to a new all-time low for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday, following news that its largest investor, Saudi National Bank, will be unable to acquire more equity stake in the Swiss bank due to regulatory restrictions. The bank’s share price tanked by almost 30 percent in the morning, recovering to…


The Collapse of SVB Portends Real Dangers

Commentary Thus far in this 3-year fiasco of mismanagement and corruption, we’ve avoided a financial crisis. That’s for specific reasons. We just had not traveled there in the trajectory of the inevitable. Are we there yet? Maybe. In any case, the speed of change is accelerating. All we await is to observe the extent of…


Bed Bath & Beyond at Risk of Stock Market Delisting

Following its failure to file Q3, 2022, results with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), retail store chain Bed, Bath & Beyond has now been informed by Nasdaq that its listing is at risk, as the retailer’s financial woes continue. Bed, Bath & Beyond received a notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq,…


Economist Dubbed ‘Dr. Doom’ Says We’re Back in Great Financial Crisis Territory but This Time It’s Worse

Economist Nouriel Roubini, who’s been dubbed “Dr. Doom” for his gloomy-yet-correct prediction of the 2008 market meltdown, told Bloomberg in a recent interview that the United States is back in Great Financial Crisis territory, except now there are even more problems and cause for worry. Roubini, CEO of Roubini Macro Associates and author of “MegaThreats,”…