STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 19 May 2016

[Tansy_Gold]

[font size=3]STOCK MARKET WATCH, Thursday, 19 May 2016[font color=black][/font]

SMW for 18 May 2016

AT THE CLOSING BELL ON 18 May 2016
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Dow Jones 17,526.62 -3.36 (-0.02%)
[font color=green]S&P 500 2,047.63 +0.42 (0.02%)
Nasdaq 4,739.12 +23.39 (0.50%)


[font color=red]10 Year 1.86% +0.08 (4.49%)
30 Year 2.66% +0.05 (1.92%) [font color=black]


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[font color=black][font size=2]Handy Links - Market Data and News:[/font][/font]
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Economic Calendar
Marketwatch Data
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Yahoo Finance
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[font color=black][font size=2]Handy Links - Economic Blogs:[/font][/font]
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The Big Picture
Financial Sense
Calculated Risk
Naked Capitalism
Credit Writedowns
Brad DeLong
Bonddad
Atrios
goldmansachs666
The Stand-Up Economist
The Automatic Earth
Wall Street on Parade
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[font color=black][font size=2]Handy Links - Essential Reading:[/font][/font]
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Matt Taibi: Secret and Lies of the Bailout


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[font color=black][font size=2]Handy Links - Government Issues:[/font][/font]
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LegitGov
Open Government
Earmark Database
USA spending.gov
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[font color=black][font size=2]Handy Links - Videos:[/font][/font]
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Charlie Rose talks with Roubini
Charlie Rose talks with Krugman
William Black: This Economic Disaster
Bill Moyers with Kevin Drum and David Corn
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[font color=red]Partial List of Financial Sector Officials Convicted since 1/20/09 [/font][font color=red]
2/2/12 David Higgs and Salmaan Siddiqui, Credit Suisse, plead guilty to conspiracy involving valuation of MBS
3/6/12 Allen Stanford, former Caribbean billionaire and general schmuck, convicted on 13 of 14 counts in $2.2B Ponzi scheme, faces 20+ years in prison
6/4/12 Matthew Kluger, lawyer, sentenced to 12 years in prison, along with co-conspirator stock trader Garrett Bauer (9 years) and co-conspirator Kenneth Robinson (not yet sentenced) for 17 year insider trading scheme.
6/14/12 Allen Stanford sentenced to 110 years without parole.
6/15/12 Rajat Gupta, former Goldman Sachs director, found guilty of insider trading. Could face a decade in prison when sentenced later this year.
6/22/12 Timothy S. Durham, 49, former CEO of Fair Financial Company, convicted of one count conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud, 10 counts of wire fraud, and one count of securities fraud.
6/22/12 James F. Cochran, 56, former chairman of the board of Fair, convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud, one count of securities fraud, and six counts of wire fraud.
6/22/12 Rick D. Snow, 48, former CFO of Fair, convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud, one count of securities fraud, and three counts of wire fraud.
7/13/12 Russell Wassendorf Sr., CEO of collapsed brokerage firm Peregrine Financial Group Inc. arrested and charged with lying to regulators after admitting to authorities he embezzled "millions of dollars" and forged bank statements for "nearly twenty years."
8/22/12 Doug Whitman, Whitman Capital LLC hedge fund founder, convicted of insider trading following a trial in which he spent more than two days on the stand telling jurors he was innocent
10/26/12 UPDATE: Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta sentenced to two years in federal prison. He will, of course, appeal. . .
11/20/12 Hedge fund manager Matthew Martoma charged with insider trading at SAC Capital Advisors, and prosecutors are looking at Martoma's boss, Steven Cohen, for possible involvement.
02/14/13 Gilbert Lopez, former chief accounting officer of Stanford Financial Group, and former controller Mark Kuhrt sentenced to 20 yrs in prison for their roles in Allen Sanford's $7.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
03/29/13 Michael Sternberg, portfolio mgr at SAC Capital, arrested in NYC, charged with conspiracy and securities fraud. Pled not guilty and freed on $3m bail.
04/04/13 Matthew Marshall Taylor,fmr Goldman Sachs trader arrested, charged by CFTC w/defrauding his employer on $8BN futures bet "by intentionally concealing the true huge size, as well as the risk and potential profits or losses associated."
04/04/13 Matthew Taylor admits guilt, makes plea bargain. Sentencing set for 26 June; faces up to 20 years in prison but will likely only see 3-4 years. Says, "I am truly sorry."
04/11/13 Ex-KPMG LLP partner Scott London charged by federal prosecutors w/passing inside tips to a friend in exchange for cash, jewelry, and concert tickets; expected to plead guilty in May.
08/01/13 Fabrice Tourré convicted on six counts of security fraud, including "aiding and abetting" his former employer, Goldman Sachs
08/14/13 Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout charged with wire fraud, falsifying records, and conspiracy in connection with JP Morgan's "London Whale" trade.
08/19/13 Phillip A. Falcone, manager of hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, agrees to admit to "wrongdoing" in market manipulation. Will banned from securities industry for 5 years and pay $18MM in disgorgement and fines.
09/16/13 Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout officially indicted on charges associated with "London Whale" trade.
02/06/14 Matthew Martoma convicted of insider trading while at hedge fund SAC (Stephen A. Cohen) Capital Advisors. Expected sentence 7-10 years.
03/24/14 Annette Bongiorno, Bernard Madoff's secretary; Daniel Bonventre, director of operations for investments; JoAnn Crupi, an account manager; and Jerome O'Hara and George Perez, both computer programmers convicted of conspiracy to defraud clients, securities fraud, and falsifying the books and records.
05/19/14 Credit Suisse, which has an investment bank branch in NYC, agrees to plead guilty and pay appx. $2.6 billion penalties for helping wealthy Americans hide wealth and avoid taxes.
09/08/14 Matthew Martoma, convicted SAC trader, sentenced to 9 years in prison plus forfeiture of $9.3 million, including home and bank accounts
08/03/15 Former City (London) trader Tom Hayes found guilty of rigging global Libor interest rates. Each fo eight counts carries up to 10 yr. sentence.
08/21/15 Charles Antonucci Sr, former pres. Park Ave. Bank sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for bribery, fraud, embezzlement, and attempt to steal $11MM in TARP bailout funds, as well as $37.5MM fraud on OK insurance company. To pay $54MM in restitution and give up additional $11MM.
09/21/15 Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn apologizes for VW cheating on air quality standards with emission testing avoidance device. Stock drops 20%, fines may total $18B.
09/22/15 Stewart Parnell, CEO Peanut Corp. of America, sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling salmonella-tainted peanut butter that killed nine.
12/17/15 Martin Shkreli, former CEO Turing Pharmaceuticals and notorious price gouger, arrested on securities fraud charges. Posted $5M bail, resigned as CEO.
2/25/16 Jason Keryc sentenced to 9 years in prison, 3 years supervised release and to pay back $180MM to investors he bilked in a Ponzi scheme while an acct. mgr at Agape World.
03/24/16 Three TierOne Bank (Omaha) execs sentenced on criminal charges related to covering up losses on mortgages. CEO Gilbert Lundstrom -- 11 years federal prison, $1.2 million fine; James Laphen, 34 months; Don Langford, 21 months. SO FAR THE ONLY CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OBTAINED BY DOJ related to 2008 financial collapse.
04/05/16 Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, forced to resign (at least temporarily) following release of "Panama papers"
04/27/16 Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert sentenced to 15 months in prison. Judge describes Hastert as a "serial child molester."

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[font size=3][font color=red]This thread contains opinions and observations. Individuals may post their experiences, inferences and opinions on this thread. However, it should not be construed as advice. It is unethical (and probably illegal) for financial recommendations to be given here.[/font][/font][/font color=red][font color=black]

[Tansy_Gold]

1. Bonus toon and commentary

Horsey gets exactly why it is a total waste of time to try to talk sense to the insensible. The Trump supporters are operating on guts and emotions, not brains.

ON THE OTHER HAND, it looks like the Dems -- courtesy of Nick Anderson -- aren't doing any better. Sigh, sigh, sigh, sigh. Didn't we learn this in 2004, when all the fighting over Kerry and Edwards fractured and bankrupted the party, while boooosh coasted? Didn't we learn this in 2008, when the intra-party hatred -- I still get called names because I was a Hillary supporter then -- tore DU apart?

For fuck's sake, people, are you going to demand purity or settle for shit? Grow up!

[Warpy]

2. Well, Stupid mostly coasted on the back of hacked electronic voting plus incumbency

Between the two of those things, we could have run the Second Coming (if he had turned up, he's late) and he wouldn't have stood a chance.

The real circular firing squad was in 2008, the same personality cultists we see now snarling at the opposition and swearing they will either sit home or vote third party rather than vote for a Democrat who has 95% in common with that hated opposition lined up and doing the same thing then.

Trashing GD and the single candidate forums has helped a lot, but rabid partisans keep throwing that stuff into Good Reads and Videos. "Trash Thread" is getting one hell of a workout.

BTW, David Horsey is one of my favorite toonists. He draws the Muddle American Idiot better than anyone else.

[antigop]

3. oh, good lord. No one is "demanding purity". nt

[ret5hd]

4. No shit. And besides...

I always look forward to SMW because politics is usually a tangential subject, with economy/finance/business etc on the forefront.

Please, I don't want SMW to morph into GDP.

And before anyone says it: Yeah yeah I know. Politics DIRECTLY IMPACTS economy/finance etc why can't you see that are you stupid politics affects everything blah blah and on and on.

I know all that. I get it. But I go --out there-- for all that. This place is kinda a respite from all that.

[antigop]

5. So what's next? We'll have to take the loyalty pledge before we can post to SMW? nt

[Tansy_Gold]

6. Y'know. .. .

#1 -- I don't have to do this.

#2 -- This thread has been getting damn little traffic. Most of the economy news that used to fall under SMW is now being posted on its own. (See #1)

#3 -- This remains Democratic Underground, not Nader or 3rd party or green or Drumpf Underground.

#4 -- I don't have to do this.

#5 -- I've served on three juries in the past two days, and all three issues were petty, childish, "If I don't get my way I'm gonna throw and tantrum and make everyone else miserable" posts. It's ridiculous, imho, that in the time it takes me to log on, post the SMW template, and log off, that I get hit with all these alerted posts. So don't read my thread. Don't post in it. But understand that I'm a staunch democratic socialist who really really really really wants Bernia Sanders, BUT I want a Democrat, any Democrat, way more than I want Trump.

#6 -- I don't have to do this.

[DemReadingDU]

7. I appreciate that you do this

While economic news is thin here recently, you do keep a running list of banker convictions, and always have interesting toons!

[antigop]

8. and why do you think #2 has happened? THINK about it. nt

[bvf]

9. "I don't have to do this."

Which, in view of such lack of interest, raises the obvious question.

[Fuddnik]

10. You're getting the juries because a lot of us are excluded from the pool.

They have a formula, where every post you have hidden lowers your chances of jury duty by 20%. I've been getting stalked lately, and have had some really bullshit hides. I was getting two or three juries a day until a couple of months ago. Now I haven't had one in 2 months.

I'm just keeping quiet for now, until I tell this place adios very soon.