Paul W. mentioned an insightful article by Janet Tavakoli: Washington Must Ban U.S. Credit Derivatives as Traders Demand Gold [1]. (Long-time SurvivalBlog readers are already familiar with my strong warnings about the derivatives time bomb. [2] Newbies, please take a look.)
Eric S. suggested this piece by Chris Nelder: Peak Oil Demand Is Coming, But Here’s Why It’s Not Good News [3]
Reader David D. spotted this Wall Street Journal article: Commercial Real Estate Owners Beginning To Walk Away From Propertie [4]s
Items from The Economatrix:
Job Openings Up Sharply in January to 2.7 Million [5]
Failed Banks May Get Pension-Fund Backing as FDIC Seeks Cash [6]
Europe Bars Wall Street Banks from Government Bond Sales [7]
Martin Weiss: The $21 Billion Hot Potato [8]
Los Angeles to Pull Investments from Foreclosure-Heavy Financial Firms [9]
Karl Denninger: All You Need to Know About Bank Balance-Sheet Fraud [10]
SPY Volume Back to 2010 Lows as Equity Mutual Funds Run Out of Cash [11]