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Unemployment Rises and Liquidity Dries Up – Is the Storm Coming?

Market Recap: November and December 2025 Financial Markets US Stock Market The stock market dipped during the first half of November but recovered and closed the month essentially unchanged (+0.13% MoM for the S&P500). December was essentially flat, with a slight dip around the 17th of December, followed by a recovery until the end of

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Ford Motor Company – Full Year 2024 Review

Ford Motor Company (F) is currently organized through three customer-centered business segments: Ford Blue, engineering iconic gas-powered and hybrid vehicles; Ford Model e, inventing breakthrough electric vehicles (“EVs”) along with embedded software that defines always-on digital experiences for all customers; and Ford Pro, helping commercial customers transform and expand their businesses with vehicles and services

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Freight Shipping Rates Spike, and ZIM Soars in May 2024!

In the last update of the Drewry World Container Index, we see a spike in prices for all routes from Shanghai. At fundamental levels, the shipping rate increases seem to be due to high vessel capacity, re-routing via the Cape of Good Hope (Red Sea problems) and equipment shortages.   (https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chain-advisors/supply-chain-expertise/world-container-index-assessed-by-drewry) An important effect is

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Wall Street Scandals – Fraud and Delusion

A few interesting documentaries about Financial and Corporate scandals in the recent past. The Madoff Case Video: The Madoff Affair (full documentary) | FRONTLINE Channel: FRONTLINE PBS | Official ENRON Video: Enron – The Biggest Fraud in History Channel: ColdFusion HEALTHSOUTH Video: Biggest Healthcare Fraud In US History Explained Channel: Wall Street Millennial WORLDCOM Video:

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Tesla Financial Gymnastics

Source: Seeking Alpha Tesla sold 75% of its Bitcoin (BTC-USD) stake to maximize liquidity given the COVID situation in China, though Musk related that it shouldn’t be taken as “some verdict on crypto.” Total sales of the cryptocurrency amounted to $936M, prompting Bitcoin to retreat below $24K following a big rally earlier in the week.

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Credit Suisse: What’s Next for the Crisis-hit Bank?

Video: Credit Suisse: What’s Next for the Crisis-hit Bank? Channel: Financial Times   Synopsis: Credit Suisse has been unsettled by a number of setbacks, including billion-dollar entanglements with bankrupt lenders and hedge funds, large legal settlements and management upheaval. The Credit Suisse story is about how finance went wrong at one of Switzerland’s most important

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Money, Power and Wall Street – Documentary Series

Remember the financial crisis of 2007-2008? In the special four-hour investigation, Money, Power and Wall Street, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy, exploring key decisions, missed opportunities, and the unprecedented and uneasy partnership between government leaders and titans of finance that affects the fortunes of millions

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