CME increases margin call; markets will be under pressure

from Money Life US options & futures holders will be forced to deposit billions in additional capital to the CME to avoid margin calls. This may pressure all asset classes on Monday There is a liquidity crunch in the options & futures markets for commodities worldwide. CME, the exchange for such transactions in the US, [...]

CME Goes To Collateral DefCon 1: Makes Maintenance Margin Equal To Initial For… Everything!?

by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge The most important news announcement of the day was not anything to came out of Cannes  (as nothing did), nor from Greece (the merry go round farce there continues unabated). No, it was a brief paragraph distributed by the CME long after everyone had gone home, and was already on [...]

Gov. Scott Walker gets checked, Mic Checked!

The Icelandic Example? – Michael Hudson on GRTV

ESM the new European dictator

full transcript after the break…. and go here to read a thorough evaluation of the relevant facts presented in this video.

A Chill Descends On Occupy Wall Street; “The Leaders of the allegedly Leaderless Movement”

by Fritz Tucker On Sunday, October 23, a meeting was held at 60 Wall Street. Six leaders discussed what to do with the half-million dollars that had been donated to their organization, since, in their estimation, the organization was incapable of making sound financial decisions. The proposed solution was not to spend the money educating [...]