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Aug 15 (Reuters) - An analyst at Fitch Ratings warned that U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), could be downgraded if the agency further cuts its assessment of the operating environment for the industry, according to a report from CNBC on Tuesday. In June, Fitch lowered the score of the U.S. banking industry's "operating environment" to AA- from AA, citing pressure on the country's credit rating, gaps in regulatory framework and uncertainty about the future trajectory of interest rate hikes. Another one-notch downgrade, to A+ from AA-, would force Fitch to reevaluate ratings on each of the more than 70...

Financial Markets Warning!, Exit Strategy Profitable for Limited Time Only!? Stock-Markets / Financial Crash Feb 19, 2010 - 02:37 PM By: DeepCaster LLC CONUNDRUM: As The ___?___ Economy goes so goes the International Economy (Fill in the blank) Markets Warning! The Musical Chairs Party Game is nearly over for key Bullish Markets. Many players will be left without a Chair to face the Bears. Indeed, one of the savvyist Big Players is already half-way out the door! Last week we noted that China ordered its currency reserve Manager to exit from risky U.S. dollar assets, and retain only debt guaranteed...

Signs Of Global Stock Market Crash And Financial Meltdown Stock-Markets / Financial Crash Jan 22, 2010 - 02:34 AM By: Mac Slavo There’s a lot of buzz hitting the contrarian financial news circles around the web regarding recent market weakness and the possibility for the end of the rally which began in March of 2009. Many contrarian investors have been waiting for the crash that is inevitably to follow the largest US market rally in modern history, and this may be it. We caution our readers, however, that over the last year there have been various false signals, and rather...

Marc Faber On Economic Armageddon And The Collapse Of Capitalism Stock-Markets / Financial Crash Dec 21, 2009 - 02:02 PM By: Submissions Marc Faber Says Run for Your Lives! "The Future will be a total disaster with a collapse of our capitalistic system as we know it today, wars, massive government debt defaults and the impoverishment of large segments of Western society."[snip]click on the site to view the video.

"Hear our cry, Obama." "Deliver us, Obama." Video at link.

RUSH: I want you to listen to this, Paul Kanjorski. He's a Democrat member of Congress from Pennsylvania. He was on C-SPAN's Washington Journal on January 27th. KANJORSKI: On Thursday at about 11 o'clock in the morning -- RUSH: Stop the tape a second. Go back and recue this. ***He's talking about September the 18th here. Let me tease you even further.*** September the 18th is the day last year that the world economy almost came to an end. Don't smirk. It's true, Snerdley. That's what Kanjorski is saying. So he's talking here about Thursday, September the 18th. KANJORSKI: On...