Category Archives: Wall Street

How to protect your 401K in this market bubble

March 12, 2013 By Steven E. Greer The stock markets have reached all-time highs despite the fundamentals of the economy still reflecting a recession. The reason for this incongruity is that the Federal Reserve has been indirectly “printing money”, via … Continue reading

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Why are the best restaurants slammed lately?

March 6, 2013 By Steven E. Greer Starting around February 18th, some of the nicest restaurants Downtown suddenly became packed, with dining rooms and bars full until 10:00 PM. It was a mystery to the managers as to exactly why … Continue reading

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Opposition to the Hudson River Park NID tax

February 26, 2012 By Steven E. Greer The joint session of the full Manhattan Community Board 1 met at the new BMCC (just north of old Ground Zero) to discuss the new tax that is being floated by the Hudson … Continue reading

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American Express downsizes by using “virtual employees”

Update February 25, 2013 Related to the story below, Yahoo is reversing policy and no longer allowing employees to work from home. February 14, 2013 By Steven E. Greer It is not well known that the WFC #3 building, which … Continue reading

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Goldman alley infiltrated with livery cab drivers soliciting pedestrians

  Update February 24, 2013 We have learned that Goldman Sachs is no longer allowing liver cab solicitations on their property, which is the north side of Vesey. This is a result of our reporting, below. (Note the street completely … Continue reading

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Eclipse: the largest yacht in the world

Update February 16, 2013 The NY Post covered our story after we alerted them on the 13th, and national CBS ran with it as well. We also alerted the producers at CBS. February 13, 2013 By Steven E. Greer, MD … Continue reading

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The New York Stock Exchange traders are almost extinct

January 13, 2013 The New York Post is reporting that the low volumes of trading in equities, combined with other factors such as newer electronic exchanges, has caused the number of NYSE human traders on the floor to diminish from … Continue reading

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Construction problems at Conrad hotel retail spaces still plague business owners 12-months later

Update December 2, 2012 After a year of no action, the malfunctioning entrance door to Beans&Greens was repaired. BP.TV gets results. November 28, 2012 By Steven E. Greer The newly renovated Conrad Hotel space, and the retail locations on the … Continue reading

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Selling the Yankees now would be smart

May 28, 2012 By Steven Greer The Daily News recently reported that rumors are flying within the ranks of Major League Baseball offices that the Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner is shopping around the Yankees for sale. The distressed … Continue reading

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BPTV discusses Goldman Sachs on Fox Business

Unemployment and job creation via small business assistance is now the Obama administration’s top priority in the public arena and has been a concern for more than a year. Realizing this last November, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, … Continue reading

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Why News Corp and Disney should merge: A perfect storm is on the way for cable TV

https://youtu.be/1yFTZJhUFV0 Updated: August 6, 2012 See video above January 3, 2012  By Steven Greer, MD The cable TV business model is still printing money, despite high user dissatisfaction with the cable delivery companies and the poor quality of content found … Continue reading

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London is the most dangerous city in the world

https://youtu.be/2dkSR2r8oSs June 15, 2012 By Steven Greer Trading derivatives is the most profitable business for many large Wall Street banks. Despite the totality of derivates posing 700 Trillion or more in risk to the global financial system, derivatives remain largely … Continue reading

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Are we heading for another financial collapse worse than 2008?

https://youtu.be/c0iovn4VXIA In Q2 of 2012, the Wall Street banks reported dramatically lower revenue and poor earnings. Bloomberg TV’s Stephanie Ruhle posed some important questions about the viability of the current structure of the banks. Will there be even great job … Continue reading

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Goldman Sachs’ Conrad Hotel disappoints the community

July 6, 2012 By Steven Greer The new Conrad Hotel was written up by The New York Times in an article titled “It’s a Goldman World”. In it, a long-time resident of Battery Park, Rosalie Joseph, complained, “(The Conrad and … Continue reading

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Reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act would create millions of jobs

June 1, 2012 By Steven Greer The May jobs report revealed that the economy created only 69,000 non-farm jobs, the worst number within the last year. Part of the reason that the economy is frozen in a depression is that … Continue reading

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The people have voted: “Bring quality music to the Conrad Hotel”

The results of our survey are in. Ideally, if the business model made sense, our viewers liked the idea of a high-quality jazz and performing arts venue to go into one of the remaining retail spots of the Conrad Hotel, … Continue reading

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NY Times reviews the Goldman Sachs canopy: A Canopy as Social Cathedral

The New York Times has an architectural review of the glass canopy that covers the alley (North End Way). Click here for the story. “That’s the power of architecture. I’ve stopped by on different days, morning and evening. Cafe tables … Continue reading

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Hecklers at JP Morgan Senate hearing

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Every addiction imaginable

This man nearly walked into the photographer and did not even realize it. Had a cigaret in his mouth, holding a cup of coffee, all while text-walking and addicted to his crackberry. This could be the picture that summarizes the … Continue reading

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Why the Volcker Rule needs to be enacted now, without delay

Update May 15, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD The JP Morgan prop trading disaster is just another example of the incompetence in wall Street that make trading of derivatives an unacceptably risky business. Update September 17, 2011 Since first writing … Continue reading

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