Max’s letter to the editor printed in today’s Financial Times.
Sir, The potential for mischief with Cantor’s new box office futures contracts is enormous (“All eyes on Hollywood futures”, December 13). When I was running the Hollywood Stock Exchange during the 1990s I was constantly approached by the Hollywood studios asking me to move up [...]
Two years ago, we made Rigged Markets for Aljazeera English.
This week, we learn of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. Former Nasdaq chair, Bernie Madoff has bilked investors of up to $50 billion, many of the clients apparently were aware that his returns were too good to be true . . . but [...]
Boingboing on Max’s thoughts on HSX’s new box office futures contracts.
Bond traders Cantor Fitzgerald want to create a marketplace for trading box-office “contracts” — bonds based on the performance of giant goofy Hollywood blockbusters. Max Keiser, founder of the old Hollywood Stock Exchange, has this to say: “HSX futures will actually drive the [...]
From the November 4, 2008 election night pub evening hosted by the Boycott Coca Cola Experience in Brixton.
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Here is a clip from 2005 when Max appeared on television in France to talk about boycotts and Karmabanque
Here is another Icelandic site talking about Money Geyser. Google translate says that it is unable to translate Icelandic!
I think it is time for Max Keiser to return to Iceland to see how the revolt against bankers is going. Would also be good to track down Asgeir and see if he still thinks [...]
Apparently, this is ‘Iceland’s greatest newspaper’ writing about Max’s Money Geyser film about the Icelandic economy made in mid 2007:
Kraftaverkahagkerfið rifjað upp
Fjármálasérfræðingurinn Max Keiser, veltir fyrir sér í grein sem birtist á vefnum Huffington Post hvað gerðist á Íslandi. Hann rifjar upp í greininni er hann ferðaðist til Íslands í apríl í fyrra til þess [...]
Max Keiser’s appearance on Aljazeera English on November 24, 2008 as Obama announces his economics team including Tim Geithner and Larry Summers.
Max discusses whether Obama can do anything to rescue the financial system that has already had $7 trillion showered on it. And whether or not the Chinese will continue to finance America’s increasing debt [...]
