German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces one of the toughest choices of her career in the coming weeks: whether to risk the unraveling of the euro zone, or her government. We’ll let you follow the link to the WSJ for a
Read more →Declining volumes on global stock markets appear to show that real money trading activity is at decade lows, according to a new report from Credit Suisse, and investors believe volumes will stay low for two more years unless global resolutions
Read more →For some perspective on one of the more important global stock markets, today’s chart focuses on Chinese stocks and presents the current trend of the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (FXI). As today’s chart illustrates, Chinese stocks have endured what
Read more →It appears that our federal prosecutors are unable to find any criminal wrong doing at MF Global even though a $ BILLION in customer funds is missing. Are you kidding me? It appears that the boys at Enron were a
Read more →What Happened The Last Two Times VIX Closed Below 15%? Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2012 13:48 -040 VIX has only rarely traded below 15% during ‘new normal’ times. The period from 2004 to early 2007, the so-called ‘Great Moderation’, saw
Read more →15 Aug 2012 12:05 When will the euro collapse? It’s already dead By Matthew Lynn LONDON (MarketWatch) — Anyone who spends their time analyzing the euro debt crisis will know that there is one question you get asked again and
Read more →Banks, companies and investors are preparing themselves for a collapse of the euro. Cross-border bank lending is falling, asset managers are shunning Europe and money is flowing into German real estate and bonds. The euro remains stable against the dollar
Read more →Cast aside for a moment your doom and gloom about the U.S. losing ground to China, the “rise of the rest,” and the “post-American world.” Americans should take a moment to revel in the outcome of this year’s Olympics: Having
Read more →The dollar is likely to remain the world’s reserve currency over the next fifty years, having supplanted sterling for good a half a century ago. Admittedly, this ‘eternity forecast’ could be derailed if a deadlocked Congress refused to raise America’s
Read more →Well the USDA report came out and it said what the markets have been saying for months- we’re in a drought! Ok, anyone who lives in the Midwest knows this so let’s talk about impact. “The amount of the corn
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