Bloomberg
Spreads on bonds without equity-conversion options have tightened as the Federal Reserve holds interest rates at record lows to stimulate economic growth after the deepest financial crisis since the Great Depression. The Fed has kept its main overnight ...
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2 years after market low, the little guy is back
The Associated Press
The Standard & Poor's 500 index has almost doubled since March 9, 2009, when it hit a 12-year low after the financial crisis. And the Dow Jones industrials are back above 12000, about 2000 points shy of their all-time high. Little-guy investors appear ...
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Asian Nations Try Not To Get Scorched By 'Hot Money'
NPR
In 1997, the Asian financial crisis wiped out massive wealth and popular support for authoritarian governments in Indonesia and Thailand whose legitimacy depended on economic growth. Since that crisis, Thailand and other hard-hit countries have ...
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A Bond Giant's Stock-Fund Strategy
Wall Street Journal
Heading the stock-fund business: Managing Director Neel Kashkari, recruited to Pimco in December 2009 after heading the bank bailout fund set up by the US during the financial crisis. Mr. Kashkari, 37, recently discussed Pimco's stock-fund plans with ...
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Is the gold price going to continue rising?
MSN Money UK
With the crisis in the Middle East pushing oil to well over $100 a barrel, the major concern - as I've discussed in recent columns - is that the global economic recovery will be derailed by surging inflation, weakening growth and tightening monetary ...
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MSN Money UK
The Oil Trap
CounterPunch
The alternative approach (to quantitative easing) involves the central bank printing new money to directly finance fiscal stimulus. This neglected policy option – apparently largely overlooked by officials during the global economic crisis – is likely ...
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The Future of the Euro: A Symposium
Wall Street Journal
More ominously, the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression was brewing—a fact that had bubbled to the surface in the summer of 2007, when Europe's interbank markets seized up. Rather than correctly diagnosing Europe's interbank ...
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The End of the Long 20th Century
Bay Area Indymedia
In both cases, financial capital gained a dominant position over industrial capital in the global economy. The financialization of economic activity had destabilizing effects every time which led to serious crises particularly in 1929 and 2008. ...
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UK Interest Rate Forecast 2011, Paralysed Bank of England Still Fears ...
The Market Oracle
The Coalition (as did Labour before) have let off hook those who are responsible for the financial crisis ie the banking sector with the Bank of England at its head. Many mistakenly jump to the conclusion that capitalism was to blame for the financial ...
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Testimony on Sensible Tax Reform
Huffington Post (blog)
As the process unfolded over time, it helped produce the systematic abuse of mortgage lending that became pandemic in the middle years of the last decade and that produced the financial crisis. On the whole, there is no reason to believe that the TRA ...
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BNS is the latest bank to beat estimates, 'Black Swan fatigue,' China (banking ...
National Post (registration)
Chinese banks fuelled record property-price gains by extending a record 17.5 trillion yuan ($2.7 trillion) of loans over 2009 and 2010 under the stimulus program that propelled the nation through the financial crisis. Regulators' efforts to contain the ...
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The 2008 crash isn't over, only covered up
MarketWatch
My summary includes warnings by one SEC chairman, two Fed Governors, five leading economists, four billionaires, five money managers overseeing trillions, two leading financial historians, and many more not on the list. 20 reasons a new mega-bubble ...
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Cashing in on CoCos: How to Profit From Contingent Convertible Bonds
Money Morning
During the 2006-07 financial boom that preceded the crash and subsequent financial crisis, The Bear Stearns Cos., Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. (PINK: LEHMQ) and Countrywide Financial Corp. could doubtless have issued contingent convertible bonds. ...
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Can someone tell John Boehner what "broke" means?
Salon
The US today is able to borrow at historically low interest rates, paying 0.68 percent on a two-year note that it had to offer at 5.1 percent before the financial crisis began in 2007. Financial products that pay off if Uncle Sam defaults aren't ...
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Salon
David Prosser: The bankers are fighting back everywhere you look
Independent
Peter Sands, the chief executive of the bank, which has previously sailed along loftily above the financial crisis, was busy dropping hints last week that it, too, might have to reconsider its UK domicile. In the City, meanwhile, the gossip doing the ...
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<B>Q&A:</B> Prabhat Awasthi, Nomura India
Business Standard
The West Asia crisis puts India at a bigger disadvantage than other economies in Asia. What kind of FII inflows is India likely to attract compared to $28 billion last year? The best guess is that the number would likely be lower than $28 billion. ...
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Business Standard
The Year in Bankruptcy: 2010
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission created in 2009 convenes in Washington, where principals of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America testify about their roles in the financial crisis. Japan Airlines, the once ...
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Special Report: Deutsche's gamble: a future without Jain?
International Business Times
Since the financial crisis, investment bankers have been dubbed the "unacceptable face of banking" by some. It also offers a glimpse into tensions that have dogged Deutsche Bank for the best part of 20 years. Neither Ackermann nor members of the ...
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Asian Nations Try Not To Get Scorched By 'Hot Money' | KOSU Radio
By KOSU News
But investors' money is increasingly aimed at generating quick returns through short-term bonds and stocks. And while the bulk of inflows used to come from trade, the majority now comes from private investment. Stuck In The Middle ... In 1997, the Asian financial crisis wiped out massive wealth and popular support for authoritarian governments in Indonesia and Thailand whose legitimacy depended on economic growth. Since that crisis, Thailand and other hard-hit countries ...
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The Crude Oil Economic Booby Trap :: The Market Oracle ...
This neglected policy option – apparently largely overlooked by officials during the global economic crisis – is likely to be appropriate for countries where prices are falling (or inflation drops toward zero), private demand is .... into a market position either stock, option, futures contract, bonds, commodity or any other financial instrument at any time. We recommend that independent professional advice is obtained before you make any investment or trading decisions. ...
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Author Q and A: Your Money is Everything - Current Rates, News and ...
By amandap
As a seasoned Financial Advisor, Thomas has learned a lot about managing finances intelligently. See what he has to say about attaining wealth and keeping it, the best investments and how Americans are faring in today's economic climate. ... than they have in cash, stock or other investments. This is a recipe for failure. Q: Do you think people have learned anything from the recession? A: As far as I can tell, nobody even noticed what really caused the financial crisis. ...
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Notes on Japan
By Marc Chandler
In January, foreign investors bought a record JPY5.2 trillion money market instruments. This slowed in February, returning to more "normal" levels near JPY680 bln. However, foreign buying of Japanese bond and notes reached a 5-month high in Feb at ... Marc Chandler joined Brown Brothers Harriman in October 2005 as the global head of currency strategy. Previously he was the chief currency strategist for HSBC Bank USA and Mellon Bank. Marc is a prolific writer and speaker. ...
Credit Writedowns - http://www.creditwritedowns.com/
Guest Post: The Coming Rout (In Stocks, Bonds, Commodities and ...
By Contributing Author
... to intervene in the free market by printing more and more money to stimulate and stabilize the economy. So too have we warned economic crisis and confusion lead to extreme global volatility, not just in financial markets, but geo- politics. ... We urge our readers to remain vigilant, and if Mr. Martenson is correct in his forecast, there may be yet another great opportunity for investment and preparedness, especially in precious metals, in the very near future. ...
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STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - Democratic Underground
That will be a drag on economic activity and slow growth. Business investment will shrink, hiring will sputter, stocks will retreat, and the economy will head back into negative territory. It all depends on the price of oil. ... The real root of the financial crisis was leverage. The banks were massively over- leveraged (some of them 40 to 1) just like our friend Freddie. This is no longer a matter of dispute. In testimony he gave to the Financial Crisis Investigation ...
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Moody's assessment raised the interest rates on Greek securities ...
By mihaela
Crime news · Economic crisis 2010 ... The Athens Stock Exchange registered drop in the shares of Greek banks, the largest holders of Greek securities. The banking index decreased by 2.92%. The shares of National Bank of Greece fell by 3.18%, of Alpha Bank by 3.06%, ... Overshadowed by Moody's decision the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is meeting the leaders of political parties in Greece to find a political consensus on the outcome of the economic crisis. ...
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» Oil price shock could re-rank emerging markets – Kippreport.com
By Reuters
Turkey has until recently been a favourite of emerging market investors, due to its deft handling domestically of the global financial crisis. But with the standard yardstick that a $10 rise in the oil price cuts 0.5 percent from global ... investment firm, has done some research and thinking on what's next for the world economy. Kipp took a look at the findings, and is pretty freaked out. Growing pains. Economy update: growth coming, changes needed, stocks volatile. ...
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What Does QE2′s End Means for Various Asset Classes? | The Big Picture
By Barry Ritholtz
The financial crisis sent the dollar as a safe haven bank towards 90; since then , it has bounced and slipped back to 75 on a combination of Euro turmoil, hopes for a Japanese recovery, and Middle-East crises. ..... There are various events and factors that could bring down asset classes like the stock market. But why would the end of QE2 have a big effect? Through what causal chain ever the additional base money has lead to a general increase of asset prices, ...
The Big Picture - http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/
The Center of the Universe » Blog Archive » WSJ Euro Symposium ...
By WARREN MOSLER
Automatic sanctions for excessive public borrowing, and a reform of the Basel system that forces banks to hold equity capital if they invest in government bonds, are among the political constraints necessary for the euro to survive. ... After 10 years with the euro, the economic crisis and its consequences in some countries of the euro zone have reopened the debate about the suitability of a single currency in the absence of a high level of political integration. ...
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CNBC's Fast Money: Scary Chart: Bottom About to Fall Out of the ...
Figures from the CME, first reported by the Financial Times today, show that there is $39 billion net short the dollar, above the previous record of $36 billion in 2007 on the precipice of the financial crisis. ...
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Top Economists: Trust is Necessary for a Stable Economy ... But ...
By George Washington
As trust declines, so does Americans' willingness to invest their money in the financial system. Our data show that trust in the stock market affects people's intention to buy stocks, even after accounting for expectations of future stock- market .... One of the leading business schools in America - the Wharton School of Business - published an essay by a psychologist on the causes and solutions to the economic crisis. Wharton points out that restoring trust is the key to ...
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SOLVED QUESTION PAPER OF INDIAN BANK 2010
By webmaster
A type of collective investment scheme that pools money from many investors and invest it in stocks, bonds or other money market instruments. 2. It is a subsidiary of a bank or financial company created specially to ralse money to be ... 9. We very frequently read about Europe's Sovereign—debt crisis these day. Which of the following statement/s is/are true about the same ? 1. In early 2010 the Euro crisis developed in some countries like Greece, Spain and Portugal. ...
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BETWEEN THE HEDGES: Tuesday Watch
By Gary
Massive investment is needed to sustain economic expansion, yet all too much of it is going to national champions whose returns might never materialize. Is China setting itself up for a bad-loan crisis? No one can say for sure. Yet China's growing inflation challenge .... The surge of speculative money into the oil futures pits shows that big financial players are expecting the price of WTI crude to surge well above the recent $105 or so seen last week. If they are right, ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland went from one of the world?s largest banks and a ... The UK is at "extreme risk" of another economic crisis due to the pension and health ... Einstein was right - honey bee collapse threatens global food security ...
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US economy back to pre-crisis levels - News
This context can help explain why the current economic recoveries in both the ... During the past two years, U.S. financial firms and households have lowered ... The European Central Bank's total assets rose €500 billion to €2.03 trillion ... U.S. and European investment-grade bonds are represented by the Barclays ...
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Money Talk :: - MY SECRETS TO INVESTING IN THE STOCK MARKET
I experienced the Asian financial crisis in 1998 which was caused by the ... I realized that the politicians and the central banks who are in power ... all of the good economic news is already priced into the stock market. ... In conclusion, you should allocate your investment money to a mixture of stocks, bonds, ...
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Spanish Bonds Decouple From Portugal
On how the European debt crisis seems to have marginal influence on capital ... Previously he was the chief currency strategist for HSBC Bank USA and Mellon Bank. ... He is also the contributing economic editor for Active Trader Magazine and .... of any stock or advise on the suitability of any trade or investment. ...
www.creditwritedowns.com/.../spanish-bonds-decouple-from-...
XE.com - UPDATE 5-EU watchdog readies bank test, markets eye capital
News Providers: Thompson Financial, AP, XFN-Asia, Daily FX, Reuters ... to the persistence of the ongoing sovereign debt crisis, a global negative demand shock ... designed by the European Central Bank, includes a 0.5 percent economic ... held in lenders' bank books, allowing periphery sovereign bonds classified as ...
www.xe.com/news/2011/03/.../1751777.htm?...
Ultrashort bond funds can be long on risk
But many financial advisers see these funds as offering too little reward for ... as paying more interest than bank CDs, savings accounts or money-market funds ... The worst losers among ultrashort funds in the 2008 crisis were those that ... insurance — some investment strategists say ultrashort funds don't offer ...
menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7B26DFAD4A...
David Herro: Oakmark's global contrarian finds value - Yahoo! Finance
Last year Morningstar named Herro its International Stock Manager of the Decade. ... Within the financials, Bank of Ireland has been one of your biggest losers. ... it didn't really happen last crisis, and that's global protectionism. ... UPDATE 1-IPIC eyes 5-yr, 10-yr benchmark euro-bonds -sources - at Reuters ...
biz.yahoo.com/.../030711_david_herro_oakmark_fortune.htm...
BusinessWeek – World Crisis Online
(Updates with pound in sixth paragraph.) ... central banks risk triggering a “ 1994-style” sell-off in global bonds as soon as ... to limit the risk of large, swift investment outflows triggering a crisis, ... South Korea Stocks, Won Rally on Industrial Output; Bonds Fall ... The World Economic Crisis: 1991-2001 ...
worldcrisisonline.com/category/financial-news/businessweek/
Oil tests investor resilience | Stock Market News
Investment & Financial Market: Forex, Stock, Business, Finance ... a key stress test in the coming week as the Middle Eastern political crisis, ... “The two surprises roughly offset each other in their impact on global economic growth. ... Related Stock Market News. European bank stress test results due on July 23 ...
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UPDATE 1-IMF: Signs of overheating in emerging markets - Worldnews.com
View from the IMF: Building a Post-Crisis Global Economy ... Reforming the global financial system, establishing effective global economic and financial governance, ... Two brokers talks inside the Stock Exchange in Madrid, Spain, ... CBC Beginning of Story Content The world's leading central bankers are committed ...
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Asian Nations Try Not To Get Scorched By 'Hot Money' | KQED Public ...
An employee counts bundles of Thai bahts at Krung Thai Bank in Bangkok in October. ... most of the world's economic expansion is now coming from developing nations. ... aimed at generating quick returns through short-term bonds and stocks. ... In 1997, the Asian financial crisis wiped out massive wealth and popular ...
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