Wall Street Journal
A rebound in the US stock markets also lured some money away from Treasurys as the financial markets assessed the possible impact on economic growth as the strongest earthquake to hit Japan in at least 300 years set off tsunami warnings around the ...
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Look out. It's behind you, Billy
Sydney Morning Herald
In a 27-year rally, the bond rate then fell as low as 2.05 per cent just after Christmas in 2008, the year of the financial crisis. It has bounced around since then and now hovers at about 3.4 per cent. The 30-year bond yields 4.75 per cent, ...
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Do you feel lucky?
Asia Times Online
A litany of problems has plagued global financial markets ever since the US residential mortgage mess broke into our living rooms some four years ago. In an Asia Times Online article titled Hobson's Choice on March 10, 2007, I wrote the following: ...
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NBR for March 10, 2011 - Full Episode
Nightly Business Report
But now, he wants to shake things up in an industry that`s been blamed for the financial crisis. I asked him why he decided to get into the ratings game. JULES KROLL, CHRMN. & CEO, KROLL BOND RATINGS: It is a system that is at the heart of the ...
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Top financial executive taking cautious stance on equities
JoongAng Daily
With the government encouraging the growth of Korean financial firms into global investment banks, Korea Investment Holdings is seen as a leading contender to achieve this goal. Affiliates of Korea Investment Holdings have gained strength, ...
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JoongAng Daily
Save, Invest, Speculate, Trade or Gamble?
Gold Seek
Nonetheless, we're in a genuine economic and financial twilight zone, where nothing is cheap and everything is high risk. This is most unusual because there's usually something on the other end of the seesaw. The reason for this anomaly is worldwide ...
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Hot in the South
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
In addition, emerging market bonds are around 200 basis points above US Treasuries, near the record lows reached in the run-up to the financial crisis. Expansionary Policies in Emerging Markets: Despite recent tightening in several countries, economic ...
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House of Lords debates Zim violence
The Zimbabwean
The government statement on priorities for UK overseas aid made it clear that we want to see value for money. I agree with that. Surely an important aspect of this, in the context of Zimbabwe, is that we need to deal with the causes of the crisis and ...
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Japan eyes emergency quake budget
National Post (registration)
But the Bank of Japan's options are more limited because its policy rate is already a lowly 0.1 percent following cuts during the global financial crisis. The government's fiscal hands are also tied as it wrestles with the biggest public debt among ...
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Bingham McCutchen LLP > Rebuilding America The Role of Foreign Capital and ...
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
In the aftermath of the financial crisis and a severe recession, the United States has pervasive capital needs for infrastructure development to enhance US economic competitiveness, business investment to spur job creation, and technological innovation ...
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Common Man News: The Oil Booby Trap
By themancommon
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. ... 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 deficient, ...
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Global Macro Notes: Did PIMCO Mark a Bottom in Treasuries? | www ...
By marketmaker
And where will they stash their under-nourished savings (other than bonds)? What options remain in a time of true crisis? Where will the world go in the event of another financial heart attack? Are the precious metals markets ... The dangers of left-brained bank bossesAS THE global financial system fights desperately for survival, few people are more justified in saying “I told you so” than Jeremy Grantham, a Cassandra of the investment community since long before Nouriel ...
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Banks Cheap Money is Economic Poison :: The Market Oracle ...
For most large US and European banks, their assets frequently exceeded their equity by 20 to 60 times before the financial crises. That is, keeping it simple , they were somehow able to leverage every $1 of equity, usually by borrowing ... For now though, cheap easy money is seen by bankers as our economic salvation. And it inflates global markets, including those related to food and energy. As their prices rise, the unforeseen repercussions of the bankers cheap easy money ...
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XE.com - JAPAN MARKETS-Stock slide may be limited post-quake ...
The five-year sprad was 3 basis points wider at 82 basis points, well below last year's peak near 100 bps during the euro zone crisis but still wide. The swings in financial markets following major quakes in Japan have hurt investors before. Most famously, the rogue trader Nick Leeson's bets on Nikkei 225 stock futures led to a collapse of Barings Bank after the market plunged in the wake of the Kobe disaster. As the market kept falling, Leeson added to his losing bets, ...
XE Forex News - http://www.xe.com/news/
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: ECB Stuck in Sovereign Debt ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Michael Shedlock)
Faced with financial turmoil that has resisted every emergency fix the European Union has adopted, European leaders are considering a radical step: giving up some of their independence to set domestic economic policies and cutting back many ... At the peak of the debt crisis in Europe, the European Central Bank committed a break with tradition that many at the time considered to be a cardinal sin. The bank began buying up massive amounts of sovereign bonds from euro-zone ...
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Catalpa Capital » 11 March 2011
By lincoln
People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan also played down the role of the Chinese currency's exchange rate in curbing rising prices, saying at a news conference Friday that the government's anti-inflation efforts “don't .... After plunging in 2009 when global trade flows dried up during the global financial crisis, Chinese exports and imports rebounded in 2010. The flow of Chinese investment overseas and investment in China by foreign multinationals will, ...
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How traders react to crisis like Japan | Investing | Financial Post
“If Japan must borrow for large or extensive repairs, there may be fewer buyers for U.S. or European bonds,” he said, providing a glimpse of how traders think as they react to crisis and start to price-in unforseen events. ...
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CRISIS AND CHAOS CONTINUES TO BUILD « Livinglies's Weblog
By Neil Garfield
It didn't stop them from being stupid and losing money but it hurt when they goofed. People owned the investment banks not shareholders. Now the mega banks are owned by shareholders who are at best very remote from management decisions and who .... If he is right, it is all the more important that ways be found to assure that the costs of the next financial crisis — in failed institutions and lost economic growth, not to mention government borrowing — will be far lower. ...
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The Value of Simple Economic Models | Better Nature: commentary by ...
By Geoff Davies
Here I offer some discussion from my experience as a natural scientist, and some examples regarding the Global Financial Crisis, to counter these hindrances. Useful and relatively simple models can be constructed that can immediately .... If the money supply is also taken to rise exponentially, and some of the bank's profit is re-invested in its reserve fund, then an economy with perpetual inflation results, as shown in Figure 2 (note the logarithmic vertical scale, ...
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'Risk Off' Makes a Comeback
By Pater Tenebrarum
Nowadays the financial markets know only two modes of operation – 'risk on' (go long commodities, stocks, junk bonds, non-dollar currencies, sell the dollar and sell government bonds) and 'risk off' (do the opposite). The Fed's QE2 operation has – since it has been .... The letter, released by the minister's office today , noted that the agencies were 'competing against each other' to predict the next crisis after failing to warn beforehand of the 2008 economic downturn. ...
Acting Man - http://www.acting-man.com/
Banking Nature? | OAC Press
By OAC Press
First, while it would seem that recent financial crisis should signal that finance markets had reached some sort of expansionary limit, subsequent bailouts with public money suggest instead that finance has been substantially reinforced , ..... The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility of the World Bank is supporting forest-rich countries of the global south to enter the global offsetting trade in carbon.57 The European Investment Bank is working with the University of ...
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Save, Invest, Speculate, Trade or Gamble? | Doug Casey | Safehaven.com
By Doug Casey
So much money has been created in the past couple of years that it's flowed into every sector of every market - stocks, bonds, commodities and property. Even money itself is actually overpriced - the conundrum is that it's ..... Doug literally wrote the book on profiting from periods of economic turmoil: his book Crisis Investing spent multiple weeks as #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and became the best-selling financial book of 1980 with 438640 copies sold; ...
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Why Not a Global Currency?
Why Not a Global Currency? Free-Market Thinking. Dominant Social Themes. Power Elite Memes exposed. Ron Paul and Libertarians. Ludwig von Mises and Austrian Economics. Gold is Money. Gold and Silver are Honest Money. Central banks create inflation. ... He reportedly predicted the 2008 financial crisis in 2006. He has now urged clients to get out of the stock market entirely. Such grim warnings are part of a relentless tide of unsettling news sweeping the globe. ...
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BETWEEN THE HEDGES: Friday Watch
By Gary
Bond Market Anticipates Greece Defaulting as EU Leaders Meet: Euro Credit. As European Union leaders haggle over their second plan to stem the financial crisis, traders are betting Greece won't be able to pay its debts. ..... The government may increase banks' reserve ratio requirement further to control liquidity, citing Guo. China Business News: Wang Jianxi, deputy general manager and chief risk officer of the China Investment Corp., said the sovereign wealth fund ...
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Global Macro Notes: Did PIMCO Mark A Bottom In Treasuries?
By Mercenary Trader
And where will they stash their under-nourished savings (other than bonds)? What options remain in a time of true crisis? Where will the world go in the event of another financial heart attack? Are the precious metals markets anywhere ...
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Opening Bell: 03.11.11 « Dealbreaker: A Wall Street Tabloid ...
By Dealbreaker
Carl Icahn Returning Money To Investors ... Japan's central bank pledged to ensure financial stability after the strongest earthquake in at least a century forced Toyota Motor Corp. to shut some plants, knocked out oil refineries and sparked a plunge in stocks. ... The wave of regulation following the financial crisis is prompting some of the biggest players in the $25.6 trillion asset- management industry, normally silent on policy matters, to get more vocal. ...
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The Duration Paradox (Part One of Two)
By John Butler
Such perceptions of risk, influenced as they are by credible threats from the monetary authority, most certainly contribute to the conundrum of low yields in the face of rising risks of a debt/currency crisis in future. .... John Butler has 17 years experience in the global financial industry, including European and US investment banks in London, New York and Germany. Recently, he was Managing Director and Head of the Index Strategies Group at Deutsche Bank in London, ...
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A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR OVERCOMING THE EURO CRISIS, Version 2.0 ...
By yanisv
The problem with loans and bond buy back schemes is that (a) they do nothing to address either the banking sector crisis or the under-investment crisis, and (b) have minimal effects on the debt crisis (see here). .... Policy 2 – Tackling the banking sector crisis: Clearing the banks' asset books of questionable assets and recapitalising them (where necessary). Responsible institution: The EFSF/ESM (European Financial Stability Fund or European Stability Mechanism) ...
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Mercenary Trader » Global Macro Notes: Did PIMCO Mark a Bottom in ...
By Jack Sparrow
In a very news-heavy week, a notable item was PIMCO's decision to purge U.S. government debt from its flagship fund. As Bloomberg reports,. Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., .... And where will they stash their under-nourished savings (other than bonds)? What options remain in a time of true crisis? Where will the world go in the event of another financial heart attack? Are the precious metals markets anywhere big ...
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What Me Worry? Yet More To Worry About BigTrends
By BigTrends
According to Bloomberg: “Some of the biggest private investors in the bond market, from fund managers to insurers and pensions, are preparing for an end to the three-decade Treasury rally, as interest rates near zero and unprecedented ... “I cannot conceive of lending money to the U.S. government for 30 years.” The Fed, after spending $1.7 trillion in the wake of the global financial crisis to end the recession, said in November it would buy an additional $600 billion of ...
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This Is How QE Really Works « naked capitalism
By Edward Harrison
The LSAPs were not aimed at supplying liquidity to financial institutions or at reducing systemic risk. Instead, they were intended to support economic activity by keeping longer-term private interest rates lower than they would otherwise be . .... As you indicated, I suppose the Fed could also lend against municipal bonds as collateral in a liquidity crisis. This is how they obtained a lot of mortgage assets during the crisis. Depending on the length of the commitment, ...
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Are The Prophets Of Doom Right About Major War, $200 Oil, $2000 ...
By Pakalert
The entire global financial system is based on debt and speculation. A mountain of derivatives that is so large that it defies imagination is constantly hanging over our heads and could come crashing down at any moment. ... Tags: 2011, 2012, America, American imperialism, banking crisis, bankruptcy, banks, Barack Obama, Brawl, California, chaos, China, currency war, dollar collapse, Doomsday, economic collapse, economic crisis, Europe, evidence, false flag operation, ...
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Chinese Inflation Heats Up Again As PBoC Takes Another Step To ...
By Tyler Durden
Second half of 2008 to further deepen the international financial crisis, many of the national currency devaluation against the dollar, the RMB exchange rate maintained basically stable, and global economic recovery in Asia has ... the People's Bank monetary policy system has improved constantly, and gradually shift to price-based indirect control tools, significantly enhance the flexibility of RMB exchange rate, money market, the rapid development of the foreign exchange ...
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Banks Cheap Money is Economic Poison :: The Market Oracle ...
Global Financial System is One Gargantuan Ponzi Scheme. ... Fed's Wealth Effect Money Creation Machine Driving Stocks Bull Market, Keep Bears at Bay - 7th Mar 11 ... nearly free rates and 'invest' those proceeds in bonds/securities/ commodities ... exceeded their equity by 20 to 60 times before the financial crises. ...
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FTMDaily News Update – Fear Strikes the Financial Markets ...
by Jerry Robinson Bad News Weighs on the Financial Markets… ... 2) BOND KING DUMPS HOLDINGS : PIMCO's Bill Gross, one of the most astute bond traders in the ... over the dramatic decline in the global bee population, down 85% in some areas. ..... Economic Reports, Energy Crisis, Energy Investing, Euroland in Crisis ...
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WGBH News: Asian Nations Try Not To Get Scorched By 'Hot Money'
Soraphol Tulayasathein, an economic stability analyst at the Thai Finance ... prefer money to enter the country in the form of investment in infrastructure, ... aimed at generating quick returns through short-term bonds and stocks. ... In 1997, the Asian financial crisis wiped out massive wealth and popular support ...
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Money and Credit Were Central to the Economic Crisis - Seeking Alpha
My take on the US economic crisis has increasingly been that banks were less ... That a Global Financial Crisis could do what rampant death and disease could not is an ... of cheap money available for investing, our regulatory and taxing policies make it .... Excess Reserves at Commercial Banks: This Week's Update ...
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The Global Economic Crisis: Central Banking at the Centre of Power ...
Excerpt from, "The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century" .... Following the battle, Nathan got the news that the British won over 24 ... hand in 1810-1850 the Stock Exchange, the Bank of England, and the London money .... Bond Fund In The World Has Dumped All Of Their U.S. Treasury Bonds? ...
www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/...irs.../news.php?...
Theflyonthewall.com equity news: BAC BofA outlines continued ...
Last year and 2009 was the largest two year sale of corporate bonds .... FBR reiterates Outperform ratings on Bank of America, PNC Financial (PNC), ... a real estate investment trust that just reported a 98.4% occupancy rate and a stock ... and form a partnership with the bank in 2008 during the financial crisis, ...
www.theflyonthewall.com/.../BAC-BofA-outlines-continued-c...
Spain hit by Moody's debt downgrade - DailyFinance
Most analysts think that the EU can contain the government debt crisis, even if Portugal is forced to ... Stocks plunge on economic news, slumping oil price ...
www.dailyfinance.com/article/spain-hit-by-debt.../903120/
Eurozone at critical juncture in debt crisis - Netscape Money ...
Bank stocks push indexes higher; oil prices dip ... At the moment the so-called European Financial Stability Facility can only lend about euro250 billion of ...
channels.isp.netscape.com/pf/story.jsp?floc=FF...f...
Spain hit by debt downgrade; Moody's cites banks - Business News
Most analysts think that the EU can contain the government debt crisis, even if Portugal is forced ... Portugal's cost to borrow 10-year bonds stands near a euro-era record. ... Update: Capitol livestream added; Update: No security whatsoever ... financial advice, and track your investments in your stock portfolio. ...
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Japan Megaquake and Tsunami - Gold Mixed as Yen Surges against All ...
The Bank of Japan, like the Federal Reserve, regularly intervenes in foreign exchange ... Nouriel Roubini, the economist who predicted the global financial crisis, ... News of the quake, which struck in the closing minutes of stock market ... Japanese government bonds soared after the earthquake, with the lead JGB ...
www.goldcore.com/.../japan-megaquake-and-tsunami-gold-mi...
11 Smart Ways to Invest Your Money Now - TheStreet Mobi
As the global economic recovery accelerates, fears of deflation have been ... It will be bad for stocks and very bad for bonds, so it makes sense to ... Australia came through the financial crisis without falling victim to .... See all news From Street Picks ... Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Glorious Bull (Update 1) ...
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