The Business Insider
As I see it there are broadly speaking two very different conceptions of the role of a country's financial systems. In one, banks act largely as fiscal agents for the government or the economic elite, accumulating savings and deploying capital into ...
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Client, partner, rival
The Daily Deal
And despite their misgivings, several bankers agree that the PE firm's willingness to share in the financing made it a little easier to fund their deals in the aftermath of the financial crisis. "It's been helpful to see them taking $100 million to ...
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Financial Fetishes: Standby for the Currency Wars
ABC Online
Boosting asset prices helps financial institutions, reducing losses on investments in securities that fell sharply in value in the crisis. For example, AAA-rated asset-backed securities, such as mortgage backed securities, appreciated in value from ...
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4) I think policy is beginning to stabilize the overall debt of countries in crisis. This will always need to be monitored and policy will become more and more complex as countries' financial systems become stressed. The notion that this will have an ...
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Gold Is Sending A Signal That The Monetary System Is In Grave Danger
Gold Seek
Now if you look at that monetary stock, it has got this time element built into it. You think of the hundred trillion dollars of bonds, they are basically spaced out over broadly about a twenty-year period. Most of that money was frozen into the bond ...
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John Lothian Newsletter: April 8, 2011: Forex Derivatives Clearing ...
By Ryan Lothian
The European Central Bank on Thursday became the first monetary authority in a major developed economy to raise interest rates since the global financial crisis struck—a sign that the long period of extraordinarily easy credit is beginning to come to a close. .... The new data package “AlphaFlash Corporate News Germany” will provide unscheduled financial ad-hoc information for approximately 100 of the most liquid blue-chip, mid-cap and high-tech stocks listed in Germany. ...
John Lothian Newsletter - http://www.johnlothiannewsletter.com/
Capital Offense | Credit Writedowns
By Marc Chandler
When the credit cycle crested the economy busted. The financial aspect of the crisis continues to command attention. The financial markets, as a channel of capital distribution have re-opened and yet the banks remain dysfunctional. ... There has been a secular trend toward the atrophy of new net investment. Net new investment did not lead the recovery in the 1930s and it is not leading the economic recovery today. The capital stock per worker was actually lower in 1939 ...
Credit Writedowns - http://www.creditwritedowns.com/
Promising but unstable” « balticworlds.com
By Ilja Viktorov
Abramov: If we compare this crisis with the previous 1998 financial crisis, we may come to the conclusion that both crises had a similar mechanism. What happened before the crisis? At first, banks borrowed a lot in foreign currency and invested in ... If you observe the current situation, the only investment programs underway are state-financed. Private money, wherever it may happen to exist, is not invested because of the uncertainty of the general economic situation. ...
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global glass onion: week ending Apr 9
By rjs
In a recent report, I made the case that pressure was building on the Fed to end its QE 2 program in June, and that if it did, there would be an enormous rout in the stock, bond, and commodity markets. .... Thus began the bank run that set off the financial crisis of 2008. But unlike other bank runs, this one was invisible to most Americans. Until last week, that is, when the Fed pulled back the curtain. Responding to a court ruling, it made public thousands of pages of ...
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Communique for 9.3.2009 Athens Citibank bombing by Revolutionary ...
By admin
However, national governments, major corporations and central banks, which are the lackeys of foreign financial groups, are equally responsible. Today's crisis is the result of a global economic scheme, designed by all the economic and political .... The submission of the whole planet to the world of finance was followed by the development of a wide range of instruments employed in looting and the seizing of social wealth, such as stock investments, investment frauds with ...
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Read the story - Dubai Chronicle
By DubaiChronicle.com
The latest Global View investment outlook for the second quarter of 2011 published by Bank Sarasin's Research team sees the robust global economy continuing on its growth trajectory – despite numerous crises. .... Also, base metals could not withstand the sell-off caused by the rising level of risk aversion on the financial markets. However, base metals are still highly dependent on economic growth in China. Lingering uncertainties create positive conditions for gold. ...
Dubai Chronicle - http://www.dubaichronicle.com/
MINING.com News – The Latest Mining News on the Web
By Yugmarg Daily
Economic repercussion of Japan's tremors and nuclear disaster are now evident on global markets as bullion falls, and oil prices plunges. Amid weaker economy forecasts, Japan's 10 year bond rises as people intend to invest into safer assets. As .... IF the pundits are on the money, Rio Tinto shares will hit $100 in the near future -- the first triple-digit dazzler to grace the ASX boards since the onset of the financial crisis. The miner is likely to pip the next likely ...
MINING.com News - http://www.mining.com/
Guest post: Want a Flat Tax? I Got a Flat Tax for You | Angry Bear
By Dan Crawford (Rdan)
First -- as usual -- they're confusing flows with stocks. Savings is a flow. Money from savings goes into the stock of financial assets -- cash in mattresses , bank account balances, CDs, stocks, bonds, collateralized debt obligations, etc. .... For companies: Give two or three years warning, then replace the tax on C-corp profits with the Financial Assets Tax. They'll adapt just fine -- mainly by shifting from financial investment to real investment, but also probably by ...
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Swannie Mac - macrobusiness.com.au | macrobusiness.com.au
By Houses and Holes
This brings the Government's total investment in the RMBS market to $20 billion since late 2008, and continues our strong support for this vital funding market that helps smaller lenders compete with the big banks. The global financial crisis led to a severe dislocation of international capital markets, dramatically reducing liquidity and funding access for smaller lenders. Without the Government's support, many smaller lenders would have withdrawn from the market, ...
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CLSA's Chris Wood: Here's How You'll Know When The US Sovereign ...
By Joe Weisenthal
Still, as last year's crisis in Euroland's periphery sovereign bond markets showed, when supply concerns finally hit a government bond market the reaction can be violent. The reality is that America is more clearly than ever on the path ... net Treasury bond issuance over the same period (see Figure 8). Second, the federal government's fiscal condition has deteriorated dramatically ever since the massive bailouts and aggressive stimulus prompted by the financial crisis. ...
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Faulty Reasoning Behind Calomiris Post Dodd Frank Reform Proposals ...
By Yves Smith
The third faulty assumption is that Calomiris argues about “investors” when it wasn't “investor” losses that produced the financial crisis, it was losses among highly levered and deeply integrated counterparties. ... Now more than a few of the primary dealer banks are global in their reach so in that you would sovereign regulations to contend with. More than anything this entire financial collapse is about the fiat currency/fractional banking system which is global in its ...
naked capitalism - http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/
BETWEEN THE HEDGES: Friday Watch
By Gary
Europe's Rate Rise Signals End of Cheap-Money Era. The European Central Bank on Thursday became the first monetary authority in a major developed economy to raise interest rates since the global financial crisis struck—a sign that the long period of ... Our Favorite Economics Website Is Getting A Lot Cooler. After Bus Attack, Netanyahu Says Israel Will Pull Out All Stops to Protect Itself. Expedia(EXPE) Stock Jumps 14% After Announcing It Will Spin Off TripAdvisor. ...
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Q2 Forecasts for Investor Profits :: The Market Oracle ...
[Editor's Note: This liquidity-driven bullish view has been a consistent Gilani mantra - he even included it in his 2011 projection for the U.S. stock market, which was part of the Money Morning "Outlook 2011" Economic-Forecast Series that was published late last year.] ... Any investments recommended by Money Morning should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. ...
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U.S. Monetary Policy: Flooding the World With Liquidity | www ...
By marketmaker
In 2010 Latin America has thrown out the old rules to accommodate a new reality: a period in which its dynamic rebound from the global financial crisis left the United States and Europe in its dust. ... The major macroeconomic trend will likely drive economic policy and the investment outlook for years to come. Although mainstream pundits like to focus on cyclical drivers like the weather, the real force behind the move is secular. The U.S. is leading the world in a ...
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