Daily Reckoning - American Edition
What to watch in 2011: stay focused on the sovereign debt crisis and bond yields. Spiking yields will trigger the next stage of the crisis. BG: Gold has risen 10 years in a row, so some are calling it a bubble, yet it's roughly $1000 below its ...
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CHINA: Tower of strength
American Chronicle
So why are investors troubled, given the apparent strength of China's banks? The answer lies in the hike in lending that took place in 2009 in the wake of the global financial crisis. This occurred, according to Charlie Awdry, the manager of Gartmore's ...
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Morning Take-Out
New York Times
Will the ICB's proposals result in an exodus of financial services from Britain and, if they so, The Guardian asks, where will the banks go? Zurich, New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai come to mind. GUARDIAN Has the Private Equity Crisis ...
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Pimco's Bill Gross bets against US Treasuries
Globe and Mail
Like other bond managers, Pimco attracted huge net inflows after the global financial crisis, and oversees more than $1.1-trillion. The Total Return Fund has returned 1.48 per cent this year, putting it in the top 22 per cent of similar funds as ...
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Globe and Mail
Aussie Dollar: Stronger For Longer
International Business Times
The most obvious investment, so it seemed, was to buy the sovereign bonds of the world's largest economy, which meant recycling USD into US Treasuries. As was the case in Factor Two, the major central banks were effectively lending money to the US ...
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International Forecaster April 2011 (#3) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More
Gold Seek
That is the factor other economic and financial writers miss, and the result is failure. You have to understand what the elitists are after, and they are not afraid to tell you. Its world government and the only way they can affect that is by taking ...
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Too Delicate to Handle
Newswatch (subscription)
They include the ongoing economic and financial reforms, favourable crude oil prices and the ability of Nigeria to establish itself as one of the fastest growing emerging market economies in the world in the past 10 years. Nigeria's GDP grew by 7.85 ...
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Discouraged Workers Complicate Fed's Response to Jobless Fall
Bloomberg
By Rich Miller - Mon Apr 11 15:21:42 GMT 2011 March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Spence, Nobel laureate and professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business, talks about the European debt crisis and the outlook for US growth, ...
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From Gold Core: Silver New Record Near $42/oz – Speculative ...
By Daniel
The European Central Bank last week raised interest rates for the first time since it completed a round of cuts following the global financial crisis in 2009 , while the People's Bank of China continued a trend of tightening monetary policy ..... The “global economic and political landscape is giving gold a fresh shot in the arm,” van der Kwast said today during a presentation at a conference in New York. “Gold is a good investment in 2011.” Gold prices touched a record ...
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BBC - Peston's Picks: Banking Commission: Retail banking must be ...
By Robert Peston (BBC News)
What good (and how useful) is business/economics journalism if it cant warn, explain and help us out of financial collapses such as we have had recently. Where do such reporters get their self assuredness from? Isnt it all just talk with no ... If anything goes with the investment banks a massive crisis of confidence could develop which could spread like contagion among the general users who would like NR turn up demanding their money. Banks with or without firewalls need ...
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Opening Bell: 04.11.11 « Dealbreaker: A Wall Street Tabloid ...
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Why Spain Will Be Forced To Take A Bailout
By Gregory White
Thus far, the only example of a banking crisis leading to a sovereign crisis we' ve seen in the eurozone is Ireland. There, the government chose to step in and bailout its banks. When the costs became unsustainable, it sought help from the ... The same anglos that have created the global crisis with their toxic financial products and whose banking sectors have been de facto nationalised are out for more blood. The day when their tyranny will vanish there will be a huge cry ...
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Debate: A left strategy for Europe
By Admin.
September 2008 led to a banking crisis, which ushered in a global recession. European economies were hit by collapsing exports and contracting credit. The worst was averted through state intervention, partly to support banks, partly to sustain aggregate demand. .... euro would become smoother and crises would be eliminated. But the problem is that the financial sphere of the eurozone is not nearly as homogeneous as is often imagined. There is indeed a homogeneous money ...
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Bill Dudley Speaks Again: Will iPad 2 Serving Suggestions Follow ...
By Tyler Durden
This region felt the full economic consequences of the crisis even though banks in the region were generally healthy and far from the U.S. housing boom and bust and the subprime mortgage debacle that could be viewed as the initial spark ..... So we need to keep working on a continual basis to make the global financial system more resilient and robust. We will not be able to avert all future failures or crises, but I know we can do much better in limiting the frequency, ...
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Dead Ahead: America's Ultimate Budget Battle - Money and Markets
By Martin D. Weiss Ph.D.
The Japanese government issues new guidelines to its large insurance companies and pension funds to cease all further purchases of Treasury bonds … Institutional investors in Europe, emerging markets, and even the U.S. dump their bonds with both .... Similarly, Weiss was the only one to identify, in advance, nearly all major banks that failed or required a federal bailout in the 2008-2009 debt crisis. (See Weiss warnings of financial failures in debt crisis of 2008-2009.) ...
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Inflation, oil prices risks to global economy: IMF | Chicago ...
By Reuters
The global lender's latest assessment of world economic prospects marked a departure from recent years when its focus was on the potential peril from a near-financial meltdown and recession in advanced countries. ... Somewhat surprisingly, the IMF said it saw little lasting impact from Japan's triple disaster — earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis — although it cautioned of great uncertainty. ... More of Chicago's top stocks ». Advertisement: ...
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Little Iceland Panics Big Banks
When the international financial crisis hit bottom in the fall of 2008, it became clear that the Icelandic Insurance Fund for Depositors could not cover all the liabilities of the foreign branches of the private Icelandic bank Landsbanki. ..... Revolt in the little and then the big ways.... slay the elite of the military industrial financial complex..... Let freedom ring once again for the liberty bell's ring is barely audiable today.Hit them hard by removing your money ...
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Global Recovery Strengthens, Tensions Heighten « iMFdirect – The ...
By iMFdirect
The policy advice to advanced countries remains largely the same as in previous World Economic Outlooks, and so far, has been only partly heeded. Increased clarity on banks' exposures with ready recapitalization plans if and where needed. ... In emerging market countries by contrast, the crisis has not left lasting wounds. Their fiscal and financial positions were typically stronger to start, and adverse effects of the crisis have been more muted. ...
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Erturk Says Europeans Must Issue Longer-Maturity Bonds | www ...
By marketmaker
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Ismail Erturk, a senior lecturer in banking at Manchester Business School, talks about the European sovereign debt crisis and the outlook for government bonds. ... iMFdirect submits: By José ViñalsThe risk- free nature of government bonds, one of the cornerstones of the global financial system, has come into question as the global crisis unfolds. ...
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Rising Interest Rates Could Jolt Stock Markets :: The Market ...
By far the most important economic news of the past week was the European Central Bank's decision to raise interest rates for the first time in two years. The central bank is run by a Frenchman, Jean-Claude Trichet, but it has aspirations to be .... [Editor's Note: Money Morning Contributing Writer Jon D. Markman has a unique view of both the world economy and the global financial markets. With uncertainty the watchword and volatility the norm in today's markets, ...
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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: German Finance Minister ...
By Michael Shedlock
Germany's doubts conflicted with official assertions that Greece is on the right track, defying efforts to put an end to the crisis that threatened the survival of the euro, postwar Europe's signature economic achievement. Last week's increase in European Central ... All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. ...
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Britain's deficit-cutting plans are 'oxymoronic' says former… | My ...
By DeltaQuest
Designed to explore the way in which economic thinking needs to respond to the financial crisis, this weekend's conference was organised by the Institute of New Economic Thinking, which George Soros, the billionaire financier and ... to play a dynamic role in national economies and the wider global one. Barclays and HSBC have insisted that their universal banking model – in which they own both retail and investment banks – does not expose taxpayers to any greater risk. ...
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IMF: U.S. Growth So Sluggish, Fed Needs To Keep Easy Money Flowing
By The Huffington Post News Editors
The IMF noted Canada has followed sound regulatory policies that helped it escape the worst of the 2007-2009 financial crisis and urged "continued vigilance" in maintaining financial stability. It praised Canadian authorities for having proposed "a ... WASHINGTON - The surge of hot money that has vexed many emerging markets may slow dramatically once the U.S. Federal Reserve begins raising interest... Portugal Decides To Seek European Financial Aid, Bank Stocks Rally ...
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XE.com - DIARY-Federal Reserve Events
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen. participates in 'Yale Economists and the Crisis' panel at a. Yale Economics Graduate Reunion event, 1400 EDT/1800 GMT . Audience Q&A expected. Yale University, Whitney Humanities ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. President Thomas Hoenig participates in panel, 'Too Big to. Fail? How Best to Regulate and Structure Financial Institutions. to Ensure Future Economic Prosperity' before the National ...
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