A fragile world
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January 27, Financial Times (Javier Blas and Chris Giles): There's been this festering dichotomy. Sentiment within the US stock market has moved to bullish ...
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Weekly Economic and Market Review | Contrarian Musings
By Joseph Y. Calhoun, III
And finally we got the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission report, the thrust of which was that everybody was to blame and the crisis could have been avoided if regulators had regulated and bankers didn't do what bankers do. ... While most everyone pointed to the troubles in Egypt as the culprit in Friday's stock market selloff, I suspect the disappointing economic data played a role as well. There were some positives but overall the data released last week tended to ...
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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Hello Ben Bernanke, Meet ...
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Stephanie, it's a little known fact that inflation benefits those with first access to money, such as the banks, the wealthy (via rising asset prices), and the government (think rising sales taxes and property taxes when prices go up). Everyone else gets screwed. ... 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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Goldman On What Happens To Oil As Egypt Contagion Flares ...
By carlos
Instead, the focus should be on financial contagion, which is already happening in the CDS and equity markets, driving up funding costs and discouraging future investment in oil and gas in the region. Hoarding of agriculture products. ...
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Citigroup - The Last Recourse Against Runaway Inflation? A ...
By Tyler Durden
Less borrowing to grow business and less ability to repay loans. Banks and business pulls back. Risk to lend is up, interest rates tend to remain relatively higher. All deflationary. ie, money does not get created by the fractional reserve ... The only thing that will slow that process is the slowing of economic activity to the point of standstill. Look at what was described as " dollar strength" in the banking crisis. The dollar barely twitched in the overall downtrend. ...
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Debt Crisis Accelerating — What to Do … | www ...
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Debt Crisis Accelerating — What to Do … In it, we name the 11 states and 26 muni bond issuers most likely to default. We give you three investments you can buy immediately to profit directly from the crisis. And we warn you of the sequence of events likely to unfold ... Needless to say, such a mass extinction event among our cities and states would almost surely hammer the economy … end the recent stock market rally … and erase trillions of dollars of investors' wealth. ...
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Mediocre Growth, Job Stress, IMF Outlook, Financial Turbulence ...
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IV Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) “was created to 'examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States. .... Long-term interest rates fell and stock prices rose when investors anticipated the new round of quantitative easing. Growth would be promoted by easier lending such as for refinancing of home mortgages and more investment by lower corporate bond yields . ...
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China Record Discount to Hong Kong Means 'Buy' for Prudential ...
By Oracle
Global investors are bracing for a financial crisis in China, with 45 percent saying they expect one within five years and another 40 percent anticipating a meltdown after 2016, according to a quarterly poll of 1000 Bloomberg ... The gauge has rallied 94 percent since March 9, 2009, as the global economy recovered from the U.S. mortgage crisis that caused $1.98 trillion in bank losses and writedowns. Annual increases of 32 percent in 2009 and 10 percent last year were the ...
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The U.K. is to release industry data on house prices as well as official data on manufacturing, a leading indicator of economic health. Meanwhile, the Bank of England is to publish data on net lending to individuals, mortgage approvals and .... Please be fully informed regarding the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, it is one of the riskiest investment forms possible. Currency trading on margin involves high risk, and is not suitable for all ...
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Citigroup dips into reserves to post 4Q profit | Easy Credit Card
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Alfidi Capital Blog: Thumbnail Sketch Of The Egyptian Crisis
By Anthony J. Alfidi
Remaining direct investment of note is thus probably held by foreign investors. Egypt's own fiscal situation will grow progressively more perilous the longer this crisis lasts. The Egyptian stock market is down and credit default swaps on its .... Alfidi Capital is a private investment research firm. Alfidi Capital is not affiliated with any broker-dealer and does not manage money for clients. All information mentioned in this blog is derived from public sources. ...
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Uncle Leo Rumbles: Champion Cellists on the Move
By Leo Wang
Hedge funds shorting oil were clobbered when petroleum prices surged, and the dollar rose as it took on its customary role as a refuge in times of crisis. The Euro, too close to the restiveness, fell back. None of this was entertaining. ... Leo does not, in this blog, offer personal financial, investment or legal advice. Rely on the information and opinions herein at your own risk. We cannot guarantee that the content of the blog is complete, timely, or accurate. ...
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Banks accepted and bundled 'deficient' loans
Many European banks, for instance, paid A.I.G. to insure bonds that they held in their portfolios. .... As those losses mounted, and A.I.G.'s once formidable stock price ... Democrats were WARNED of Financial crisis and did NOTHING ( Fannie/Freddie) .... Jim also received a sweetheart loan from Countrywide Mortgage. ...
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Banks say fewer consumer loans are going bad - DailyFinance
The investment bank's chief financial officer, David Viniar, said in a conference call that its ... Stocks Tumble on Egypt Crisis, GDP and Earnings [ Video] ...
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Panel cites roots of meltdown, but does it matter?
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Basic Concepts of Finance
[2] Finance includes saving money and often includes lending money. ... One method is debt financing, which includes bank loans and bond sales. ..... See also • Financial crisis of 2007–2010 External links • OECD work on financial ..... Investment • List of personal finance related articles • Mortgage loan • Payday ...
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Ken Partch: Financial Markets Kept Direction Debate Spinning in ...
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“If we fail to act decisively now to deal with the foreclosure crisis, ... trustees for investors in two separate mortgage pools, and her loan couldn't be held .... Shareholders of Fannie and Freddie sued to recover stock losses incurred .... banks circulated in Washington several years before the financial crisis. ...
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