Bob Chapman: Goldman Sachs Sold $142.4 Billion of Single-Name Swaps That Pay...
There are those who believe that Greece’s problems are but a precursor to what most of the world will eventually experience. We believe such predictions are correct and cannot be avoided – perhaps the...
View ArticleEurope’s Scariest Chart Just Got Scarier
The last time we plotted European youth unemployment in what was dubbed “Europe’s scariest chart” we were surprised to discover that when it comes to “Arab Spring inspiring” youth unemployment, Spain...
View ArticleA Case Study of How Government Handouts Undermine Human Decency and Social...
Why is big government bad for an economy? The easy answer is that big government usually means high tax rates, and this penalizes work, saving, investment, and entrepreneurship. And perhaps some of the...
View ArticleIf You Live In California Things Just Got A Whole Lot Worse
Why does the state of California seem to be so incredibly hopeless? These days California can’t seem to do anything right, and if you live in California things just got a whole lot worse. Governor...
View ArticleE*TRADE Financial Corporation Reports Monthly Activity for April 2012
Global shares recover a bit, though fear on Greece remainsReuters Asian shares on Thursday recovered a bit of the ground lost in the previous day’s sell-off, but investors found …
View ArticleGreeks Bank Run; Lines Form at ATMs; Nearly $1 Billion Withdrawn in Past Week
Without a government for the last eleven days, and amid mainstream discussion of a Euro Zone exit, the Greek people are realizing that the economic and political system as they know it is rapidly...
View ArticleEquity Briefing: Bullish Sentiment Continues For Canada's Neptune
Wall Street Week Ahead: Greek elections to keep tensions highReuters Instead of backyard barbecues and beer, this Father’s Day could see many investors with their minds on Greece. …
View ArticleThe Global Note: The Pain In Spain…Failed States…Suu Kyi's Tour…China's...
EUROPE: HOPE FADES… -BIG PICTURE…The foreign news is still very much the financial news – and the financial news is really grim. Once again a Monday sigh of relief has given way to an ugly Tuesday –...
View ArticleDaily Market 'Noise': How the Active Investor Should Deal With It
For many years I was a futures market reporter with a financial news wire service. I spent time working right on the futures trading floors in Chicago and New York. Most of the time my daily reporting...
View ArticleDebate over buyback, OSI heating up
The financial news agency Bloomberg on Friday added its voice to those calling for a write-down of Greeces official sector debt, an option favored by the International Monetary Fund but not Germany,...
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