By Ian Fraser via QFINANCE (Guest Post) The gigantic $2.3 billion losses that Union Bank of Switzerland is blaming on a Ghanaian-born “rogue” trader have added power to the elbows of all those who believe that...
Read MoreBy José Viñals via IMFdirect (Guest Post) We are back in the danger zone. Since the IMF’s previous Global Financial Stability Report, financial stability risks have increased substantially—reversing...
Read MoreBy EconMatters Crude oil tanked to its lowest in more than six weeks, amid a broad selloff in other commodities and equities with investors increasing fear of another global recession after the U.S. Federal Reserve warned...
Read MoreBy Michael Pettis (Guest Post) Slow growth is embedding itself solidly into the US economy and the bond mayhem in Europe continues. The external environment for China is getting worse. This will almost certainly...
Read MoreBy Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) The folks at CERN (super collider in Switzerland/Italy) are scratching their heads. They observed something happening that simply can’t be true. The scientists have measured...
Read MoreBy Willem Weytjens (Guest Post) After gold and silver got hit hard last week, some of you probably wonder if that was the end of the 10 year+ bull market for precious metals. In this article, we will describe both the...
Read MoreBy Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse (Guest Post) The financial crisis in Europe has become so severe that it has put the future of the euro, and indeed the future of the EU itself, in doubt. If the financial...
Read MoreBy Stan Abrams (Guest Post) The Obama administration is under fire from everyone these days, and no one seems to like the job that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has done over the past two years. Moreover, the...
Read MoreBy Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) I’m listening to Cramer, Roach and the other talking heads on TV. Bottom line from these folks is that the market’s a buy. China is not going to have a hard landing says Roach, and...
Read MoreBy EconMatters Dr. Doom Roubini has grown even more pessimistic since he put a 60% probability of a U.S. double dip in 2012 just about three weeks ago. Business Day reported that speaking at a press conference in...
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