By Russ Winter “Only a crisis, real or perceived produces real change.” — Milton Friedman “Sovereign is he who decides the state of emergency.” – Carl Schmitt, Nazi political theologian The...
Read MoreBy Mathew Weinschenk of Wall Street Daily I was once the economic advisor for the nation of Turkey. Of course, this was years ago during an international policy class in college. (I was assigned the post though a random drawing...
Read MoreBy EconMatters, Aug. 19, 2012 The big buzz about the debt-embattled Euro Zone on an otherwise quiet Sunday came from German news magazine Der Spiegel that ECB is considering measures to cap the borrowing costs of the...
Read MoreBy EconMatters, Aug. 18, 2012After reporting an uptick of national unemployment rate of 8.3%, it is of little surprise that the Labor Dept. said on Friday that jobless rates rose in 44 U.S. states in July, with many states...
Read MoreBy Paul Gabrail The last twelve years has seen the S&P 500 go from a high of 1552 in March of 2000 to a current level of 1404, as of this writing. Yes, if you factor in dividends, the stock market has made money over the...
Read MoreBy Michael Pettis China’s official GDP growth rate has fallen sharply – on Friday Beijing announced that GDP growth for the second quarter of 2012 was a lower-than-expected 7.6% year on year, the lowest level since...
Read MoreBy EconMatters EconMatters had the pleasure of speaking at the 2012 Ontario Advocis School for the Financial Advisors Association of Canada on August 14, 2012. Chairman Mr. Dennis Yanke was kind enough to leave the topic at our...
Read MoreBy Commodity Trade Mantra China is most likely to see its annual growth at 8%, its slowest full-year of growth since 1999 & the slowest pace of growth for Q2 in more than 3 years. China July Exports rose just 1% from a year...
Read MoreBy Economy Watch As we mark the fifth-year of the global financial crisis today, experts from the United Nation’s food agency have warned that soaring world food prices could lead to a repeat of the 2007/08 food crisis...
Read MoreBy Ernst & Young via Commodities Now Oil and gas investors are facing disappointment as AIM-listed companies appear set to defer and/or scale back on development commitments, according to Ernst & Young. The firm’s...
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