By Michael Pettis Two weeks ago on Wednesday night, after the Chinese markets closed, the People’s Bank of China announced that it had cut the minimum reserve requirement by 50 basis points to 21% for the large banks, and...
Read MoreBy Stratfor Global Intelligence China Director Jennifer Richmond discusses the recent protests in Wukan, Guangdong province, and the characteristics that set them apart from previous incidents of social unrest in China. (Watch...
Read MoreKim Jong II (L) & his youngest son Kim Jong Un (R) taken 10 Oct. 2010 (Reuters/Kyodo/Files) By Stratfor Global Intelligence North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died the morning of Dec. 17, according to an official North Korean...
Read MoreBy Charles Rotblut AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Merck (MRK) and Pfizer (PFE) are currently passing our Dogs of the Dow: Low Priced 5 screen. This screen is tied for the year’s best-performing value...
Read MoreBy Dr. Gerard Lyons via Commodities Now Standard Chartered sees 2012 as a year of a two-speed global economy. The Bank, which recently topped a ranking of 354 global firms for the accuracy of its economic forecasts over the past...
Read MoreBy Frank Holmes For some Eastern European investors, the geographic proximity to the eurozone has been too close for comfort, with the Russian MICEX Index declining about 20 percent year-to-date. However, stronger fiscal and...
Read MoreBy Stan Abrams This has been anticipated for some time, although aside from the so-called Real Name, or Real ID, registration system for users, no one really knew what else might be tossed into a new set of rules designed to...
Read MoreBy Energy Burrito This post is based on a simple observation relating to the current nuttiness of natural gas and retail gasoline prices. The two prices have converged to parity recently, but not for the reasons we may have...
Read MoreBy Anthony Harrington for QFinance On Wednesday November 30, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBC) reversed a June 19 decision to raise the amount of reserve capital it requires Chinese banks to...
Read MoreBy Michael Snyder Even though most Americans have become very frustrated with this economy, the reality is that the vast majority of them still have no idea just how bad our economic decline has been or how much trouble we are...
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