If you missed the 11-hour congressional flogging of Goldman on Tuesday, below is a reenactment, courtesy of Agora Financial’s 5 minute forecast. You guys are evil Wall Street bookies, crooked car salesmen, cheating blackjack...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Asha Bangalore, economist of The Northern Trust Company. The FOMC left the federal funds rate band 0%-0.25% intact, no surprises here. Several modifications to the March statement were...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Rebecca Wilder*, author of the of the News N Economics blog. Greece is now “high yield”, “junk”, “below investment grade”, at least according to S&P. What I mean by that is S&P now...
Read MoreBy Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB. Many things are muddling the Rand outlook this year and next. Will the Rand still firm, or start a new weakening cycle, and can it differ per major currency? The Rand should still firm...
Read MoreSource: Michael Ramirez, Comics.com, April 23, 2010. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreBy now we know David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates, missed out on the global stock market rally and remains firmly in the equity bear camp. With stock markets coming off the boil,...
Read MoreBlogger and author Barry Ritholtz (The Big Picture) separates fact from fiction in the allegations of fraud made by the SEC against Goldman Sachs in an interview with Dylan Ratigan. Barry tells me his post 10 Things You Don’t...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Doug Kass (TheStreet.com): 20 Signs That Could Mark a Top Redux, April 26, 2010. In February 2009, a few...
Read MoreData through February 2010, released yesterday by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, show that the annual rates of decline of the 10-City and 20-City Composites improved in February compared...
Read MoreIn the video below, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet speaks with Wall Street Journal Global Economics Editor David Wessel about the financial crisis in Greece and the future of global financial reform. Also, I...
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