The end of Wall Street
Reporters of the Wall Street Journal have produced a three-part video series on the crisis on the Street, looking at “What happened”, “Why it happened” and “What happens next”. This is an...
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Paul Krugman: “I focus on crises”
Ten years ago in his book The Return of Depression Economics, Paul Krugman* warned of the problems that would lead to the current crisis. Last year the professor and trenchant columnist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics....
Read MoreOnly idiots text and drive!
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Read MorePicture du Jour: US housing – better days ahead?
It would seem that the US housing market – arguably the Achilles heel of the global financial morass – is finally looking up. Following the announcement on Monday that the inventory of unsold new houses in the US had...
Read MoreHugh Hendry walks the streets of China
This home-made clip features Hugh Hendry, founder of Eclectica Asset Management, walking around the streets ofChina (presumably Beijing or Shanghai) and pointing out numerous empty buildings. Huge debt must have been incurred in...
Read MoreRichard Karn: Credit and credibility (chapter 4)
I published the first three chapters of Richard Karn’s e-book, Credit and Credibility, in a post a few days ago. In this fascinating book, Karn, author of the Emerging Trends Report, gives his assessment of today’s...
Read MoreWilliam Shatner makes Palin’s speech into poetry
“Is Sarah Palin secretly a beat poet? Do her words make little to no sense because she is so immersed in language and lyrics that she operates on a plane we cannot grasp? We sincerely doubt it, but that was the implication...
Read MoreHow to interpret the Dow Theory bull signal, according to Richard Russell
There was a great deal of interest in my recent post “Dow Theory calls a bull market“. Readers had many questions on what brought about the Dow Theory bull signal, and specifically whetherRichard Russell, “Mr...
Read MoreJeremy Grantham: Boring fair price!
Jeremy Grantham has become a familiar and very popular face on this site. For those treasuring his insight, wisdom and prescient calls, the co-founder and chairman of Boston-based GMO has just published the July edition of his...
Read MoreBattle hymn of the baby boomers
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