Are the various central bank liquidity facilities and capital injections having the desired effect of unclogging credit markets and restoring confidence in the world’s financial system? This is precisely what the “Credit Crisis...
Read MoreJohn Paulson (unrelated to Hank, ex-US Treasury Secretary), US hedge fund manager, shot to fame last year by capitalizing in spectacular fashion on the credit crisis by, amongst others, betting against a number of financial...
Read MoreAn avalanche of worse-than-expected economic and earnings data again put pressure on Wall Street during the past month, resulting in four straight down-weeks and the worst performance of the major US indices for January on...
Read More“Words from the Wise” this week comes to you in a shortened format as pressure from my “day job” precludes me from doing my customary commentary. However, a full dose of excerpts from interesting news items and quotes from...
Read MoreI will be spending the ten-day period from February 9 to 18, 2009 travelling through Europe (Dublin, London, Geneva and Ljubljana). Although I am not looking forward to the long-haul flights, a whole variety of interesting...
Read MoreWhile financial markets remained mired in uncertainty, the who’s who of global economics descended on Davos in Switzerland for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. This week’s harvest of video clips therefore includes...
Read MoreSubsequent to publication of Jeremy Grantham’s quarterly newsletter a few days ago, Steve Forbes conducted a must-see interview with the chairman of Boston-based GMO. The video clip and transcript are published below. Click here...
Read MoreAlbert Edwards, London-based strategist of Société Générale, has always been a firm favourite among Investment Postcards’ readers. His latest research report appeared a few days ago and saw him firmly back in the bear camp after...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Bennet Sedacca*, President of Atlantic Advisors Asset Management. As unpopular as it may have been over the past several years, I have been writing about the impending Recession in the United...
Read MoreThe Aggregator Bank will soon be established to buy troubled assets from financial institutions, according to Sheila Bair of the FDIC. For some amusement, I last week tried to register the internet domain www.aggregatorbank.com....
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