This post is a guest contribution by Bennet Sedacca*, President of Atlantic Advisors Asset Management. The Blob is a morass of financial intervention that has eaten every bad financial deal too large to let die on its own. To...
Read MoreDespite a litany of bleak economic and corporate news confronting investors during the past week, global stock markets digested the bearish fodder with a sense of aplomb. The MSCI World Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index...
Read MoreThis post offers Wachovia’s 2009 economic outlook for the US, under editorship of highly rated John Silvia. The report recognizes the extreme challenges that will confront investors and businesses in the year ahead and is...
Read MoreAs the tumultuous year in the financial markets draws to a close, the nature of the investment debate remains concerned with credit-crisis related matters, and in particular how to navigate global economies out of the morass. A...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Bennet Sedacca*, President of Atlantic Advisors Asset Management I am not sure what makes people believe that the action of turning the calendar to a new year will act as a “magic...
Read MoreStock market movements over the past few months have been characterized by increased volatility as uncertainty became paramount. And as new pieces of the economics puzzle are added every day, investors are increasingly grappling...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Asha Bangalore*, vice president and economist at The Northern Trust Company. The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced today that the US...
Read MoreI have commented extensively on the blog site on global stock markets’ performances during the roller-coaster month of November (see Sunday’s “Words from the Wise” post), but for the sake of completeness...
Read MoreEach month, New York Times chief financial correspondent Floyd Norris takes a look at a major event in business history that happened that month. Given Paul Volcker’s recent appointment as head of a new White House...
Read MoreThe holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week brought investors an additional item to be thankful for when stock markets closed higher for five consecutive trading days – a rare winning streak last accomplished in July 2007. The...
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