An audience of financial managers and CEOs, politicians, central bankers and Nobel prize winning economists at The Economist Magazine’s recent Buttonwood Gathering were treated to an unusual experience: a live rap battle between...
Read MoreAs seen in the chart below, the S&P 500 Index (1,187) has been flirting with its 50-day moving average (1,177) over the past few days. The two-week consolidation holds the key to the market’s next move. “The 1,175 level is...
Read MoreDiscussing geopolitical risks and the dollar, with John Bogle, Vanguard founder, Abby Joseph Cohen, Global Markets Institute, and Robert Doll, Blackrock.How does one ride the markets during a lame duck Congress? Bogle, Cohen and...
Read MoreSovereign debt worries in Europe continue to trouble financial markets. The charts below, courtesy of Bespoke Investment Group, show the default risk as measured by 5-year CDS (credit default swap) prices for Spain, Ireland,...
Read MoreThe Euro is coming down against the dollar “based on the fact that the economy in the U.S. is much stronger than in Europe,” Charles Nenner of Charles Nenner Research told CNBC.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to...
Read More“What if the world were rearranged so that the inhabitants of the country with the largest population would move to the country with the largest area? And the second-largest population would migrate to the second-largest...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Michael Pento, Senior Economist of Euro Pacific Capital.Certain deflationists have recently gone on record saying that the increase in the Fed’s balance sheet is meaningless with regard to...
Read MoreSource: Bruce Beattie, Comics.com, November 24, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreHoward Marks, chairman of private equity firm Oaktree Capital, talks to Henny Sender, FT’s chief correspondent of international finance, about how he has played the credit markets in 2010 and why he thinks it isn’t time for...
Read MoreFinancial Times critics have just picked their favorite business and economics books of 2010, as listed below.• The Fearful Rise of Markets: A Short View of Global Bubbles and Synchronised Meltdowns, by John Authers, Financial...
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