Author: Vivian Lewis

Dear rss free blog,      Norway’s central bank (CB) again raised rates to 1.75% but the assumption now is that another rate hike will not occur until March 2010. The main reason was concern over housing...

Dear rss free blog, Hot off the wires: France like Britain will tax financial companies paying non-contractual (voluntary) megabuck bonuses this year. And Goldman Sachs (and German banks which listen to Angela Merkel) will pay...

Dear rss free blog, Pres. Obama delivered a smashing speech in accepting the Nobel Prize. Here is an extract: As a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face...

Dear rss free blog, Apologies for running that anti-American imperialism tirade from our now-former Russia contributor on Monday. He quit because although I did not put his name on his rant, some might have guessed who he was....

Dear rss free blog,     I am not sure who did the typo, but here is the correct information for joining my soon-to-be-created public account. A commentary is included below.   He is what Covestor told...

Dear rss free blog, PIMCO has hired Neel Kashkari, who until May had headed the U.S. Treasury’s TARP bank-rescue program after making his career at Goldman Sachs, to help with new investment initiatives with actively...

Dear rss free blog, I am publishing the following rant from a sometime contributor in Russia not because I agree with it, but to encourage U.S. readers engaged in global investing to think about the political baggage we bring...

Dear rss free blog, There were many political upheavals in American history between the Boston Tea Party in the 18th century and the ones being backed by the far right today. Stimulated by the recent TV bio of Woody Guthrie and...

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