The Big Short: is the next financial crisis on its way?

In the Oscar-winning The Big Short, Steve Carell plays the angry Wall Street outsider who predicts (and hugely profits from) […]

By MarketAngel | 19 Jan 17 | Posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Cash flies commercial and other secrets of moving money

Even in an age of electronic money and digital-payment apps, there is still big demand for cold, hard cash.  The […]

By Aidualc | 06 Sep 16 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Charts Show 28 Seriously Troubled Mega-Banks: 24 of Them in Europe

By Michael Shedlock, I have been saying for years that European banks are in far worse shape than U.S. banks. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Dec 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, Real Estate, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

“True” euro zone stress test could show $1 trillion hole in banks

By Laura Noonan, Reuters, An objective stress test of the euro zone’s biggest banks could reveal a capital shortfall of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Jan 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Europe’s zombie banks: Blight of the living dead

“PROBABLY the most successful monetary-policy measure undertaken in recent times.” That is Mario Draghi’s self-effacing judgment on the outright monetary […]

By Aidualc | 22 Aug 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Huge investment opportunity in Western Balkans

Region of Western Balkans in South Eastern Europe has enormous growth potential. Short term potential of regional capital markets is […]

By BEFFund | 22 Aug 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)