10 Trends from 2011 We Don’t Want to See in 2012

Looking back on 2011, the New Year can’t come fast enough. Will things be better in 2012? Without wanting to […]

By Aidualc | 05 Jan 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Lessons of the 1930s

Lessons of the 1930s There could be trouble ahead In 2008 the world dodged a second Depression by avoiding the […]

By Aidualc | 27 Dec 11 | Posted in Eastern Europe, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Euro-zone: Damned with faint plans

Damned with faint plans Euro-zone government bonds have not been made safe—and the euro project remains in peril   THERE […]

By Aidualc | 26 Dec 11 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Billionaire Prokhorov Touts Gold as Trump Embraces Foreclosures

By Matthew G. Miller and Peter Newcomb, Bloomberg, Stock markets are down. Europe is gyrating. Cash generates minuscule returns. Commodities, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Dec 11 | Posted in Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Italy’s crisis: Endgame for the euro?

Posted by Michael Schuman, http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com, You know the old saying: It ain’t over until the fat lady sings. Well, in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Nov 11 | Posted in The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Country exposure to Greek debt

by Prieur du Plessis, “Greek drama is now no longer confined to the literature class,” says economist Asha Bangalore of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Nov 11 | Posted in North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Reimagining–Not Just Repairing–Banking

From  www.umairhaque.com site, Here’s a curious fact. If you think about it for a second, we’re witnessing the simultaneous failure […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Oct 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Quick Fix In Europe? Dream On

From www. ciovaccocapital.com site, If you are involved in the financial markets in any way, shape, form, or fashion, you […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Oct 11 | Posted in The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

450 days after election, still no govt in Belgium

By ROBERT WIELAARD, Associated Press, BRUSSELS — Belgium hit a new milestone Monday — 450 days without a government — […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Sep 11 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Shades Of 2008 All Over Again (Though This Time In Europe)

By Cullen Roche The biggest news out yesterday were the late day rumors of some sort of Euro lending facility […]

By Aidualc | 16 Sep 11 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)