Are Political Suicides Needed to Save Greater Europe?

by Roya Wolverson, curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com, Greek tragedy strikes again. European and Greek leaders are at each other’s throats about Greece being […]

Commentary on The Oakmark International and International Small Cap Funds

Commentary on The Oakmark International and International Small Cap Funds 6/30/2011 By David G. Herro, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Oakmark website, […]

Right Place to Crash the Plane; Time Running Out for Europe; Nanny State or a Breakup?

By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Steen Jakobsen, chief economist for Saxo Bank in Copenhagen, pinged me with a personal thought […]

Economist Charles Gave: The Euro Will Not Exist In One Year!

Joe Weisenthal, Business Insider, Charles Gave is the French economist whose research firm GaveKal is fairly well known, and read […]

Country default risk

From Bespoke Investment Group site, “Greece has really distinguished itself this week as the country that is most at risk […]

The downgrade assault by the rating agencies continues – what are the implications for the EFSF?

By Rebecca Wilder, News N Economics site, As the rating agencies trip over themselves to downgrade sovereign credit, Greece yesterday […]

Greek default could trigger chain reaction

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Greece’s economy is small but the shock waves from a default on its debt could be […]

When Greece Finally Defaults, The Real Mayhem Will Begin

From the Daily Bail site, Must read from Euro Economist Andrew Lilico. Source – Guardian It is when, not if. Financial markets […]

U.S. Should Value Greed, Not Need

Margaret Thatcher famously quipped , “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” But […]

Is the Euro Washed Up?

By Charles W. Calomiris, Chazen Global Insights, Europe is living in denial. Even after the economic crisis exposed the eurozone’s […]