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2008 Was A Practice Run Compared To What Comes Next

2008 was a practice run, or a warning shot across the bow, compared to what is coming over the next […]

By Aidualc | 15 Jun 12 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Global financial system

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The global financial system (GFS) is the financial system consisting of institutions and regulators that […]

By M Guliyev | 14 Jun 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Bear in a China Shop

By Arthur R. Kroeber, Brookings Institute, Time and again, China has defied the skeptics who claimed its unique mixed model—an […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Jun 12 | Also posted in Asia | Comments (0)

‘Safe Haven’ Sovereign Debt at Lowest Levels in Several Hundred Years

By Jacob Wolinsky, Value Walk, Whitney Tilson has some interesting observations on bond yields across the globe. Yields of countries […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Jun 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Western Europe | Comments (0)

A Greek Exit Could Make the Euro Area Stronger

A Greek Exit Could Make the Euro Area Stronger Illustration by Partners and Others By Jacob Kirkegaard  A Greek exit […]

By Aidualc | 08 Jun 12 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

European Crisis: A Greek Exit Would Only Be The Start, Not The End

European Crisis: A Greek Exit Would Only Be The Start, Not The End Could the euro become a thing of […]

By Aidualc | 06 Jun 12 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Will This Greek Tragedy Climax in the Death of the Euro?

By Doug Elliott, Brookings Institute, Greece could well be out of the euro soon, depending on the results of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

“Crunch Time” – Goldman’s Confidence That QE Will Be Announced On June 20 “Has Grown”

By Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, We all know that things are bad and getting worse. Goldman’s Jan Hatzius take this opportunity […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Jun 12 | Also posted in North America | Comments (0)

Foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is direct investment into production in a country by a company located in another country, either […]

By M Guliyev | 02 Jun 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

What Else Could Go Wrong? Well, Since You Asked…

By Lloyd Khaner May 29, 2012 4:40 pm Lloyd’s Wall of Worry soars to 31 blocks as even more uncertainty […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)