There’s not much we can thank Sarah Palin for, given that she lowered the pantomime that is USA politics to new depths. But her one liner directed at Barack Obama must have cut him to the quick. “How’s that hopey changey thing working out for ya?” was a world class put down that at a […]
The Hopey Changey Thing Hasn't Worked Out Read More »
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to comment on the various rumours emanating from the new ‘technocracy’ put in place in Europe. On Friday of last week the FT published their findings that the EFSF could not be enlarged anywhere near the capacity required to be the necessary ‘bazooka’, as a consequence the equity index markets fell
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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther, German scholar. Germany was THE news on Wednesday, so much so that those commentators searching for the dislocating ‘Lehman moment’ wondered if we’d finally experienced it. The fact that Germany’s latest bond auction
Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth. A chain of, “a friend of a friend” statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer. It was originally set out by
Six Degrees Of Separation Now Shrunk To Three Or Four, But For Bank Contagion It's One Read More »
There’s been many theories and solutions offered up as to the escape route for the current insoluble financial malaise, those of us with memories that extend beyond the previous year’s X-Factor winner will have noticed the subject of Iran creeping back into the MSM’s (main stream media) agenda lately and how the drumbeat started in
Will the Euro collapse, or will the global investment community switch its attention to the plight of the USA? Will there be warnings versus the dollar and the impending $15.5 trillion of US debt? Will the Euro be allowed to collapse given the monumental effort that’s been undertaken by the E.U. to create such a
As the dust settles with regards to Greece and Italy can we expect their respective crises to ‘do a Libya’ and simply disappear from the mainstream media’s glare as if the crisis is over, or will the stark realisation emerge that nothing has changed other than (day by day) the problems get deeper as certain
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What would be the biggest news in relation to the ongoing Eurozone crisis? We’re not talking Greece default here, or the troika finally sending white smoke up the chimney from their secretive Vatican like refuge as they play out their version of the College of Cardinals meeting in conclave to elect a new pope, (bailout).
Deutschland über alles, or leading us up a blind alley? Read More »
The same headline is constantly being regurgitated by the usual financial media outlets day after day, it repeats something like this; “US Stocks and the Euro fall as Greece concerns outweigh positive U.S. economic data..” Or we read something similar to the following most days of the week; “Large U.S. bank stocks fell sharply on
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As Spain suffered a general strike yesterday, in opposition to the severe austerity measures, once again the mainstream news outlets choose to largely ignore the protests. Buried deep amongst the torrent of news relating to the Eurozone crises, there is one aspect that hardly ever merits a mention, the human angle. Whilst countries such as
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