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The ECB Is Investigating An Accusation That It Broke Its Own Rules When...
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Central Bank (ECB) is checking whether it may have contravened its own strict rules by lending to Spanish banks on overly generous terms, an ECB spokeswoman said on...
View ArticleGreat Graphic: QE3+ Yet to Impact Balance Sheet
This Great Graphic comes from Also Spracht Analyst. It shows the composition of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet as of November 1. There has been some fluctuation since QE3+ was announced, but...
View ArticleMELTDOWN COMING: Canada Is Bleeding Private Sector Jobs, And Its Housing...
The Financial Post has an interesting story on the state of the Canadian jobs market. It seem over 100% of job growth is from government jobs. Please consider Employment numbers hide the fact Canada...
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US Gas Prices Are Falling At Their Fastest Rate In 4 Years
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The average U.S. price for a gallon of regular gasoline took its biggest drop since 2008 in the past two weeks, due to lower crude oil prices, a big price drop in pump...
View ArticleTrillions Of Dollars Worth Of Stocks May Have Been Damaged By Hurricane Sandy
First of all: the answer to the title question is, as far as I can see: no. But it's almost certainly a whole lot more than the $50 billion reported today, and that $36.5 trillion amount doesn’t come...
View Article5 Reasons Why Greece Could Leave the Euro-Zone After the US Elections
Greece could leave the euro-zone after the US elections. This speculation isn’t necessarily related to the report that Europe wants to help Obama get re-elected. There are quite a few other reasons...
View ArticleThe Demise of MF Global Holdings Ltd: A Belated Autopsy
By Kap Su Seol – Research AnalystWhen Hurricane Sandy brought Wall Street to a virtual stop last week, it also cloaked the first anniversary of one of the Street’s more memorable recent events in...
View ArticleGood Money Is Real Money
One of the key pillars to returning money to the people, as Ron Paul mentions in a new edition of The Case for Gold which will be released this week for free to Laissez Faire members, is to undo...
View ArticleETF Insider: Stocks Await Guidance From Election, Bank Rate Decisions
After enduring a sour finish to a shortened trading, investors’ stress level has only climbed higher over the weekend in anticipation of the major events that are slated to take place this week. At...
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CHART: The Chinese Stock Market Versus History's Mega-Bear Markets
September macro data from China increased the market’s conviction about the recovery of the Chinese economy as well as the stock market, which have not been doing particularly well in the past 2 years,...
View ArticleI for Inevitable
November 5, 2012, Dallas, Texas.Just over 400-years ago today, a group of 13 conspirators was caught trying to assassinate King James I of England and blow up the House of Lords in what became known as...
View ArticleYet Another Leak at Dow Chemical
By Damion Rallis, Senior Research AssociateLast week, there was yet another spill at The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), but this time, fortunately, there was no environmental damage. At about 10...
View ArticleThe glaring divergence between US and Chinese equities revisited
After years of very good performance on the S&P 500 and very poor performance of Shanghai Composite, the two indices opened a very glaring gap, as we have documented for a couple of times.As US...
View ArticleSandy’s Aftermath
It turns out that a state of increasing anger at the demonstrated fragility of our energy infrastructure may not be the best place from which to write objectively about the subject; nonetheless that is...
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Who Will Lead America Over the Next Four Years?
Americans will be united in heading to the polls Tuesday to determine who they want to be the next president and vice president. After months of experts, news reporters and the candidates inundating us...
View ArticleThe election trade that works both ways
There is no consensus on what either Presidential candidate will mean for bonds, stocks or FX and I can’t offer any sort of edge.Here is what I know for sure — both sides have an extreme emotional...
View ArticleThe 10 critical things to consider ahead of today’s RBA decision
The Bloomberg survey says 20 of 27 economists expect the RBA cut todayJust 9 of 26 economists correctly called the rate cut last monthOf the 9 who were correct last month, 7 expect the RBA to cut...
View ArticleAre You Paying for McGuinty's Mistakes?
By: Joelle Fricot Monday, November 5, 2012 It is without question that the Ontario deficit, if no actions were taken, would have continued to grow at a staggering pace. In the recent 2012 Budget...
View ArticleNot the Tools Themselves
“The truth is that we constantly acquire and discard sets of tools. So we should not be fixated on one specific set of tools for all of life. Society, technology and the times change so fast that any...
View ArticleLetters (e-mails) from Beijing
A good friend of ours – and one smart dude – who works for a very large asset manager was in Beijing this past week kicking the tires and meeting with locals to discuss markets and the economy. Here...
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