Kumbaya yes but horse already out of the barn
For all the criticism of the Europeans on how they’ve conducted their financial affairs, the one that has been most vocal since the...
Euro-Zone: More Break than Make?
Euro-Zone More Break than Make? Satyajit Das December 9, 2011 ~~~ European summits – over twenty at last count – have produced...
Bailout Total: $29.616 Trillion Dollars
There is a fascinating new study coming out of the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. Its titled “$29,000,000,000,000: A...
Holiday Shopping Ideas!
Its become an annual tradition — each year, I cull some of the more interesting things I stumble across in my travels; I also pull...
Thursday PM Reads
My afternoon train reading: • Berlin May Have to Nationalize Giant Commerzbank (Spiegel) • Day Traders: The Wild West of Finance (NYT...
EU summit draft
CNBC and DJ are reporting that EU members have agreed to proposals that have been discussed for weeks, 1)The creation of a fiscal compact...
Iowa Poll: The Candidates And The Issues
Source: Iowa Poll: The Candidates and the Issues NYT, December 6, 2011
Impact on Bank Index of EU Meetings
Source: Euro Zone Meetings In 2011 Reuters, December 2011 > The chart above shows the correlation between meetings of various EU...
Correlation In The Markets
> Bloomberg.com – Volatile DJIA Preoccupied With Euro Crisis Never before has the euro influenced U.S. stocks as much as this year,...