Archive - May 2013 - Blog entry

Imagine the scenario : Cameron makes a promise to tell the EU to shove it where the sun doesn’t shine and then probably yell at the top of his voice: “I want my money back” (sorry David, that one’s already been said, a long time ago now…dead and buried, in fact). 

What is the outlook for Fed policy? Can Japanese officials stabilize the bond market? Is the ECB going to adopt a negative deposit rate? What are the latest inflation readings? Is the soft landing still intact for China?

What's the next stunt he will pull?

"It's highly debatable whether AAPL iCloud is making the inroads that they predicted..."

Once upon a time in the good old U.S. of A, way back in the 19^th century, there were gigantic companies that were known as trusts. We had trusts for Steel, we had trusts for oil, we had trusts for railroads, and we had trusts for just about everything except trust itself.

It has just been released that the UK came within 6 hours of seeing itself deprived of its eggs and bacon as gas supplies across the entire country depleted to danger levels on March 22nd.

There may be a rotten little maggot in Apple wiggling its way out as the EU antitrust-violation commission starts an inquiry after having been contacted by industry participants. Apple’s contracts with EU cellphone carriers are stricter than usual and in the face of popularity of the iPhone, those carriers have had little all else to do but to sign on the dotted line.

To Hell With War!

Hi-tech sleuthing for rounding up leakers...how innovative!

Inflation, housing, unemployment figures, personal spending and utility bills are all improving across the US.

But this time, the decision by European Commission was greeted with an outburst of loathing and mockery.

The Big Buyers ... Unmasked

Against this economic slowdown, stocks are priced quite richly. There is a word for when markets are totally disconnected from reality: it’s a bubble.

Online tools to 1) see how much your deadbeat carrier ripped you off over the life of your contract 2) see how many times you've paid for that "free" or subsidized phone, 3) watch #margincompression in real time.

The influence of central banks on markets seems to have reached unparalleled heights. We look at why, turning to behavioural finance for some clues.