Archive - Blog entry

UK and Europe highlights for 17th Aug 2009. Lots of things to cover this Monday morning especially the house price report out of Rightmove UK and other noteworthy news and articles. The negativity continues...

More Aussie M&A and signs that China has a long way to go before sustainable growth is in sight

China, this is your margin call

Whether the perfect trifecta becomes the perfect storm (again) for investors is yet to be determined.

The economy is in hot water. The oceans are too. Record global water temperatures will mean bigger, more frequent storms this year. There is record hot water in the Gulf of Mexico. The pro forecasters are calling for a lite storm season. The next 45 days will prove them right or wrong.

The hot and cold market lives on as prices ping pong from one extreme to another. Are investors being taken for another ride?

UK and Europe highlights for Friday 14th August 2009. More discussion on the topic of Eastern Europe, Ireland. Fully posted now...

FHFA is patting it's self on the back again. They have been very busy in D.C. The question is are they doing the right thing?

Another successful auction brought you by FRB NY. This topic has been in the blogs for a week. Does this answer the question, "Is the Fed intervening in the bond market?"

UK and Europe highlights for 13th August 2009. Lots of data out of Eurozone and the CEE region. Funnily, I think I have beaten Bloomberg, Reuters and just about every other news wire in reporting the Russian International Weekly Reserves data! Other economic data will be updated as its released. Some interesting notes on Raiffeisen International of Austria, jump in...

The Fed's decision to wind down their bond purchase program puts more pressure on Treasury. Geithner and Co. are working on a plan to solve these minor problems. Greenies are coming.

Wednesday UK and Europe highlights. Coverage of the mayhem in the Asian markets today. Since I wrote the post, Indian market indices opened to the downside despite upbeat industrial output data, seems likes the standard theme today across Asia. Article will be updated to keep up with data releases (BOE inflation report, etc). More inside as usual.

Tuesday highlights for UK and Eurozone. Today we cover important news coming out of the Eastern block, economic data and some insightful Blog posts. An Asian update is also provided for numbers which came out of China and Japan today.

Hats off to Wall Street creativity once again. Not all of the old deep thinking has been lost. A potential 'hot deal' runs afoul of the ever diligent SEC.