Watching German and French politicians take the global banking system to the edge of the abyss - less than 3 years after it was done by US politicians - is painful. We all understand these guys need votes while their coalitions are falling to pieces. And in order to...
I just got off the phone with my aunt and uncle who have travelled from the island of Corfu to be in Syntagma square for the protests leading up to today's meeting between the President and the Prime Minister of Greece. My uncle has lived through a Nazi occupation of...
During a radio interview last Saturday, Jean-Claude Juncker made the following statement – "The debt level of the USA is disastrous…the real problem is that no one can explain well why the euro zone is in the epicenter of a global financial challenge at a moment when...
We are now are now 90 points off the cyclical and 2011 highs in the spoo, or 6.9%. For the year we are still up 2% but things feel very shaky – not as bad as the March Tsunami dip to 1248 – but close. The most recent catalyst for weakness was Ben’s speech late...
For those in the camp that Q2 economic data weakness is temporary, the supply disruptions in Japan will ebb, the Chinese tightening measures will lead to only a modest Asian slowdown and that the current situation is basically bump in the road on the way to a...
There is no way to put a positive spin on the US data – it stinks. It’s been soft and mushy for the better part of a month now, and today we get the crème fraiche on top with payrolls. Goods manufacturing and retail services look to be the big culprits so there may be...
There is no way to put a positive spin on the US data – it stinks. It’s been soft and mushy for the better part of a month now, and today we get the crème fraiche on top with payrolls. Goods manufacturing and retail services look to be the big culprits so there may be […]
