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HOTTEST ECON DEBATE RIGHT NOW: Why Easing And Regulation Could Actually...
Amid elevated market uncertainty, investors have been clamoring to get their hands on so-called "safe assets," privately and publicly issued securities with little risk used to hedge against more...
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7 Brilliant Charts From Nomura's Richard Koo
Yesterday we brought you the latest presentation from Nomura's Richard Koo, which he delivered at the Institute For New Economic Thinking conference in Berlin. Koo's main viewpoint is that the world...
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The Market's Best Indicator Continues To Work Perfectly
This is a chart we've written a ton about over the years. The blue line is the S&P 500. The red line is the inverse of initial jobless claims. For over 5 years, they've moved in virtual lockstep,...
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The Biggest Myth In Monetary Policy Today
There's a huge myth about monetary policy out there, and it goes like this: It's investors and banks who are demanding the Fed keep interest rates at 0%, while also doing QE over and over again. John...
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Google's Stock Split Is Evil (GOOG)
Click here to read Felix Salmon's story >> Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »See Also:This Has To Be The Best Job Opening At Google, Right?Will...
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China Just Announced A Major Policy Change That Would Let The Yuan Move Twice...
BEIJING (AP) — China's central bank announced Saturday a slight easing of its controversial currency controls. It says it will allow the country's yuan to rise and fall by a slightly wider margin...
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9 Trillion Reasons Not To Be Selling Stocks Right Now
The old adage “Sell in May and go away” was good guidance for stock markets last year. The market peaked on April 29 and bottomed on October 3. For a detailed discussion of this period and the...
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12 Awesome Insights From Wall Street's Sharpest Minds
Europe was back in focus this week, even as U.S. markets logged their worst trading period since the start of 2012. Meanwhile, Q1 earnings season has kicked off. So investors and traders have a lot to...
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WHEW: Week 1 Of Earnings Season Is Over And It Was WAY Better Than Anyone...
Everyone has been freaking out about Q1 because growth expectations have been so low. However, it appears that expectations were too low...as usual. Week one of earnings season is over and things are...
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CHART: Asia's Share Of Global GDP: 1700-2050
This is from Andrew Sheng of the Fung Global Institute and it was part of a presentation given at the INET conference. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this...
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The War For Spain
I fully intended to ignore Spain this week. Really, truly I did. I had my letter all planned, but then a few notes drew my attention, and the more I reflected on them, the more I realized that the...
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Sarkozy's Comeback Bid Falters As The Economy Hits The Skids
As goes the French economy, so goes the reelection chances of French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Although Sarkozy leads in round one, polls show that lead is shrinking at a pace that suggests he will...
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The Great Recession Doesn't Even Compare To The Great Depression
The causes of the Great Recession were similar to the Great Depression—as opposed to most post war recessions that were caused by Fed tightening to slow inflation—and I'm frequently asked if we could...
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And So We End The Fourth Week Of World Markets Decline
The pause in the 2012 worldwide rally continued last week. It was the fourth consecutive week with a negative average performance for the eight indexes in our international collection. Six of the eight...
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Don't Mean To Be Rude, But Tony Robbins' Viral Video On The National Debt Is...
There’s a viral video going around by Tony Robbins on the national debt. Unfortunately, he makes the dreaded error of confusing a currency issuer with a currency user. Of course, the two can never...
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NYT: Here Comes 'TAXMAGEDDON'
'Taxmageddon' is the preferred description of David Leonhardt at The New York Times to describe the unique fiscal situation due to happenat the end of this year. Basically, with no changes to current...
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Joe Stiglitz's Presentation On Why The Entire Global Economic System Is...
At the Institute for New Economic Thinking conference in Berlin, economist Joe Stiglitz delivered a presentation titled Is Mercantilism Doomed to Fail? China, Germany, and Japan and the Exhaustion of...
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10 States Where Homebuyers Are Saving Big On Foreclosed Homes
198,853 properties received foreclosures filings in March, down 17 percent from a year ago. And many warn that a tidal wave of foreclosures coming this year. These foreclosed homes often sell at...
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George Soros Nails It: Why The Situation In Europe Is Only Getting Worse
In his speech at the Institute For New Economic Thinking conference in Berlin, George Soros delivered one of the best and most concise assessments of what went wrong in Europe, and why things are...
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GEITHNER: Romney's Claim On Women's Job Losses Is 'Misleading And Ridiculous'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says a claim by Mitt Romney about disproportionate job losses by women during the Obama administration is "misleading and ridiculous." Romney said...
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