“House prices here in Ireland are still too high,” judged our man on the scene. Chris is our main man at the family office…
October 23rd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | ContinuedEurope
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A chronological listing of articles is below.
Britain, the Empire Which Had Paramount Global Power
Historians agree that Britain’s rise as a pre-eminent global power came as a response to changing circumstances and not as a part of a grand master plan; Britain, it has been said, stumbled into an empire.
October 7th, 2009 | Leon Hadar | 3 comments | Continued
We Expect No Recovery from the Economy
..how does it all work? We’re doing some serious thinking this week. What is it that actually causes a depression? A stock market collapse? Or too much debt?
September 29th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Three-life Leases are Still Alive and Well
It is the end of a long day here in the Normandy countryside and we have jumped online long enough to learn that very little of consequence happened in financial markets today. In the meantime, we learned from our host Bill Bonner tonight that three-life leases are still alive and well.
September 22nd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 0 comments | Continued
Financial Markets Have Clearly Rallied
If it’s true that markets lead economies, markets are telling us that things are going to get much better. The FTSE index of emerging markets is up 99% from its March lows. The S&P 500 is up nearly 60%. And gold itself is up 25%, with much of that move coming in the last few weeks.
September 21st, 2009 | Dan Denning | 10 comments | Continued
The Pound is in Trouble
“Reason #3: Industrial production in the United Kingdom has maintained double-digit losses since January: -12.1%; February: -12.7%; March: – 12.6%; April: -12.4%; May: -11.9%; June: -11.1%. Without production, nothing sells. No sales.. no income. No income… no jobs.
August 31st, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Rich Blamed for Financial Debacle of Last Few Years
Their governments all have in it for them…taxes on ‘the rich’ are rising. The Democrats are talking about financing the entire nation’s health care system on the backs of the super-rich.
August 26th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 4 comments | Continued
Sweden Remains an Occasional Trail-blazer in Monetary Matters
The world’s first central bank, beating even the Bank of England by 26 years, the Riksbank then copied the Old Lady by when it abandoned the Gold Standard in September 1931. But the Swedes chose to mimic Great Britain before anyone else…
August 19th, 2009 | Adrian Ash | 0 comments | Continued
On the Evidence, Stimulus Programs Aren’t Working
For proof, we go to Stimulation Nation itself. From America last week came news that new house sales had finally turned up. They were up 11% in June, according to the papers. That was the monthly figure. According to the annual numbers, they were down 21% from the year before…
August 3rd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
In Europe, Banks Borrow Money and Lend it Back to the Government
The ECB loans money at low rates to the banks – hoping to encourage consumer and business lending. In June, for example, the banks borrowed 442 billion euros at a fixed interest rate of 1%. But lending to business and households is at its lowest level since record-keeping began…
July 30th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued