But more importantly, the share market is at risk now for a big fall as it was in the middle of 2007 when the Bear Stearns story broke. Since then the perimeter of global markets has gradually been overrun by the forces of wealth destruction.
March 9th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 22 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "ASX/200"
Capital Flight Out of Greece
An article in the UK Telegraph stated that Greece’s Deputy PM had lashed out at Germany over war-time atrocities and accused Italy of cooking its books. This seems like a fairly dumb thing to do when you are hoping that Germany might hand over some cash to help you out of the hole you’ve dug yourself.
February 26th, 2010 | Murray Dawes | 2 comments | Continued
Perhaps This Recession Will Be One for the Ages After All
In today’s Daily Reckoning, we’ll review the contradictory claims. We’ll also tell you what Alan Greenspan whispered in our ear the other night about gold, inflation, and the bond market. And we’ll ask more stupid questions about government.
April 16th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 13 comments | Continued
Rule Scrapped: Banks to Value Assets Using Mark-to-Market
Banks and others have complained that this rule distorts the price of assets for which there is currently no market, or which the banks intend to hold to maturity (meaning the current price is largely irrelevant). It’s a clever argument.
April 6th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 19 comments | Continued
Oil Contango Narrows
Hey what’s this? Oil prices were up nearly 9% in New York, or about US$3.73 a barrel to $45 a barrel. OPEC production cuts and inventory reductions have brought global supply more into line with global demand (which is dramatically reduced owning to the world financial calamity).
March 5th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 4 comments | Continued