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Fed Begins Tightening Process: Discount Rate Raised To 0.75% From 0.5%, Dollar Surges, Curve Pancakes
This article is a guest contribution by Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge.com. Will the Steepener/Carry Trade/Long Stock bandwagon please proceed…
Navigating Volatility: The Case for Tactical Alpha
In today's volatile markets, alternative investments are key for diversification, resilience, and returns, but they demand expertise to navigate. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners and Scott Radke, CEO and Co-CIO of New Holland Capital discuss...
IMF Gold Sales v. the Alchemy of Gold Futures – What’s the Impact on Gold Prices?
This article is a guest contribution by J.S. Kim, of SmartKnowledgeU™. The recently announced IMF sale of 191.3…
Matt Taibbi: Wall Street's Bailout Hustle - "The best 18 months of grifting this country has ever seen"
Rolling Stone Mag's Matt Taibbi strikes Again, in Wall Street's Bailout Hustle. On January 21st, Lloyd Blankfein left…
Deleveraging Through... Deflation? Has Ending QE Been The Ulterior Motive All Along? Andrew Smithers Thinks So
This article is a guest contribution by Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge.com. Confused by recent proclamations by Hoenig, Plosser, and…
Presenting Total Bank Assets As A Percentage Of Host Countries' GDP
This article is a guest contribution by Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge.com. With the threat of sovereign default and contagion…
China Cuts Its Holdings in Treasuries?
It appears that China is doing its best to keep the dollar from strengthening, employing a strategy of…
Index Summary and Domestic Equity Market (week ending 2/15/2010)
Index Summary The major market indices were higher this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Index rose 0.87 percent.…
The Economy and Bond Market Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010)
The Economy and Bond Market Treasury yields moved higher this week on the back of large Treasury auctions…
Gold Market Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010)
Gold Market For the week, spot gold closed at $1,093.38 per ounce up $27.08 or 2.54 percent. Gold…
Energy and Natural Resources Market Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010)
Energy and Natural Resources Market Inflows into commodity index tracking funds were strong in January after some slippage…
Emerging Markets Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010)
Emerging Markets Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010) Strengths China’s passenger car sales continued to surge by 113 percent in…
China: Social Stability Through Economic Prosperity
By Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer China sees a bubble ahead and is trying to avoid…
Why Valentine's Day Just May Be The Healthiest Day Of The Year,
and other Weekend Reads
Valentine's Day and the Chinese New Year fall on the same day! A Chinese proverb states that all…
Hugh Hendry: China Infatuation is Misguided
Hugh Hendry, CIO, Eclectica Asset Management, writes in the Telegraph UK today, cautioning investors that China's $1.4 trillion…
PIMCO on Emerging Market Debt, Greece
PIMCO's Gomez, co-head emerging markets debt, says there are structural concerns about Europe complicating aid for Greece in…
