July 6th, 2010 by jwolinsky
Niall Ferguson of Harvard University spoke with Bloomberg Television on the subject of bond markets and the threat of a speculative bond attack against the United States. 0:35 Ferguson discusses “bond vigilantes”. 1:35 No country in history has been able to grow enough to meet it’s debt obligations, except for England in the early 1800s, [...]
June 29th, 2010 by jwolinsky
The ECB is one of the cornerstones of forex market action. Ever since the launch of the Euro as the single currency of the European Union, the ECB’s role as the issuer of currency, and sole determinant of monetary policy of the Eurosystem has made it a constant feature of forex market trends and volatility. [...]
June 27th, 2010 by jwolinsky
Those who trade forex are in budget mode these days. Barack Obama’s blueprint for this year’s federal spending includes $100 billion in additional stimulus for the economy, and a massive $800 billion in taxes on high income earners. The blueprint also includes banks that benefited from the bailout, as well as the oil and gas [...]
June 23rd, 2010 by jwolinsky
Robert Shiller the man who predicted the tech bubble, and housing bubble talks about interest rates in a Bloomberg interview. Shiller is probably the only economist who makes correct calls, and when he speaks he should be listened to. Robert Shiller is an economics professor at Yale University and chief economist at MacroMarkets LLC. He [...]
June 15th, 2010 by jwolinsky
You have heard of the tech bubble, gold bubble, oil bubble, china bubble real estate bubble etc. What about the higher education bubble? Some investors are suggesting this could be the next big bubble. At a recent Hedge Fund conference called the Ira Sohn Conference, Steven Eisman made this case. Steve Eisman, the outspoken investor whose [...]