June 2008

That's the question RBS is asking. In recent research, Bob Janjuah, the bank's credit strategist, advises clients to move to safety in anticipation of potential market volatility. The crux of the matter is inflation and central bank…

According to Reuters, a Goldman Sachs industry analyst team led by Richard Ramsdenhas issued a report suggesting that global financial institutions are short an additional $65 billion of capital. Banks have raised over $300 billion in…

I was reading Barron's 2008 Midyear 2008 Roundtable just yesterday when a comment by Marc Faber struck me. He said that Obama is "not going to be good for the market." He expects Barack Obama to win in November and for the investment…

and cut dividend. Regionals across the country are now suffering. The second leg down for financials has truly begun. I warned on Fifth Third this past Thursday in What's happening at Fifth Third? See new story here. Update: 9:19 EDT…

This comes from Bloomberg News via one of their top finance commentators, Caroline Baum.Why Real Estate Market Is Nowhere Near a Bottom: Caroline BaumCommentary by Caroline Baum…

This via the FT blog FT Alphaville:The latest downgrades from S&P - testament to the fact that the structured finance unwind isn’t yet unwound: 330 U.S. CDOs put on credit watch negative80 second lien RMBS cut to ‘D’65 Alt-A RMBS…

If Mervyn King is right regarding comments he made in his letter to the Chancellor Alistair Darling, then we should expect interest rates to head down after peaking sometime before year's end. I tend to agree with him that the deflationary…

Of all of the inflation indices the ONS (Office for National Statistics) in the UK uses, the RPI data are the most comprehensive. This particular series runs back to 1948 and is use in all manner of contracts, pension schemes, what have…

From Bloomberg News: Regional Banks Tumble Zions, the lender with operations in 10 Western U.S. states, tumbled 10 percent to $33.44 for the steepest decline in the S&P 500. ``Weakness'' in residential construction and land values in…

Industrial production and capacity utilization numbers were released by the Fed this morning. These numbers are important because production is one of five factors the NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) looks at to judge…