April 2010

Les marchés font monter la pression sur la Grèce - LeMonde.fr FT Alphaville - Neil Hume - UBS and its 1,350 S&P target Buffett Blunts Finance Rule - WSJ.com CFED: Weathering the Storm: Have IDAs Helped Low-Income…

Informed researchers are asking what happens to China based on the recent demographic shift from rural labour surplus to rural labour deficit.  The answer may be slower growth and higher inflation, according to a paper released last…

Highlights The US dollar was mostly softer vs. the majors on news that Greece requested that EU/IMF aid be activated.  EUR/USD rose on short-covering rally as a result, and came after it had earlier set a new cycle low at…

“My maid just asked for leave,” a friend in Beijing told me recently. “She’s rushing home to buy property. I suggested she borrow 70 percent, so she could cap the loss.” It wasn’t the first time I had heard such a story in China. Some…

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This PBS Frontline film on foreclosures first aired in October.

Last week's most popular Bubblicious mortgage deals, Canadian version Liquidity Giveth, Liquidity Taketh – The IMF On International Capital Flows Goldman Abacus AC1 Pitchbook The politics of the Goldman fraud case…

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It’s spring, and this spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of speculation. The Fed’s promises look good and, as long as you’re not a small business, you can borrow to invest or speculate at no cost. The market has had a…