2010

from the BBH Currency Strategy Team The US dollar is softer today versus the majors and EM. The euro maintained a supportive tone following the move up to the $1.3270 region. Momentum was lacking due to thin trading liquidity and an…

Transfer payment receipts are defined well by the BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept. of Commerce): Personal current transfer receipts are benefits received by persons for which no current services are performed. They are…

by William K. Black Marty Robins' December 15, 2010, column "Blow the Whistle on Pointless Whistleblowing" in The Huffington Post opposed the SEC implementing the Dodd-Franks Act's provision that the SEC should develop a system…

Hi everyone. Forgive the long pause between posts. I haven't not posted for this long all year. But it is the holiday season and I found myself unexpectedly caught up in the events and just haven't blogged. The same goes for the other…

by Annaly Capital Management Seasonally adjusted greetings to Annaly Salvos readers around the world! In the commercial spirit of the season (and a day early for our blog post this week), we thought we’d go down a level from the headline…

We are now seeing almost all our sell signals go off and we recommend clients hedge portfolios and reduce market exposure. We have advised clients in the past to hedge their portfolios and reduce exposure when all our sell signals have gone…

The latest financial news from around the web. Articles to note on Allied Irish's nationalisation and the Fed's attempts to block new foreclosure regulations. On behavioral finance, we have a good link from Robin Hanson's blog on the…

from the BBH Currency Strategy Team The dollar is mixed today vs. the majors and is softer vs. EM.  The euro has stabilized, but continues to feel heavy as EUR/CHF holds marginally above the record low around 1.2440 from…

As usual, NMA World Editions does a first-class animation mock-up here. (Hat tip John Carney).

by Win Thin Brazil central bank’s quarterly inflation report was quite hawkish, and caught the market off-guard after the decidedly more dovish minutes from the December 7/8 COPOM meeting were reported last week. In those minutes, the…