2010

The latest video from Bloomberg with Jim Bianco is below. Bianco believes the markets will be disappointed Fed if the Fed shows less than 5 months of $100 billion in QE tomorrow. He also doubts whether a tax hike would be a "big, big"…

Tomorrow the Federal Reserve will make an important and much anticipated announcement about monetary policy over the coming months. The main question for most market watchers and economists has to do with quantitative easing, or QE. It is…

Highlights The US dollar is trading heavily though within the recent ranges against most of the major currencies ahead of the conclusion of the FOMC meeting which is widely expected to result in a new round of long-term asset…

by Win Thin Reserve Bank of India is expected to hiked rates by 25 bp at its regular meeting Tuesday.  Reverse repo rate is now 5.0% and the repo rate 6.0%.  This comes after RBI hiked rates 25 bp in September under the recent…

Sunday Greek deputy Prime Minister Pangalos told a local paper that in theory debt restructuring should not be completely ruled out, though the deficit would need to be dealt with first.  He argued against "demonizing" debt…

by John Lounsbury It may not be South Florida, but there are condo problems in Raleigh, NC too.  Sunday 32 condo units were auctioned off at an average price of $210 per square foot in the West condo unit in a downtown entertainment…

by Edward Hugh Spain’s statistics office continue to issue worryingly confusing press releases. The latest example is one published in connection with the quarterly labour force survey which came out last Friday. Now the data the INE…

The Usual Fare Saudi Arms Deal is About Iran - Ron Paul Millions of homeowners keep paying on underwater mortgages - latimes.com Chart of the week: Brazil’s shifting export structure | beyondbrics | FT.com Robo-Signing at…

This is pure Barry White, people! Hat tip Scott.

John Hussman says about this chart: Based on our standard methodology (see The Likely Range of Market Returns in the Coming Decade for the basic approach) we estimate that the S&P 500 is priced to achieve a 10-year total return of…