2011

The Ongoing MF Global DISASTER - MarketTicker Forums tags: brokers bankruptcy What has the ECB done in the crisis? The role of TARGET balances | Martin Wolf's Exchange | Economic commentary from the Financial Times – FT.com…

Gold is poised to complete its 11th consecutive annual gain, the longest winning streak in at least nine decades, on the brink of a bear market. George Soros, the billionaire who two years ago called it the “ultimate asset bubble,” cut 99…

The main price action to note is that the euro fell through the JPY100 level for the first time since mid-2001. For the most part, the dollar is confined to yesterday's ranges against the major currencies. The day's economic highlights…

Heterodox economics: Marginal revolutionaries | The Economist Warren Mosler, an innovative carmaker, a successful bond-investor and an idiosyncratic economist, moved to St Croix in 2003 to take…

Great piece from our friends at Al Jazeera. Looks like the military is no longer going to be the “employer of last resort.” Future veterans are going to highly trained in the cutting edge technology that will shape the next hundred years.…

The euro extended yesterday's losses in Asia, falling to $1.2866, the lowest level since the start of the year. The euro's losses against the yen were also extended with new 10-year lows recorded just above JPY100.30. Italy wrapped up a…

Financial news links for 28 December 2011

This morning’s swan dive in the euro stopped the Santa rally right in its tracks. We have two questions: 1) Has the ECB shot its wad as the lender of last resort providing massive liquidity to the banking system and leaving little…

The S&P 500 volatility index - the VIX - is a measurement of volatility expectations. It has fallen 50% since the (latest) agreement to save the euro was announced. If the VIX falls to 18, call options are worth considering.

News links for 27 December 2011