2011

Partisans have a well-developed political world view. Facts don't change that view. How does one deal with that? If you're wrong, you will be confronted with a decision on how to react. The insidious thing about this is that when we are…

We argue that a key driver lifting the euro has been the divergent monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and the ECB.

These Hayek – Keynes videos are hilarious (hat tip Barry Ritholtz). This one is called "Fight of the Century" - sort of like Marvelous Marvin Hagler against Sugar Ray Leonard.

Former US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill calls the people advocating brinkmanship on the debt ceiling deficit "terrorists". The United States looks more and more like a banana republic every day. If S&P wants a reason to downgrade the…

You've probably heard the term "smart money" used by various pundits, a reference to those investors and institutions that are consistently better at making money than the uninformed masses. Which begs the question: are you one of them?…

Here's David Letterman with the ten reasons Apple needs to track your every move.

Bernanke’s QE2 program has hurt savers, done nothing for banks, and eviscerated middle class living standards.

Today marks the first time we are witnessing a regularly scheduled news conference by a Fed chairman in the Federal Reserve's 98-year history. Most reactions to Ben Bernanke's performance were positive, meaning he reiterated the themes he…

What a cruel month April has been to the peripheral debt markets. Greek 10-year yields have risen 349 bp, more than the cumulative increase over the previous 11 months. Portugal's 10-year yield has risen 180 bp this month and 190 bp over…

The US dollar continued to weaken for the seventh consecutive day, with the dollar index hitting its lowest level since August 2008, ahead of the today’s FOMC meeting. In our view the Fed is likely to reaffirm its ultra-accommodative…