financial news

The US dollar is mixed, stuck in narrow trading ranges amid the light volume of the holiday season. After falling below yesterday’s figure, the euro strengthened to $1.3266 but gains may be limited with the start of the EU summit today.…

We have some good links on the political economy today which highlight continuing efforts to frame the credit crisis in a bank-favourable light. I recommend reading them because they reinforce my view that the body politic in the US is…

The dollar made ground against most major currencies through the Asian session. Moody’s put Spain’s Aa1 debt rating on review for a potential downgrade, citing concerns with government funding and finances and the overall debt level. The…

My general take on the economic outlook is more bullish of late. I believe the data are surprising to the upside now so much that you can forget about a real economy-based double dip. This is also a major reason bonds are getting whacked.…

Highlights The US dollar is mostly lower for the second day in a row ahead of the Fed’s meeting this afternoon. The euro maintained a supportive tone after the German ZEW release, which showed improving consumer confidence, but buying…

Links on the money supply, BIS, China, and the European debt crisis plus a whole lot more. See the two links on Google and the building scrutiny Google is getting in the tech link section. Fred Sheehan's post on prior statements by former…

The US dollar is mostly lower with little movement among the majors. The euro remains fairly subdued but recovered early session losses to break above Friday’s close. This week in Europe will be dominated by upcoming political events in…

Links on Madoff, bailouts, potential long-term fixes for the European Sovereign Debt crisis and more.

Here are today's financial links including posts on robosigners, WikiLeaks and Goldman's win in high frequency trading case.

Here's the daily links post. Before I send you off to the links I wanted to mention that I will be on Howard Green's show on BNN at 12:15 ET to talk about China and Wells Fargo amongst other topics. I really haven't been that good about…