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Peter Boone and Simon Johnson have just written a post "Greece And The Fatal Flaw In An IMF Rescue," at Baseline Scenario which outlines three scenarios for the Greek economy going forward. True Fiscal Austerity... We…

When I was in business school in the mid-1990s I took a securities analysis class with Michael Mauboussin, who was an Adjunct Professor then working at Credit Suisse First Boston (he's now at Legg Mason).  The class, which focused a…

I must say, Bill Gross is really sour on events in the United States these days. His monthly works are getting more and more populist. And it's interesting to see how he can segue from his introductory populist screed into a cogent…

As Irwin Stelzer argued in a recent opinion article in the Wall Street Journal, Spain’s Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero seems to be an admirer of Charles Dickens's character Mr. Micawber. When asked what he plans to do about…

The US Financial Conditions Index (BFCIUS) is a composite measure of the condition of U.S. financial markets, using yield spreads, indices from bond, equity and money markets. Right now, it is at a 32-month high. But, while this is…

Most of us have about 20 years to secure our retirement - from our mid 40s to our mid 60s. That has been an absolute disaster for my generation, with inflation-adjusted returns on a global equity portfolio being down about 23% over the past…

A lot of media outlets have noticed that, despite George Soros’ protestations about the rise in gold prices being excessive, Soros Fund Management have invested a lot more money in gold after he made his apparently gold-bearish calls. …

Uber-technician Louise Yamada is now warning that the secular bear market in equities is likely to be joined by one in bonds as well.  In the video below, she talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox about her view that bond yields are going to…

No he didn’t.  Jim Rogers, the bow-tie wearing Quantum Fund co-founder and Sino-enthusiast, has recently implied Jim Chanos doesn’t know China from a hole in the ground. Rogers is not happy about the recent bearish pronouncements…