stress tests

Things I am Going to Think About On Vacation Like others, I try to clean off my desk before my summer vacation.  This year it is particularly difficult because there seems to be several unresolved issues.  I will mull them over…

Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research, talked with Bloomberg's Susan Li about the outlook for U.S. stocks. When Li asks him about the 3pc gains we saw yesterday, he said the markets were oversold but that he expects stocks to retrench.…

The following is the press release released by the EU on the subject of the European Bank Stress Tests. There will be 91 institutions undergoing the tests. I have provided a list of the specific institutions below. The greatest number of…

Some reports suggest that the stress that European banks may be tested for include a 17% loss on Greek bonds and a 3% loss on Spanish bonds  German bunds and possibly French bonds will not be stressed--that is to say the stress test…

The market awaits for the European Bank Supervisors to provide more details about the stress tests.  If the market has a better sense of the robustness of the stress tests it might lift some uncertainty among investors. There are…

Kenneth Rogoff, a professor at Harvard University and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, talks with Bloomberg's Susan Li i Hong Kong about the global economy and China's real estate market and economy. Rogoff also…

Stress tests on European banks have emerged as a key talking point. The criteria is not clear, though European officials are apparently telling anyone who is interested that the these tests are more robust than the previous tests conducted…

Because the European Union will stress-test its 25 largest banks, it makes sense to compile a comprehensive list of Europe's largest banks.

Highlights The US dollar is generally consolidating this week’s losses in quiet and largely uneventful turnover.  The shallowness of dollar bounces warns that the downside correction is not complete.    Given the…

A month ago I showed you a bunch of charts which indicated that the US economy was slowing. The upshot of the charts was that the economy was going to stall in six to nine months and that stock prices would reflect this – and they have.…