By George Magnus, author of Uprising: Will Emerging Markets Shape or Shake the World Economy? Financial markets have had a torrid summer of breaking news about slowing global growth, fears over a new western economic contraction and the unresolved bond market and banking crisis in the eurozone. But these sources of angst have triggered turbulence …
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Another Lost Decade?
Lin Yifu, a chief economist with the World Bank, says maybe. Many financial advisors, working to help their clients accumulate enough money for retirement, are painfully aware of the investment risk associated with the “lost decade” that Japan suffered through recently. The sagging economies of the developed world still account for 60% of the combined …
U.S. Foreign Policy and Electoral Realities
Every now and then I come across something that helps makes sense of the world around me when all the pieces seem disconnected. These are things over which I have absolutely no control, yet all play a role in our lives. In my case as an investment advisor, they influence my clients financial success, and …
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The 2012 rivals can be named: Hayek v Keynes
From the Financial Times (Great Britain), by Steven Rattner ( A view from the other side of the Atlantic ) In a fusillade of debates and speeches President Barack Obama and his Republican challengers have firmly established the economic policy combat lines for next year. What an electoral battle it will be – a clash …
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How To Prevent a Depression
Eight drastic policy measures necessary to prevent global economic collapse. None of them will be popular. By Nouriel Roubini Posted Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 The latest economic data suggest that recession is returning to most advanced economies, with financial markets now reaching levels of stress unseen since the collapse of Lehman Bros. in 2008. The …
Capital Market Insights – September 19, 2011
Here is your Weekly Insights update from Curian’s Asset Management Group. This informative capital market update is designed to help those who want to manage your own money stay informed about important developments in economics and the markets… CONTINUE READING HERE…
Square Pegs AND Round Holes
I’ve recently realized that for the past several years as an investment advisor, I’ve been doing my best to force square pegs into round holes. And it hasn’t worked very well. You’d think with all my experience, it would have become obvious much sooner, but apart from being uncomfortable, I had no clear understanding until …
Capital Market Insights – September 12, 2011
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We must listen to what bond markets are telling us,
not what the pretend politicians are telling us. Financial Times article by Martin Wolf What is to be done? To find an answer, listen to the markets. They are saying: borrow and spend, please. Yet those who profess faith in the magic of the markets are most determined to ignore the cry. The fiscal skies …
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The Whole Truth and Nothing But
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: September 6, 2011 Kishore Mahbubani, a retired Singaporean diplomat, published a provocative essay in The Financial Times on Monday that began like this: “Dictators are falling. Democracies are failing. A curious coincidence? Or is it, perhaps, a sign that something fundamental has changed in the grain of human history. I …
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