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In our opinion, investors are looking for a way out of European currencies and into the Canadian, Australian, and even the U.S. currency. This is why European money continues to flow into these sectors.
Europeans are seeking better returns in non-European currencies and in non-European bonds and stocks. More...
THE GLOBAL BANKING CRISIS CONTINUES
STAGE 2: EUROPEAN SOVEREIGN DEBT UNDER ATTACK
Taken together, the Icelandic and Greek financial crises can be seen as the second stage of the larger global banking crisis. The first stage of the global banking crisis, which began in late 2007, was centered in the European and U.S. mortgage and mortgage derivative market. The second stage began with Iceland’s monetary and fiscal crisis in 2009 and continues with the current Greek crisis, and is centered in European sovereign debt.More... Posted On : Wednesday, February, 17, 2010 EUROPE HAS PROBLEMS Author's: Monty Guild & Tony Danaher
“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
-Chinese Proverb
DEBT LEVELS IN G-7 COUNTRIES
We continue to be positive on Asia. One of the major reasons we currently favor Asia is the fact that public debt in the G-7 nations (U.S., Britain, France, Canada, Germany, Japan, and Italy) is expected to be over 119% of their combined GDP in 2014; a stunning figure.More...
IS CONGRESS REALLY CAPABLE OF MANAGING THE AFFAIRS AND LEGISLATION OF OUR FAST-PACED, HIGH-TECH, COMMUNICATION BASED SOCIETY?
The U.S. Congress is a slow moving, deliberative body. It is beholden to special interests groups, and is one of the root causes of many of the great defects in the current U.S. financial crisis.
Their track record is appalling. As our society progresses and the pace of life increases, Congress continues to fall further behind. By the time they get around to examining a problem, it has already run its course, and the changes they make after the fact often exacerbate the problems they set out to solve. Often, they are unable to make the changes necessary because they are owned by special interests and most of their constituents are focused on one or two personal issues-not on the best interest of the country as a whole.More...
WORLD MARKETS DANCE TO CHINA’S TUNE…AND THEY ARE MISTAKING A MODEST SLOWDOWN IN TEMPO FOR A CALL TO STOP THE MUSIC
World markets are frightened that the fastest growing economy in the world will slow too rapidly. Thus, when China tried to slow real estate speculation with a series of actions over the last three weeks, many global investors panicked and sent stocks down in most of the world.
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