Showing posts with label 2008 financial crisis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 financial crisis. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

The US Banking Sector’s Dependence on Bernanke’s QEs

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Is the US banking sector having a déjà vu of 2008? The Economist suggests so (bold emphasis mine) Wild gyrations in stockmarkets; ba...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

BIS: The Difference of Great Depression and the 2008 Crisis is Central Bank Inflationism

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What’s the fundamental difference between the crisis of the Great Depression in 1931 and that of the US Mortgage crisis of 2008? The Bank ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Putting The TED Spread Into Perspective

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Here is how to spook people... TED spread are rising fast, so run for the hills! Chart of the 6 month TED Spread courtesy of Bloomberg The ...
Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Jim Chanos: 10 Lessons From The Financial Crisis That Investors Have Already Forgotten

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Here is the presentation recently given by Hedge Fund wizard Jim Chanos at the University of Virginia's Value Investing Conference and t...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Decoupling In Foreign Direct Investments?

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In the crest of the 2008 crisis, decoupling, for the mainstream, resonated as a fantasy or myth. Well, for us the synchronization or "...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Iceland's Devaluation Toll: McDonald's

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Recently we dealt with The Evils Of Devaluation . And Iceland should be a good example. Last year's meltdown heavily devastated Icel...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Wal-Mart: The Only Crisis Proof Stock During The 2008 Crash

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Interesting observation from Bloomberg's Chart of the Day Bloomberg notes that discount retail behemoth Wal-mart had been the only stoc...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

How Asia's Richest Fared In 2008

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Some interesting charts and commentaries on the wealth conditions of Asia's Richest in 2008 from Capgemini's Asian Wealth Report 20...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

The Myths of Deregulation and Lack of Regulation As Causal Factors To The Financial Crisis

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Professor Arnold Kling, former economist on the staff of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and also a former senior eco...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

India Boots Out Communists, Sensex Scores Largest One Day Gain Ever!

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After a landslide victory for the Party of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , India's stock markets went into a bacchanalia with a fantast...
Thursday, April 09, 2009

Negative Chain Effects from Regulatory Arbitrage: The AIG experience

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In the Freakonomics blog , Daniel Hamermesh commented on a review of Kat Long ’s The Forbidden Apple where he notes of how prohibitions hav...