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The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate hut at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups—Henry Hazlitt

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Saturday, December 20, 2014

ASEAN Credit Default Swap (CDS) Spreads Spike!

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Credit default Swaps (CDS) are the cost to insure debt from default risks. It appears that ASEAN’s CDS spreads has spiked this week. I...

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Phisix: Don’t Ignore the Bear Market Warnings

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The big men of the Street are as prone to be wishful thinkers as the politicians or the plain suckers. I myself can’t work that way. In a s...

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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Today’s Market Slump Has NOT Been About US Downgrades

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As of this writing the Phisix is down by over 1% and has followed Asia and ASEAN region and global equity markets in deep red. Chart fro...

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Graphic: US Default Risk—Short and Long Term

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Nice chart from Bespoke Invest on the risk of a US default, as measured by Credit Default Swaps—CDS). Following the announcement of the...

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Is Japan At A Risk of Debt Default?

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When tragic events hit, some people have the habit to resort to sensationalist babble. They read one bad event as a trigger to even more u...

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Sovereign Debt The New Ponzi Finance?

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``I have no sympathy for Madoff. But the fact is his alleged Ponzi scheme was only slightly more outrageous than the 'legal' sche...

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