The Age of Deleveraging: Investment Strategies for a Decade of Slow Growth and Deflation

Gary Shilling's excellent book, The Age of Deleveragingpublished in May of 2010 predicted a future that has only become all too obvious to the world in the last few months.  Conveniently for the…


Italy gives EU a post-party hangover - FT.com

Italy gives EU a post-party hangover By FT reporters Italy’s borrowing costs have climbed to euro-era highs just a day after European leaders agreed on a new plan to reverse the region’s spiralling…


CHART OF THE DAY: Serious Question: Does The Euro Even Care About What Happens In Europe?

CHART OF THE DAY: Serious Question: Does The Euro Even Care About What Happens In Europe? Joe Weisenthal and Eric Platt | Oct. 26, 2011, 3:53 PM | 301 | 4   The more we look at US markets the…


Pension Pulse: State of Injustice?

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011 State of Injustice? Ekathimerini reports, EU deal will need a big majority: A new bailout for Greece, currently being hammered out by European Union leaders as part of a…


My Dogs of the Dow

I like this approach in this market and going to tweak this with option writes.  I decided to drag out a popular investment idea, Dogs of the Dow, and take a new look at it based on my belief that…


Coal Miners a Must Own HKG:1088, NYSE:YZC, ASX:GCL | Live Stock Trading News | Equities, Forex, Gold, Silver and Oil Trading

Coal Miners a Must Own HKG:1088, NYSE:YZC, ASX:GCL Banpu, China Shenhua Energy Company Limited, HKG:1088, Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. (ADR), NYSE:YZC, Gloucester Coal Limited , ASX:GCL Utility companies…


The Hole in Europe’s Bucket - NYTimes.com

OP-ED COLUMNISTThe Hole in Europe’s BucketBy PAUL KRUGMANPublished: October 23, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERLINKEDINCOMMENTS 377SIGN IN TO E-MAILPRINTREPRINTSSHARE If it weren’t so tragic, the current…


Bill Would Give U.S. Visas to Foreign Home Buyers - WSJ.com

Foreigners' Sweetener: Buy House, Get a Visa Article   By NICK TIMIRAOS The reeling housing market has come to this: To shore it up, two Senators are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill…


EU Banks Vow to Slash Assets by $1 Trillion - Bloomberg

Banks, whose shares as measured by the 46-member Bloomberg Europe Banks and Financial Services Index have fallen 30 percent this year, oppose the plan partly because it would dilute the value of…


Calculated Risk: Europe: Clock is ticking, Officials try to ratchet back expectations

Europe: Clock is ticking, Officials try to ratchet back expectations by CalculatedRisk on 10/16/2011 04:52:00 PM From the WSJ: Europe Faces More Hurdles on Aid Plan European leaders have primed…