THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope for a Change - Yes we can -130 Million Americans, more than in any other election since 1960, voted for a change and choose Obama, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:09:08

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Stock Market Dictionary - A

A Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying Class A shares.AAIISee: American Association of Individual InvestorsABOSee: Accumulated Benefit ObligationABSSee: Automated Bond SystemACATSee: Automated Customer Account TransferACESSee: Advance Computerized Execution SystemACHSee: Automated Clearing HouseACRSSee: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:28:00

2009 = 1929

Michel Foucault: "I mean to speak of the great warm and tender Freemasonry of useless erudition."I do like a provocative opening line :)Capitalism requires for the people to trust the banks, and for the banks to trust the government, and the primary factor that sustains this system is confidence in credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 08:08:00

Plunging oil prices may hamstring region’s bold sustainability plans

By Michael Burnham Greenwire: Middle East officials are vowing to press ahead with ambitious sustainable development projects despite the global ... funds from the asset class, the World Bank noted. Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 21:05:33

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 22 – 28, 2008)

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008. With the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by 35.8% and 40.6% respectively for the year to date, many investors would be anxious to wave the old year goodbye [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 14:24:18

Asia Having a Decent Day, For a Change

After opening down (the Nikkei was down over 2.5%, the Hang Seng over 4%, Singapore over 1%), the specter of the US stock market blasting through two support levels in two days was treated, for now, as a thing of the past. In particular, the markets seemed to take cheer from the idea that Citigroup would be sold (!) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 07:49:52

Deals of the Day: The Mystery of the Goldman Sachs Layoffs

Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N ... be required The black hole grows: AIG owes Wall Street’s biggest firms more than $10 billion ... of clawback provisions is spreading, with securities firms rolling out rules that allow them to take back [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 15:08:50

Deals of the Day: The Mystery of the Goldman Sachs Layoffs

Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N ... be required The black hole grows: AIG owes Wall Street’s biggest firms more than $10 billion ... of clawback provisions is spreading, with securities firms rolling out rules that allow them to take back [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:03:00

U.S. Economy in 2009, Pain Will Precede the Promise

If there’s a proverb that captures the outlook for the U.S. economy in the New Year, it’s the one that says: “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” Regardless of any formal announcement of whether or not the United States drops into an actual recession, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:15:51

Balance Sheet Bailout Begins

Not much. The world keeps turning. And the world economy keeps falling apart. Here in Australia, shares of port and rail outfit Asciano (AIO) fell off the table after a Citigroup analyst changed his valuation of the company and moved it from “buy” to “sell [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 14:20:09

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... Council and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review and downsize [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 00:58:08

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... Council and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review and downsize [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 00:54:08

Top 20 Money Making Feeds

Top 20 Money Making Feeds Top 20 Money Making Feeds also contains 20 of the most interesting money making feeds I can find. These are feeds that I read regularly and cover such diverse areas as investing, personal finances, making money online, affiliate marketing, and much more. I’ve recently updated the file for 2009 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 06:41:45

Economic Jihad: $700 Billion Bail-Out Aids Oil Rich Arab Sheikhs

ByPaul L. Williams(author of The Day of Islam) Oh, you Muslims everywhere, sever the ties of their nation, tear them apart, ruin their economy, ... that has been spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The megabank, thus far, has received [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 02:37:00

How to save the Amazon rainforest

Emerging mechanisms to protect the world's largest rainforest By Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com, January 04, 2009 Environmentalists have long voiced concern over the vanishing Amazon rainforest, but they haven't been particularly effective at slowing forest loss [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 08:29:00

Credit Crunch 2008 Portfolio Review

Not the best of years for financial markets Well, I'm glad that's over – for personal reasons, rather than financial ones. But, as is traditional for everyone else at this time of year, let's look at how 2008 has gone for this blog and its investments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:45:43

2009 Currency Market Outlook

How Did the Dollar Trade in 2008? It has been an exceptionally active year in the foreign exchange market as currency volatilities hit record highs. In the first half of the year, everyone was worried about how much further the dollar would fall but in the second half of the year the concern became how much further the dollar would rise [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 10:55:32

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 19:06:18

Pedra Branca story told in a book

Jayakumar and Tommy Koh give behind-the-scenes account of 30-year sagaZakir Hussain, Straits Times 20 Dec 08;BACK in 1992, Singapore was so confident of its legal case on Pedra Branca that it handed over all its documents to Malaysia.In his foreword to a new book on the 30-year dispute, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 23:15:00

Bank of China Extends Deadline for Rothschild Deal

Wall Street Journal | Jan 4, 2009By LAURA SANTINIHONG KONG — Bank of China has set an extended March 31 deadline to complete its proposed €236 ... and constrained deal-making.Last month Lou Jiwei, who heads Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 07:27:02

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review and downsize [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 00:09:08

The International Real Estate Finance Summit ‘08

IREF ‘08, London December 16-17, 2008Access to the GCC, islamic direct equity & finance Building Bridges for Future GCC and UK Real Estate Relations The current turmoil in the global financial markets may have dented investor confidence and precipitated investor caution in the short-term, but for the discerning, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 22:14:37

More from the Front Lines of the Financial Crisis by Stephen Lendman

Posted by dandelionsalad on November 3, 2008 Dandelion Salad by Stephen Lendman Global Research, November 3, 2008 In its latest economic outlook, ... deeply rooted in asset liquidation and debt repayment, and would seem to have more in common with pre [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 18:11:43

Deals of the Day: Dow Chemical Ready to Sue Kuwait For Breakup Fee

Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N ... the day at http://blogs.wsj.com/deals. The Game Who will succeed Morgan Stanley’s John Mack? Two ... , but while the global outlook for the asset-class is bleak, some credit analysts are optimistic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:52:35

News and Views

Israel Rains Fire on Gaza With Phosphorus Shellsby Sheera Frenkel and Michael Evans - The Times Online (UK)JERUSALEM - Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:53:00

November 2008 Portfolio Review

November was a good month for our members. Unfortunately for other investors, many managers repeated their October 2008 performance. Portfolio Performance Our model portfolios again outperformed the S&P 500 Index AND competitors with similar mandates [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 17:00:38

Dick Fuld Exposed: Lehman Brothers Collapse

Link to original:  http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article5336179.ece  From The Sunday TimesDecember 14, 2008Exposed: Dick Fuld, the man who brought the world to itskneesDick Fuld ran Lehman Brothers as if he were at war. He drove the bank hard and ignored the signs of collapse [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 01:19:19

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Citigroup (C) and Morgan Stanley (MS) confirmed they’re merging their wealth management units into Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Morgan ... shrinking. Citigroup’s (C) deal with Morgan Stanley (MS) is just one part of its radical restructuring [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:15:28

Kravis Says PE Is ?Partly to Blame? for Crisis but Is Here to Help

Oliver Smiddy, of Financial News, files this dispatch from the Super Return Middle East conference in Dubai ... downward pressure on asset values, and a yawning capital hole has appeared in the financial system [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 14:00:11

Bernard Madoff

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBernard Lawrence Madoff (IPA: /ˈmeɪdɑf/) (born April 29, 1938) ... an investment management and advisory division that is now the focus of the fraud investigation ... prior to his arrest, Madoff told his senior executives at the firm that the management and advisory [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 18:15:00

What Is Going on in Argentina

James Attwood and Drew Benson of Bloomberg: Bloomberg.com: Economy: Argentine Bonds, Stocks Sink as Takeover Fuels Default Concerns : Oct. 22 ( ... Asset Management in London. Argentina isdisappearing into irrelevance,'' he said. The yield [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 16:07:45

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Citigroup (C) and Morgan Stanley (MS) confirmed they're merging their wealth management units into Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Morgan will pay $2.7B for a 51% stake with the option of taking full control after five years. Citi [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:15:31

Why Corporate Bonds Could Be The New ‘Safe Haven’ In 2009

Given the implicit government guarantees, Eric Roseman says it is likely that investors will soon start to switch from low-yielding Treasury bonds ... are now sitting on potential losses as management fees erod [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 11:47:24

Making Corporate Culture An Asset: Forrester’s Bruce Temkin’s Tips

Making Corporate Culture An Asset: Forrester's Bruce Temkin's Tips media type icon 09:43 | Jennifer Jones | Nov 3rd, 2008 12:20am | ... it is time for corporate management to change and adopt his 6 new imperatives. Temkin and Jones discuss how ... communicative culture. More Recent Episodes Episode making-corporate-culture-an-asset [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 08:20:17

Implications of Repricing of Dollar Denominated Assets

In the wake of global financial events, a couple of articles have caught my attention in terms of implications for the dollar ... of the rich and middle class across Asia. ... The asset management operations of American banks [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 15:28:16

Credit Crisis Fallout: Investors Leery of Buying Government Debt As Calendar Grows

One of the underlying assumptions of the Fed's and many other central banks' response to the credit crisis is that it can be halted, ... with) the Depression. plus the "if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 05:17:29

RBI-BIS Seminar - Dr. D. Subbarao - RBI

On behalf of the Reserve Bank of India, it is my pleasure and privilege to welcome all of you international delegates to India, ... ). I want to thank the management of BIS for giving us the opportunity of hosting this seminar [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 14:45:00

207) Niall Ferguson, The Ascent of Money, duas resenhas

Duas resenhas do mesmo livro:Can You Spare a Dime?By Robert SkidelskyThe New York Review of Books, Volume 56, Number 1 · January 15, ... Long-Term Capital Management, which famously crashed in 1998—were oblivious. Their formula persuaded [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:44:00

Rational Exuberance: Executives??? Club of Chicago Economic Forecast 2009

"600 Words by Esther J. Cepeda" By the time Robert Froelich, chairman of investor strategy for Deutsche Asset Management took the mic at the Executives??? Club of Chicago annual Economic Forecast Luncheon, Sun-Times Columnist Terry Savage and Diane Swonk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:38:11

Paul L. Williams: Bailing Out Jihad

SupertrampCrime of the CenturyEconomic Jihad:$700 Billion Bail-Out Aids Oil Rich Arab Sheikhs By Paul L. Williams(author of The Day of Islam) ... million that has been spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The megabank, thus far, has received [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:04:00

Wow, the Mother of All Bailouts Failed to Pass the House (Further Update: Carnage Assessments)

I'm actually quite surprised. The stock market in a panic. I wonder whether Paulson and Bernanke have a Plan B ... billion plan to rescue the financial system. Sovereign Bancorp Inc. tumbled 66 percent and National [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 18:23:32

Don’t Panic: Your Money is Still Safe in Swiss Banks

Even the Swiss are joining in the bank bailout game. The two biggest banks, UBS (NYSE:UBS) and Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) ... currently at our private banks are here seeking refuge, advice and expertise in asset investments,” he said [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 14:17:28

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... of property management and development services. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had 646 properties ... and Paramount Real Estate Services, a property management company, from affiliates of Rendina Companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:06:02

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 18:03:10

For the U.S. Economy in the New Year, the Pain Will Precede the Promise

If there’s a proverb that captures the outlook for the U.S. economy in the New Year, it’s the one that says: “It’s always darkest before the dawn ... funds, institutional money managers, and foreign-controlled sovereign wealth funds, will generate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:47:13

And Then There’s This…Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Almost from the moment that trading began in the Far East on Monday morning, there was someone there to sell the gold and silver market down ... in silver, I give da boyz a 9.5/10. Any bets that it was mostly JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM)? After [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:08:28

Economic Jihad: $700 Billion Bail-Out Aids Oil Rich Arab Sheikhs

Posted by request: Economic Jihad: $700 Billion Bail-Out Aids Oil Rich Arab Sheikhs  By Paul L. Williams (author of The Day of Islam) ... the principal beneficiary of the $350 million that has been spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:02:13

How to Generate a New Wave of Prosperity. The formula of mixed government and private investments to reform the world, Part II

This article is the continuation of: How to Generate a New Wave of Prosperity. The formula of mixed government and private investments to reform the world.  RGE Monitor, 26 Nov 08 Never in the Dark Again.  Central Banks face the challenge of recovering global financial stability [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 14:13:11

Risk Magazines annual awards

  Risk magazine Awards 2009 Volume22/No1 Not wavering, ... management expertise to their customers in difficult market conditions. There was a stage, back in early [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:41:24

Obervations and Sentiment for Monday

Only a few days left until Christmas, and as we size up 2008, ... has caught on, that the name of the investment management game for so many small firms is sales [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 00:26:25

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