Monthly Archives: January 2012

Fareed Zakaria’s GPS: Krugman and Rogoff

Great exchange between Krugman and Rogoff on Fareed’s GPS yesterday.   Here’s the money rumble: FAREED ZAKARIA:  Paul, you had a column and a really striking graph, where you point out that if you’d asked yourself what has the market told … Continue reading

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China’s GDP beats forecasts, Q4 Growth at 8.9 percent

The Sydney Morning Herald reports, China, the world’s second biggest economy, posted growth of 8.9 per cent in the last three months of 2011, beating economist forecasts even as export demand moderated. China’s growth for the quarter, though, slowed for … Continue reading

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Let the Games Begin!

It’s time to play “beat or miss” and the market will be looking for a decent earnings season to confirm the latest move higher. Goldman constructed some great charts illustrating that the bulk of earnings are coming in the next … Continue reading

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The Race to Debase

Wow!  Nice catch up by the ECB.   Don’t you get the feeling more QE3 talk from from the FED confirmed by dollar stabilization — i.e., non-strength — will ignite gold like a bottle rocket? (click here if chart is … Continue reading

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Can Petrobras Breakout?

Petrobras  is one stock we’re monitoring closely in 2012.  One of the largest company’s in world, its stock has has moved to the upper bound of the well defined two month trading range between $24 and $28.50.   The stock was … Continue reading

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Week in Review

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World Economic Forum Global Risks 2012

The World Economic Forum is out with their Global Risks 2012 report.   Great video presentation.  Click here for PDF copy. Economic imbalances and social inequality risk reversing the gains of globalization, warns the World Economic Forum in its report Global … Continue reading

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Global Trend Indicators

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Sarkozy breaks silence after French downgrade

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Weekly Eurozone Watch

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