Financial Musings

Chinese Local Debt

The below is an excerpt from a Credit Suisse report I was glossing over this morning.  What I want to know: how can the world’s […]

The Great Reflation

The Great Reflation, J. Anthony Boeckh This book was recommended to me by a colleage of mine.  Cheesey sub-title aside, it provides an excellent in-depth […]

Commodities and Speculators

An interesting read… “Hard evidence, though, of strong correlations between traders’ positions and price movement is elusive.” Even if there was correlation, I want to […]

Quiet Before The Storm?

Earlier this week the SNB stopped accepting Irish debt, now Portugese…  Are we in a bit of a quiet lull before the perfect storm?

Has The CFTC Lost Its Mind?!

It never ceases to amaze me the ignorance of those in power in this country…  There has been study after study demonstrating that speculators in […]

Dear A.I.G., I Quit!

The following is a letter sent on Tuesday by Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s financial products unit, to Edward […]

JPMorgan Earns $5B Derivatives Profit

By Matthew Leising and Elizabeth Hester JPMorgan Chase & Co. managed to generate $5 billion in profit during the worst year in Wall Street history […]

Mexican Central Bank Currency Intervention

Since the events toward the end of last summer emerging market currencies have been taking an absolute beating.  Mexico, Brazil, Hungary, you name it…  The […]

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