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Last week, Barron’s published their annual roundtable for 2012 – again featuring two of our very favorites in Marc Faber and Felix Zulauf. Faber stole the show when he predicted that World War III would begin within five years: “On another optimistic note, World War III will occur in the next five years. That means […]
Here’s Marc Faber on CNBC last week, commenting on the European/world sovereign debt crisis: He believes the ECB will eventually follow the Fed in printing money Thinks the end crisis will be postponed until the sovereigns go bankrupt Says “each money printing exercise brings about unintended consequences” Hilariously he refers to himself as “a great […]
By Sy Harding U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner says the debt crisis in Europe is Europe’s problem, and Europe has the means to resolve it if its governments would stop squabbling among themselves and take action. That seems to be the opinion globally, including among eurozone countries themselves. But when it comes to getting beyond the […]
Sarkozy and Merkel Calm the Currency Markets by Chris Gaffney It was a pretty busy day in the currency markets yesterday, so there is thankfully plenty to write about, this morning. The dollar has continued its slow retreat from Monday’s spike when the dollar index traded at the highest level since February 22. The big […]
Reading headline after headline panning the latest Europe sovereign debt salvation plan from Germany and France, you might be tempted to think that yields were breaking out to new highs. If so, you’d be wrong. For the time being, at least, the bond market appears to be relatively appeased. Since it’s likely that nobody really […]
It’s not quite Halloween yet, but some important European charts are starting to look pretty horrifying! (Hat tip Dr. Evil for making significant contributions to this story.) Let’s start with Italy, our favorite impending disaster, sporting a 120% debt-to-GDP, with enough total weight to take down the entire system. Italy’s economy has never really been […]
Our pal Brian Hunt points out today in his must-read Market Notes column that the euro has broken down through key support levels: (Source: DailyWealth) Brian writes: If a country runs its finances like a drug addict and racks up crazy debts, its currency depreciates over the long term. Most smart analysts put the status of […]
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