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Will sovereign debt be the new subprime? This the question posed by Gillian Tett in today's FT: " A few weeks ago, Claudio Borio, head of research at the Bank for International Settlements, warned in a solemn note to Group of 20 leaders that modern financial policymakers are "driving while ...
Other
It's been a big week for the cottage industry of John Paulson-watching. The Paulson & Co. fund manager is set to launch a dedicated gold and gold mining equity-focused fund at the start of next year, in which he'll invest $250 million of his own money. You may recall that Paulson's earlier ...
Hedge Funds
John Paulson
Gold
Value investor and Fairholme Fund founder, Bruce Berkowitz sits down for an interview with Consuelo Mack on 'Wealthtrack'. Thanks to Prieur at Investment Postcards for highlighting this interview, which offers a nice glimpse into Berkowitz' value investing style. Check out the clip to hear ...
Stocks
Berkshire Hathaway
John Mauldin highlights investor Hugh Hendry's November commentary in his latest "Outside the Box" column. Hugh covers a lot of ground in this missive (I'm still trying to finish the letter as I write this), with comments on the great inflation-fueled rallies in commodities and stocks, the ...
Other
Market strategist and investor, Marc Faber joins Canada's BNN from Vancouver to talk about the economy and his outlook for investment markets. Marc begins by talking about the growing disconnect between the real economy and the stimulus-driven speculative activity in various asset classes ...
Other
Ben Bernanke
If you missed last night's episode of Market Shrinkology (on Stocktwits TV) with Dr. Phil Pearlman, you missed a good one. That's why I'm posting it here for your archived enjoyment. I've been recommending Phil's show lately to a few of my friends as I'm consistently impressed with the show's ...
Stocks
Televisa
StockTwits
You might have noticed some headlines over the weekend about protectionist back-and-forth between China and the US. Specifically, the issue at hand centered on US tariffs imposed on Chinese steel goods and a resulting Chinese probe into US car imports. Of course, this is just the latest chapter ...
Government
Barack Obama
Matt Davio at MissTrade interviews John Perkins , author of Hoodwinked and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man . Some interesting ideas shared here on US foreign policy and the alleged role that economic consultants/"hit men" (as Perkins tags his former career) play in shaping the fates ...
Other
Market chatter and action today has been (predictably) dominated by the spectacle of yet another Fed announcement day. Today's shocker: rates are left unchanged near zero , with talk (from the high priests in media and central banking) of some kind of unfolding economic recovery (one supported ...
Stocks
David Dollar
Day Trader
Over the weekend, FT reported that investor Jim Rogers expects a currency crisis in the next 1-2 years. Rogers did not say which currency would be the focus of the crisis, but felt rather certain that such an event would occur due to global imbalances and the problems of the financial crisis ...
Other
Jim Cramer
Earlier in the week I noticed we were suddenly getting a batch of Google image search traffic into our October 2007 post archive. When I looked at the link, I was quickly reminded why: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" . Since watching the Peanuts Halloween special is a Finance Trends ...
Stocks
Gordon Brown
GMO chief investment strategist, Jeremy Grantham is out with the firm's latest missive to investors; the GMO quarterly letter for 3Q 2009 is available at the GMO website and at Zero Hedge . For a quick preview, here are some excerpts from Business Insider : " The idea behind my forecast six ...
Stocks
Sharing some of the more interesting links and stories that I've come across (or revisited) this week. We've got Paolo Pellegrini on US debt, an honest and brief overview of the global energy picture, a comparative look at China and the US, and much more. Enjoy the links. 1. Paolo Pellegrini ...
