Analysis of Forex Trading, Financial Markets, and Economic Policies
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A few worthy things I found on the financial blogosphere today. Hat tips to The Big Picture, The Pragmatic Capitalist, and Clusterstock. First, here is a recent video from NewDeal20.org featuring famous short-seller Jim Chanos and Professor of Economics Joseph Stiglitz. They talk about the financial crisis, short-selling, naked short-selling, and financial regulation. Not that [...]
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Watching CNBC this morning was very entertaining. Two of their main contributors, Rick Santelli and Steve Liesman, pretty much broke out in a full-blown argument against each other. It’s funny to see the tensions between “colleagues” erupt on air. I have the video below if you feel like watching the cat fight. They talked about [...]
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MIT has made a recent Paul Krugman lecture available to the public. The video and my notes/bullet points are below if you’re not feeling like watching the hour-long lecture. Paul Krugman MIT Lecture Notes/Bullet Points These are the things we thought we knew about the Great Depression: – The Great Depression happened because we had [...]
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A possible debt default from Dubai has recently shocked the financial markets around the world. Dubai is the most populous state of the United Arab Emirates. Dubai “said on Wednesday it would ask creditors of state-owned Dubai World and Nakheel to agree to a standstill on billions of dollars of debt as a first step [...]
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Residential mortgage problems started the current financial market meltdown. Many experts are now worried that the commercial real estate market may collapse and extend the current crisis. What is the commercial real estate loan market? It’s the market for debt used to finance hotels, offices, and shopping malls. Most of these loans are issued to [...]
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