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Continued concern over the financial health of Europe -- and Greece, Italy, and Spain, in particular -- sent U.S. Treasury yields plummeting last week, in the case of the ten-year U.S. Treasury, to...

In a world of zero interest rates and macroeconomic worries, there are a limited number of investment alternatives that can provide reasonable returns and allow investors to sleep at night. Stocks...

This second note on the Global Interdependence Center's gathering a week ago in Poland of central bank governors, economists, and financial experts is being written in the sun-drenched beauty of the...

“Sell in May and go away.”  Boy, would that have been a good idea. In May, markets were down over 6% in the United States. European markets were a sea of red, and the rest of the...

Rumors have begun to circulate that the Basel Committee on Supervision is considering modifications to the draft proposals for Basel III standards by changing the risk weights for capital standards by...

The Global Interdependence Center (GIC), in partnership with the Economics Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the National Bank of Poland, just completed a conference dubbed, "Economies...

“I am just an average guy who sits at home and trades the stock market. I hardly drink but this is my poison. Understanding why the markets move the way they do is somewhat of an obsession of...

Bloomberg: Europe's banks, sitting on $1.19 trillion of debt to Spain, Portugal, Italy and Ireland, are facing a wave of losses if Greece abandons the euro. While lenders have increased capital...

The Benefits Of ConvergenceCharts and data display the boost to growth that occurs when interest rates coalesce at a lower level and when credit spreads narrow. The multiplier effect is huge. Europe...

"In hindsight, the new strategy was flawed, complex, poorly reviewed, poorly executed, and poorly monitored."   Jamie Dimon   Janet Tavakoli speaks plainly. See her column in the...

JP Morgan Chase (JPM) has been the darling stock of the financial markets.  It has now jilted its lover. Scorn by markets will result.The details of JPM’s loss and revelations fill the news...

Bullets.  1. Austerity loses all the way around. French, German and Greek elections pile on other European changes. Clearly, Europe’s elected politicians fail when they try to impose...

"I have a thousand things to do" – the reported last words of British economist William Beveridge, as he sat up in bed while still working on his eighth and only unfinished book, History of...

In a zero-interest-rate world, high-yield bonds are one of the last places of refuge for investors looking to earn a decent return on their capital.  Today, the average yield on the Barclays High...

The renewed flare-up in the sovereign debt crisis and accompanying political developments have brought the eurozone back to the forefront of investor concerns in April. Strong prospects of a Socialist...