About time too! Let's hope they hang somebody!

Judge lets U.S. pursue $5-billion fraud lawsuit against S&P

....does it take to make a depression? ....does it take to dissolve a parliament? ....equals one real recession? ....does it....ahh, who gives a shit? It is just statistical footwork to keep the current party in power, for the short term at least. ...

How Many European Recessions?

Bo||ox! Thailand is electronics assembly capital of world alongside Phillipines. Cast your mind back to major floods a couple of years (?) ago, suddenly there were almost no disk drives to be had because the likes of Western Digital lost their ...

If You're Greek, Move To Thailand

If you are long then perhaps wait for US session to open. Minutes today surprised with unanimous decision for no more QE, and that drives strength in GBP. However please set SL above your threshold of pain - or exit now if you feel risk is too ...

Minutes of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committe Meeting

25,000 Baht is about $750

If You're Greek, Move To Thailand

.....surely not!

Bank of England suspects traders of bond-rigging

.....errr hmmm. I live outside of the US. I went to China a couple of years ago. The Maglev train from Pu Dong airport to Shanghai hits 450kph when it is full of tourists in the daytime, otherwise it runs at a measly 300kph. Since you are ...

17 Reasons Why Experts Are Convinced China's Economy Is Doomed

The US does not want China down. Also linked off the featured article is another article showing how much export occurs from a number of US states to China. Seems mostly food but also a huge quantity of machinery and electronics. The social impact ...

17 Reasons Why Experts Are Convinced China's Economy Is Doomed

Much more interesting is that, if you follow the links, you get to 30 crazy things that could only happen in China.......

17 Reasons Why Experts Are Convinced China's Economy Is Doomed

Absolutely! He got in by threatening to tax the rich, which of course appealed to the populus. Then the rich left, including half his ministers with embarrassing riches in various places. I salute your early call that France was already in the ...

France's Hollande 'in denial' over crisis after downgrade

Mais oui! Cherchez Madame Guillotine!

France's Hollande 'in denial' over crisis after downgrade

You are quite right, and this USA today author may be a newbie author. This last 18 months I have made stacks on contrarian trading, buying banks and construction. When considering stocks one should think of days as being short-term. There are ...

Investing: Contrarians rarely succeed

I find that I have enough reading at the moment. When I get to an idle moment I might look him up,

Hilsenrath says taper is on!

Wow! Look at those budget balance figures!

Hilsenrath says taper is on!

My understanding is that his word is considered to have substance, rather like Bill Gross of Pimco. After the last rate setting meeting Hilsenrath was amongst the first to try to calm the market players who heard only 'taper' without the 'if'. ...

Hilsenrath says taper is on!

You must be careful with some of the Telegraph articles. The same author posted this report after the last FED meeting. IMHO a degree of sensationalism which overlooked the if in Bernanke's statements. Admittedly Ambrose was not alone in this ...

Why You Should Become Familiar with “Risk-Off” Again

Actually, once you filter-out the paternalism, there were some unusually helpful bits in there, principally the quote from William Eckhardt. Also the theme appears to be focused on deciding your parameters for determining when a trade goes wrong.

How to Trade Forex after a Major News Release