Thursday, 18 February 2010

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Quotable

"Regulation of derivatives transactions that are privately negotiated 

by professionals is unnecessary."


Alan Greenspan, July 30, 1998.


Commentary

Credit Bubble Bulletin

by Doug Noland | Feb 12

Global Reflation Update

The EU comes to Greece's defense and global risk markets, for the most part, 

bounce back some.  But will tightening in China bring global reflation to its knees?

The Bear's Lair

by Martin Hutchinson | Feb 15

The return of country risk

Greece's near default and rescue by the European Union has brought one reality starkly into relief: in

 an age of fiscal and monetary stimulus, it isn’t only banks that can give debt investors sleepless nights.

Featured Commentary

by Satyajit Das | Jan 19

The China Syndrome

In 1971, Ralph Lapp, a nuclear physicist, used the term "China syndrome" to describe a hypothetical

 nuclear reactor meltdown where the molten core breaches containment barriers and melts through 

the crust of the Earth reaching China.

Guest Commentary

by Tom Au | Jan 25

Google – the epitome of the American Way

Writers such as Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group, may have rightly 

characterized Google's pullback from China as an "act of war."