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Will Calls for a “New Global Financial Order” Result in a Second Bretton Woods and the End of U.S. Dominance?

The leaders of 20 of the world’s most developed nations, the G20, will convene in Washington D.C. on Nov. 15 for an emergency financial summit considered by many to be the 21st century version of the Bretton Woods initiative of…

24Oct2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Staring into the Abyss

The Philosopher Nietzsche wrote, “When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you.”

And as the new week’s trading approaches, we also peer down from that yawning precipice to a barely visible bottom and ask: could it be…

6Oct2008 | Oxbury Research | 0 comments | Continued

How Complex Securities, Wall Street Protectionism and Myopic Regulation Caused a Near-Meltdown of the U.S. Banking System

There’s no time to beat around the bush. Let’s flush out the three credit-crisis catalysts that have remained hidden for too long, thanks to Wall Street protectionism and myopic regulation. Those catalysts - which brought us to the brink of…

24Sep2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

God, Guns and Gold

Give capitalism a chance…

Last night, we attended a birthday party for our old friend, Lord Rees-Mogg. Tout London was there - Maggie Thatcher and David Cameron, for example.

We had heard that Mrs. Thatcher had been unwell; but she looked spry…even…

16Jul2008 | Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | Continued

Warren Buffet to the Rescue

You have to admire Warren Buffett.

He’s offered to relieve the ailing monoline bond insurers of their very best assets, leaving them with all the subprime rubbish that got them into trouble in the first place. It’s a viciously cut-throat offer…

13Feb2008 | Anonymous | 1 comment | Continued
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