Category: Financial Markets 2012
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Gold and Stocks Signal Start of a Bear Market for 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Clive_Maund
Last week saw a severe breakdown in the Precious Metals sector that is now viewed as marking the start of a bearmarket, and that means the onset of a deflationary episode that is likely to prove more serious than that we witnessed in 2008, because it will involve countries going bust rather than "just" banks and large corporations as was the case in 2008.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Global Economy and Financial Markets 2012 Outlook / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Bloomberg
Kenneth Jacobs, chief executive officer of Lazard Ltd., spoke about the global economy, the European debt crisis and banking regulations during an interview with Judy Woodruff on Bloomberg Television.
On the global economic outlook for next year:
"Assuming we get through this crisis without a discontinuity, a break in the markets, a catastrophe, then next year probably looks a lot like this year did: modest economic growth in the United States, tough economic climate in Europe, and probably a decent story continuing in the emerging markets."
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Friday, December 02, 2011
Investor Realities, Opportunities & Threats Preview 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“The E.C.B. has a fire hose — its ability to print money. But the bank is refusing to train it on the euro zone’s debt crisis.”
Wrote Jack Ewing, New York Times, November, 2011
“Why not? According to the November 28th Wall Street Journal, ‘The ECB has long worried that buying government bonds in big enough amounts to bring down countries' borrowing costs would make it easier for national politicians to delay the budget austerity and economic overhauls that are needed.’
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
An Early Look at Things to Come / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors wites:
I made it back late Saturday night from my meetings in Germany.
While I was there, the German Central Bank (the Bundesbank) was unable to sell its full complement of bonds... for the first time ever.
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
European Banking Exposure to Bankrupt PIIGS Will Weigh on Financial Markets 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Capital3X
We took a list of the largest European banks by assets and compared their market cap, common equity, and total exposure to PIIGS debt (thank you for the bank statistics, EBA!). Then we calculated exposure to PIIGS debt (sovereign and private) as a percentage of the banks’ common equity.