July 2009
Have we learnt anything from the unsettling events of the past nine months? I have learnt that bankers have short memories and exceptionally short recall regarding painful reminiscences. Maybe it’s part of the human condition. It certainly seems to be part of a banker’s DNA.
June 2009
This edition of Abigail with attitude includes a guide to decoding the underemployed senior banker’s vocabulary.
May 2009
April 2009
In today’s hostile environment, no amount of money could induce me to work as a CFO at a US financial institution.
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July 2009
Big overseas holders of US dollar assets, with China at the forefront, will not be sold another pup. Instead of supporting wayward US financial policies they will increasingly diversify to other currencies.
June 2009
The authorities have run out of ways to deal with the debt overhang and to create new credit. The only palatable way out looks to be a period of generalized inflation
May 2009
There are limited IMF funds for ailing emerging economies, available only on stiff terms, and that means serious consequences for those that have lent to them.
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July 2009
The credit crunch and recession will reshape finance and markets in some surprising ways.
June 2009
Quantitative easing is being hailed as a policy panacea. The problem is that it sounds a lot like a prescription that causes the very problems it is designed to treat.
May 2009
David Ricardo’s counsel of despair on the fate of the working man should also give investors food for thought, writes Lincoln Rathnam.
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July 2009
Moving from overpriced government bonds to quality corporates, our recommendation last October, is now commonplace. The Madoff scandal has very negative implications for New York and for hedge funds.
June 2009
If the savings rate has moved from -2% to +6% and industrial capacity usage has dropped to 65%, can the official drop of 3% in GDP be correct?
June 2009
Moving from overpriced government bonds to quality corporates, our recommendation last October, is now commonplace. The Madoff scandal has very negative implications for New York and for hedge funds.
June 2009
Much is going as we have supposed in recent weeks, but the great unknown is the timing of the inevitable switch from a deflationary environment to an inflationary one.
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