Risk hinges on Helicopter Bernanke
Does he seize the moment? His fifteen minutes of infamy? Nope, it will be nothing that exciting, but...
Falling Yields Have Investors Selling the Dollar
The Japanese yen and Swiss franc continue to lead the way as the preferred choice of funding currenc...
US Bonds Hold Steady After Jobs Data
US Treasuries held steady in the wake of today's Labor Department report indicating fewer new claims...
Morgan Stanley Says Some Governments Could Default on Debt Obligations
Morgan Stanley analyst Arnaud Mares in the firm's London office, issued a warning that some governme...
US Jobless Claims Fall More than Expected
The US Labor Department said to day that the number of new claims for unemployment benefits fell my ...
Bernanke to dig at Jackson
Those who can make sense of these markets go to the front of the line! It’s a stab ...
US New Home Sales Fall 12.4%
Sales of new homes in the US fell by 12.4 percent to an annualized rate of 276,000 units. This is th...
German Bonds Fall, Yield Spreads Increase
German 10-year bonds fell nine basis points to a record low of 2.1 percent, while 30-year bonds also...
US Durable Goods Orders Disappoint
Orders for durable goods increased by just 0.3 percent in July providing further evidence that the p...
Surprise Rise in German Business Confidence
An increase in the Ifo Business Climate Index which measures the confidence level of German business...
S&P Downgrades Ireland’s Credit Rating
Citing concerns that continued government spending to save the banking will prove too great a strain...
Noda Yen for me thank you
Its fear that is driving capital markets, the kind of thing that may reinforce the idea of a double-...
US Home Sales Fall 27%
Existing home sales fell a whopping 27 percent in July, marking the largest monthly loss since recor...