Speculators do play a role in creating liquid markets. Other players like hedgers, arbitrageurs and long-term investors are not enough to create continuous market liquidity and prices, says A V......
In almost all instances, the root cause of a financial crisis is an asset bubble. But how does this bubble form, what finally causes it to pop and how can investors profit before it goes bust? In......
Part I: Is the IMF incompetent or... They no longer use bullets and ropes. They use the World Bank and the IMF Jesse Jackson The seeds of the present consternation in the global financial......
Quite apart from the weaker dollar, we probably are at the beginning of a long-term cycle of rising commodity prices. One of the features of the modern, 'efficient' financial markets is that they......
'We view them as time bombs, both, for the parties that deal in them and the economic system. In our view derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction, carrying dangers that, while now......