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This is perhaps the most important thing I learned over my years working on Wall Street, including as a managing director at Goldman Sachs: Numbers lie. In a normal time, the fact that the numbers generated by the nation's biggest banks can't be trusted might not matter very much to the rest of...

Achilles82, would you care to share your outlook on the inflation/deflation debate in say the next couple of years? Cheers.

Germany’s unemployment rate in June fell slightly to 8.1 percent from 8.2 percent last month, but the slight improvement doesn’t mean the economy is out of troubled waters yet, analysts said on Tuesday. The Ministry of Labour said unemployment fell by 48,000, though more than 3.4 million...

PARIS, July 29 (Reuters) The return of large bonuses for employees of U.S. banks is a scandal, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday. "Frankly, I'm scandalised by what I'm seeing," he said in an interview with France 24 television when...

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I agree you can not blame anyone for not having picked the bottom in march after one of the biggest market crashes of all time but could you say the same about people who were 100% long in the stockmarket going into 2008?

Some who believe in this say Greenspan knew about the unavoidability of this but chose to try and print it's way out 'the winter' or at least postpone it for as long as possible. I don't know if this is true, as I said I haven't really looked into it that much, but what I do believe is that...

A classic filosofical question I thought would be interesting to discuss here as there are some smart men who visit ET still. Hopefully it is clear to everyone the question is not whether the Jews deserved what happened to them or not obviously. Cheers.

This is basically the Kondratiev wave theory, no? I am familliar with the broader picture the theory supports but I haven't looked into it that deeply. I believe the theory as as far as investment strategy goes I believe it suggests gold in the winter to switch to other commodities coming...

There was a bank in my country (Fortis). More then 200 years old and trough a series of acquisitions one of Europes new banking giants with a stockprice of +30 Euro a share not more then a year or 2 ago. The most widespread stock in my country from pension funds to retirees, teachers, the...

If only they would have gone all in at the bottom of the market in March they would be alright now.. But markets always move in the way that hurts the crowd the most, no?

Say 1 euro equals 2 dollars. Could it happen? Does it crushes the EU economy? Does it rebuilt the United States manufacturing base? Or does it just makes life for US citizens more expensive and Europeans will notice little as EU's biggest trading partner is the EU itself? I...

Getting Used to Lower Growth and Higher Prices As the economy sorts itself out from the recent financial turmoil, we are very likely to have lower growth rates for quite a few years. We described the reasons for this last quarter: writing down excessive loans and curtailing expenditures as...

How about gold.

I only know central banks are listed because the central bank in my own country is listed (Belgium) but I have failed to track down others although information points to the fact that there are many.

Many central banks around the world are listed on the stockmarket. Does anyone buys them or thinking about buying them? Any idea on the tickers? Cheers.

Focus on the Fed Transparency at the central bank is a serious question. It deserves a serious answer. Friday, July 24, 2009 THE FEDERAL Reserve Board's independence is a bit like the judiciary's independence. Absolutely vital for the institution's proper functioning, it...

People keep saying that but if a weak currency is essential to establish a significant industrial base why is Germany still export nation nr 1 worldwide? Could it be an Audi or a Volkswagen is quality and a Chrisler is just lesser in quality and that is one of the reasons for America's eroded...

"Interesting fact about recessions ... they end." "Self worth is greater than net worth." "This will end long before those who caused it are paroled." Those are a few of the messages drivers in Rhode Island and across the country are seeing as part of a billboard campaign dubbed...