Financial markets/All

May 18, 2012

Calmly walking a tightrope

A suggestion of relative calm emerged around the region in a period marked by a strong rally in Hong Kong that might augur well. But markets further east suggest the year-end festive mood may be short-lived.

- Robert M Cutler (Dec 22, '08)

No end to financial disorder

The role of central banks is not to manage housing and other markets but to manage liquidity, and according to rules - not on a chairman's absolute discretion. The costs of the US Federal Reserve's unrestricted power are mounting and more instability lies ahead in a world where financial disorder has no boundary.

- Hossein Askari (Dec 19, '08)

SPENGLER

The devil and Bernard Madoff

Bernard Madoff's fleecing of the rich and famous in his apparent US$50 billion swindle, along with supposedly savvy investment firms, exposes America's elite as feckless incompetents who could not spot the wolf within their own sheepfold.

- Spengler (Dec 19, '08)

Bears ease their grip

An end-of-week sell-off on Asia's stock markets on the refusal of US legislators to nod through a US$14 billion assistance package for the country's automakers took some of the shine off a positive week. Further upsides beckon, but it would be folly to believe the worst is over.

- Robert M Cutler (Dec 15, '08)

Trade falls victim to Mumbai attack

The Mumbai terror attack last month has led to indefinite postponement of high-level talks aimed at improving the near moribund trade between close-to-bankrupt Pakistan and India.

- Syed Fazl-e-Haider (Dec 11, '08)

(Jan 01, '70)

Start
Prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Next
End

Login

Calmly walking a tightrope

No end to financial disorder

SPENGLER

The devil and Bernard Madoff

Bears ease their grip

Trade falls victim to Mumbai attack

Contents

Customize ATOL:

Your Customized Pages

Your News

Your Business

Community Links

Columns

Services

Info