Global Markets

By Alex Salomon     Since Saturday morning early tweets, then blogs, then news reports on the Cyprus bailout, lots has been written. Early on, I...

By Andrew Kassen      News of a Troika-orchestrated bailout of the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus spilled from European newswires early this past Saturday morning...

By Andrew Kassen     Hugo Chavez is dead. The late Venezuelan President’s body - lately succumbed to the ravages of cancer and a massive heart...

After turning the page on Y2K and all the dire technology warnings that accompanied it, we are beginning to realize that ticking the year...

By Max Moore I recently started reading Santayana’s Curse by Sean Corrigan (of Diapason Commodities). In a few words, the book recounts various monetary pursuits over...

By Jeff Wilson Thank you for returning to Part 2 of our 3 part series on Southeast Asia. We spent most of Part 1 (“A Macro...

By Jeff Wilson After a terrific article by Alex Salomon on the deep-seeded cultural and economic issues facing France, I would like to take you to...

By Alex Salomon AFTER GREXIT & SPAIN COMES THE “FRANCESTEIN” FRENCH MONSTER Those who follow me on Twitter @Alex__Salomon know that I have been brewing an article...

By Alex Salomon As a quick but obvious disclosure, I am far from knowing much, or anything, about China and Japan. Having traveled there and read...

By Alex Salomon This blog entry comes on the heels of a series of tweets from my account @Alex__Salomon. A friend (follower) suggested I should expand on it. The...