Cyprus Bailout News: A Contrarian’s Contrarian View
By Alex Salomon Since Saturday morning early tweets, then blogs, then news reports on the Cyprus bailout, lots has been written. Early on, I...
The Systematic Significance of the Cyprus Bailout
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...
Taking Stock of the Market: Will Dow Jones All Time Highs Change the Equation?
By Andrew Kassen Hugo Chavez is dead. The late Venezuelan President’s body - lately succumbed to the ravages of cancer and a massive heart...
From Y2K to The Information Age
After turning the page on Y2K and all the dire technology warnings that accompanied it, we are beginning to realize that ticking the year...
A Roadmap for Responsible Government Spending
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...
Not So Far East: Consumer Driven Economy to Lift Southeast Asia
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...
Not So Far East: A Macro Economic Look at Southeast Asia
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...
Francestein: The Next European Shoe to Drop
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...
A Closer Look at Recent China-Japan Tensions: The Forest Behind the Trees
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...
The Big Hope: An Invitation to Dream
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...
