Ireland has been downgraded by Standard and Poors, we are on a ratings watch with Fitch and Moody's as well. The last bond issued by th...

Nassim Taleb, a well known professor, economist and risk management adviser talks about the failure of allowing failure, that we are no...

I have covered the area of microfinance before, and in nations where it works the multiplier effect of the credit is said to be quite a...

We wrote about this in the past, the risk associated with a ratings downgrade to the country, and here it is laid out in plain English....

The UK had a failed bond offering last week and that is giving the world some indication of the state of the UK economy. They have fail...

My youth spent in Los Angeles had the theme of water conservation built into it, so water has always had a special place in my world vi...

I'm off the deep end today, I think we need a new business model in banking and I don't think the finance people have it, I think peopl...

There are a few things that concern me regarding inflation, I have listed them as bullet points. 1. Paul Volcker said that he is conce...

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