Monthly Archives: October 2011

Here is the latest update on the US 10 year Treasury yield, which has served as a useful sentiment barometer over the past many years. So far yields remain in a down trend, suggesting the contraction in risk asset prices … Continue reading →

Financial Thought Leader Niall Ferguson discusses why the centuries long dominance of Western economic and political power is waning and what the United States needs to do prevent it from slipping even more. He also discusses the “fairy story” that … Continue reading →

Unrest in the world is mounting and it is increasingly clear that there will be no easy ways out of our current financial crisis.  The issues are interwoven and complex and the crisis of today was born in the reckless excess of the … Continue reading →