Archive for 2008
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Markets. 10 October, 2008, 8:58
Irrational Investors
Irrational investors make the stock markets cheap, and now you should look closely at equities now.
Politics & Society. 26 September, 2008, 9:00
Bailout, Free-market, and Capitalism
Bailing-out the banks certainly creates moral hazards and violates free market ideals, but in such extreme time, can government afford to make a deep recession by not bailing-out?
Asia, Financials. 25 September, 2008, 13:12
First bank run in Hong Kong in more than a decade
The long unheard-of scene of bank run re-appears in Hong Kong
Markets. 20 September, 2008, 19:51
Latest development from the US
The U.S. Treasury is asking for a $700bn bail-out.
Economy, United States. 19 September, 2008, 21:59
Is a government-sponsored vehicle an ultimate solution?
The effect of bail-out will be clouded by the politics.
Economy, United Kingdom. 17 June, 2008, 15:16
What Mervyn King can do?
Interest rate rise would led to the currency to drop in short-term?
Financials, World. 16 June, 2008, 14:39
AIG fires CEO
AIG fired its CEO after two quarters of losses
Financials, World. 14 June, 2008, 14:10
Paint it blue: on post-M&A integration
Post-M&A intergration is about the human aspect as much as the money aspect.
Companies. 13 June, 2008, 15:44
Yahoo! Inc and Corporate Governance
Blowing up the deal made shareholders worse-off.
Markets. 13 June, 2008, 15:24
Oil again…
Two pieces of news related to oil convey different signals.
Are there bubbles in commodities?
We believe there are bubbles in commodities.
Strong (?) US dollar
The direction of US dollar depends on the balance between inflation fighting and supporting growth.
Markets. 10 June, 2008, 15:07
LIBOR setting
The British Banker Association is considering a reform in LIBOR setting
!@£$-flation
Will we be heading to stagflation? I am not very optimistic about not having stagflation.
Currencies and monetary policies
Using a single currency makes you to accept a single monetary policy that you might not want.
McKinsey Global Institute
I recommend you to read a report by McKinset Global Institute
Economy, United States. 10 April, 2008, 14:24
Save, save, save!
Perhaps this is what Americans should learn.
Economy, United Kingdom. 8 April, 2008, 14:16
British Pound weakened. How about UK economy?
British pound weakened, and the economy would not be great.
Economy, United States. 8 April, 2008, 13:58
Alan Greenspan speaks
Alan Greenspan thought the housing market will rebound before 2009, but growth will remain slow.
Joseph Yam: Please Abandon the Currency Peg
Hong Kong Dollar’s peg with the US Dollar does not do good to Hong Kong.