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Oil and Gold prices near record highs with Bhutto assassination

Oil and gold prices both hover just below all time highs as of this morning (December 27), following the assassination... [Read More!]
12/28/07 - 14:09:45 -

New Year’s resolutions for US housing market

As 2007 comes to an end, many investors, home owners, and creditors in the US are hoping for a strong... [Read More!]
12/25/07 - 22:09:28 -

Mortgage rates hold historic lows as foreclosures fall in November

According to Bankrate.com surveys, conventional 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgage loan rates remain near all time lows since average rate... [Read More!]
12/21/07 - 10:26:11 -

Credit Default Swaps – An Example In Real Time

In that almost mystical way in which co-incidence happens, a real time occurrence of the risks I outlined in A... [Read More!]
12/20/07 - 08:46:54 -

Oil still threatens $100, US government passes new fuel efficiency standards

An announcement this morning that Turkish soldiers went into northern Iraq to go after Kurdish rebels sparked a rise of... [Read More!]
12/19/07 - 11:30:00 -

A Beginners Guide To Credit Default Swaps

We hear and see the alphabet of the derivatives world thrown around with gay abandon, like so much confetti at... [Read More!]
12/18/07 - 08:44:15 -

London Gold Market Report 13.12.07

Gold Slips 0.8% from Two-Week High as World Stock Markets Slide Despite Central-Bank Action; Safe Haven Status "Comes to the... [Read More!]
12/13/07 - 15:11:44 -

Term Auction Facility

With credit markets extremely tight due to the continuing unavailability of short term commercial paper (CP), The Federal Reserve, The... [Read More!]
12/13/07 - 08:55:29 -

Interest Rates Effect US Economy, Consumers

Following today’s Federal Reserve interest rate cut, many are wondering if the United States Central Bank has moved too quickly... [Read More!]
12/12/07 - 08:53:33 -

Pensioned off?

There I was, keyboard and mouse at the ready, a hot mug of coffee carefully placed in the thoughtfully supplied... [Read More!]
12/11/07 - 15:21:42 -

US Sub-Prime Mortgage Market bailed out

The housing market slump which has been a drag on the US economy and financial markets over the last several... [Read More!]
12/07/07 - 09:46:24 -

What's LIBOR Got To Do With It?

LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered Rate is set daily as the cost of short term borrowing between banks. Quoting LIBOR... [Read More!]
12/06/07 - 11:58:36 -

United States Housing Market Slump Showing Signs of Potential Bottom

The recent housing market slump in the United States has affected many areas of the consumer and financial markets. ... [Read More!]
12/05/07 - 19:29:15 -

The Wages of Financial Sin

Make no mistake about it - if the Federal Reserve is holding back on interest rate cuts because of near-term... [Read More!]
12/04/07 - 09:02:38 -

The Financial Fire Trucks Are Gathering

The markets rebounded strongly this week, bouncing off a 10% drop in the previous weeks. Is it a signal of... [Read More!]
12/03/07 - 09:46:39 -

Gold's Big Drunken Night Out

THE GOLD PRICE just closed out November '07 at an average of $806.25 per ounce, a new record high –... [Read More!]
12/03/07 - 09:43:51 -