February 23, 2012 - Quote of the Day
?I enjoy issuing Berkshire stock as much as I relish preparing for a colonoscopy,? said Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffet of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A).
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China Joins the Quantitative Easing Club
The other shoe has fallen in China, with the People?s Bank of China?s move to cut bank reserve requirements by 50 basis points, the second time since November. The relaxation makes the Middle Kingdom a certified, card carrying member of the international quantitative easing club.? It also confirms the country?s time tested preference for announcing
February 22, 2012 - Quote of the Day
?The transition from a levering, asset-inflating secular economy to a post bubble delivering era may be as difficult for one to imagine as our departure into the hereafter,? said PIMCO managing director, Bill Gross, the world?s largest bond manager.
Nikkei Shows the Yen Move is Real
The Bank of Japan renewed its membership in the international quantitative easing club last week, announcing that it was substantially expanding its bond repurchases. Specifically, it will increase them from ?55 trillion to ?65 trillion, a jump equivalent to $830 billion. To understand how big this is, consider that Japan?s GDP is one third the
An Evening With General Douglas Fraser
I never cease to be amazed by the intelligence provided me by the US Defense Department, which after the CIA, has the world?s most impressive and insightful economic research team. There are few places a global strategist like myself can go to get an intelligent, thoughtful forty year views, and this is one. Of course,
February 21, 2012 - Quote of the Day
?The Fed only knows two speeds; too fast, and too slow,? said Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman to me over lunch one day.
My Very Last Chance to Buy My Trade Alert Service at the Old Price
Due to a number of technical difficulties, many potential new subscribers were denied the opportunity to buy my award winning Trade Alert Service at the old price of $1,997 before the price increase. Among other things, the site crashed a few times because of the sheer volume of people attempting to sign up at once.
The Long View on Emerging Markets
I managed to catch a few comments in the distinct northern accent of Jim O'Neil, the fabled analyst who invented the 'BRIC' term, and who has been kicked upstairs to the chairman's seat at Goldman Sachs International (GS) in London. Jim thinks that it is still the early days for the space, and that these
Murray Sayle: The Passing of a Giant in Journalism
I was saddened to hear of the death of my close friend, the Australian, Murray Sayle, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease at the age of 84. Murray was one of the giants of journalism in the second half of the 20th century. He started by editing the newspaper at University of Sydney, where
February 17, 2012 - Quote of the Day
?A central bank is best that governs least, but is prepared to govern radically when called upon,? said 19th century man of letters, Walter Bagehot, an early editor of The Economist