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This post comprises a number of must-see video clips recorded during former Fed chairman Paul Volcker’s address of last week to the Economic Club of New York on the credit crises and related matters. Volcker, who headed up the Fed from 1979 to 1987, said the credit crisis is the “mother of all crises” and the modern financial system has “failed the test of the market-place”. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Big Banks Are About to Get Blasted by the Volcker Rule (Money Morning, 10/13/11) The Volcker Rule and Underpriced Corporate Bonds (Investment U, 1/19/12) Regulators Dont Know How Volcker Rule Works! (ValueWalk.com, 1/18/12) 
By Philipp Wörz All of us have had moments of regret. Thoughts like, “I should have bought that beachfront property in 2001”, “Why didn’t I buy that wine farm in Stellenbosch” or “Why did I marry that ogre?’ may have crossed your mind. The same goes for financial investments and, in [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Ringier to buy Zattoo? (The Big Pond, 1/29/12) Global Investing Roundups (Money Morning, 12/18/07) Zattoo: where Naspers should be? (The Big Pond, 12/13/11)
By Cees Bruggemans The SARB today announced another 0.5% increase in interest rates, with prime set to increase to 15%. This is the ninth such increase since mid-2006. With CPIX inflation at 9.4% and still likely to rise further, pushed along by rising commodity prices (oil and food especially), a weaker [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Secret to Gold Prices: Real Interest Rates (Wealth Daily, 1/20/12) Not Much of a Debate: Inflation is Part of the Plan (Money Morning, 1/31/12) Where is the Hyperinflation in America? (Learn Mining News, 12/13/11) |
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