Monthly Archives: August 2015

Here’s The Next Crisis “Nobody Saw Coming”

When borrowing become prohibitive (or impossible) and raising taxes no longer generates more revenues, state and local governments will have to cut expenditures. Strangely enough, every easily foreseeable financial crisis is presented in the mainstream media as one that “nobody saw coming.” No doubt the crisis visible in these three charts will also fall into the…

Options – More On Option Spreads

by Russ Allen, Online Trading Academy Instructor This is part of a series on option spreads, which are positions involving more than one option. Options can be combined like Lego blocks to create positions to fit varying market outlooks. We can assemble the blocks into a position that will be most beneficial if our outlook on the…

The State Of The Market In 5 Charts – August 2015

Back in March I did a comprehensive overview of the financial markets that looked at the technical setups across multiple asset classes. Fast forward five months and many trends have continued to play out with dogged determination. Nevertheless, reviewing fresh data can help us pinpoint key areas that represent opportunities or those that should be avoided. Stocks…

$60 Trillion Of World Debt In One Visualization

Today’s visualization breaks down $59.7 trillion of world debt by country, as well as highlighting each country’s debt-to-GDP ratio using colour. The data comes from the IMF and only covers external government debt.   It excludes the debt of country’s citizens and businesses, as well as unfunded liabilities which are not yet technically incurred yet. All figures are…

Interview With Uranium Resources CEO Regarding Merger With Anatol

TM Editors Note: This discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks can be easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. The following interview of Mr. Christopher Jones, President and CEO of Uranium Resources Inc. (Ticker: URRE) was conducted by phone and email in the week ending August 6, 2015. Uranium Resources (URRE or “URI.”) is a small…

Martin Wolf Had It Right In March 2010 – And Europe Has Not Learn...

by Dirk Ehnts, Econoblog101 There is an article in the Financial Times from March 9th, 2010 (ht to Jasper Sky). Under the headline ‘Germany’s eurozone crisis nightmare‘, Martin Wolf sums it up nicely: Ever since the federal republic was founded, Germany has had two over-riding strategic objectives: sound money and European integration. These were the…