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Fed Funds Rate: Looking At Zero

Oct 27, 2008, 2:06 PM

The current 1.5% Fed funds rate isn’t long for this world. The Federal Reserve, perhaps in coordination once again with other central banks around the world,... Read »

Greenback Hits 2 Year High vs Euro; Odds Rise for Joint Rate Cuts

Oct 27, 2008, 1:27 PM

The US dollar is on steroids this morning as the sell-off in global equities sends the dollar to a 2 year high against the Euro. The EUR/USD is within 3 percent... Read »

Back in Black

Oct 27, 2008, 5:47 AM

Macro Man has returned to the coal-face of global finance this morning after two days of following the mayhem from afar. It’s really getting to the point where... Read »

Netflix: Mac Video Streaming Finally Here

Oct 27, 2008, 12:07 AM

According to CrunchGear, Netflix (NFLX) has begun the deployment of Microsoft (MSFT) Silverlight, a software application plugin that enables animation and audio-video... Read »

IMF Chief Cleared Over Sex Affair

Oct 26, 2008, 3:49 PM 1

IMF’s governing board, under the chairmanship of its longest serving member and Dean of the Board – Mr. A. Shakour Shaalan, has unanimously decided,... Read »

Bring On the New Financial Order and Punish the Old Scoundrels

Oct 26, 2008, 4:56 AM

The third down week in a row had the SSE Composite finishing with a 1.1% loss Thursday and a 1.9% loss Friday, to close at 1840. Checking the historical data provided... Read »

Don’t Buy In to Share Buybacks

Oct 24, 2008, 11:46 PM 2

Bull Market – A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. – Anonymous The bull market is over and the days when... Read »

The Fed Should Buy Down Consumer Credit Card Rates – Fast

Oct 24, 2008, 7:17 PM

Lets say I owe the bank behind my credit card 1k dollars and Im paying 10pct interest because the best I can do is a little bit more than the minimum payment. You... Read »

Expectations for Upcoming Fed Meeting

Oct 24, 2008, 4:30 PM

The most anticipated event risk next week is the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. Going into the meeting, the market is now pricing in an 68 percent chance... Read »

Fiber Technology Expands Rapidly in OECD Countries

Oct 24, 2008, 4:22 PM

While phone copper pairs may still be the main transmission media for DSL, new optical fiber-based deployments on a per capita basis are significantly increasing... Read »

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