Category: Market Feeds
Finland’s Eurozone exit?? Not Today, ..
Helsinki’s position on Europe’s economic woes is swayed by the Social Democrat party, which took a hard line on the crisis in 2011…
An Overview of the Euro Crisis
One of best visual guides I havve seen explaining the EuroZone debt crisis via the nytimes
China’s Growth Rate Slowed, Down Sharply From a Year Ago
The slowdown added to worries about the ability of the world’s second-largest economy to offset low growth elsewhere…
Greece Starts Work On EUR11.5 Bln Austerity Plan – Wall Street Journal
Greece Thursday started a race to find 11.5 billion euros ($14.1 billion) in savings in a plan it hopes will pave the way for a softening of its bailout terms from…
Copper Traders Most Bearish in Six Weeks on Demand: Commodities
Copper traders are the most bearish in six weeks on concern demand will slow in China, Europe and the U.S. at a time when hedge funds are betting on lower prices…
The Molecules of Mayhem: Testosterone and Taking Risks
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust.
Spain unraveling? Massive anti-austerity protest rock capital
(CNN) – SPAIN
As Spain slips back into into recession during the first quarter; the unemployment rate has risen to 24% overall, and more than 50% for those under age 25; and the government has already enacted billions of dollars in austerity cuts, along with some tax hikes, to reduce the budget deficit. As the government announces new austerity measures, more than 70 people were injured in clashes in Madrid on Wednesday as Spanish police used rubber bullets and batons to disperse anti-austerity protesters, witnesses and emergency workers said…
Euro Slides Below $1.22
The euro fell below $1.22 for the first time in two years during European trading hours Thursday, while the yen was broadly stronger after the Bank of Japan held off from expanding its asset-purchase program…
OIL FUTURES: Oil Prices Retreat Again as Market Seeks Direction
Following yesterday’s rally, oil prices were lower again Thursday on renewed concerns about economic growth.
Front-month futures for light, sweet crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange were off $1.11 to $84.70, a decline of about 1.3%. Meanwhile, front-month Brent futures were trading at $99.28, down from $100.23 Wednesday. …
