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- Toyota: World's Largest Automaker to Cut Global Capacity
- Edward Harrison submits: Toyota TM, now the world’s largest automaker, has said it would halt production at a plant in Aichi prefecture in Japan, reducing total output by a massive 220,000 cars. This should be seen as a recognition of the over-capacity tat exists in the auto sector despite...
- External links 2009-08-27
- Currencies Pegged to Dollar Under Pressure to Drop Peg
- Edward Harrison submits: There is an enormous dichotomy in foreign exchange markets that has wide-ranging implications for the global economy. In Europe, most currencies float freely against the U.S. dollar. In Asia and the Mideast, most do not. What this has meant in practice is two things....
- External links 2009-10-13
- Marc Faber: Dollar Weakness a Symptom of Inflation in the System
- Edward Harrison submits: Below are two videos from Marc Faber’s recent interview on Asia Confidential. In it, he takes questions from user emails in regards to the U.S. dollar, economic decline in the U.S. and gold as an investment. He sees a need for the U.S. to borrow increasing...
- External links 2009-10-14
- Roger Bootle: Banking Does Not Operate in Competitive Markets
- Edward Harrison submits: Roger Bootle sat down with the Telegraph and ran through a few themes in regards to the stock market, the financial crisis, government debt, currencies and compensation in the financial sector. He has a lot to say, in particular on banks, which he argues do not...
- External links 2009-10-14
- Spare a Dollar? Why We Need a New Monetary System Now
- Edward Harrison submits: Earlier Wednesday I wrote a post featuring comments by Marc Faber as I like to do from time to time. In this particular case Dr. Faber was waxing prosaically about an eventual bankruptcy of the U.S. government. His money quote was: Next station is when...
- External links 2009-10-15
- China's Huge Property Bubble
- Edward Harrison submits: The following post is from Stratfor via John Mauldin, who is a Best-Selling author and recognized financial expert. He is also editor of the free Thoughts From the Frontline that goes to over 1 million readers each week. For more information on John or his FREE weekly...
- External links 2009-10-16
- Elizabeth Warren: 'Big Banks Always Get What They Want'
- Edward Harrison submits: Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, certainly looks to be fighting the good fight. At the conclusion of the Buttonwood Gathering in New York on Fixing Finance, she met with Tech Ticker’s Aaron Task and gave him quite an ear full. Listen to...
- External links 2009-10-18
- Ireland's Next Stop Could Be IMF
- Edward Harrison submits: Ireland has made heroic strides in trying to deal with its economic problem after a spectacular property bust. But it is looking increasingly like it will not be enough. According to a senior Irish minister, the next stop for Ireland could be the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
- External links 2009-10-18
- How U.S. Financial Sector Could Be Downsized
- Edward Harrison submits: I was heartened to hear that Alan Greenspan has repudiated the Too Big to Fail doctrine as practiced in the Bush and Obama Administrations in such unequivocal terms. He almost sounded like a Teddy Roosevelt trust buster. Nevertheless, President Obama clearly believes the line fed...
- External links 2009-10-18
- On London's Record High House Prices
- Edward Harrison submits: Further proof that the reflationary efforts of policy makers is taking hold comes from London in the form of record high house prices. The Guardian reports: Property asking prices in London have broken through the record high set in November 2007 as...
- External links 2009-10-19
- Nationalized Citibank in Mexico Redux
- Edward Harrison submits: Back in March when the US Government felt compelled to bail out out Citigroup C, Tracy Alloway over at FT Alphaville noticed a curious thing – Citigroup had effectively been nationalized. No, they were not seized by government, but Citi was controlled by government. ...
- External links 2009-10-21
- Hands Off Goldman Bonuses
- Edward Harrison submits: The title of this post is somewhat misleading – designed to be provocative to get you to read what I have to say. Indeed, I am going to defend Goldman Sachs' GS right to pay what it likes to its employees. But, I am also going to...
- External links 2009-10-21
- Charlie as a Too Big to Fail Bank
- Edward Harrison submits: You are a teacher at a local primary school. Each school day you and some of your colleagues watch over the children at the school playground to make sure all of the children follow the rules and keep their hands to themselves. Your role is to keep...
- External links 2009-10-21
- Next Time, Let Goldman Fail
- Edward Harrison submits: John Gapper had a good piece in the FT Wednesday called “Goldman should be allowed to fail.” His conclusion is that Goldman is allowed to game the system. It is a broker-dealer masquerading as a bank. It takes on much more risk than a traditional bank. It...
- External links 2009-10-23
- If U.K. Is Still in Recession Why Are London House Prices Hitting New Records?
- Edward Harrison submits: We received word today from the British government that GDP in the UK contracted for a record sixth quarter in Q3 2009. I like Neil Hume’s headline on this one, “GDP shock flop.” If you were listening to the BBC’s Wake Up to Money this...
- External links 2009-10-23
- Richard Bernstein - Once a Bear, Now a Bull
- Edward Harrison submits: Richard Bernstein has done a huge reversal in the last few months from touting low-risk stocks to high-beta ones. He has gone from a preference for consumer staples to one for consumer cyclicals XLY. And he has gone from lugubrious doubter of a sustainable recovery to an...
- External links 2009-10-25
- Swedish House Prices: The Latest Bubble Warning
- Edward Harrison submits: There is mounting evidence that bubbles are forming again everywhere across the globe as easy money makes itself felt in asset prices. The latest evidence comes from Sweden where Europe’s lowest home loan rates have pushed up the price of residential property. At issue is...
- External links 2009-10-26
- Jeremy Grantham's Must Read Quarterly Letter
- Edward Harrison submits: Jeremy Grantham is out with his much anticipated Quarterly Letter and it’s a good one. “Just Desserts and Markets Being Silly Again” is a cutting, snarling, and sarcastic rejection of the prevailing V-shaped recovery bull market view. But Grantham is far from ultra-bearish, giving a more...
- External links 2009-10-26
- Trade Flows in Flux: Is This Rebalancing?
- Edward Harrison submits: Paul Krugman has noticed that trade has absolutely collapsed with this economic downturn. It is worse than the Great Depression. Question: is this aiding global rebalancing? by Edward Harrison
- External links 2009-10-10
- Fed: Jawboning the Market?
- Edward Harrison submits: I tend to think so. Thursday, Ben Bernanke made what some media outlets are calling hawkish statements. This, combined with heavy currency intervention by Asian central banks, helped to strengthen the U.S. dollar. However one must ask if there is anything fundamental about these moves. Just...
- External links 2009-10-10
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