China’s Huge Economic Bubble To Trigger Another Major World Financial Crisis :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website

Posted by Matt in February 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Amp, Bubbles, China Economic, China Economy, Chinese Growth, Economic Bubble, Economy China, Financial Crisis, Financial Markets, Free Website, Independent Experts, Industrial Sector, International Organizations, Locomotive, Oracle, Oracle Financial, Raw Materials, Revival, Spheres, World Economy

According to cautious forecasts of the experts and international organizations, the world is gradually coming out of the crisis thanks to China, whose economy became a locomotive of the world’s revival. China is growing its own industrial sector and increasing raw materials purchasing, while stimulating the world trade and manufacturing. Independent experts warn that Chinese [...]

February Economic Report

Posted by Matt in February 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Consumer Inflation, Economic Report, Economic Reports, Excess Liquidity, Exporting Companies, Financial Markets, First Moves, Global Economic Growth, Global Recovery, Jiangsu Province, Labour Force, Largesse, Leading Indicator, Minimum Wage, Reaching One, Rmb, Simon Hunt, Skilled Labour, Skilled Workers, World Markets

by Simon Hunt
This will be a shortened version of our usual monthly economic reports, since we have posted several short notes on the economic and financial markets.
This year is likely to be a year of surprises. Global economic growth will disappoint. The intrusion of governments into all matters financial, economic and even personal is a [...]

Cyber-warfare ‘is growing threat’ | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Matt in February 3rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Conflict, War, Communications Systems, Conflicts, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Warfare, Financial Markets, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, International Institute For Strategic Studies, International Security, London, Military Infrastructure, Technology, Weapon Of Choice

Cyber-warfare attacks on military infrastructure, government and communications systems, and financial markets pose a rapidly growing but little understood threat to international security and could become a decisive weapon of choice in future conflicts between states, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies warned yesterday.
Cyber-warfare ‘is growing threat’ | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Financial Crisis was not a One-Off Event; Prepare for More

Posted by Matt in January 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Financial, Actors, Ahead, Angela, Bottom Line, Business School, Difficult Times, Financial Crisis, Financial Markets, Led, Nature, Overconfidence, Quantitative Analysis, Science Innovation, Strategic Foresight, Systemic Failures, Wilkinson

“Beyond the Financial Crisis” concludes that the financial crisis was not a one-off event but heralds the prospect of other systemic failures in the financial markets.
The bottom line is that you had better prepare yourself for difficult times ahead.
The 80-page study ‘Beyond the Financial Crisis’, led by Dr Angela Wilkinson from the Institute for Science, [...]

This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Financial, Forecasts, Amazon, Careful Reader, Centuries, Country Basis, Euphoria, Financial Crises, Financial Fragility, Financial Markets, Folly, Friedman, Governments, Greed, Indebtedness, Periodic Bouts, Periods, Reinhart, Rogoff, Sums, Temptation, Woes

This Time is Different
… Reinhart and Rogoff have catalogued over 250 financial crises in 66 countries over 800 years and then analyzed them for differences and similarities. This is a VERY sobering book [Get it at Amazon.Com]. It does not augur well for the developed world to blithely exit from our woes. The book gives [...]

Weak Russian Military Suggestive of Nuclear First Strike Doctrine

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Russia, Aggression, Allies, Amp, Bottom Line, Financial Markets, Free Website, Launch, Nuclear Strike, Nuclear Strikes, Nuclear Weapons, Oracle, Oracle Financial, Preemptive Strike, Russia, Russian Federation, Russian Military, Weapons Of Mass Destruction

The bottom line is that Russia reserves the right to launch a nuclear preemptive strike to protect itself and its allies.
Russia’s military is falling apart, therefore, it’s becoming clear that Russia will increasingly rely on its nuclear weapons for protection. This will include threats and/or preemptive nuclear strikes.
Therefore, Russia now announced its right to use [...]

China Facing Economic, Financial and Stock Market Crash Scenario :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website

Posted by Matt in December 18th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in China, Economy, Amp, China Economic, China Market, Commodity, Financial Forecasting, Financial Markets, Gdp, Gdp Growth, Guangzhou China, Largest Shopping Mall, Mirage, Money Supply, Oracle, Oracle Financial, Speculation, Stock Market Crash, utopia

Problems in China continue to mount. Money supply is growing rampantly out of control, property prices are in a bubble, exports are weak, commodity speculation is pervasive, and GDP growth is more of a mirage than real.

China Facing Economic, Financial and Stock Market Crash Scenario :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting [...]

Imperial New World Order Strategy the Origins of World War III – Part 1

Posted by Matt in December 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, War, Arbitrator, Decline Of The American Empire, Economic Crisis, European Empires, Financial Markets, Free Website, Global Economic Collapse, Global Political Economy, Great Depression, Hegemon, Intermediary Period, International Monetary System, International War, New World Order, Oracle Financial, Origins, Post War, World War I, World War Iii, world-war-II

In the face of total global economic collapse, the prospects of a massive international war are increasing. Historically, periods of imperial decline and economic crisis are marked by increased international violence and war. The decline of the great European empires was marked by World War I and World War II, with the Great Depression taking [...]

Will These Trends Continue in 2010?

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Bad Apples, Balance Sheets, Bbl, Bust, Commodities, Countries In The World, Creditors, Disposals, Emerging Markets, Eternity, Financial Crisis, Financial Markets, Five Corners, Foreign Banks, Liabilities, Running Out Of Steam, Saad Group, Squeeze, Standpoint, Tight Spot

The three trends I’m talking about are the weak U.S. dollar, the rally in commodities and the strong performance in emerging markets.
Will The Three Trends of 2009 Prevail in 2010?
GaveKal Five Corners
Looking back at the past year, we can conclude that three inter-related trends have dominated financial markets: 1) an impressive weakness in the US$, [...]

Foreign Policy’s First Annual List of the 100 Top Global Thinkers | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in December 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Global Elite, Academic Career, Ben Bernanke, Billions, blueprint, Collapse, Counterparts, Damn The Torpedoes, Feats, Federal Reserve, Financial Markets, Foreign Policy, Global Thinkers, Great Depression, Nouriel Roubini, Paper Helicopter, Princeton University Professor, Radical Moves, Radicalism, Uphill Battle, Writing Paper

1. Ben Bernanke
for staving off a new Great Depression.
Chairman, federal reserve | Washington
The Zen-like chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve might not have topped the list solely for turning his superb academic career into a blueprint for action, for single-handedly reinventing the role of a [...]