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China: Troublemaker on the World Stage? – ABC News

Posted by Matt in February 23rd, 2010 | no comment 
Published in China, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

There’s a new ice age between Beijing and Washington, between the two centers that many already see welded together as Chimerica, a new “G-2″ global power. What has got into China?
For a start, the Chinese government is brimming with a self-confidence bordering on arrogance. The Chinese see themselves as the winners of the global economic [...]

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Brazil May Have to Confront China – Council on Foreign Relations

Posted by Matt in December 15th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Brazil, China, Financial, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

China’s currency is pegged to the U.S. dollar causing all kinds of headaches for other countries. Watch for other countries to start confronting China over the pegging.
China’s current economic model is not working again.
Brazil’s vulnerability comes from its currency, the real, which has jumped by a third against the dollar in the past year. [...]

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Hedging Dollar Depreciation Risk: Foreign-Denominated CDs

Posted by Matt in September 23rd, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Financial, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

You can buy foreign currency CDs at Everbank. These CDs are also FDIC insured.
There is currency risk associated with these CDs. What if the dollar appreciates? You lose. If the dollar depreciates then you win.
Do consider a foreign currency CD, but don’t put all of your money in one due to the risks.
Mix together record-low [...]

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Loan Crisis Looming in Eastern Europe?

Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Europe, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Some €180 billion in loans are ‘at risk’ in Central and Eastern Europe. If they went bad, could Western banks afford it? Should the West intervene now?
Nobody knows just how fast these “at-risk” loans are turning into NPLs, just that they are. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which warned of a potential [...]

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Chile – The Real Latin American Powerhouse

Posted by Matt in April 29th, 2009 | 1 comment 
Published in Americas, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Chile is the only investment-grade country to be upgraded by Moody’s since the financial crisis began almost two years ago. The ratings agency also boosted the foreign currency ratings of four major Chilean banks.
There are two reasons why Chile’s economy, while not exactly vibrant at the moment, has caught the eye of Moody’s and a [...]

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The whiff of contagion

Posted by Matt in February 26th, 2009 | 1 comment 
Published in Economy, Europe, Financial, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Eastern Europe’s woes are not unmanageable. But they are not being managed. The result could be catastrophe
Contagion could happen in many ways. One is if depositors lose confidence that their savings are safe.
Another weak point is where shareholders take fright.
For now, the most likely source of contagion is collapsing currencies.
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The bill that could break [...]

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Oil’s Crash Stirs Unrest in Russia as Slump Hits Home

Posted by Matt in December 19th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Russia’s oil-fired economic miracle is unraveling as industry shrinks and job losses mount. Now the first stirrings of social unrest have the Kremlin groping for a response.

Previous periods of low oil prices in the 1980s and 1990s contributed to the downfall of two Kremlin administrations — those of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. Often, social [...]

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Almighty Dolor

Posted by Matt in May 10th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Financial, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hedging the dollar with foreign-currency C.D.’s
Your choices include single-currency C.D.’s — euros, Canadian dollars, British pounds, even Brazilian reais or Indian rupees — or multicurrency C.D.’s bundling predetermined baskets of denominations. For instance, the Viking Index C.D. is made up of Norwegian, Danish and Swedish currency. Other financial institutions offer ways to, in essence, bet [...]

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