Thursday, August 18, 2011

18/08/2011: VIX signals crunch time for the crisis

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Summary: Few charts on VIX - hitting historic, second highest ever, 1-day dynamic semi-variance range: VIX itself above and intraday r...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

16/08/2011: Euro area and German growth Q2 2011

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Two quick updates on some economic data released today. Germany posted virtually zero rate of growth with GDP in Q2 2011 adjusted for sea...
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16/08/2011: EU's pearls of wisdom

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As far as the cartoonish characters go, European leadership provides fertile ground for rich pickings. And as the crisis continues to spread...
Monday, August 15, 2011

15/08/2011: Italian "reforms" 2011

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So Mr Berlusconi's plan for Italy is now clearly outlined, but as usual with Italian government, it remains to be seen if: There will b...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011

14/08/2011: A warning on synthetic ETFs class

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An interesting, much overlooked working paper from the Bank for International Settlements, shines some light on recent innovations in financ...
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Saturday, August 13, 2011

13/08/2011: The Swiss Franc dilemma

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If you are wondering why Swiss Central Bankers are growing increasingly alarmed at the precipitous rise of the Swiss Franc, consider the fol...
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Friday, August 12, 2011

13/11/2011: What do PIIGS tell us about EU's economic convergence thesis

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Working with the industrial production indices today, I found it interesting to compare the PIIGS in terms of their respective industrial pe...
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12/08/2011: Industrial Output - Euro area June 2011

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European industrial production indices released today show that through June 2011, core Euro area economies have slowed down significantly t...

12/08/2011: US Economy - Consumers' quiet rejection of Obama-nomics

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The University of Michigan Consumer Confidence survey for August released to day pushed the index reading to the lowest level since May 1980...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

11/08/2011: Exchequer balance for July 2011

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Staying on the topic of Exchequer performance - the theme is (see earlier post here ) "The dead can't dance". This, of course,...

11/08/2011: Irish Exchequer receipts July 2011

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August is a silly season, so forgive me for avoiding digging too deep into silly data. This includes the data on Exchequer spending and tax ...

11/08/2011: Another 'black eye' for services supporting our 'knowledge economy'

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Here's a disturbing story (hat tip to @BriMcS via Twitter) about the trials and tribulations of the Irish 'knowledge economy' ar...
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