When Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the US in January 2009, there was some scepticism…

On Friday, December 9, all EU states except Britain agreed to set up a new ?fiscal compact?. This will require…

At some point, the US will either default or have higher inflation?investors will have to return to emerging markets

Reuters ran a piece on November 17 with the headline ?JP Morgan, Goldman have no protection on $5-trillion debt?, which…

It was a pleasure to listen to one of the best thinkers and well-wishers of India in the United States?Thomas…

Earlier last week Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorganChase, said that Basel-III, the new international bank capital rules, is anti-American.

Germany?s Angela Merkel and France?s Nicolas Sarkozy have proposed a Eurozone-wide tax on financial transactions as a way to stabilise…

Selling securities short has been a controversial practice as long as financial markets have existed, and the recent ban on…

Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, famously said: ?Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the…

George Soros, arguably one of the greatest traders of our times, made his mark as an enormously successful speculator, by…

Last fortnight, the Reserve Bank of India issued guidelines on the introduction of Credit Default Swaps for Corporate Bonds. The…

Most countries, except the OPEC, were rejoicing last week on two counts. First, the killing of Osama bin Laden. Second,…

Stein?s law states that ?If something can?t go on forever, it won?t?.

Finance chiefs of G-20 countries gathered in China on March 31 to discuss the international monetary system.

Last week, the IMF warned that Japan?s outstanding debt and fiscal deficit ?are not sustainable?, adding that Tokyo must tackle…

Facebook has been in the news recently as it has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs for a 1% stake,…

Barbra Streisand is generally remembered by the pre-internet generation for her 1962 debut album song??Happy days are here again?. The…