Currency

June 16, 2010

Asian Countries impose Capital and Currency Controls to Moderate the Inflow of Speculative Money

Asian countries are being forced to impose capital and currency controls as zero interest rates in Developed countries moves speculative money towards Asia.The Lehman Crisis in […]
June 15, 2010

After Africa China finds another distressed country in desperate need of Chinese capital- "Greece"

China with its $2 Trillion Foreign Exchange Reserves is on the constant lookout for cheap assets around the world.With its massive horde of Dollars and Euros […]
June 15, 2010

Venezuela becomes a classic case of "Resource Curse" with President Chavez declaring "Economic War" against Capitalism

Huge Chavez,the Socialist President of Venezuela who had tried to build an alliance against the USA with some success finds himself in a tight corner .His […]
June 14, 2010

Spanish Banks facing a Bear Stearns kind of situation with Foreign Banks refusing to Lend

Bear Sterns was brought down as trading partners refused to provide short term funding to the bank.With Banks losing trust and faith in Bear Sterns solvency […]
June 11, 2010

Standard Chartered IDR closes slightly below Listing Price despite Strong Markets

Standard Chartered IDR closed below its listing price of Rs 104 in the Indian Market.A Review of Standard Chartered IDR had revealed severe disadvantages for retail […]
June 11, 2010

Geithner and US Senate perform the "Good Cop/Bad Cop" Routine on China regarding Yuan appreciation

China has again come under increasing pressure from the US to appreciate the yuan against the US Dollar removing the hard peg it has against the […]
June 8, 2010

Swiss Central Bank surrenders against Economic Forces in fight to weaken the Swiss Franc

The Swiss Central Bank has added almost 50% to its foreign currency reserves in the month of May 2010 alone to prevent the Swiss Franc from […]
June 6, 2010

G20 Exposes Rift as Every Country wants to Export their way out of Trouble

The G20 Meeting between the Financial Heads of the the G-20 Countries exposed the rift between the world’s 20 most important economies.The issue of fiscal deficits,exports […]
May 25, 2010

Greek Contagion – Swiss Franc appreciating despite "currency manipulation" by Swiss Central Bank

The Greek Contagion has led to indirect negative effects in unlikely places all over the world with the Swiss Central Bank being one of the casualties.The […]
May 25, 2010

Greek Contagion – Euro pressured by Spanish Cajas as Asia slides due to Korean war mongering

The Greek Contagion continues to negatively affect the world markets and the Euro.Despite a short covering rally in the Euro last week,it has not managed to […]
May 23, 2010

China to keep yuan stable – Chinese Commerce Minister

The sharp appreciation of the yuan against the Euro and the other currencies would make China think of depreciating the yuan against the dollar rather than […]