European Debt Yields Indicate Fear

  Across the European continent debt yields on existing debt are rising and indicate a growing level of fear about their nagging debt crisis.  Specifically, last week yields rose in Portugal, Italy,  Ireland, Greece and Spain – alias, the P.I.I.G.S....

Overview of the U.S. Debt Crisis

  Both Moody’s and Standard & Poors stated yesterday that they are prepared to downgrade the United States’ vaunted AAA credit rating if the country’s borrowing limit is not raised by Congress past its $14.29 trillion threshold.  I consider...

Hype Sells in Investing

  Yesterday, the Zurich based International Capital Market Association (ICMA) disclosed that it has been investigating a well know investment bank selling tactic: hype.  I know that you are thinking something along the lines of: “I had already come to...

Greek Debt Risk Still Present revisited

  I won’t say I told you so, but I will highlight that just one week ago on 4 July, 2011 I said that “Greek debt risk [was] still present,” specifically saying: “Last week the Standard & Poors 500 Index surged 5.6% having almost...