04/23/2012
The problems with the American economy are deep and complex. They are rooted in decades and decades of kicking the can down the road and using band-aids to mask the real consequences of certain policies, rather than enduring the pain of viable solutions.
04/18/2012
Growth Expectations Ease While Prospects of QE Return
04/18/2012
Men make more risky investments, have more regret: 28.4% men vs. only 15.3% of women said they had made a risky investment with their money; in turn 80.4% of men said they also had made a recent financial decision they regretted vs. only 74.2% of women.
04/18/2012
The industry is buzzing with new technology; and with new technology comes new buzzwords and phrases! “Cloud Computing”, “Software on Demand”, “Software as a Service”.
04/16/2012
The Year of the Water Dragon, whilst normally providing good joss for those followers of Chinese astrology, is also proving to be a challenging one on various fronts.
04/13/2012
Makes comments in first of new series of Quarterly Economic Outlook Briefings
04/11/2012
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04/09/2012
Gary Dugan, chief investment officer for private banking at Emirates NBD, is primarily responsible for the investment products and portfolios of the bank's high-net-worth clients.
03/23/2012
David Hamilton, president of SunGard's banking business, said, "For many banks, the question has not been 'how do I succeed' but 'how do I survive'.
03/22/2012
Evolution, Natural Selection and Investment Reporting
03/22/2012
Yesterday, the CFTC announced their answer to the Mod Squad—the Swap Squad.
03/19/2012
You are about to experience the most unbelievable week in America ever, and we have to prepare for the absolutely worst case,Dimon told his staff..
03/19/2012
BMO Harris Private Banking today released its latest market commentary report, Equities Advance as Fears Ease. The report notes an improvement in the outlook for the eurozone and a continued advance in global equity markets.
03/09/2012
It’s hard to feel too sympathetic for wealthy financiers caught behaving badly. But considering the stress of the job, and simple statistics, it shouldn’t be too shocking to hear of Wall Streeters stabbing a cabbie or defecating in public. Mor
03/05/2012
Just when Europe might be congratulating itself on heading off imminent disaster, the threat of soaring crude prices looms over world economies again
02/20/2012
Learning a lesson from the Americans
Following my comments about the missing financial infrastructure in the UK, I was recently comparing the US banking and financial structures with our own.
02/16/2012
US banking industry to reach US$14 Trillion in terms of assets by 2015 - study
In the global scenario, bright prospects are appearing from the emerging markets. Banking Total Shareholder Returns (TSRs) were considerably higher than the global average, for Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.
01/25/2012
The survey was published as CEOs including Mark Parker of Nike Inc. and Brian Moynihan of Bank of America Corp. gather in the Swiss ski resort of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.
01/19/2012
Risk Appetite Back to Pre-Third Quarter Crisis Levels
12/30/2011
I have to say that I am sick to death of all the doom-mongers and depressants that seem to be continuously preaching to us at the moment.