by John E. Charalambakis | Jun 28, 2010 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The G-20 meeting took place last Saturday. We think it’s an oxymoron that world leaders try to address in one-day conferences serious problems that took years to be created. The agenda was vast, but could be summarized into three main issues: First, the...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jun 25, 2010 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
It’s a fact: Alarm clocks destroy dreams. Let’s destroy the alarm clocks. They wake us up from our dreams; interrupt our narcissistic visions of high flying markets and rosy paths of a prosperity bought on credit and paper assets. As we are drafting this,...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jun 21, 2010 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The recent announcement that the Chinese will allow their currency (RMB a.k.a. Yuan) to be more flexible against the greenback was welcomed by US and other monetary authorities. The RMB was fixed during the last two years at 6.83 to the greenback. That helped the...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jun 16, 2010 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
As we are drafting this commentary, we are hearing that the Spanish auction of 10-year notes went well. We choose to differ on the situation in Spain. Spanish banks have significant problems. Just this past week they borrowed from the European Central Bank (ECB) at...