Correlations Are Broken But Australian Dollar Still Leads The S&P 500

Source: Seeking Alpha

The Australian dollar versus the U.S. dollar has served as a proxy for commodity prices, Chinese economic growth, and/or the health of the global economy. This currency has been highly correlated with the S ...
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The next steps in ASEAN+3 monetary integration

Source: Vox

This article may be reproduced with appropriate attribution. See Copyright (below). On 3 May 2012, on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank’s Annual Meeting in Manila, the ASEAN+3 took a number of signi ...
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"We Need a Hegemon Who Won't Drive Us Crazy..."

Source: Economist's View

We may be entering a new world where international cooperative arrangements, in environmental areas as well as finance, are commonly recognized as impossible. If the core European nations cannot coordinate effectively, what can we expect in dealings wit ...
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Stocks: A Decisive Month Ahead In June

Source: Seeking Alpha

While it has already been a difficult quarter for the stock market, the greatest challenges may lie ahead in the month of June. After reaching a post crisis peak at the beginning of April, the stock market has been in a steady sli ...
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James Downey: Time for Enda to convince us someone is in charge

Source: Independent.ie

ENDA Kenny will address the nation tomorrow on the subject of the European fiscal pact.He will very likely assure us that the Government has a plan to survive the next stages of the debt crisis -- a question which seems to have given rise to some ...
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Asian markets shrug off risk, may regret it

Source: Sify

"We are in a mispricing of risk here and I would use the temporary relief that we have seen as an opportunity to add on or rebuild tactical short positions in emerging markets," said Benoit Anne, head of emerging mark ...
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Why do we keep falling for economic bubbles - and will we ever learn?

Source: Globe and Mail

The guessing game of how much Facebook would ultimately be worth started long before the social-networking behemoth officially announced that it would become a public company. In early 2011, when Goldman Sachs bought a small stake ...
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Can financial education help a person to make better decisions?

Source: The Star Malaysia

“WELL-INFORMED, well-educated consumers can create economic ripples” according to Jeanne M. Hogarth of the US Federal Reserve Board in her paper, Financial Education and Economic Development presented at the 2006 Financial Literacy International Conferen ...
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Euro Rallies Should be Sold as No End in Sight for Euro Zone Crises

Source: DailyFX

The Euro broke substantially lower against the US Dollar (ticker: USDOLLAR) as clear financial market panic sent investors fleeing the Euro in favor of the safe-haven US currency. There was a distinct sense of déjà vu as Greece co ...
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