Europe and the Bomb
European Commision (EC) – What is this? It looks like a bomb! ECB – But it cannot be a bomb! Our analysts tell us that it cannot be! The data does not support it! It is clearly a figment of all of our...
View ArticleGold Up 5% on Week in Euros as “Recession Data” Hit Europe, US “Can’t...
London Gold Market Report from Ben Traynor BullionVault Friday 6 January 2012, 09:00 EST THE DOLLAR cost of buying gold hovered around $1620 an ounce Friday morning London time – becoming a bit more...
View ArticleGeorge Soros doesn’t like the direction in which Europe is heading.
In my Commodities Essential newsletter a few weeks ago I spoke about George Soros. He’s in the thick of it again, and I’m talking about him again. But first, here are a few of my comments from January...
View ArticleCan China ‘steel’ the risk spotlight from Europe?
“The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision.” -George Eliot So we have witnessed a roughly streak of risk appetite across the markets. A whopping 10 out of the last 13...
View ArticleEurope Sets Firewall Kitty at 500 Billion
tweetmeme_style = ‘compact’; By TraderVox.com Tradervox (Dublin) – European Finance Ministers have capped the firewall kitty at 500 billion Euros after Germany led a coalition to oppose a further...
View ArticleStruwwelpeter – Moral Tales for Modern Europe
“Just look at him! there he stands,With his nasty hair and hands.See! his nails are never cut;they are are grim’d as black as soot;And the sloven , I declare,Never once comb’d his hairAny thing to me...
View ArticleIf TMM ran Europe
There is a Carlsberg advertising theme that has been running for years that is on the lines of “If Carlsberg did xyz” followed by some Utopian version of xyz. We don’t know if it’s our desire for a...
View ArticleYou’ve Lost that Europe Feeling
“You’ve lost that Europe Feeling” – About the self-righteous bastards. You never follow through anymore with your promises. And there’s no hope for us, as you just keep taking the piss. You’re trying...
View ArticleNewton, Europe and Casablanca.
Mr Newton had a theory that TMM often quote loudly on sailing holidays when watching folks trying to step from small boats onto quays. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In the case of...
View ArticleEurope. Are you long?
Back to Europe Growth – European PMI data this morning was good across the board and Italian retail sales outperformed too. It looks as though the crashing fighter pilot of European growth has started...
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