Financial crisis: Social investment – Crunch time for ethical investing Social investors will have to refocus on the nuts and bolts of companies in which they invest if they are to survive the current market turmoil Jon Entine is an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, and founder of the sustainability …
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Explaining the money markets – blocked pipes
A cute video from the Economist that helps explain the problem in teh financial markets in terms any homeowner can relate to. Explaining the money markets – blocked pipes
Greenspan admits naivety …
Making comments to Congress, former Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan, said that the recent financial crisis had left him “in a state of shocked disbelief”. This might surprise financial players and pundits who had elevated Greenspan to godlike status. Others, who have been doing simple sums of fundamental resource constraints and human behaviour against a background …
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Come clean and admit it – there’s a recession.
Why don’t the reulators, policy makers, players and pundits just admit there’s a problem. I find it extraordinary that Bernanke and co won’t admit there’s a recession. If they think that they can talk their way out of this downturn, how we can we believe that they will be able to re-engineer the financial system …
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Africa insulated from financial crisis.
As contended in our Financial Crisis 2008 notes, it is likely that Africa will not suffer the same fate as Western economies in this implosion of the financial markets. In this report the BBC asks Can Africa gain in the credit crisis? I see a number of issues in Africa’s favour: It is coming from …
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Financial Crisis 2008 – what you can do
Here is a slide show to aid your analysis and reaction to the financial crisis. Financial Crisis 2008 – what you can do (pdf 336 kb). It outlines the situation and possible scenarios, then summarises action for consumer, investor and business manager.
Financial crisis 2008 – update
The slide show summarising thoughts on the Financial Crisis (pdf 129 kb)has been updated – a bit more detail but the news is still discomforting. Contents: Historical Precedent Background Situation Outlook Action
Oil companies must be making loads of money
The price of oil has dropped to $73 a barrel. Pump prices have hardly moved in the past few months. Demand is virtually constant. Oil companies are profiting from that wide margin.
Financial crisis 2008 – some notes
Here are some thoughts on the current financial crisis (pdf 93kb) which offer a framework for analysis, discussion and action. The subjects covered are Historical Precedent Background Situation Outlook Action
Can you say “volatility”?
Well, the news of European bank recapitalisations by governments underpinned an optimistic rally on the stock markets. But they will not return to previous levels. Volatility like this is a trader’s paradise. Index fluctuations of 3% (and up to 8%) are extraordinary and not indicative of value. But opinions seem to have value. The real …
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