By Alejandro Rubinstein Speaking about the just announced 5 Billion investment of Warren Buffet into bank of America, a friendly reminder to us mortals about why he has higher chances of success than we have on this particular investment: – For one thing, Mr. Buffet is a genius. He will buy before we think about it, … Continue reading
By Bulltick The markets are becoming increasingly concerned with the future of the U.S. economy. Investors have not taken solace in the latest numbers on employment (the U.S. economy created a decent enough +118,000 new jobs during the month of July) or inventories (wholesale inventories continue to increase as we speak), pieces of official data … Continue reading
By Anthony DePalma from americasquarterly Old burdens, new challenges. Within hours of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), meeting in Lima, adopted by acclamation the Inter-American Democratic Charter—a bold manifesto that inched past the jealously guarded concept of national sovereignty to declare with unprecedented clarity that … Continue reading
By Arturo Valenzuela from americasquarterly The U.S. moves beyond traditional diplomacy. The United States has never experienced a more auspicious moment to advance its fundamental national interests in the Americas. Today, most nations of the hemisphere are building on democratic success, economic growth, expanding capacity, and regional integration to overcome past inequities and to drive major internal … Continue reading
By Bulltick In recent U.S. economic history, there has not been a situation in which the U.S. falls into recession with leading indicators so steeply in positive territory (+6.1% year-over-year), the yield curve not flat or inverted (spread remains north of +340bps between the short-end and the long-end), credit growth showing an acceleration (see graph), … Continue reading