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On the cover

Spain, Insolvency and The Telegraph

(This article was published in Spain in El Confidencial on May 18th 2013)

” Dissent is the highest form of patriotism”, Howard Zinn.

In the past week there has been an enormous uproar in Spain created by an opinion article published in The Daily Telegraph under the title “Spain is officially insolvent” Continue reading Spain, Insolvency and The Telegraph

Summary comments from Commodities Investor Day presentations

A few summary comments from CS commodity day presentations:
Metals:
The entire metals complex is moving lower (in price) and very little of it has to do with weak demand in China, if anything, physical demand looks decent there, particularly in precious, but even copper and ore.  It’s almost all on supply gains for these metals in 2013 and again unfortunately in 2014.  There is simply too much supply coming in.  Continue reading Summary comments from Commodities Investor Day presentations

The Big Bond Bubble

“Artificially pushing interest rates down and forcing investors into junk bonds has only one end. It’s just a case of when, not if “(Sohn Investment Conference).

The slump of bond yields seen recently is not the result of the successful policies of our governments. We have seen most growth estimates revised down in recent months. We are seeing a “bond fever” worldwide. Continue reading The Big Bond Bubble