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When I look at the whole financial sector … I feel like [I'm] on the Titanic. We're fighting about deck chairs, [meaning] which assets are performing best and we're fighting over the best tables in the ballroom, but I think it's worthwhile to have your own safety boat and have your own ladder that will lead you to your safety boat because I think the problem is that the whole financial system one day will implode. said Marc Faber on CNBC’s "Squawk Box"
Beijing 'may be playing risky game in stock rally'
THE Chinese stock market is on fire after a rally sent the benchmark equity index to a seven- year high, but experts say Beijing could be playing a risky game in its bid to revive the economy through a boost to stocks.
After a previous market crash wiped out more than US$3.5 trillion (S$4.7 trillion) from the market's 2007 peak, a new bull run has taken hold. The Shanghai index has more than doubled since the run-up began last July.
While stocks have been gaining on the back of expectations of new measures to spur the slowing Chinese economy, experts say this rally is not without a key cheerleader - Beijing itself. Read More.
Have you been paying attention to the financial media recently? If so, you should probably kick that habit.
A lot of investors follow the financial media in order to help steer their investment decisions. They look at news stories that highlight economic data or interview well respected pundits who claim to know what’s going to happen to the stock market.
It’s easy to see why.
Big name analysts and investors — the rockstars of our field — command a lot of respect among investors, and publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Forbes are nothing if not credible. Read More.
High-Frequency Trading is a Blight on Markets. Tobin Tax Can Help.
A tax on financial transactions can calm the frenzy of speculation fuelled by computer-driven algorithms
By John Fullerton
The dark side of the world of algorithmic trading in financial markets has twice been in the spotlight this week. First was the release of Michael Lewis' explosive new book,Flash Boys: Cracking the Money Code, which highlights many worrying practices in a sector that accounts for about half of all trades on the New York and London Stock Exchanges. Second was theFBI's announcement on April 2 that it would begin a criminal investigation into wrongdoing in the sector.
Active Organized Protesters - #occupyfairmarkets
During 18 years with JP Morgan and for more than a decade since, I have watched and participated in the inexorable transformation of the markets, enabled by advances in technology. Their primary role of raising capital, allocating resources efficiently and mitigating risk has been slowly but surely drowned out by a cacophony of frenetic speculation.
60 Minutes Report
The capital markets are no longer the means to serve the capital allocation needs of the real economy, but have become ends in themselves. That end is the "business" of speculation, which is way out of balance and therefore unhealthy for the real economy.
As initially designed and utilized, derivative contracts connected domestic capital markets into a more efficient, interconnected global market for the benefit of borrowers, investors and intermediaries alike.
