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Today's news is still filled with grim financial statistics from all around the globe. Yet there is one headline that hasn't gotten much attention: Beirut is Booming!
Yes, that Beirut! When you think of Lebanon, your first thought is probably related to a history of war, civil unrest and political instability. So you might be surprised to learn that the country has not only dodged the global financial crisis, it's actually thriving in the midst of it.
The country's past turmoil is directly...
•Caffeine Fix for Market Jitters
Seems like there's no end to the indigestion-inducing economic news. Recently I woke up to the news that the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price index had fallen by 17.4 percent from a year earlier. Even worse, was the indication that things were acceleratingwith home prices having decreased 1.8% in September from prior months. This is the biggest drop since the Shiller index first started reporting.
Then on the way into the kitchen I heard the Commerce department announce that the gross...
•The Coming Credit Card Debt Meltdown
All over the world, people are keeping fingers crossed that the $700 billion financial system bailout works the way it is supposed to and eases the worsening global credit crunch and restores confidence in the markets. But while the government has been focusing its attention on worldwide fallout from the mortgage debacle and the Wall Street greed, another storm is gathering on the horizon.
With all that's happened since, it's easy to forget that back in August 2008 the U.S. Treasury...
•Booms, Busts and Herd Mentality
Wall Street, the housing market and the whole economy have all gone from boom to bust. The global economic meltdown is a stark reminder of how giant bubbles tend to over-inflate until they reach critical mass and inevitably dash our hopes and dreamsdreams of comfortable retirements, steady incomes, education for the kids and even roofs over our heads. The current crisis and recession is touching virtually everyone and the pieces are likely to continue falling well into the future.
How do...
•Looking Ahead to Q1 of 2009
We've all heard the old adage, "it's always darkest before the dawn." But exactly when can we expect things to lighten up? There's so much paranoia and mistrust with a stock market in the tank and so many businesses already filing, or preparing to file, for bankruptcy, that while peering into the darkness, we see less than promising news for the first quarter of 2009.
Retailers will still be picking through the rubble of a disastrous holiday season. Some experts are predicting that we'll...
•The End of a Tumultuous Year
As we start the New Year, it's time to glance in the rear view mirror and rejoice that 2008 is behind us. It was a tumultuous year during which nearly every aspect of the global economy took a beatingfrom stocks and bonds to every other financial instrument on the major indexes. Hardly any industries or businesses were spared.
The financial chaos leapt the boundaries of both country and class. It didn't care if you were uber-wealthy or a hard-working blue collar worker. After a six-year bull...
•Investment Banking and the Future of Wall Street
The current economic meltdown has changed the face of Wall Street, possibly forever. For decades the energy in the market had been fueled by high-rolling investment bankers, but look what's happened in the last eight months. Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. Bear Stearns was snapped up by JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch got bought out by Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley had to convert to bank holding companies just to stay in business. Five major investment banks . . .and then...
•Treasuries: The Next Bubble?
? We've survived the tech bubble and the housing bubble, but are we headed for something more catastrophic than either of those? Some experts are beginning to fear the worst.
Let's review recent financial events. The meltdown in the global financial markets created a wave of panic and a surge of money has poured into what has always been considered safeshort-term U.S. Treasury securities. This basically means that investors are willing to put faith in and lend money to the government....
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