Big Bang II
What do the Cern Particle Accelerator and the Nasdaq have in common? At first glance absolutely nothing at all. The first is about to launch an experiment to recreate the “big bang” which could see us all implode and disappear into a black hole while the second did almost implode during the [...]
Commodity Supercycle
This past year has seen the commodity market take off like a skyrocket as traders and investors have desperately tried to find an alternative to sickly stock markets. Many commentators have written about the “commodity supercycle” driven first by the demands of the Chinese economy and latterly by increasing world population, energy concerns, prosperity [...]
Happy Birthday Credit Crunch
Difficult to believe but it is now over a year since we had the first signs of the sub prime and credit crunch turmoil. My own post of 11th May - A Measure of Fear and Greed warned that the VIX had reached historic highs and that there was trouble ahead.
During the past year [...]