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Taiwan Holds Rate, Warns Of Inflation After Fed’s QE3
Libor Scandal: Will Wall Street Run Out The Clock?
To Be In Europe This Autumn…

Taiwan Holds Rate, Warns Of Inflation After Fed’s QE3

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:12 AM PDT

The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (CBC) held its discount rate unchanged at 1.875 percent, as expected, to contain inflationary pressures despite a continuing economic slowdown.
The central bank said exports were still contracting due to weaker external demand, and this is weighing on private investment and consumers. However, it expects the outlook to improve slightly in the second half of the year.
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Libor Scandal: Will Wall Street Run Out The Clock?

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:08 AM PDT

Dean Smith was a master practitioner as basketball coach at the University of North Carolina.
While many fans of the game may not have appreciated the style of ball played by Coach Smith, he was focused on one thing. Winning. What was Coach Smith's signature style offensive strategy toward the end of games? The four corners.
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To Be In Europe This Autumn…

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:32 AM PDT

Most of the buzz in the financial blogosphere has been focused on the actions of the Federal Reserve. As a result of Ben Bernanke’s announcement of potentially unlimited expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet, stock prices surged last week.

Let’s step back for a moment and consider the following two relative return charts, which are relative to ACWI, the MSCI All-Country World Index ETF. I have deliberate removed the labels. Which would you rather own, this one?

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