UKHomePricesHitAll-Time-Highs As BOE Sees "No Bubble" http://feedly.com/k/1hSzI90 U.K. houseprices rose to a recordlastmonth as easier access to credit drove first-time buyers back to the market. As Bloomberg reports, the second phase of the government’s Help to Buy program was introduced this week, providing government-guaranteed mortgages to buyers with smaller deposits. The acceleration has fueled further concerns that the initiative may stoke a bubble. But have … Seguir leyendo UK Home Prices Hit All-Time-Highs As BOE Sees «No Bubble»

TwoViewsofourCurrentEconomicandEnergy Crisis http://feedly.com/k/1936Fxy As the US heads toward debt default and continues with government shutdown, the underlying reason for the predicament is generally not clear to the American people or the world. The story that the press has generally been feeding us places the problem as basically a temporary one, caused by conflicts between the Democrats and Republicans. It seems to me that the problem … Seguir leyendo Two Views of our Current Economic and Energy Crisis

Studentloans are theonlybubblestillaround http://feedly.com/k/1gGEGb5 Debt deleveraging has taken place in the mortgage market as well as in the credit card market, but not in the student loans market. And that is reflected in the delinquency rates. Student loans have now a higher delinquency rate than the other two categories. And this is only getting worse with the terrible labor market conditions. For more see the … Seguir leyendo Student loans are the only bubble still around

Nobel prizeforRobertShillerwhopredictedthedotcombust – Telegraph http://feedly.com/k/1gGEwAu shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Nobel prize for Robert Shiller who predicted the dotcom bust – Telegraph

S&P 500 Surges Green OnEURJPYExuberance; TreasuriesSold http://feedly.com/k/1alntxF As we noted earlier, this is not what the White House was hoping for. Thanksto no T-BillpolicebeingatworktodayandonthebackfoJPY-carrytrades, the S&P 500 has nowjoinedtheNASDAQinthe green fortheday having risen non-stop since Europe closed. Treasury futures are selling off notably too (and were higher in yield long before equities went green) – with the 5Y (shortest maturity trading) the worst hit. It’s … Seguir leyendo S&P 500 Surges Green On EURJPY Exuberance; Treasuries Sold

Unión Europea: “880.000 esclavos en la UE” http://feedly.com/k/1alncL6 Alrededor de 880.000 personas viven en condiciones consideradas como esclavitud en la Unión Europea, según las recientes cifras publicadas por la comisión de Delincuencia Organizada, Corrupción y Blanqueo de Dinero(CRIM) del Parlamento Europeo. Se trata fundamentalmente de "niños forzados a mendigar, hombres que trabajan por salarios de miseria y mujeres obligadas a prostituirse", explica De Morgen. El … Seguir leyendo Unión Europea: “880.000 esclavos en la UE”

Jrandes ventajas de pertenecer a la UE Croacia: “En dos meses de adhesión a la UE, las exportaciones han bajado un 11%” http://feedly.com/k/1aln4Lu Desde la entrada de Croacia en la UE, el pasado 1 de julio, las exportaciones del país han bajado un 11% en relación al mismo período del año anterior, según las primeras estimaciones del Gobierno. El descenso fue del 19% solamente en … Seguir leyendo Croacia: “En dos meses de adhesión a la UE, las exportaciones han bajado un 11%”

TheBankofSwedengivestheprizefortheefficientmarkethypothesis http://feedly.com/k/1almMV3 Lars Syll was right, the Bank of Sweden awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Eugene Fama for the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller were also recognized for the work on the statistical tests about rational bubbles and for providing evidence that suggests that the EMH might not work, respectively. Even if tempered … Seguir leyendo The Bank of Sweden gives the prize for the efficient market hypothesis

Time totakebetsonFrexitandtheFrenchfranc? – Telegraph Blogs http://feedly.com/k/1almDkn shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Time to take bets on Frexit and the French franc? – Telegraph Blogs