All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Exchanges & Capital Markets

The article seeks to identify the phase of the economic cycle we are in today by looking at a range of key economic indicators.  We are close to a rally followed by a protracted recovery period before the next expansion starts. It then seeks to identify cyclical themes which will determine sectors...

Japan's help is much needed as is the rest of the world's assistance in the resue operations of our economy.

Barclays may indeed be an international investment bank but it should be remembered that it is nothing but your average High Street bank in the UK; common, in fact. Barclays at Avenue Goerge V, Paris France did send me an e-mail on Friday 26 october 2008 stating that Barclays had bought Lehman Brothers...

Nelson D. Schwartz in Paris noted in the September 20-21 issue of the International Herald Tribune that 100 years ago, J.P. Morgan and colleagues stopped the Panic of 1907 in its tracks. But the crisis of 2008, building for months, still endures. Market turbulence continues with credit hard or impossible...

For the Fed and other authorities to start pumping billions into the markets to provide liquidity only gives an artificial smoothing for a short while before it is required again. In essence the problem lies with regulation which is shortsighted, has tunnel vision and is inspired by the appetite for...

Japan Sovereign Wealth fund creation is an issue that kept japanese political class deeply divided so far.  Ironically the Defeasance scheme proposed by Paulson and Bernanke could make it happen.

The SEC managed to subdue the panic as the markets rallied last Friday.  In uncertain times, perception or the illusion of stability in the markets can be invaluable.  The key word being value.  The government's actions last week, while seemingly positive, have created a vacuum...

This article examines powerful secular trends are evolving and how they might impact the global capital markets.

Have governmental regulations failed us?Are we simply going to repeat history?

The potential impact is a sharp rally.  Is it good or bad?  The SEC says it all: "Under normal market conditions, short selling contributes to price efficiency and adds liquidity to the markets. At present, it appears that unbridled short selling is contributing to the recent, sudden...