The BIG Sovereign Debt Structure cliff – Part 1
In yesterday’s article, “Where will all the new money come from?” we concluded the brief analysis with the Sovereign Debt Maturity profiles (otherwise known as the Debt Structure) of both the USA and...
View ArticleTrust, Risk and stifled Innovation
In the light of the recent Citigroup’s settlement of mis-sold Hedge Fund investments, we issue this brief opinion piece on the interactions of Risk, Trust and Innovation: We don’t think it is so much...
View ArticlePanic in the Cars of Britain?
With apologies to The Smiths; the original version of the song Panic’s lyrics reads something like this: “Panic on the streets of London / Panic on the streets of Birmingham / I wonder to myself /...
View ArticleSome Questions for Europe
After the conclusion to what some pundits called a ‘tumultuous week’ for Europe (week ending 11 May 2012), we still find ourselves asking some important questions. Europe Simulator (Photo credit: wigu)...
View ArticleAn orderly leap into Chaos?
It is a timing thing When the Euro zone Debt driven financial crises – yes, it has been dragging on for a little while now; lurching from one convulsion to the next tremor – is headline news across...
View ArticlePony ponderings…
Have you ever overheard a small debate between children related to #economics? Some at theMarketSoul (c)1999 -2013 find themselves in Spain this weekend, relaxing with family and the following...
View ArticleThe Kuznets swing and the market for labour and skills
You must have seen the headlines recently? British wages falling sharply in real terms versus our EU brethren… We wrote about a particular economic phenomenon referred to in this post about economic...
View ArticleThe Market Burden
Illustrates the intersection of supply and demand curves as the free market equilibrium (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today’s post is actually only a short sound bite for further conversations to be...
View ArticleUS Treasury Yield Curve – The Shutdown Analysis (Part 1)
Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today we very briefly focus on the dynamics we have observed in the US Treasury Yield Curve between two critical dates: 1....
View ArticleTechnical Default Options – US Government Shutdown Analysis (Part2)
Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The real challenge and issue: The US Debt default that is looming ever larger with each passing day that the US Congress,...
View ArticleThoughts on 2014 – Moral Hazard PLUS – Part 1
Reflections on 2014 As a behaviourally focused economics publication we have been very quiet and inactive during 2014. A year of reflection and introspection, however, we are ready to resume service,...
View ArticleMoral Hazard PLUS – Part 2
Part 2 – Revelations In part 1 of this article we focused on the economic cycles and the underlying drivers for future Moral Hazard risks. In today’s edition we will dwell a little on the...
View ArticleExpectations: Mis-sold
We are picking up on a theme we have been experiencing and confirmed by this HBR article published in 2012: Job and Career seeker’s unfulfilled EXPECTATIONS The word expectation has several...
View ArticleWake up Britain. You are a #TAX Haven too!!!
Let’s just pause for a moment: #Tax avoidance talk is all the rage at the moment… In order to redress the balance of negative sentiment, combined with a political(ly) charged environment with...
View ArticleTax and morality? The two should never meet…
The language, or rather political language de jour, is for the canvassing potential members of the next parliament (Parliamentary candidates in the UK) to merge two very different concepts into one,...
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