I am headed to Dubai for the first time and am more than thrilled to fly the new Emirates A380. No, unfortunately I will not be flying first class so I won’t be able to enjoy the infamous Suites!
I will however be speaking at the Middle East Money Summit and visiting the 7 [...]

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The Financial Times has a great graphic today highlighting the US dollar’s performance over the past 30 days:
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After the horrid US data released this morning, there are plenty of reasons to believe that the equity markets including the Dow Jones Industrial Average are headed lower. We have argued that the next string of GDP reports will finally reflect the recessionary conditions that Americans are already feeling. However in every battle [...]

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The feel good factor in the markets was relatively short-lived with the 400 point rally in the Dow this morning turning into a more than 76 point decline by the end of the US trading session. The US dollar weakened against every major currency but the reversal in the Dow has caused the greenback [...]

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I love this comment from my buddy Andy Busch at BMO today:
UK Hires Entire Economy: In a move that the Onion would love, Britain will increase the number of public sector employees to more than six million for the first time. With the nationalization of banks, here are the new hires: [...]

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