Could Europe Cope with a Greek Exit? Is it Unavoidable? What We’re Reading: The Comeback of the Running Back (The Wall Street Journal) The Depression That Was Fixed by Doing Nothing (The Wall Street Journal) Top 5 stock market hoaxes of 2014 (Fortune) A 2015 ‘Rebalancing’ Act for Investors (The Wall Street Journal) Ten warning signs of a market crash in 2015 (The Telegraph) Statisti-Quote: “Since 2010, more than two dozen enclosed shopping malls have been closed, and an additional 60 are on the brink, according to Green Street Advisors, which tracks the mall industry.” — … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
Is China Over?
Short answer, no China, as a major part of the world's economic landscape is not over. A country with more than a billion people occupying a massive portion of the largest continent will always be important and shouldn't be overlooked. But, that being said, the story of unending growth that has surrounded China for almost two decades is beginning to falter a bit. Bloomberg's Adam Minter writes: These are not the best of times to be one of China's massive, state-owned steel mills. The domestic economy is slowing, competition is increasing, and there's widespread disgust and impatience with the … [Read more...]