Nouriel Roubini seems to think so. In remarks quoted via Bloomberg, he called the enormous increase in asset prices “the mother of all carry trades.”
Investors worldwide are borrowing dollars to buy assets including equities and commodities, fueling “huge” bubbles that may spark another financial crisis, said New York University professor Nouriel Roubini.
“We have the [...]
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Is the U.S. dollar carry trade replacing the one in Japanese yen?
Oct
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Bill Gross: “almost all assets appear to be overvalued on a long-term basis”
Oct
Bill Gross has a must-read piece out for his monthly Investment Outlook called “Midnight Candles.” He begins the piece with allusions to his advancing years (Gross is now 65) and the mortality he feels because of it – pretty sobering stuff. gross then abruptly segues into his investment outlook, leaving one with the distinct impression [...]
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The latest bubble warning: Swedish house prices
Oct
There is mounting evidence that bubbles are forming again everywhere across the globe as easy money makes itself felt in asset prices. The latest evidence comes from Sweden where Europe’s lowest home loan rates have pushed up the price of residential property.
At issue is the extremely loose monetary policy in Sweden that is an outgrowth [...]
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Debtflation
Oct
Morgan Stanley has an interesting piece out this morning called Debtflation. In the past, they have raised alarm bells over what they see as embedded inflation in the loose monetary policy presently being followed by most central banks. This particular piece focuses not on a general potential for inflation, but the possibility that central banks [...]
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John Meriwether is back, risk must be too
Oct
John Meriwether, the 62-year old former Salomon bond trader and LTCM wizard is back for, what is this, his fourth go round.
For those of you who don’t remember the 1980s, John Meriwether was the biggest of the ‘big swinging dicks’ on Wall Street, leading Salomon Brothers to huge profits in its fixed income division. Lionized [...]
London house prices at an all-time high
Oct
Further proof that the reflationary efforts of policy makers is taking hold comes from London in the form of record high house prices. The Guardian reports:
Property asking prices in London have broken through the record high set in November 2007 as the drought of homes for sale around the country continues to distort the market. [...]
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Huge property bubble in China
Oct
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I think you will [...]
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Marc Faber: “Monetary policy in the United States will stay expansionary”
Oct
Below is a wide-ranging interview with Marc Faber over four videos on CNBC TV18 in India explaining view on inflation, currencies, commodities, stocks and more.
Asset-based economy. In general, he thinks we are in an inflationary environment, whereas I think that deleveraging is secular and means any inflation is only cyclical. But he shares my belief [...]
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Dilbert on the asset-based economy
Oct
Very funny.
Federal Reserve’s Fisher says tightening will be aggressive
Sep
Marshall Auerback pointed out a statement from Dallas Fed Chief Richard Fisher today that is not getting a lot of attention despite its importance. He said:
I expect that when it comes time to tighten monetary policy, my colleagues and I will move with an alacrity that, if needed, will be equal in speed and intensity [...]
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