Archive for August, 2008

08.31
08

– from Carter to Obama

by yudaica2013 ·

graduated from Catholic University, He was the finance chairman of the Carter-Mondale reelection ticket. quickly established himself as a top wrangler of support from donors. He was appointed chairman of national finance for the “Gephardt for President Committee.” was also involved in the Clintons’ presidential election bids

08.26
08

Proposed taxes on exports of soybeans

by yudaica2013 ·

A tense debate over the controversial proposed taxes on exports of soybeans continued on Thursday in the Argentine parliament, where officialdom struggle to maintain their online congressmen, while farmers are threatening to resume protests and assemblies on the roads.

08.24
08

The financial market taken as a whole

by yudaica2013 ·

But there is one additional evidence that the financial market, taken as a whole, not cree what is happening. I ask a friend manager that I send what has been the evolution of the indicator Crossover yesterday, adding a set of credit default swaps, or CDS investment grade, which measures the risk premium demanded by the market to such emissions. His track was and is of extraordinary importance. Not in vain, its contribution had soared in the past two weeks to the point of causing many analysts to reach a dramatic conclusion: we must not wait any longer, the credit crunch is here. There is no volume (even in traditionally safe as the market for student loans Americans) nor reasonable prices. An Armageddon scenario of course incompatible with a rise of the bags. Well, closing levels were slightly higher than the start of the day. But substantially below those reached at noon. That is: if there was a crisis of credit, it was still among us yesterday when we were going to bed.

Take another reference, the Main (the same rate for the highest quality bonds). The intraday movement is repeated in almost identical. With an additional but. Traditionally, the upturn in this indicator came accompanied by sharp falls in stock markets. This is called correlation, in this case around. It happened on July, when it happened in less than a month from 25 to 70 basis points or a differential of 0.7% to add to the debt risk-free. First notice. It happened also in November, when the jump was 40 to 65. Second. January was paradigmatic since the rebound from 50 to 90 led to a fall of EuroStoxx close to 20%. Third notice and the bull pen. Or at least it seems. From late January to today, the main Itraxx has risen from 0.75% to 1.05% and

08.20
08

Grin make great investments

by yudaica2013 ·

Eugene and are both extremely successful financial managers and investment consultants. They have attained tremendous fiscal achievements, and what many do not know, is that they yield from humble beginnings. hails from Ukraine, and when he came to the US in ’79 he became a salesman for vacuum cleaners. He moved into penny stocks as well as other investments.

, Eugene’s younger brother joined him, and together they founded and continue to lead Laurus Investment Funds, which has become hugely successful investment and fund management company. Eugene and David started in 2001 with less than $5 million in capital, and are now worth over $1 billion in assets. serves as the principal, as does , and both have held numerous other high profile positions.