Money & Markets – Week of 07.21.13

Russia Sees Risks Emerging as Foreigners Amass State Debt
Bloomberg | 26 July 2013
Russia’s financial industry faces risks from surging demand for domestic ruble bonds…

Detroit Bankruptcy a “Game-Changing Event,” Meredith Whitney Says
Yahoo! Finance | 26 July 2013
It’s been just over a week since Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history…

Why Generation Y Fears the Stock Market
Market Watch | 24 July 2013
One of the largest transfers of wealth between generations is starting to occur…

How Does “Dirty Money” Become “Clean Money”?
Lars Schall | 27 September 2012
When it comes to drug trafficking, it is rather difficult to get an explanation of the related money laundering aspect…

Crowdfunding Watchdog Unit Formed
The Boston Globe | 25 July 2013
Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin has formed a watchdog unit…

The State of Mobile Advertising, Q2 2013
Opera Media Works
To start, we’d like to note the tremendous growth within the mobile ad market…

Bernanke Seen Slowing QE to $65 Billion in September
Bloomberg | 23 January 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in September will trim…

Where is the ‘Smart Money’ Coming Out of Stocks Going?
Street Smart Post | 23 January 2013
My weekend column noted that public investors…

G:20 Adopted OECD Plan for Corporate Taxation (PDF)
OECD | January 2013
Globalisation has benefited our domestic economies…

A Widening Gap in Cities (PDF)
The Pew Charitable Trusts | 2013
As the Great Recession ended, 61 key cities across America…

Bove on Goldman Sachs’ Top 5 Scandals
Yahoo! Finance | 22 July 2013
The recent Goldman scandal involving accusations of pushing aluminum costs higher is the latest in a string of scandals…

3-D Printers, & Crowd Financing
Giza Death Star | 21 July 2013
When former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Catherine Austin Fitts was here for a visit…

Seconds Out
The Economist | 13 July 2013
Is it a crime to give people an early peek at data?

Treasury: Debt Has Been Exactly $16,699,396,000,000.00 for 56 Days
CNS News | 15 July 2013
According to the Daily Treasury Statement for July 12…