Money & Markets – Week of 12.2.2012


Global Shadow Banking Monitoring Report 2012

Financial Stability Board | 18 November 2012
The “shadow banking system” can broadly be described as “credit intermediation involving entities and activities outside the regular banking system”…


Danger Lurks Inside the Bond Boom

The Wall Street Journal | 06 December 2012
Amid Corporate-Borrowing Bonanza, Some Money Managers Warn of Little Room Left for Gains


Greece Is In Selective Default

Zero Hedge | 05 December 2012
On October 22, we alone asked a very relevant question…


David Rosenberg: Why I am Bullish on Canada

The Montreal Gazzette | 03 December 2012
Very recently, my Gluskin Sheff partners and I were invited to…


Why Increased Revenues Won’t Solve Fiscal Cliff

McClellan Financial Publications | 29 November 2012
In the 1955 movie Rebel Without a Cause, the lead character Jim Stark…


Citigroup to Cut 11,000 Jobs, $1.1 Billion in Costs

CNBC | 05 December 2012
Citigroup on Wednesday announced plans to cut 11,000 jobs and close…


Verizon Management Retirees Sue to Stop Pension Buyout

Pensions and Investments | 05 December 2012
Verizon Communications Inc. management retirees filed a federal lawsuit…


Fed to Launch Fresh Bond Buying to Help Economy

Reuters | 05 December 2012
Many economists think the U.S. central bank will announce monthly bond…


4 Companies Provided Half of SPX 2012 Earnings Growth

The Big Picture | 01 December 2012
Today’s absurd datapoint comes from Slate’s Moneybox: 88% of the S&P500 earnings…


Bond Yields May Fall Short of Corporate Pension Fund Needs

Barron’s | 27 November 2012
If you think you’re having trouble getting adequate income from your bond portfolio…


Bracing for the Extinction of 500 Juniors or an Entire Institution?

The Kaiser Blog | 02 December 2012
During my travels the past couple months I have been repeatedly surprised by…


Student-Loan Debt Collection Targeted for Overhaul in U.S. Bill

The Washington Post Business | 04 December 2012
Congress will consider overhauling debt collection in the $100 billion-a-year U.S. student loan program…


Corporate Taxes: Notably Absent from the Fiscal Cliff Discussions

The Daily Ticker | 04 December 2012
Amid all the drama swirling around the approaching fiscal cliff…


What is Money?

Corbett Report | 04 December 2012
Money. It defines and shapes our lives.


Financial Reporting Framework for SMEs

AICPA
The Financial Reporting Framework for Small- and Medium-Sized Entities…


Perspectives for Dec 3, 2012

Financial Perspectives | 01 December 2012
Concerned about a stock market correction, I continue to…


WTI Crude Oil To Test $65 Level in 2013

Zero Hedge | 01 December 2012
WTI closed November just shy of $89 a barrel on hopes of an improving economy.


Drought-Parched Mississippi River Is Halting Barges

Bloomberg | 27 November 2012
Mississippi River barge traffic is slowing as the worst drought in five…/span