Dr Doom advises investors to prepare for a “dirty war”

Marc Faber, who predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the current economic downturn, has warned investors who manage billions, that they should prepare for a “dirty war” and buy farmland and gold. The bleak warning of social and financial...

Global Financial Crisis – The Road to the Pittsburgh Summit

It may surprise readers to learn that this World Economic Outlook sees global economic risks as having declined since our last issue in September 2006. Certainly this is at odds with many recent newspaper headlines and commentary, which have focused on...

Two U.S. banks fail, first casualties in 2009

On Friday, bank regulators shut down two small banks, the first U.S. banks to fail this year Share

Cracks in U.S.-China Relations Are Widening Again in Crisis

The New York Times reports on growing tensions between two of the world’s biggest trade partners: China and the USA. The article exposes how: Share

The financial crisis tab in the US: $5 Trillion

The financial crisis has taken a heavy toll on the US in just a few months. According to an article published on Forbes.com “CreditSights, a research firm in New York and London, [states that] the U.S. government has put itself on the hook for some...