10-05-2015, 02:21 AM
A team of Credit Suisse analysts led by James Sweeney looked at investor appetite for risk and found that it fit the profile of a full-blown panic. The team looked at things such as global growth rates, economic policies, and asset valuation to come to that conclusion. So if it feels as if we're living through something similar to the European sovereign-debt crisis of 2011 or the fall of Long-Term Capital Management in 1998, it's because we are.
CREDIT SUISSE: Markets gripped by panic - Business Insider
Some say Apple (AAPL - Get Report) is headed to $200 in a year. Technical analysis says otherwise. In fact, quite the opposite. Back in July, the decision support engine warned to exit Apple shares while they still enjoyed triple digit pricing status. Within a month, share prices fell from the 125-zone to the August 24 low near 90. They've bounced nicely since, but are not done fulfilling their destiny, which includes a probing of the 75 +/-5 area, with growing probability that 60 +/-5 will be seen.
Why Apple Could Go as Low as $60 - TheStreet
Well, it's not. You can have too little inflation just like you can have too much inflation. That, after all, is why the Federal Reserve doesn't try to keep prices completely stable, but rather growing 2 percent a year. The problem with zero inflation, as a Fed Governor named Janet Yellen pointed out in 1996, is that it makes it harder for the economy to recover from a recession. That's because companies need a little inflation to "grease the wheels," as Yellen put it, of pay cuts.
And now let us remember the worst economic prediction ever - The Washington Post
In fact, the difference in lifespan has remained stable even throughout monumental shifts in society. Consider Sweden, which offers the most reliable historic records. In 1800, life expectancy at birth was 33 years for women and 31 years for men; today it is 83.5 years and 79.5 years, respectively. In both cases, women live about 5% longer than men.
BBC - Future - Why do women live longer than men?
Marie and Shaun Langley are just an ordinary Sheffield couple – she’s a childminder, he’s an IT worker. Yet, in an extraordinary tale, their bank, HSBC, has turned them into financial pariahs, banning them from having an account, closing their deposit and Isa accounts, and leaving them unable to pay for food, petrol or life’s other essentials. And every time they try to get sense out of the bank they are met with a point-blank refusal to even discuss the matter.
HSBC has wrecked our lives, say customers frozen out and unable to switch | Money | The Guardian