Finance Roundtable

Word has probably spread that the European Union now attempts to solve the debt crisis with the creation of a European Monetary Fund (EMF). This shows one more time the fierce commitment of the EU to fight debt with new debt - which never worked in history - instead ...

While clueless politicians and bankers have still not come up with decisions that could turn around the economy, Mr. Market may soon force them into action. Greece may dominate headlines these days, but this buys other equally distressed Eurozone economies time to fly under the radar. Market talks center around ...

We will have to wait for the annual report on April 19 to check the balance of higher expenses to see how much inflation the European Central Bank (ECB) experiences itself.
According to first results published on Thursday, the ECB's expenses rose a stunning 4.4% in 2009, while inflation ...

Europe has reached the modern day version of the 7 plagues.
Hurricanes, snowstorms and floods are ravaging France, Germany Portugal (Madeira) and the UK, creating new billion bills to rebuild the damaged infrastructure.Strikes and protests shake the streets of Greece, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium.Fiscal deficits balloon to historically unprecedented levels.Unemployment ...

While the rest of the US labour market is still in free fall, job openings at the world's biggest money printer become abundant. The resignation of old hand Federal Reserve ...

GRAPH: This needs no comment and is worth more than a year's bubble talk on cable TV, says John Rubino at dollarcollapse.com. (Click to enlarge)

It was in June 2007 that I warned investors and actors about the Spanish property bubble. I feel sad for the people depicted in this video.

Blogger Alex visualizes the future of some of the world's best known brands and has re-designed them for the new reality.

Here's a coin that will be without doubt the highlight of every coin collection. German gold seller Global Metal Agency takes reservations for the heaviest gold coin ever produced.
The "Global Liberty" has a fineness of 999.9, weighs 3,333 troy ounces or 103.6 kilos and will cost you ...

An emergency meeting of 24 central bankers in Sydney at a secret location last weekend has so far yielded no news information, intensifying this blogger's fears that the global default Tsunami has already begun.
The waves of bad news get higher from day to day.
Here are a ...