Archive for June, 2009

City of your dreams

Posted in Uncategorized on June 30th, 2009 by Paul Deng – Be the first to comment

Financial Times' 2009 ranking of the Most Livable Cities in the world.  Not a single American city made into the list. Find out why by listening to this lively discussion from On Point, "What's a 'livable' city now?".

Bernanke’s testimony on BoA+ML deal

Posted in Uncategorized on June 30th, 2009 by Paul Deng – Be the first to comment

This is a bit old (five days ago). One thing after listening to the testimony is the Fed helped to hide Merrill’s loss, intentionally.

Lost decade for private sector jobs

Posted in Uncategorized on June 30th, 2009 by Paul Deng – 1 Comment

Private sector jobs growth, if measured by change over the last decade, reaches almost zero.

longjobs1 Lost decade for private sector jobs

More from Business Week.

Commodity Supercycle

Posted in Uncategorized on June 29th, 2009 by Paul Deng – Be the first to comment

We are in a commodity super cycle.

China’s industrialization is certainly one of the main contributing factors. And if the current cycle is coupled with high inflation, if not hyperinflation, where investors find investing in both bonds and equities become much less attractive, the super cycle will be pushed to a newer level.

Watch this video analysis from FT:

commodity+super+cycle Commodity Supercycle
(click to watch the video)

Chinese Yuan back to hard peg to the dollar

Posted in Uncategorized on June 29th, 2009 by Paul Deng – Be the first to comment

An analysis of recent development of Chinese currency Yuan.

yuan Chinese Yuan back to hard peg to the dollar
(click to watch the video; source: FT)