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<channel><title>Human Times - Financial Markets</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com</link><description></description><pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:44:25 +0800</pubDate><generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5</generator><language>zh-cn</language><ttl>30</ttl><item><title>President Patrick O'Bama and Some Economic Musings.</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110527/60336__president_patrick_o_bama_and_some_economic_musings_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ There are times recently, particularly when penning (OK typing) these humble missives, when I worry about how cynical my world view is becoming... and me a natural optimist for most of my life.... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 03:21:52 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>It's Getting Harder to Ignore the Warning Signs...</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110609/60338__it_s_getting_harder_to_ignore_the_warning_signs_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Ladies and gentlemen, the sound of fluttering you can hear is the sound of several economic chickens coming home to roost.It has been a theme of mine for a while that, whilst the bad news this year... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:11:45 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>There Certainly is a Lot of Uncertainty About.</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110615/60339__there_certainly_is_a_lot_of_uncertainty_about_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ If there is one thing that I am certain of, it is that markets hate uncertainty. Given that politicians make so many noises about how important markets are (and how evil all the people who dare to... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:16:17 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Feeling N-N-N-Nervous Yet?</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110616/60340__feeling_n_n_n_nervous_yet_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Finally- after all these months- markets are waking up to the potential systemic problems and recovery roadblocks that have been plain to see ( and totally ignored) since sometime last year.Once... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:42:40 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>I Bet Rory McIlroy Could Solve the Greek Problems...</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110620/60341__i_bet_rory_mcilroy_could_solve_the_greek_problems_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ A couple of things became clear over the weekend....Firstly- Rory McIlroy really IS as good as those of us who follow the European Golf tour have long suspected he was- and that&rsquo;s very, very,... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:20:01 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Greek Confidence Votes and a Few Heartfelt Wishes</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110621/60343__greek_confidence_votes_and_a_few_heartfelt_wishes.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The Greek government faces a confidence vote tonight that they need to win to reassure the IMF that there is support for the declared austerity measures required for further aid packages to be... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:33:04 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Greece; Confidence Vote, Yes-  Confidence, No.</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110622/60344__greece_confidence_vote_yes_confidence_no_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ So the Greek government has passed the vote of confidence and avoided a default scenario for at least another week. Of course there are still a few small problems; rioting in the streets, a tiny... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:58:39 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Closing Down Chocolate??</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110628/60345__closing_down_chocolate_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;You know things are bad in the UK and that people really are economizing when a chain that sells high class chocolates and very little else has to close 120 branches.Given how bored I am with... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:06:08 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Death of India's small change</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110721/60348__death_of_india_s_small_change.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The Indian central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, had been making quite a song and dance about the 25 Paise coins ceasing to become legal tender from the 30th June this year. It had been asking... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:15:35 +0800</pubDate><author>pbagchi</author></item><item><title>Government Debt, a Tragedy Worthy of Shakespeare?</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110930/60354__government_debt_a_tragedy_worthy_of_shakespeare_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ It is a dark, foggy evening. A Troika appears of withered old people, looking as though the cares of the world were upon their shoulders. Are they witches? Are they warlocks? Or do they just speak... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:29:09 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Our Biggest Problem is Fear, Fear and Uncertainty- Our Two Biggest Problems are...</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111004/60355__our_biggest_problem_is_fear_fear_and_uncertainty_our_two_biggest_problems_are_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ So the strange euphoria of last week has been replaced, again, with an only slightly less strange degree of manic depression this week.. I mean, is anything that has happened the last few days... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 4 Oct 2011 03:54:59 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Hang on a Minute Lads, I've Got a Great Idea...</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111010/60358__hang_on_a_minute_lads_i_ve_got_a_great_idea_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ So many different people are now working on THE PLAN to solve European banking/debt problems that one almost begins to believe that someone is going to come up with some actual action instead of... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:01:42 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Wishing and Hoping and Thinking and Praying...</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111011/60359__wishing_and_hoping_and_thinking_and_praying_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Not many days when we all focus on Slovakia this much... unless England is playing them at football&hellip;Bearing in mind yesterday&rsquo;s comment focused on the importance of emotional... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:00:52 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Wishing and Hoping and Thinking and Praying...</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111011/60360__wishing_and_hoping_and_thinking_and_praying_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Not many days when we all focus on Slovakia this much... unless England is playing them at football&hellip;Bearing in mind yesterday&rsquo;s comment focused on the importance of emotional... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:01:05 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Slovakia Rules OK?</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111012/60361__slovakia_rules_ok_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ You have to laugh- no you do, really. Four months to approve an enhanced rescue package, 16 positive votes and now Slovakia is going to derail the whole thing&hellip; perfect. Who wants to invade... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:48:18 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Slovakia rules, OK? Update</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111012/60362__slovakia_rules_ok_update.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ You have to laugh- no you do, really. Four months to approve an enhanced rescue package, 16 positive votes and now Slovakia is going to derail the whole thing&hellip; perfect. Who wants to invade... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:08:33 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Bullet Biting Time is Here.</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111018/60363__bullet_biting_time_is_here_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ I think it is time we all accepted that the structure and activities of financial markets have changed over the last 3 or 4 years and are unlikely to ever go back to the way we were during the... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:17:54 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Mr Micawber and the Real Cure for our Financial Woes.</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111019/60364__mr_micawber_and_the_real_cure_for_our_financial_woes_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ All the media frenzy that we have experienced over global financial woes in the last months seems to have focused on symptoms of the disease, rather than the disease itself. Things like bank... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:34:46 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>We Have Low Expectations, that the EU Consistently Fails to Meet...</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111021/60365__we_have_low_expectations_that_the_eu_consistently_fails_to_meet_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ CDS financial indices are tighter, as are the Today says a lot about how low all of our expectations really are of the EU leaders really putting together a solution over the weekend.
They announce... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:42:44 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item><item><title>Low Expectations, and the Failure to Meet Them...US Update</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20111021/60366__low_expectations_and_the_failure_to_meet_them_us_update.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Today says a lot about how low all of our expectations really are of the EU leaders really putting together a solution over the weekend.
They announce yesterday that they need a second summit next... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:54:27 +0800</pubDate><author>petermat50</author></item></channel></rss>
