Thursday, December 15, 2011

Three Ways to Fix Europe Without Europe's Help

 
 

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via Minyanville.com - All Articles by Michael A. Gayed on 12/15/11

As readers of my writings are aware I focus my attention on intermarket relationships to see if the conditions favor taking risk in equities (rising inflation expectations) or if conditions favor a defensive posture into bonds (falling inflation expectations). Much of the volatility experienced this year is attributable to this continuous flipping between expecting inflation or deflation among investors due to Europe's ongoing financial crisis. This in turns worsens the financial crisis because volatility in collateral prices ultimately widens credit spreads and makes investors less comfortable with taking risk. So assume for a moment that high volatility creates a negative

 
 

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