Episodes
Thursday Mar 26, 2009
BATS Overtakes Mifid
Thursday Mar 26, 2009
Thursday Mar 26, 2009
3.38: A free Podcast to update on Mifid matters of moment. Barely was my Premium message of yesterday published than recent upstart BATS Europe actually surpassed Turquoise in percentage share in Europe. Whither now the MTF marketplace? True, subscribers to my inner circle already knew many of my thoughts even a year ago but here they are in the public domain free for the first time... Be Careful Who You Listen To!
Wednesday Mar 25, 2009
The Opening of AmCiv (reposted)
Wednesday Mar 25, 2009
Wednesday Mar 25, 2009
The system seems to have had various glitches in the past 24 hours - apologies. So I am reposting the AmCiv Prediction Markets free podcast here in an attempt to make it open to all.
Monday Mar 23, 2009
AmCiv: A New Exchange Open For All
Monday Mar 23, 2009
Monday Mar 23, 2009
6.07: The opening of the American Civics Exchange in New York marks an interesting turning point in the marketplace for US Political trading on exchanges. Predicting the Prediction markets has rarely looked more interesting, but is it really relevant to the mainstream legacy exchanges?
Friday Mar 13, 2009
TransAtlantic Tensions
Friday Mar 13, 2009
Friday Mar 13, 2009
5.09: Yes, Gordon Brown may be a totally appalling incompetent who has helped bring Britain to the edge of Bankruptcy but is "Team Obama" actually working on foreign relations or is it just too tired, (as it has claimed) to make foreign policy work while "fixing" the US economy...
Thursday Mar 12, 2009
UK: The Abyss
Thursday Mar 12, 2009
Thursday Mar 12, 2009
5.24: Hello, Good Evening and Welcome to the latest Reality Gameshow format...it's the Quantitative Easing Show... Is this growth I see before me? Or is it the Abyss for the UK???
Wednesday Mar 04, 2009
UBS: Another New Broom!
Wednesday Mar 04, 2009
Wednesday Mar 04, 2009
3.33: The changes in the C-Suite at UBS are coming faster than some Swiss Private Bankers allegedly used to squeeze the diamonds out of the toothpaste tubes....
Now the brilliant CEO Ossie Grubel is to work alongside, not Peter Kurer (wow, doesn't it seem just ages ago since Marcel Ospel was in situ?) but by a new Chairman, a financial politican of considerable repute but intriguingly not a banker, what does this mean for Swiss Banking and indeed Switzerland Inc? (Actually had you been a subscriber you would already have known at least part of the answer from our Premium podcast of last week on the topic! - Can you afford to wait for the juiciest analysis? If not, hit the "Premium Subscribe" button).Monday Mar 02, 2009
Cars, Classic Cars & Alternate Assets
Monday Mar 02, 2009
Monday Mar 02, 2009
5.16: Let's start the week on a slightly different note by examining the current state of the car industry and classic cars too. Nevertheless, key asset messages are here and as ever it's a lesson about the force of the Sell Side when trying to broker an asset! For the uninitiated, I actually know a reasonable amount about this topic, having been closely involved on and off since childhood in historic motorsport and even dealing in cars, classic cars and racing cars...