Episodes

Friday Mar 20, 2009
Is This The Bottom? (Part One)
Friday Mar 20, 2009
Friday Mar 20, 2009
5.01: "It's a rally Jim, but a new bull market as we know it?" Patrick Young extemporizes...

Thursday Mar 19, 2009
The Arrival of BATS Europe
Thursday Mar 19, 2009
Thursday Mar 19, 2009
2.37: It may be somewhat late to the party but the US 500lb gorilla has arrived in Mifid Europe...welcome to: BATS Europe!

Wednesday Mar 18, 2009
Tax & Spend Is Already A Myth
Wednesday Mar 18, 2009
Wednesday Mar 18, 2009
5.42: In the economic bear-pit that doubles as a global economy, the larger nations are proferring tax and spend from the bully pit. Strange, as already the evidence is that higher tax rates are just not working at all. Patrick Young investigates a fundamental mismatch at the start of the much heralded Brown/Obama/EU New Socialist era...

Tuesday Mar 17, 2009
Eastern European Finance - An Introduction for the Perplexed
Tuesday Mar 17, 2009
Tuesday Mar 17, 2009
11.51: The western media is waging a "Battle of the Bilge" currently in its reporting about Eastern Europe. Here's an Introduction to just what is happening and why the opportunities are already bubbling up out east...

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 11, 2009
TMX, LSE and An IT Riddle
Wednesday Mar 11, 2009
Wednesday Mar 11, 2009
4.06: The tale of Toronto-Montreal (TMX) and its sale of a Sola licence to LSE to power the EDX raises as many questions as it answers...

Tuesday Mar 10, 2009
H1-B and the Real Battle Against Protectionism
Tuesday Mar 10, 2009
Tuesday Mar 10, 2009
5.10: "The Empires of Protectionism are The Empires Against the Mind" to paraphrase Winston Churchill. Today I want to look at just why trade protectionism is not the only thing to worry about and indeed why the US government is the worst offender, not merely endangering the global economy but actually endangering their own long-term economic power and the speed of their recovery... Incidentally, if you can't access this podcast, try the page "Free Podcasts" marked just to the right of this box so you can get a feel for this service. However, this podcast is reserved for our subscriber audience - hit the "Premium" button to subscribe now for one year, for only 2 dollars per podcast.

Monday Mar 09, 2009
CDS Clearing On ICE
Monday Mar 09, 2009
Monday Mar 09, 2009
12.04: InterContinental Excahnge (ICE) makes a great leap forward today with the launch of their CDS clearing platform. However, the move and the events surrounding it raise many issues for other exchanges, market participants and indeed regulators...

Thursday Mar 05, 2009
Luc Bertrand's Canadian Legacy
Thursday Mar 05, 2009
Thursday Mar 05, 2009