Author: Jerome a Paris

This graph is taken from a full page Financial Times article from last week (behind paying subscription wall) entitled “Is the euro forever?” and, as its title suggests, it is not very bullish on the big eurozone...

High Net Worth Wealth Grows Strongly At Over 8% The world’s high net worth wealth grew strongly in 2004 for a second consecutive year, increasing 8.2% to $30.8 trillion, according to the 2005 World Wealth Report, released...

Apologies to those of you that have been around in the last few minutes and have tried to have a look at the pictures I posted. Sadly, they are still hidden behind the firewall that hides our incoming surprise… I’ll...

I thought I’d provide the following graphs as food for thought in the current debates. I know that the money stuff is certainly not the immediate reason for the current debates, but it is certainly part of the background....

In my earlier “bubbles” diaries, I’ve written both about the real estate bubble and the hedge fund worries in the markets. The conversation in the comments has focused more on the housing topic, which is more...