LLMs deal essentially with language but seems amenable to graphics as well. To such an extent that one may wonder…
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Gale Warning on Market Risk Management
On Friday, in a single forward-market trading session, gold lost 5.8% of its value, and silver lost 17.8%. Considering the present state of the financial markets and the overall condition of the economy, which for the past few weeks has been entering the second phase of the ‘W’ double dip which began in 2007, this might […]
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MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: About “The network of global corporate control”, by S. Vitali, J. B. Glattfelder, S. Battiston
A passionate discussion has started on my French blog about the article The network of global corporate control, by S. Vitali, J. B. Glattfelder, S. Battiston.
I’m hoping that a parallel discussion in English starts here.
Here an excerpt of the paper to whet your appetite:
… nearly 4/10 of the control […]
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TAVAKOLI vs. JORION. The Subprime Crisis: an orchestrated or spontaneous Ponzi Process?
A translation by Bénédicte of my post of September 3rd: TAVAKOLI vs. JORION. LA CRISE DES SUBPRIMES : PYRAMIDE ORCHESTRÉE OU SPONTANÉE ?
You will find in my “La crise du capitalisme américain” (The Crisis of American Capitalism) (La Découverte 2007; Le Croquant 2009), written between November 2004 and October 2005, […]
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SPAIN: A WEAK LINK, OR A VICTIM OF DEBT TRANSFER AND OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT ON THE MARKETS?, by Sébastien Bano
Guest post
A few days ago, I was contacted by a friend of mine, in New Zealand, who was concerned about the bad news affecting the economy and, particularly, Spain, where I currently work. In answering the two questions he asked me, I have tried to describe what seems to be the main problem of […]
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FRANCE Culture, NEWS BROADCAST, Saturday August 13, 2011, 9.45 pm
We will discuss the stock markets’ tumble.
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ZDF, HEUTE JOURNAL, Thursday August 11, 2011, 7 pm
Here’s only a short extract of the interview for German television channel ZDF
The full video will be broadcast next week.
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“How should one define a catastrophic scenario in a situation such as this?”
Frankly has been so kind as to translate my most recent post. The original French version is here.
“How should one define a catastrophic scenario in a situation such as this?”
There is no panic yet in the American financial markets, but disquiet is spreading. The Dow Jones industrial index fell by 3.3% […]
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