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Europe Is In Worse Shape Than Everyone Thinks – Umesh Shanmugam

From his perch in the United Kingdom, Alasdair Macleod(ECONOMIST) provides an update on the ongoing economic crisis in Europe, which — while largely absent from headlines in the US of late — continues to worsen. Due to bloated state-run programs and extreme malinvestment, EU governments find themselves in a box. Economic growth has stalled, and …

Italy Is Not Spain – It’s Worse: Umesh Shanmugam

With Rajoy quietly gloating at his political fraud being off the front-pages thanks to Italian elections, it seems the more we dig into Italian reality, the weaker the story becomes. The meme of the last few years has been that “at least we’re not as bad as Greece” and rightly so, for as Bloomberg’s Niraj …

Just Watch 17 Points for Budget 2013 – Umesh Shanmugam

The economy The finance minister has already committed that the fiscal deficit for FY13 and FY14 will be 5.3% and 4.8% of GDP, respectively. A lower number will be welcomed by the markets, provided it is credible. For example, with the failure of the spectrum auction, it might be difficult for the finance minister to …

Iron ore to dive to $US70 a tonne: UBS – Umesh Shanmugam

Iron ore, trading near 16-month highs, may slump 54 per cent to the lowest level since 2009 as China boosts production and global supply climbs, said UBS. Rates may tumble to $70 a ton in the three months ending September after trading between $130 and $160 through June, Sydney-based commodity analyst Tom Price said today. …

Gold Weakness Could Extend – Umesh Shanmugam

GOLD moved lower as expected, but because of a very sharp and aggressive sell-off we reworked the wave count. We are now tracking a three wave A)-B)-C) Elliott wave pattern from 1795 swing with wave C) underway, which appears incomplete as we need five waves down from 1696. As such, Elliott traders must be aware …