As an afterword on the whole downgrade silliness, the world has been full of S&P critiques. Quite why we need to add to the very obvious fact that S&P is clueless as to risk, and very likely corrupt to boot, seems beyond me. Anyone who believed the magical stardust sub-prime mortgage lead into AAA gold […]

Today’s slide in stock prices around the world is not due to the downgrade of US bonds. It is due to the final realization, by hitherto myopic analysts, that we are on the brink of another recession, and that for all the talk of recovery over the last year or so, what growth we have […]