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Go north, jaded government bond investor?

No, not north to German bunds. Further north.Pär Magnusson and Filip Andersson — Scandinavian macro and fixed income analysts at RBS — have a few things they want...

[Wilmot's PMI tour] The trend continues

Same sort of messages from Turkey, Poland and Norway: New orders were up 3.2 and 1.7 points, respectively. Norway was basically flat.Not going to move the global needle but reassuring consistency....

Norway (ETF) On The Way Today!

GlobalX is cranking up the new product machine to pump out the FTSE Norway 30 ETF which will have ticker symbol NORW. Long time readers will know I place a high value on Norway as an investment destination and I think a country fund for Norway is overd...

Citi sued by Norwegian central bank

Inevitable, really. Though we wouldn’t have expected the staid Norwegian central bank to be the first (?) to take up legal arms.After the US Securities and Exchange Commission...

A Real Black Swan…

...If it is true which I cannot vouch for but this is fascinating and something I have to say I have never thought of. A reader who goes by the name Paul H. M. at Seeking Alpha left the following comment on a post by George Speicher.We're not really de...

Adventures in equity knife-catching, SWF edition (updated)

If you’re a BP investor who thought twice about catching the falling knife of the firm’s post-Gulf spill shares this summer — well, spare a thought for Norway....

‘Gun shy markets’, or 6 reasons why the EUR carry trade has blown up

Arresting stuff from Alan Ruskin of RBS, who has just pinged out an “Alpha Alert”:Pure panic. It is rare to see a day where the news flow fits so poorly with the...

A Third of Europeans Want Americans to Manage Their Money

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They may say they can't stand the "ugly Americans," but there's only one place where rich Europeans will put their money.

According to alternative investment research firm Preqin, 29% of all European hedge fund investors prefer to invest in funds based...

Bull Market Bear Market Complicated Market

The idea for this post was my initial and apparently incorrect reading of the Jeremy Grantham letter. On first read I thought he was saying expressly the market is very complicated these days and while he may have have been implying as much I did not f...

Is the United Kingdom facing a natural gas shortage?

I "moved up" this post from Saturday, so the continuing British natural gas shortage could continue to be discussed, without having to look too far. - Gail

A cold spell facing the United Kingdom has caused anxiety over the security of the country's natural gas supplies. The Conservative Party warns that a gas...

Good Year, Bad Decade for Europe

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Europe is hot, if you don't look too far over your shoulder. The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index played well through the stock market recovery...

Iceland is now open for business once more

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You're now free to invest in Iceland ... should you be so inclined. On Sunday, the country will begin lifting its post-financial disaster capital controls, giving investors a bit more elbow room. Foreign...