Britain’s MPs have apparently lost the trust of the people. One of the charges leveled against MPs, indeed in any country, is that they are out of touch with society and don’t understand the plight of the people. This is patently false. They understand the people alright; they just don’t want to be the people.

With the ECB warrantying that it will be lender of last resort to Euro zone governments it seems that the risk of a break up of the Euro is no longer. Be that as if may, as each day passes the cost of maintaining the Euro becomes more and more apparent. The charge is not

The VIX index has sunk to remarkably low levels, as has the MOVE index. Yields on bonds from treasuries to investment grade to junk have compressed significantly. The market is now more optimistic about the prospects for a recovery in China, a more robust US housing market and the ability of the Europeans to hold

Q&A with Burnham Banks

In the age old children’s story of persuasion versus force, the sun and the wind compete to remove the traveler’s coat to prove their power. The wind’s efforts only make the man wrap his coat more tightly and securely while the sun’s heat eventually drives the man to voluntarily remove his coat.