Monthly Archives: February 2012

DJIA a little bit of history repeating itself

Last few days have been filled with drama for the equity investors. Will the DJIA hit 13000 or not? It did yesterday and now we can only move on with our lives. But what was all the fuss about it? Continue reading


De ce banii lor mai scumpi sunt mai buni decat banii nostri mai ieftini?

Se pare ca eu nu sunt atat de inteligent incat sa inteleg ce face ministerul de finante asa ca am nevoie de ajutorul vostru.

Saptamana trecuta miniesterul de finante a acceptat numai 40% din oferta bancilor pentru o licitatie de obligatiuni cu scadenta la 15 ani. Toate cererile cu randamente mai mari de 7% pe an au fost respinse. Aici mai multe detalii.

Astazi acelasi minister a redeschis liciatatia pentru obligatiunile denominate in USD la 10 ani cu un randament initial de 6.5% pe an. Detalii aici.

Si acum ce nu inteleg. Transformat in lei 6.5% din dolari rezulta un randament anual mai mare de 7%. Daca nu a acceptat de pe piata locala randamente mai mari de 7% in lei de ce le accepta de pe piata in USD?


Sunt fondurile de pensii din statele unite mai importante decat fondurile de pensii din Romania?


Cum protejam PIB-ul potential de manipularile politicienilor?

Romania a aderat cu trup si suflet la compactul fiscal din zona euro. Pentru a vinde povestea, oficialii romani prezinta aceasta versiune a unei politici fiscale bazate pe reguli ca un panaceu pentru problemele cronice de politica fiscala. Si pentru ca povestea sa prinda, economistii “prietenosi” clasei politice releva numai avantajele unei astfel de politici fiscale. Ceea ce ma motiveaza sa semnalez pericolele, in special pentru sectorul privat.

Articol aparut in Finantistii
The English version The output gap is the Trojan horse of the fiscal compact
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Mr. Draghi believes markets need help sometimes and Europe’s social model is done

Last week Mr. Draghi  the ECB governor gave two interviews. One to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung  (FAZ)and the other to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Both are very interesting and worth reading. I found a part in each interview that stood above the rest. Continue reading


Your chance to deal with Greece

I am sure that if you read this blog you have come up with your own version of a solution for Greece. Here is a game that will lead you to some interesting results. I got to #10 very fast but “the full Argentina” seems to be the most popular solution.

Enjoy, and let me know what you got.


Romanian monetary aggregates

Every month the Romanian market is looking forward to the release of the monetary aggregates. The hope is that credit will pick and so will the economy. Recent data shows some pick up in credit especially for corporations. The bad news is that most of the new credit is very short term, below one year, which means that its destination is rather to cover cash -flow shortfalls and to finance business investment. Continue reading


Inspiratia bloggerilor

Grupul de bloggeri- Bogdan Glavan, Florin Citu, Cristian Paun, Dan Selaru si Dan Popa – se intalneste intr-o dezbatere online vineri de la ora 15 avandu-o ca invitata pe Andreea Paul (Vass). Temele discutiei sunt legate de punctele tari si slabe ale Romaniei in fata noului val al crizei, va fi sau nu va fi criza in Romania, Pactul Fiscal si Mecanismul de alerta si alte teme legate de actualitate economica. Cum se vede din biroul unui consilier al Premierului momentul economic actual?

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