Montreal, Canada Over the last several months I’ve been warning about a sovereign nation defaulting on its foreign debt. I’ve also forecast some sort of market dislocation occurring in the emerging markets sphere where “bubbles” in...

London, England With gains exceeding 75% this year there's no doubt the emerging markets are the best performing global index in late 2009. No other global benchmark, in fact, has come close to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over the last decade....

London, England The flight from Vienna to London Heathrow was barely half full. And the usual hustle and bustle so typical of Heathrow was mysteriously absent yesterday afternoon when I arrived. Indeed, London is not beating to the same rhythm...

Hope springs eternal. That's how to best describe the situation in Central Europe and the Baltic Republics this year following a crash in 2008. For Austria, the implications for a swift recovery in the region are vital to the long-term viability of...

- Dugald Malcolm Montreal, Canada The price of gold continues to climb this morning, with the futures contracts now trading up $23.50. At a whopping $1,170.30, the yellow metal continues to push to new highs. Since breaking out of its symmetrical...