Trichet should be fired. Bernanke should be fired. Lethargic politicians should be fired.   Read More

Don't you get the feeling that for the past year or so political leaders and leading bankers have been rearranging those deckchairs on this our global financial market Titanic, while the hull of the big ship is balefully scraping along that big, fat, menacing iceberg?   Read More

Ok, I could write about WHAT exactly ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said or didn´t say at today´s press briefing following the expected "rates on hold" from the Euro tower ...    Read More

OK, Frau Wadhwa has ALWAYS been a great fan of our very own Rick Santelli (hey, even my Mum loves him and that HAS to count for something!)... And throughout this crisis that has mushroomed into a very nasty nuclear cloud before us, I have always maintained -- and often said so on-air and off! -- that good old Rick is one of the few voices of common sense and reason in the markets and on our very own channel. Today's performance and outburst from the market pit once again proved that to me with a vengeance!!!!   Read More

Want to start an altercation at Oktoberfest? Inform the people in your tent that Germany does not lead the world in beer consumption.   Read More

Talking to the beer producer at Oktoberfest there is definitely angst, as they say in Germany.   Read More

The brewing industry has faced tough times of late. Traditionally a defensive sector, brewers are facing stiff competition from wine and spirits.    Read More

There are two types of seating at the Oktoberfest tents: reserved and unreserved. My attempt at entering the reserved seating was blocked by security, press pass notwithstanding.   Read More

Oktoberfest is in full swing in Munich Monday and there are few signs that the credit crunch and Germany's economic slowdown is impeding the celebrations. But traveling tells a different story.   Read More

If the market knows best, why are all those oh-so-convinced capitalists running to the government, clamoring for hard-earned taxpayers' money to save their trembling bankers' butts?   Read More