Future Sight

A Macro view on the economy, markets and business. This is the copyrighted property of Jonathan Rose Company, LLC 2004-2011 it is not in any way associated with Jonathan F.P. Rose or the Jonathan Rose Companies whose website can be found at rose-network.com

Why the Euro might be the place to be

jonsyrose | February 15, 2009

The markets have certainly been in freefall, right now we sit in a lull before the next wave of storms arrive, there is no imminent sign of recovery and the US bailout seems so cretinous there is little chance of it helping the consumer in any way. Right now I think the strongest trend is [...]

Looking Back – Predictions from 07 – did they materialize

jonsyrose | November 10, 2008

I am reading through some of the older blogs i have on this site, it is interesting reading as we are now a year on and can look at the accuracy of the predictions: Tuesday Sept 11th 2007 Banks:Don’t be surprised to see a bank failure or something close spark the next stock market crash, [...]

The Power Of Web 2.0 – And the Myth of Google and FaceBook

jonsyrose | December 3, 2007

The more time i spend delving into all that is web 2.0 and the more closer we get to the Launch of the the Brain Make Over Beta Site, the more perplexed i become by certain factors. Firstly, we live in an age where Google (goog) is quoted at some $681 at time of writing [...]

Credit Card Credit Crisis

jonsyrose | November 24, 2007

It is only a few month since I was discussing the impact of credit card and consumer debt on the economy and that everyone saying American Express etc would not be impacted by the sub prime meltdown was crazy. If you aren’t paying your mortgage and are establishing bad credit , why would you pay [...]

Credit Card Credit Crisis

jonsyrose | November 4, 2007

It is only a few month since I was discussing the impact of credit card and consumer debt on the economy and that everyone saying American Express etc would not be impacted by the sub prime meltdown was crazy. If you aren’t paying your mortgage and are establishing bad credit , why would you pay [...]