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Jack is founder and president of Black Swan Capital LLC. He has also operated a discretionary money management firm specializing in global stock, bond, and currency asset management for retail clients. In addition, he was general partner in a firm specializing in currency futures and commodities trading. Neither firm is now in operation.

Prior to entering the investment arena, Jack worked in various corporate finance positions. He has written extensively on the subject of global currencies and international economics.

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What comes after B?

Posted 10:26 23 November 2011

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"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
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What comes after B?

Self-reinforcing downside of G-3 feedback loop being driven by the Double-Ds of Deflation - deleveraging and falling demand:

Major Thematic

•Falling Global Demand and DeleveragingFalling

BEIJING, Nov 23 (Reuters) - China's factory sector shrank the most in 32 months in November on signs of domestic economic weakness, a preliminary PMI survey showed, reviving worries that China may be slipping towards a hard landing and fuelling fears of a global recession.

BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Euro zone industrial new orders slumped in September from August, EU statistics showed on Wednesday, the deepest fall since December 2008 and far worse than economists had forecast, in the latest sign that Europe may be heading for a recession.

LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The euro zone's private sector contracted for a third month in November as a paralysing debt crisis dragged the currency bloc to the brink of recession. Purchasing manager surveys on Thursday pointed to the euro zone economy shrinking 0.5-0.6 percent in the fourth quarter, after 0.2 percent growth in the third quarter, data compiler Markit said, and suggest things are unlikely to improve anytime soon.