Leaders from twenty nations will convene in Washington today and tomorrow to discuss the state of the global economy, and hash-out future efforts to quell an economic crisis that has affected most of the globe. What makes this meeting interesting is the U.S. is on the cusp of changing leaders — a shift that has many global economies looking for clues to what U.S. economic policies may be in store in the near future.

A clear-cut, decisive strategy to sure up global economies could play very well for the markets, but whether that could be accomplished in less than 48 hours of discussion is unlikely: Read the rest of this entry »