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 By Prieur du Plessis, on August 31st, 2007 posted in: Equities, Investment, Markets, Money, Stocks, Wall Street  One comment so far
The chart below, courtesy of Chart of the Day, illustrates the Dow Jones Industrial Index’s average performance for each calendar month since 1950 (blue bars) and 1980 (gray bars) respectively. While the strongest upward movement in stocks has historically occurred during the November to January period, September has proven to be the most difficult month for stocks. [...]  By Prieur du Plessis, on August 29th, 2007 posted in: Business, Economy, Equities, Finance, Investment, Markets, Money, Stocks, Wall Street One comment so far
In my posting of August 17 I gave reasons why the Fed’s cut of the discount window rate on that day did not come as a surprise. Given the severity of the credit squeeze and the ramifications for the US economy at large, I also commented that a number of rate cuts [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on August 27th, 2007 posted in: Bonds, Business, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Equities, Finance, Gold, Investment, Markets, Money, Oil, Stocks, Wall Street 4 people had their say - chime in!
Sarah Connor’s lyrics “Get up and move, Don’t make me act a fool, Just bounce” come to mind when reviewing the performance of financial markets since the Fed’s emergency discount rate cut on August 17. The invariable question is to what extent the actions of the Fed and other central [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on August 26th, 2007 posted in: Bonds, Business, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Equities, Finance, Gold, Investment, Markets, Money, Stocks, Wall Street 2 people had their say - chime in!
I spend a very large amount of time reading investment-related material. In order to share some of the more interesting snippets with readers, I have decided to add a new section to the blog – Words from the Wise – where I will regularly publish a number of quotations from market commentators. [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on August 17th, 2007 posted in: Bonds, Business, Commodities, Economy, Equities, Finance, Gold, Investment, Markets, Money, Stocks, Wall Street 15 people had their say - chime in!
Since hitting a peak on July 16, the meltdown in global stock markets has taken place with lightning speed. Given the fact that more than 10% (using the Dow Jones World Index as a proxy for global stocks) has already been wiped off investors’ scoreboards, the question invariably is how low can [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Today's FOMC Meeting To Bring Little Change (Money Morning, 4/25/12) U.S. Economy Showdown: Krugman vs. Bernanke (Money Morning, 5/2/12) Bernanke: Another Round of QE3 is Possible (Wall Street Daily, 4/26/12) By Prieur du Plessis, on August 16th, 2007 posted in: Business, Economy, Finance, Humor, Investment, Markets, Money, Wall Street 3 people had their say - chime in!
The video clip of Jim Cramer ranting and raving about the credit squeeze stirred up huge interest in the financial world. And, true to the fast-moving pace of events, Hoofy the Bull and Boo the Bear did not waste any time hooking up to the action and giving meaning to the term “market meltdown”. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Cisco Says Boo! (Telecom Ramblings, 5/10/12) RBI Governor Subbarao Cuts Rates by 0.50%; He Did Well (MaxKapital, 4/16/12) Corrections and Clarifications (Canadian Personal Finance Blog, 5/29/07) |
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