Archive for September 7th, 2008

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Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 1 – 7, 2008)


Investors not only returned to a shortened trading week after the Labor Day holiday on Monday, but also to a bruising on global stock markets, at least for those with long equity positions. Stock markets and commodities ended the first week of a traditionally bad September deeply in the red, but government bonds and the greenback benefited from the deleveraging and a flight to perceived safety. Read all about this in my weekly review, highlighting some thought-provoking news items and quotes from market commentators during the past week.

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