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Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (November 24 – 30, 2008)


The holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week brought investors an additional item to be thankful for when stock markets closed higher for five consecutive trading days – a rare winning streak last accomplished in July 2007. However, US Treasury Note yields were less sanguine and fell to its lowest level on record. 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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Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Video-o-rama: A mixed-up financial world


Although this is a short week in the US as a result of the Thanksgiving holiday, there certainly has not been a lack of video clips trying to make sense of the latest on the bailout front, rapidly deteriorating global economies and other pertinent matters. A number of the more interesting clips that have attracted my attention are shared in this post.

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Friday, November 28th, 2008

Credit Crisis Watch (November 28, 2008)


For the world’s financial system to start functioning normally again, it is imperative that confidence in the credit markets be restored. This post is the first issue of a “Credit Crisis Watch” that will gauge the progress being made to unclog credit markets.

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Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Is the tide turning for stocks?


I posed the following question a few days ago: Does the stock market rally have legs? We have now had four days in a row of a higher market, something we have not seen since June this year. Although there is as yet little evidence that we are leaving the corpse of the bear behind, it would appear that the nascent rally could have more steam left. The post also includes interesting comments from James Montier and Barton Biggs.

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