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 By Prieur du Plessis, on November 30th, 2008 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  2 people had their say - chime in!
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. [...]  By Prieur du Plessis, on November 29th, 2008 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money One comment so far
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. [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on November 28th, 2008 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money 8 people had their say - chime in!
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. [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on November 27th, 2008 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money 13 people had their say - chime in!
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. [...]
By Cees Bruggemans Annualised GDP growth for 3Q2008 was a minimal 0.2%. This was the lowest growth recorded since 3Q1998. The year-on-year growth profile for 2008 keeps being lowered. The 1Q2008 saw 3.8% growth, the 2Q2008 saw 4.1% growth and the 3Q2008 saw 3% growth. Year to date for 2008 compared [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Three challenges facing South Africa (Wall Street Sector Selector, 11/14/11) South Africa could also do with interest rate cuts (Wall Street Sector Selector, 11/8/11) Winter Strikes Help Boost This Metal’s Price (Investment U, 8/1/11)
Hat tip: Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture
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