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Events this week were dominated by the announcement of US Treasury Secretary Geithner’s Financial Stability Plan and a deal reached in Senate on the Economic Stimulus Bill. However, the big bail-out bang soon whimpered as investors were disappointed about the lack of detail. While markets remained mired in uncertainty, a barrage of video clips on the ins and out of the various plans was produced, some of which are shared in this post. [...]
For the first time in more than three and a half years, South Africans have begun to feel the relief from lower short-term interest rates. The South African Reserve Bank lowered the repo rate by 50 basis points during December 2008 and again by a full 100 basis points this month. But [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Investing in a Low Interest Rate Market (Investment U, 4/3/12) Australian Inflation Eases Fears of Interest Rate Hike (Forex Trading TV Video Blog, 4/24/12) Yes, They Do: Low Interest Rates Do Make Stocks Cheap (Value Investing, 4/26/12) | ||||||||||||||||||
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