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“When people are looking for lows or so afraid of missing the bottom (or a rally) then you can almost always count on it not being the real deal. Real rallies start when all hope is lost and investors become mentally worn out from calling for the bottom (so often) and being wrong that they finally stop trying,” said technical analyst Kevin Lane in his daily comments. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) How To Trade Stock Options Like A Pro (, 5/9/12) Changes to Trading Models: Part 1 (Comments for thetechnicaltake, 3/18/12) Tim Cook Makes Time’s 100 Most Influential Person List (Value Investing, 4/18/12)   By Prieur du Plessis, on March 5th, 2009 posted in: Economy, Investment, Markets, Money  11 people had their say - chime in!
The improved Chinese PMI numbers, together with the additional stimulus package, probably mark a trough in the GDP growth cycle. Will the Chinese command economy come to the rescue of the Western world? Time will tell, but there are rays of light, not least of which is a bullish-looking Chinese stock market. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) China’s Manufacturing Sector Stabilizes (Wall Street Daily, 4/23/12) Where the Chinese are Putting Their Money (Money Morning, 4/16/12) Innovation in China, Part Trois (, 5/1/12)
Analysts the world over are grappling with the question: Are markets cheap or just fair value at the current levels? Investment analysts and portfolio managers use a myriad valuation tools to try to get to grips with this question. One of the most commonly used valuation tools is the so-called price-earnings (PE) ratio, [...] More on this topic (What's this?) When local is lekker and foreign not (The Big Pond, 6/30/09) Is it 2004 or 2008 revisited? (Wall Street Sector Selector, 4/16/10) JSE and LSE launch “me-too” African indices (The Big Pond, 10/6/08) By Prieur du Plessis, on March 5th, 2009 posted in: Economy, Investment 2 people had their say - chime in!
A picture is worth a thousand words. This post shows a very interesting chart, provided by the US Congressional Budget Office, of the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on the economy. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Mitt Romney and the Media’s Nonsense Obsessions (ValueWalk.com, 5/10/12) 4 Old Media Companies Breaking Into Facebook, Google (Investment Underground » Page n..., 1/10/12) Washington Post: Japan's PM Noda The "Most Sensible" Leader (EX-SKF, 4/20/12) |
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