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 By Prieur du Plessis, on April 19th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  5 people had their say - chime in!
Spring is in the air – at least in the Northern Hemisphere and on global bourses. Last week marked the sixth consecutive up-week for stock markets as the risk appetite of investors returned amid signs of global economies and the financial sector embarking on the road to recovery. Read all about this and the implications for financial markets in the weekly “Words from the Wise” review. [...]  By Prieur du Plessis, on April 18th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money 6 people had their say - chime in!
Respected investment strategist Richard Bernstein left Merrill Lynch this week after 20 years at the firm. Writing his last “Investment Strategy Update”, Bernstein listed what he views as ten of the most important investment guidelines he has learned over the past 20 years. These guidelines are shared in this post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) 10 Experts Pick the 10 Best Stocks for 2012 (Money Morning, 1/10/12) Lessons from the 20's (EPIC INVESTOR, 4/19/09) Forbes’ 10 Biggest Losers: 4 Wealth Protection Lessons From Bankrupt Billionaires (Investment U, 3/18/09)
Skeptics would say that the nascent stock market rally is nothing more than short-covering. However, a study by Bespoke of performance based on short interests show that every rally (whether real or a head fake) going back to the 2002 lows started off in a similar fashion. [...]
This post, courtesy of Chart of the Day, includes an interesting graph providing some historical perspective on stock market performance during a recessionary period. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Summers: Economy to Decline "For Some Time" (Wealth Daily, 4/27/09) U.S. Economy 2012 Forecast: Where to Find the Biggest Gainers and Avoid the Biggest Losers in Thi... (Money Morning, 12/23/11) Stock Markets Move Past Gloom and Doom in Anticipation of the U.S. Economy’s Recovery (Money Morning, 3/27/09) By Prieur du Plessis, on April 17th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money 3 people had their say - chime in!
As stock markets attempt to notch up a sixth consecutive week of gains, the debate as to the longevity of the nascent rally rages on. An interesting selection of video clips on stocks, as well as on the economic outlook and related issues, is featured in this post. [...]
Source: Tom Toles, The Washington Post, April 16, 2009.
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