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Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (May 25 – 31, 2009)


Government bonds dominated action on financial markets during the past holiday-shortened week, as angst about inflation and massive issuance propelled yields to six-month highs. Bonds and other safe-haven assets such as the US dollar were out of favor as signs of a bottoming of global economies, albeit tentative, emboldened investors to buy reflation trades like equities, commodities and gold. Read all about this and the implications for financial markets in the weekly “Words from the Wise” review.

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Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Prieur’s readings


This post provides links to some thought-provoking articles I have read over the past few days that you may also find of interest.

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Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Obama – a stretched agenda


Cartoonist Walt Handelman spares a though for President Obama’s stretched agenda.

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Friday, May 29th, 2009

Video-o-rama: Higher bond yields raise caution


While investors’ attention was focused on global government bond yields marching higher, the holiday-shortened week produced a surprisingly small number of video clips. Some quality footage was nevertheless produced, featuring the likes of David Rosenberg, Mohamed El-Erian, Barry Ritholtz, Puru Saxena and Mario Gabelli, and is shared in this post.

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