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By Cees Bruggemans The big hit to output lies already far behind us, being heavily concentrated in 4Q2008. In contrast, 1Q2009 saw already cyclical repair as the recessionary momentum lost steam, globally and locally. This is perhaps not yet conventional wisdom, but given time hearts and minds will follow.
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Where is the stock market heading? Has the rally that started in early March been exhausted? These are the key questions on all investors’ minds as financial markets remain caught between the frantic actions of central banks to get the cogs of the credit system and economy turning again on the one hand, [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Sell Your Stocks Now: If You Have Short-Term Gains, Take Your Profits (Contrarian Profits, 5/14/09) "Selectively" Sell In May And Go Away, "Kind Of" (Bull Bear Trader, 5/4/09) When to Sell a Stock (The Wild Investor, 4/22/09)  By Prieur du Plessis, on May 6th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  3 people had their say - chime in!
David Rosenberg, respected chief North American economist at Merrill Lynch, is leaving the firm this month to return to his native Toronto. This post features some of his thoughtful parting comments. [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on May 6th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money 2 people had their say - chime in!
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