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This post provides links to a number of thought-provoking articles I have read over the past few days that you may also find of interest. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Top 25 World Banks by Assets for 2009 (Top Foreign Stocks, 6/28/09) Sold XLB June 25 Naked Puts (My Trader's Journal, 5/27/09) Trusting Banks as Far as You Can Throw Them (Contrarian Profits, 6/18/09)
This post is a guest contribution by Puru Saxena*, founder of Hong Kong-based Puru Saxena Wealth Management. After decades of excess credit and over-consumption, the developed world is finally being forced to deal with private-sector deleveraging. However, the governments seem to have other plans and they’ve decided to fight these deflationary forces [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Puru Saxena: Transfer of wealth (GreenLightAdvisor Views, 6/25/09) The Family Office Secrets of the Ultra-Rich (Contrarian Profits, 6/25/09) Why Stock Picking Will NEVER Make You Rich (Wall Street Daily, 12/26/11)
In response to a question about the outlook for interest rates, Doug Casey shared this bit of humor. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Secret to Gold Prices: Real Interest Rates (Wealth Daily, 1/20/12) Is Big Brother Watching You? (Wall Street Daily, 12/5/11) Interest Rates Are Actually Pretty High (Learn Financial Planning, 3/15/09)
Considerable media coverage has been given to the S&P 500 Index flirting with its key moving averages. However, it makes for interesting reading also to consider the moving averages of non-US stock markets. [...]
“The new ‘Banksters’ are proving Willie Sutton [prolific US bank robber] wrong. Sutton was small time. The real money is in emptying out the Treasury, trillions of dollars at a time,” said Barry Ritholtz … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Did Bankers Deliberately Crash MF Global to Crash Gold and Silver Prices? (the Underground Investor, 12/26/11) The One Question We Must All Ask Ourselves (Money Morning, 1/5/12) JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) Earnings: Don't Be Misled by Sagging Banking Sector (Money Morning, 1/12/12)
Tim Bond, head of asset allocation at Barclays Capital, discusses the outlook for Chinese growth, government bond yields and other topical issues in a two-part interview. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) How to Win Bernanke's War on Savers with a 19% Yield (Money Morning, 1/18/12) North Dakota Edges U.S. Closer to Energy Independence… and Double-Digit Returns in a Flat Market (Investment U, 12/7/11) Bill Gross is Wrong: You CAN Earn More than 5% Per Year (Wealth Daily, 12/2/11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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