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By Cees Bruggemans After massive shocks savaged the economy last year, by 4Q2008 (really already 3Q2008) putting us into recession, the only question basically mattering now is whether there are yet more of these massive shocks to be absorbed shortly. For if we are, we will remain probably repressed, recessed if not [...]  By Prieur du Plessis, on July 14th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  2 people had their say - chime in!
With the S&P 500 Index after yesterday’s surge again slightly above the “neckline” (of the head-and-shoulders formation referred in a post last week), I will be monitoring things very closely over the next day or two to see if the impressive bounce was just a one-day wonder or something more enduring. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is now fairly valued on a long-term cyclically adjusted P/E (CAPE) basis, according to Robert Shiller. Read on for his views (including a video clip). [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) Needs More Than Just a New CEO (Money Morning, 5/14/12) If I Owned Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) Stock, I'd Be Pissed (Money Morning, 5/17/12) S&P Continues It's Commercial RE Downgrade Rampage (The Value at Risk, 6/30/09) By Prieur du Plessis, on July 14th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money 5 people had their say - chime in!
Artist Geoffrey Raymond takes “Big Lloyd Three” outside the Goldman Sachs and New York Stock Exchange buildings to let employees, investors and passers-by tell him how they feel. This is also your chance, dear reader, to share with the Investment Postcards community any message that you may have for Mr Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs – a company very much in the limelight of late. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Short of It – A Few Thoughts About the Developing Goldman Sachs Stolen Trade Secrets Scandal (the Underground Investor, 7/6/09) Blogger Prevails Against Goldman Sachs (The Value at Risk, 7/16/09) Goldman Sachs is in the Catbird Seat (Wealth Daily, 7/17/09)  By Prieur du Plessis, on July 14th, 2009 posted in: Economy, Investment By Prieur du Plessis, on July 14th, 2009 posted in: Economy, Investment trillion mark with a vengeance">Leave your comment
Both spending and tax receipts put in double-digit performances to produce a US ten-digit deficit (actually $1.1 trillion) for the first nine months of the fiscal year and broke a monthly record of $94 billion in June. “No doubt where this train is going,” said John Sylvia, chief economist of Wells Fargo Securities. His additional comments follow below. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Why Are Many U.S. States Facing Budget Deficits ? (Top Foreign Stocks, 6/25/09) Sunpower (SPWR) Gets $100 Million In Wells Fargo (WFC) Financing (Green Stocks Central, 6/30/09) Why Trade Deficits Don't Matter, and Other Knocks to Common Wisdom (Blogging the Commodity Bull Market, 7/22/09)
A brilliant illustration of the financial shenanigans to the tune of Thriller. [...] |
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