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 By Prieur du Plessis, on July 21st, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  2 people had their say - chime in!
The yield curve has steepened dramatically since the advent of the credit crisis. This post explores the implications of the yield curve for the stock market. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Is the Yield Curve Indicating Better Tidings? (GreenLightAdvisor Views, 7/21/09) Big spike in 2-year Treasury yield raises questions of dollar support, yield curve and equities ... (UnBiasedTrading (TM), 6/8/09) (PMI) Is the yield curve indicating better tidings? (Stock Blog Hub, 7/21/09)  By Prieur du Plessis, on July 21st, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money 2 people had their say - chime in!
Robert Shiller says that although the housing market could be approaching a bottom, prices might remain in the “doldrums” for years to come as the United States remains in a “liquidity trap” comparable to the one it faced during the Great Depression. This post features his comments on this, as well as the stock market. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) It's the Triple Dip for Housing (Wealth Daily, 10/31/11) Home Prices Drop Record 19% in January (Money Morning, 3/31/09) Like Clockwork, Another Year Brings Calls for Another Housing Market “Bottom” (Jutia Group, 1/13/12) By Prieur du Plessis, on July 21st, 2009 posted in: Economy, Guest Bloggers, Housing Leave your comment
In this guest post, Rebecca Wilder compares three competing home price indices and comes to the conclusion that the monthly growth in home values is not as dire as suggested by the S&P Case Shiller Composite 20. Read on … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Parsing the Case-Shiller House Price Data (The Value at Risk, 7/28/09) ECRI's Leading Home Price Index Up Year-over-year (Kirk's Market Thoughts, 7/7/09) Case-Shiller Bay Area Update (Healdsburg Housing Bubble, 7/1/09)
By Cees Bruggemans At what point does GDP (the value of all goods and services produced in the economy, excluding inflation) stop dropping, ending recession? When does activity start rising again, heralding recovery? Recession endings and recovery starts depend on what the level of GDP is doing. After spending, output, employment [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on July 20th, 2009 posted in: Dollar, Investment, Markets, Money 2 people had their say - chime in!
The Fed has tried just about every fiscal and monetary policy initiative to turn the economy around. However, David Rosenberg points out that there is one tool that has not been used since the start of the credit crisis – the US dollar. He argues that a devaluation of the greenback is perhaps on the cards. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) 2012 U.S. Dollar Outlook: How to Play A Short-Term Rally (Money Morning, 1/20/12) Why the Current US Dollar Chart Tells a Drastically Different Story than the World’s Financial ... (the Underground Investor, 5/21/09) Canadian Dollar Rallies to 3-Month High Against the U.S. Dollar (Wealth Daily, 4/16/09) |
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