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 By Prieur du Plessis, on August 29th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  3 people had their say - chime in!
How does the nascent stock market rally compare with the 1929-1932 bear market, which also included bank failures, bankruptcies, severe stock market declines, etc.? For some perspective, Chart of the Day provided a useful graph as discussed in this post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Hiring Surges in Pimps, Prostitutes and Drug Dealers (Wealth Daily, 2/4/12) How to Safely Double Your Dividend Yield With Covered Call Options (Money Morning, 1/19/12) Dogs Of The Dow For 2012 (Disciplined Approach to Investing, 1/1/12) 
Hugh Hendry, founder of Eclectica Asset Management, shares his views on the investment scene in his latest “Fund Manager Commentary” that has just been published. He is not only outspoken, but also a top-notch investment manager – just the right ingredients for compelling reading material. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Why Most of the Investment Advice You’ve Heard is Wrong (Investment U, 1/20/12) Why This Market Truism Just Isn’t True (Investment U, 12/5/11) Why the Investment Crisis Has Simplified the Search for Solid Investment Advice (the Underground Investor, 3/30/09)
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also find enjoyable. Please also add the links to any other thought-provoking articles you would like to share to the comments section. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Position Sizing: How to Limit Risk & Maximize Gains (Investment U, 7/28/09) The Bear Market is Not Over (Contrarian Profits, 9/4/09) The Big Picture for the Week of January 29, 2012 (Random Roger's Big Picture, 1/28/12)
The FDIC insurance fund is running low and the agency may have to borrow funds for the first time since the savings and loan crisis. [...]
Although I am not a big proponent of averaging data across multi-year cycles, an analysis of the various stages of a typical secular bear market by strategist Teun Draaisma provides food for thought. [...]
“If the Fed is required to publish the names of financial institutions to which it has extended credit and this publication induces financial institutions to refrain from borrowing from the Fed, one can only speculate if this would be the tinder for another liquidity conflagration in the coming months,” said Paul Kasriel in this guest post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Another Bernanke Market Rally (Money Morning, 1/26/12) Mid-Week Readings (Scott's Investments, 2/2/12) The rhyming of history – Bloomberg and the RFC (Stock Blog Hub, 8/28/09) |
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