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 By Prieur du Plessis, on December 25th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  Leave your comment
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) This Could Kill the Market Rally (Money Morning, 12/5/11) The Illusion of Low Financing Rates (Michael James on Money, 1/8/12) Getting to Know the Future You (Random Roger's Big Picture, 12/29/11)
What a beautiful set of photographs … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Other CPI: What the Christmas Price Index is Telling U.S. Consumers (Money Morning, 12/6/11) Avoiding Long Lines This Holiday Season Just Got Easier (Wall Street Daily, 12/8/11) Leveraging the Worst Holiday Season in a Decade (Wealth Daily, 11/23/11)
The UK Office for Fair Trading has given up its fight against unfair bank charges, leaving customers little hope of reclaiming fees … [...]  By Prieur du Plessis, on December 24th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money Leave your comment
Stocks are trading close to 2009 highs, being helped along by a record steepening of the yield curve. Put simply, the gap between 10- and two-year US government bond yields on Tuesday hit its widest spread ever – 286 basis points, beating last week’s 276 basis points and the previous record set in August 2003 of 274 basis points. How to interpret this? Read on …. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Market Readings for a Short Week (Scott's Investments, 12/28/09) Keep Your Eyes on the Yield Curve (GreenLightAdvisor Views, 12/24/09) Short End of the Yield Curve - WARNING!!! (Gold Versus Paper, 11/20/09) By Prieur du Plessis, on December 24th, 2009 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money Leave your comment
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Dow Jones Chart – December 23, 2011 (My Trader's Journal, 12/27/11) Shallow Hal: The Bull-Bear Debate (Wall Street Sector Selector, 1/11/12) I'm Very Short Cancer Right Now (Centrifugal Deforest, 10/5/11)
“We are almost halfway through the dollar rally,” said Robin Griffiths from Cazenove Capital. His target for the US Dollar Index is 81 (currently 77.9). Griffiths also sees stock markets “topping” in March next year and suggests investors look at high yield sectors like oils, pharmas, telecoms and tobacco. Click through for the interview. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Dollar Bull Trend Likely Over (Comments for thetechnicaltake, 1/13/12) Dollar Index: A Series of Higher Highs and Higher Lows (Comments for thetechnicaltake, 11/16/11) DXY – NYBOT Dollar Index (Last:78.66) (, 8/26/09) |
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