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 By Prieur du Plessis, on February 24th, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  Leave your comment
Marc Faber, editor of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, sits down with Ben McLannahan, Asia Lex Writer of the Financial Times, to discuss a variety of pertinent economic and investment topics. In short, he suggests investors should make 2010 the year of “capital preservation”. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Marc Faber Economy Is in a worse position today than in 2008 and 2009? (Value Investing, 4/11/12) Marc Faber: Chinese Government Statistics Are Fake (Value Investing, 3/11/12) Deep (Portfolio) Thoughts With Marc Faber (Random Roger's Big Picture, 4/5/12) 
By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist FNB. Growth in GDP (total goods and services produced in the economy, excluding inflation) speeded up in the 4Q2009, confirming the recovery gaining strength. In the first quarter of recovery (3Q2009) GDP growth (annualized) was still only 0.9% but in the 4Q2009 this accelerated to 3.2%, [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Three Silver Linings in the Latest GDP Figures (Wall Street Daily, 5/1/12) U.S. Economy: What to Expect for Q1 GDP (Money Morning, 4/24/12) GDP Revised to 2.8% (Expected Returns, 11/24/09)
As with other risky assets, the two-week rally in silver reversed course yesterday. As a matter of fact, the price ($15.67) declined to below its 200-day moving average ($16.00), having already breached the 50-day line in mid-January ($16.96). Looking at the broader precious metals complex, yesterday also witnessed a key day reversal of palladium. Not a good sign, at least not for the near term. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) What’s Happening to Gold and Silver Prices? (Learn Mining News, 5/14/12) Fear & Panic are the Banking Cartel’s Weapons V. the Gold & Silver Bull. Patience and Logic are... (the Underground Investor, 5/17/12) Why Human Nature Itself Makes Silver a Wonderful Investment (Learn Mining News, 5/5/12) By Prieur du Plessis, on February 24th, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money Sorry, but comments are closed
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Martin Wolf (Financial Times): The world economy has no easy way out of the mire, February 23, 2010. Finding an exit route from the extraordinary government [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Harbinger, Spectrum Back In Spotlight (The DIV-Net, 5/16/12) Jamaica Adds 24 Megawatts of Solar (Green Chip Stocks, 5/4/12) Planetary Resources: Mining Asteroids? (Investment U, 4/27/12)
“Toyota is is big. I wouldn’t be surprised if the IMF downgraded its forecast of Japan based solely on Toyota’s misstep,” said Rebecca Wilder in this interesting guest post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) DXJ: The Smart Way to Invest in Japan? (Investment U, 4/19/12) Car Companies Betting on More Natural Gas Vehicles (Investment U, 3/12/12) Toyota Launches New Model at Home, Plans Expansion into Korean Market (Money Morning, 10/20/09)
The one-year anniversary of the stimulus plan has arrived, but not much reason for celebration … [...] |
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