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Home price data continues to show a mixed picture. In this post, Robert Shiller, originator of the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices and economics professor at Yale, and David Blitzer, chairman of the S&P index committee, discuss the latest data. [...]   By Prieur du Plessis, on February 25th, 2010 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?) Harbinger, Spectrum Back In Spotlight (The DIV-Net, 5/16/12) New Study Finds That Spring Gets An Early Urban Start (Wall Street Daily, 3/15/12) The Big Picture For The Week Of March 25. 2012 (Random Roger's Big Picture, 3/24/12) By Prieur du Plessis, on February 25th, 2010 posted in: Investment, Investment lessons One comment so far
Mark Mobius, Templeton Asset Management’s emerging markets guru, shares some personal qualities that are building blocks for good investing. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Two Long-Term Investing Strategies That Work (and one that doesn’t) (Investment U, 4/25/12) Measuring the Performance of the Ivy Portfolio (Phil’s Stock World, 12/1/12) Preferred Stock Investing: The Income Alternative You Haven’t Considered (Investment U, 5/11/12)
“The most important message from Chairman Bernanke’s testimony is that the federal funds rate will be held at 0%-0.25% for an extended period. In light of the higher discount rate (0.75% vs. 0.50%) announced on February 18, 2010, market participants obtained confirmation from the Chairman that the change in the discount rate was a removal of emergency accommodation put in place to address the financial crisis and not a sign of tightening of the monetary policy stance,” said Asha Bangalore in this guest contribution. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Gold Prices Jump When Bernanke Hints at Stimulus (Learn Mining News, 4/10/12) Fed Funds Rate? Fuhgeddaboudit! (Hard Assets Investor, 2/11/10) Dissension in the ranks, the market tanks (I'm a poet!) (AlphaNinja, 1/27/10)
By Neels van Schaik of Alphen Asset Management. Significant rallies in stock prices usually draw in huge amounts of new cash towards the peak. That is how stock markets work and that is how human nature works. Given the rally we have witnessed since the market lows in November 2008, investors find [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Kerr Neilson Resource Page Added to ValueWalk (Value Investing, 5/9/12) Mark Boyar: Net/Net Pioneer (Cheap Stocks, 1/4/10) Tom Gayner’s Reading List Added to ValueWalk (Value Investing, 4/13/12) |
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