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“Given that we are already defensive on the basis of broader considerations about overvaluation and the overbought status of the market, the pressures we’re seeing on the yield front make our aversion to market risk somewhat more pointed,” said John Hussman in this post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Are Stocks Overbought Right Now? Expert Market Technician Weighs In (Blogging the Commodity Bull Market, 4/22/10) Danger of Pullback Remains (Daily US Stock Market Fundamenta..., 3/28/10) S&P500 Index: Ratio Overbought to Oversold is 30:1 (Shocked Investor, 3/23/10)
“Given that the market has rallied nearly 10% in the last few weeks, expect a shallow to moderate pullback to occur; however, we believe this pullback will present a buying opportunity,” said technical analyst Kevin Lane in this guest post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Russell 2000 Index Reaching Key Technical Levels (The Inquisitive Mind, 3/7/10) 21% of the Russell 2000 is up over 20% (AB Analytical Services, 3/11/10) Thirty Russell 2000 Stocks with over 10% Dividend Yields (Top Foreign Stocks, 1/27/10)
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) What to Expect From The Global Tourism Industry in 2010 (Investment U, 11/11/09) Moody's: No Housing Bottom Until Q3 2010 (Wealth Daily, 10/30/09)
Economist Simon Johnson, professor of entrepreneurship at the Sloan School of Management at MIT, says the US needs to reinstate financial regulation that encourages transparency and disclosure. Click through for the video. [...]
This post features the Affordability Index of US residential property. Let’s have an open thread and discuss in the comments section whether this represents a buying opportunity, or is it a question of fools rush in where wise men fear to buy? [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Case-Shiller Home Price Index and Home Sales: What the Latest U.S. Housing Market Data Show (Money Morning, 4/24/12) The U.S. Housing Market (Wealth Daily, 6/25/09) The Housing Market: The Disappointment Of The Decade (Investment U, 5/27/09)
By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist FNB. Our decline into recession was abrupt. We fell deep, perked up late and now surge belatedly in places as we play catch up off sometimes very low bases. Still makes growth performance feel good where it shows. Though expectations about World Cup foreign visitors [...] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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