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Scanning the globe for investment destinations can be a daunting task. When it comes to stock markets, however, relative strength analysis serves a useful purpose of highlighting under- or outperforming markets (or individual stocks) at a glance. Having perused a bunch of these charts, the Japanese situation stands out as being of particular interest. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) DXJ: The Smart Way to Invest in Japan? (Investment U, 4/19/12) Investing in Greek and Japanese Multinational Companies (Investment U, 3/8/12) Monday Night Readings (Scott's Investments, 5/14/12)
America’s fixation on the China problem is now boiling over, Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, told CNBC. [...] 
As announced by the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday, payroll employment increased by 162,000 in March, recording the largest increase in three years. This post shows a handy chart to put the labor situation in perspective by comparing job losses for the current recession to that of the last recession and the average recession from 1950-1999. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Gold Price Forecast for the Remainder of 2012 (Investment U, 5/18/12) What’s Happening to Gold and Silver Prices? (Learn Mining News, 5/14/12) Everything You Need to Know About Gold Prices (Money Morning, 5/11/12)
A handful of Wall Street banks have become more powerful and influential during the financial crisis. Simon Johnson, co-author of the new book “13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown”, argues that minding banks too big to fail isn’t enough. He tells WSJ columnist David Weidner that big banks need to be broken up into pieces “small enough to fail”. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Mobile Wallet Technology Will Make You Rich (Money Morning, 5/10/12) Does Twelve-Year-Old Canadian Victoria Grant Understand More About the Most Important Truth in Li... (the Underground Investor, 5/16/12) Today's Darwin News: Two Teens Hit By Car While Sunbathing ON the Road (Jr Deputy Accountant, 5/1/12)
“It is NOT the time for government support to let up. Don’t worry about what markets think, worry about what people think. They can’t move; and they can’t find a job (well at least officially 9.7% of the labor force, or the 9.1m part-time for economic reasons workers). As such, the hope for sizable private-sector income growth is looking negligible,” said Rebecca Wilder in this guest post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Is the U.S. Economy Still in a Recession? (Money Morning, 4/27/12) What's Wrong with the U.S. Economy (Wealth Daily, 4/28/12) The Recovery is a Lie (Learn Mining News, 3/26/12) |
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