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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?) Wealthy Congressmen Don't Feel Your Pain (Money Morning, 1/9/12) Do You Qualify for the Earned Income Credit (EIC)? (Investing School, 12/21/11) Chart: Fixed Income Sector Returns from 2001 to 2010 (Top Foreign Stocks, 9/12/11)
On this week’s WealthTrack, Consuelo Mack interviews a journalist who is considered to be a must read among top investors. Roger Lowenstein is a former Wall Street Journal reporter who has written books covering subjects ranging from Warren Buffett, to the tech crash, to the nearly catastrophic failure of hedge fund Long Term Capital Management, to the most recent financial crisis in his book The End of Wall Street. Lowenstein discusses the current financial climate and the challenges we face investing in it. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Julian Roberts Hedge Funds (HedgeFundBlogger.com by Richard ..., 12/15/11) Warren Buffett Just Said “Buy!” (Investment U, 11/21/11) Three Investment Lessons I’ve Learned From Warren Buffett (Investment U, 11/18/11)   By Prieur du Plessis, on July 19th, 2010 posted in: Economy, Guest Bloggers  2 people had their say - chime in!
“The moral of the story seems to be that if you’re going to have a crisis, it’s better to have a really, really bad one,” said Paul Krugman regarding Iceland. “While this NYT article has probably recruited a few newbie Keysians, it is totally screaming for a rebuff … considering Iceland pretty much went belly up in 2008 with the collapse of its three largest banks, and has been in crisis mode ever since,” counters Dian Chu in this interesting post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Meltdown - Paying the price (Finance Documentaries, 10/31/11) The Torches Come Out in Iceland (Wealth Daily, 1/5/10) Meltdown Part 3: "Paying The Price" (Wall Street Sector Selector, 10/1/11)
By Adrian Clayton, Alphen Asset Management. I don’t know about you, but I have become a self proclaimed soccer expert. Never short of a view on the strikers, quick to criticize coaches on substitutions and boasting deep insights into defensive patterns, in the past four weeks I have often found myself [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Three challenges facing South Africa (Wall Street Sector Selector, 11/14/11) Grey Sunday’s Best (Canadian Personal Finance Blog, 11/26/11) Obama and New York Times Are Both Like Match-Play Golf and "Tin Cup" (IT Investment Research, 8/24/11)
Not so that one will notice it, especially considering the slump in the Michigan numbers on Friday. [...]
By Cees Bruggemans, chief economist of First National Bank. In another major landmark speech, SARB Governor Marcus last week took stock of the global economy, financial markets and the South African economy. It was a major tour de horizon, noting global ailments and lessons, as well as, more tentatively, possible [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Prepare for Europe – "It's Going to Be Ugly" (Money Morning, 1/16/12) Take Heed! How the European Crisis Could Hurt U.S. Stocks (Wall Street Daily, 1/19/12) Why Silver Prices Are Dropping So Fast (Learn Mining News, 12/14/11) |
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