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By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB. The Americans and Chinese remain equally adamant about their domestic priorities. In the process the rest of the world gets flooded by yield-seeking liquidity, yet further boosted by Japanese countermeasures. South Africa, like so many other emerging and commodity producers, keeps [...] 
The surge in global stock markets led me to have a look at the valuation of the equities and especially the S&P 500 Index. In this post, I consider various valuation measures in order to get a feel for whether the Index is overpriced or not. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) S&P 500 Chart – The Art of Technical Analysis (My Trader's Journal, 1/22/12) What a Little-Known Market Tool Is Telling Us About U.S. Stocks in 2012 (Money Morning, 1/11/12) S&P 500 Chart – Ascending Triangles (My Trader's Journal, 1/8/12)  By Prieur du Plessis, on October 16th, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  Leave your comment
The stock market is at risk of a decline because of the artificiality of the Fed’s liquidity-boosting measures, Robin Griffiths, technical strategist at Cazenove Capital, told CNBC. Although bullish on gold, he also cautioned about a short-term correction in the yellow metal. [...]
This post has nothing to do with the world of finance, but it is so remarkable that I thought I would share it with you. Click through for something quite different … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) 5 Stocks Seeing Big Analyst Downgrades (Investment Underground » Page n..., 1/17/12) 5 Stocks Seeing Big Analyst Upgrades (Investment Underground » Page n..., 1/17/12) My 5 Rules for Successful Investing (Wealth Daily, 11/28/11)
In this post, economist Lakshman Achuthan, co-founder of ECRI, talks about the slowdown in private sector job growth and cuts to government employment. [...]
“The Fed is most likely to announce the second phase of quantitative easing (QE) in the policy statement after the conclusion of the November 2-3 FOMC meeting. The minutes of the September 21 meeting indicate an extensive discussion about the unsatisfactory pace of economic recovery. The utmost importance of taking action to promote economic growth was visible in the repetitive mention of the need for additional monetary accommodation,” said Asha Bangalore in this guest post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) How to Win Bernanke's War on Savers with a 19% Yield (Money Morning, 1/18/12) 3 Big Banks Report Earnings: What You Need To Know (Investment Underground » Page n..., 1/20/12) Focus On 3 Big Banks After Earnings: How Will The Others Fare? (Investment Underground » Page n..., 1/19/12) |
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