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Positive sentiment in the week through December 21 resulted in investors reversing course, with U.S. equities regaining favor and bonds experiencing selling pressure. As usual with retail investors, it would seem that the change in strategy comes rather late in the cycle … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Your Money's All Gone... (Wealth Daily, 12/19/11) Rising Government Bond Rates Push Eurozone Debt Crisis to the Precipice of Collapse (Money Morning, 11/18/11) Inverse Funds: How To Profit From Inverse Funds – Without Losing Your Shirt (Money Morning, 10/28/11)
Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of Economic Cycle Research Institute, talks about the outlook for the U.S. economy and employment in 2011. Achuthan, speaking with Bloomberg’s Melissa Long, also discusses Fed policy. [...]
Time will tell whether the year-end/new-year indicators play out according to the historical pattern. Read on … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Dogs Of The Dow For 2012 (Disciplined Approach to Investing, 1/1/12) How to Safely Double Your Dividend Yield With Covered Call Options (Money Morning, 1/19/12) Dow Jones Chart – Trend Line Convergence (My Trader's Journal, 1/15/12)
This post features an interview with Stephen Roach on why low homebuyer demand is keeping him bearish on its recovery, as well as reference to a WSJ op-ed article by Peter Schiff. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) It's the Triple Dip for Housing (Wealth Daily, 10/31/11) Mortgages for the 'Middle-Rich' Are Class Warfare Ammunition (Money Morning, 11/14/11) Like Clockwork, Another Year Brings Calls for Another Housing Market “Bottom” (Jutia Group, 1/13/12)   By Prieur du Plessis, on December 31st, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  Leave your comment
Paul Mason, BBC Newsnight’s Economics Editor, managed to track Keynes down and produced a delightful interview as reported in this post. [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on December 31st, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money Leave your comment
Discussing how to approach investing in the new year, with Edward Yardeni of Yardeni Research. [...] |
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