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My computer has decided to follow the example of financial markets and take a Christmas snooze. What a bummer! The latest bunch of posts can therefore unfortunately not be published today and will only appear on the site during the course of tomorrow. In the meantime, boys and girls, don’t get carried away by the avalanche of bullish stock market predictions for 2011, and remember to keep those tight stops in place and not to throw caution to the wind! [...]
The S&P 500 Index yesterday advanced for the 13th time in 15 sessions, reaching a two-year high – a level last seen before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Read on for a quick review of where we are … [...] 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 to Eurozone: Fix It or Else… (Money Morning, 12/7/11)  By Prieur du Plessis, on December 22nd, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  Leave your comment
Could there be a global economic boom in 2011? Edward Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, argues the case. [...]  By Prieur du Plessis, on December 22nd, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money Leave your comment
The December edition of Donald Coxe’s Basic Points research report (subtitled “The Eurodream becomes a nightmare”) has just been published. His investment recommendations are listed in the post and a link to the full report is provided. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Wealthy Congressmen Don't Feel Your Pain (Money Morning, 1/9/12) Country Indices Annual Returns from 2001 to 2010 (Top Foreign Stocks, 10/5/11) Chart: Fixed Income Sector Returns from 2001 to 2010 (Top Foreign Stocks, 9/12/11)
Pimco’s Tony Crescenzi says investors looking for bonds should stay away from the developed world and buy from Asian and Latin American countries. [...] By Prieur du Plessis, on December 22nd, 2010 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money Leave your comment
Doug Kass has been sharing his ten surprises for 2010 over the past few weeks on CNBC’s Fast Money. Friend Barry Ritholtz has done the hard work of providing a neat summary. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Most Telling Chart of 2011 (Wall Street Daily, 12/30/11) The Worst Prediction of 2011 (Wall Street Daily, 12/23/11) 4 Stocks For 2011 – What Went Wrong? (The Wild Investor, 1/1/12) |
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