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A combination of successful sovereign bond auctions in peripheral European countries and a positive start to the U.S. fourth-quarter earnings season positively impacted investor sentiment during the past week. Click through for a review of the performance of various financial markets. [...]
This week on Wealthtrack, Consuelo Mack continues her interview with Ed Hyman of ISI Group, Wall Street’s long-time number one ranked economist, and Dennis Stattman, BlackRock’s star Global Asset Allocation fund manager. [...] 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) Scheduled To Appear (Random Roger's Big Picture, 4/24/12)
This post provides an update on a number of sentiment indicators. Also, if you have not yet cast you vote in our snap poll, please do so soonest (at the end of the post). [...] More on this topic (What's this?) AAII Investor Sentiment Up Again (Black Swan Insights, 9/16/10) AAII Sentiment Survey Surges For Second Week (Black Swan Insights, 9/10/10) AAII Bull Bear Sentiment Graph for Aug 18, 2010 (Kirk's Market Thoughts, 8/19/10)
in this post hedge fund manager Douglas Kass of Seabreeze Partners defends his bearish calls during the 2010 rally and tells CNBC he sees opportunities in commodities going forward. [...]
Two years ago, the eyes of the financial world were not on Europe’s Western periphery but on its North-Eastern corner. The three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – were among the first victims of the global financial crisis. The conventional wisdom at the time was that these three countries would have to give up their long-standing currency pegs against the euro and devalue. But the Baltic governments begged to differ … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Fate of the Eurozone Hangs on Sunday's French Elections (Money Morning, 5/4/12) Eurozone Descends into a Farce as "Grexit" Looms Large (Money Morning, 5/18/12) European Fiscal Compact In Crisis As Irish Vote Looms (Value Investing, 5/7/12)
The video clips in this post provide a handy summary of the reports expected on the economic, financial and corporate front around the globe during the week ahead. [...] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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