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I alerted readers to the possibility of a pullback/correction on stock markets a week ago in a post entitled “I’m hedging my stocks by going long volatility”. After edging higher a few more days, U.S. stock markets yesterday witnessed their biggest one-day decline in months, with the benchmark indices experiencing a so-called 90% panic-type down-day and the CBOE Volatility (VIX) Index surging 23.7%. Read on for an update on the VIX … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) What the VIX is Telling You to Do Right Now (Investment U, 12/29/10) Signs of an Early 2011 Stock Market Crash? VIX Hits Lowest Level Since April 2010 (Pre-Flash Crash) (The Contrary Investing Report, 1/13/11) CBOE Publishing Intraday VIX Term Structure (Condor Options, 1/14/11)  By Prieur du Plessis, on January 29th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  Leave your comment
thought some my New York-based readers might be interested in attending a master class presented by highly-acclaimed trader Victor Sperandeo, aka Trader Vic. Click through for details … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Long Commodities, Short Stocks? (Expected Returns, 2/4/11) George Soros: The Smartest Man In Finance (Learn Mining News, 1/15/11) What the Next Decade Holds for Commodities (Money Morning, 1/20/12) 
Based on data provided by Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance at NYU, Seeking Delta has created a series of global stock market valuation heat maps. As shown below, this is a very useful manner of illustrating various stock market valuations and I am grateful to Seking Delta for granting Investment Postcards permission to publish the research. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Only Investment "Forecast" You'll Need for 2011 (Money Morning, 1/20/11) The Most Telling Chart of 2011 (Wall Street Daily, 12/30/11) 2011 Gold Predictions: How High is Gold Going to Go in 2011? (Learn Mining News, 1/10/11) By Prieur du Plessis, on January 29th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money 2 people had their say - chime in!
The technical problems regarding Don Coxe’s webcast had been taken care of and he provided fresh commentary on Friday, January 28, 2011. Click through for the recording … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Only Investment "Forecast" You'll Need for 2011 (Money Morning, 1/20/11) 2011 Gold Predictions: How High is Gold Going to Go in 2011? (Learn Mining News, 1/10/11) The Most Telling Chart of 2011 (Wall Street Daily, 12/30/11) By Prieur du Plessis, on January 29th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money 2 people had their say - chime in!
“If the world economy gets better, commodities are going to make a fortune. If the world economy does not get better, commodities are the place to be because they are going to print more money, and that’s how you protect yourself,” investor Jim Rogers told Larry Kudlow on CNBC. “This is the time when you should own real assets, not stocks and bonds.” [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Long Commodities, Short Stocks? (Expected Returns, 2/4/11) What the Next Decade Holds for Commodities (Money Morning, 1/20/12) Markets For Copper ETF Expected To Grow (Learn Mining News, 1/6/11)
With yesterday’s release of the 2010 Q4 GDP data we finally waved goodbye to the deepest U.S. recession since WWII. As shown in the graphs in this post, after 11 straight quarters below peak levels the chain weighted GDP number at last hit a new all-time high. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Only Investment "Forecast" You'll Need for 2011 (Money Morning, 1/20/11) Review:The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 2010 (Top Foreign Stocks, 2/6/11) What Your Investment Guru Isn’t Telling You (Investment U, 2/28/11) |
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