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Unless the economic situation elsewhere in the world improves significantly and change the outlook for the Eurozone economy dramatically, I trust sanity will prevail and the ECB will not err on the conservative side as it did in 2008 by waiting too long. Otherwise the double whammy of higher interest rates and austerity measures in the PIIGS countries are going to have severe implications for the entire Eurozone economy. I will not be surprised to see a cut of 25 basis points in the not too distant future. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) European Central Bank Makes EU Summit Irrelevant (Investment U, 12/13/11) It Will Become Very Tough: ECB Monetary Policy Kicked Off the Rail by Only One Lehman Event (The Prudent Investor - Seeing To..., 9/13/11) ECB Says Credit Crunch Averted; Yet ECB Overnight Deposits Again Hit Record High; Skyrocketing EC... (GreenLightAdvisor Views, 1/13/12) 
Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder, a professor at Princeton University, talks about Standard and Poor’s decision to reduce the credit rating on the U.S., and the possibility of another round of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve. [...]  By Prieur du Plessis, on August 19th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Stocks  2 people had their say - chime in!
Wall Street “gurus” come and go, but in the case of Bob Farrell legendary status was achieved. He spent several decades as chief stock market analyst at Merrill Lynch & Co. and had a front-row seat at the go-go markets of the late 1960s, mid-1980s and late 1990s, the brutal bear market of 1973-74, and October 1987 crash. Farrell retired in 1992, but his famous “10 Market Rules to Remember” have lived on and are summarized below, courtesy of Jonathan Burton of MarketWatch. The words of wisdom are timeless and are especially appropriate as investors grapple with the difficult juncture at which stock markets find themselves at this stage. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Measuring the Performance of the Ivy Portfolio (Phil’s Stock World, 12/1/12) 10 Experts Pick the 10 Best Stocks for 2012 (Money Morning, 1/10/12) 10 Reasons Stocks Will Enjoy a Year-End Rally (Part 2) (Wall Street Daily, 10/13/11)
Adam Hewison, charting strategist of INO.TV, brings you another edition of his invaluable service of daily technical updates on the ups and downs of various markets. This short analysis is a great tool for keeping one’s finger on the pulse and timing the markets. I have personally been using the INO/Market Club software for about two years and can vouch for these tools being extremely useful. Click through to hear Adam’s latest views on gold , silver, the US Dollar Index, the CRB Index, crude oil and the S&P 500 Index. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Most Telling Chart of 2011 (Wall Street Daily, 12/30/11) Global Economy 2011 (Wealth Daily, 9/8/11) Analysts Botched 2011 Market Forecasts – We Didn't (Money Morning, 9/14/11)
The World Gold Council yesterday published the latest issue of Gold Demand Trends for Q2 2011, which suggests a positive outlook for gold. A summary of the report is provided in this post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Gold & Silver Banker-Cartel Prolonged Price Suppression Has Set the Foundation for an Explosive M... (the Underground Investor, 1/17/12) Why the Gold Slump is Not Over (Investment U, 1/9/12) Forget Gold, This Chart Reveals the Most Precious (and Profitable) Commodity (Wall Street Daily, 9/2/11)
George Milling-Stanley, managing director for government affairs at the World Gold Council, talks about the drivers for gold prices and China’s gold reserves. He speaks with Erik Schatzker, Sara Eisen and Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television. [...] |
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