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inancial market volatility has receded significantly over the past two weeks. The CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) dropped from 45.5 at the end of September to 28.2 two days ago, before again edging up a notch. The drop brought the VIX back to less than one standard deviation from its average since 1986. While still high, it signals that anxiety levels have moved away from crisis levels. But what led to the easing of volatilities? Read on … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) CBOE Sees Possible Apple (AAPL) Index In Expansion (Value Investing, 5/9/12) Anxiety Recedes, as Long Term Investors Show Their Hands (GreenLightAdvisor Views, 10/20/11) The Market Taker ' s Edge (Phil's Favorites, 9/6/11)
John Mauldin, author and analyst, is absolutely certain there will be a “banking and credit crisis” in Europe; it’s just a matter of when. “We’re getting closer and closer to the end game,” says Mauldin. “At some point, whether you have a physical Lehman, you have a Lehman Moment. That’s what all of these debt crises end in.” [...] More on this topic (What's this?) 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) How The Bettors Are Handicapping the U.S. Political Races (Donaldson Capital: Rising Divid..., 4/26/12)
In this guest post, economist Asha Bangalore comments on Chairman Bernanke’s remarks yesterday, focussing on how the Great Recession has modified “doctrine and practice” of central banking. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Krugman: Why the U.S. Economy Could Use Higher Inflation (Money Morning, 5/2/12) Gold Prices Jump When Bernanke Hints at Stimulus (Learn Mining News, 4/10/12) Bernanke: QE3 Is Probably Going to Happen (Learn Mining News, 7/15/11)  By Prieur du Plessis, on October 19th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  Leave your comment
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. 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?) American Autumn vs. Arab Spring (Money Morning, 10/10/11) The Big Picture for the Week of September 18, 2011 (Random Roger's Big Picture, 9/17/11) Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Beats Estimate, “Sees Substantial Strides In Next 18 Months” (Green Stocks Central, 11/8/11)
Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan” and a New York University professor, discusses the “Occupy Wall Street” protest and his view of the global banking system. He also discusses the need to apply the principles of “Hammurabi’s Code” to the banking system. [...] 
“While the prospects for Latin American growth in 2012 continue to be largely driven by risks from abroad – the state of the US economy, the sovereign crisis in Europe and the uncertainty over China’s policy response – the region does have pockets of home-grown vulnerability,” said Daniel Volberg of Morgan Stanley. “Nowhere in the region do those vulnerabilities appear to be greater than in Argentina and Venezuela.” [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Next Big Shale Gas Boom (Investment U, 10/7/11) Gold Mining Nationalized in Venezuela (Learn Mining News, 8/18/11) Argentina and YPF: 17 Stocks to Sell Immediately (Investment U, 4/20/12) |
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