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Growth in global economic activity faltered in October after accelerating in September. The global manufacturing sector slipped into recession territory while growth in the services sector slowed markedly. Click through for the Global PMI Scorecard … [...]
This post features a musical parody about the European crisis. It is appropriately entitled “In the Greek Midwinter”, based on the Rossetti/Holst carol “In the Bleak Midwinter”. The production is a joint venture of Merle Hazard and Marcy Shaffer. [...]
The past five weeks have witnessed stock market rallies of breathtaking proportions. At this juncture, the pressing question is whether the recovery would be sustainable, i.e. are we back in a cyclical bull market. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) GDP Improves – But Does it Have Legs? (Money Morning, 10/31/11) NASDAQ 100 Chart – Does the Break Out Have Legs? (My Trader's Journal, 10/16/11) Trading currency crosses direct or through the legs (The Essentials of Trading, 1/3/12) 
The U.S. has lost its position as the best place to do business, and China and the rest of the East have so mastered the ways of the West that they’re charting a whole new economic paradigm, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson says in an interview with WSJ’s John Bussey. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Investing in the “New China” with this Telecom Market Stock (Money Morning, 4/23/12) Exclusive: David Einhorn’s Greenlight Masters Semi-annual 2011 (Value Investing, 11/29/11) Moody's Warns on China Debt (Wealth Daily, 7/5/11)
This post features a useful list of key aspects investors and advisors should be focusing on when it comes to investment in ETFs. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Measuring the Performance of the Ivy Portfolio (Phil’s Stock World, 12/1/12) VYM: The Best High Dividend Yield ETF? (Investment U, 5/4/12) Invest in South America with this Global X ETF (Investment U, 4/12/12)
Global analyst, Bob Adams, discusses the results of the latest survey of Americans and their interest in relocating elsewhere. The full aricle, “OWS or LUS?” (Occupy Wall Street or Leaving the U.S.?) is here. [...] |
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U.S. stock market – long-term indicators could go either way
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Prieur’s Readings (May 5, 2012) – staying up to date with top money news
Don Coxe webcast – updated (May 4, 2012)
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