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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index surged to 64.5 in December from 55.2 in November. This has for the moment removed a serious headwind for U.S. equities. This post discusses the relationship between consumer confidence and stock market movements. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Five Stocks You Have to Own in 2012 (Money Morning, 12/23/11) Chart: 2012’s Fastest Growing Nations Will Be… (Investment U, 1/8/12) Gold Price Forecast for the Remainder of 2012 (Investment U, 5/18/12)   By Prieur du Plessis, on December 30th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money  Leave your comment
 In this video clip, Doug Kass, founder of Seabreeze Partners, discusses his market predictions for the new year. The interview essentially covers the same ground dealt with in my post of two days ago, “Doug Kass’s 15 surprises for 2012″. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) The Five Stocks You Have to Own in 2012 (Money Morning, 12/23/11) Chart: 2012’s Fastest Growing Nations Will Be… (Investment U, 1/8/12) Gold Price Forecast for the Remainder of 2012 (Investment U, 5/18/12) By Prieur du Plessis, on December 30th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money One comment so far
As part of my daily routine, I publish all my reading (including snippets from other well-known commentators) in an Internet newspaper, “Investment Postcards Daily”. Click through to read the latest edition and register for a free subscription. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Chart: The Top Commodity of 2011 is… Milk? (Investment U, 12/29/11) Farmland Blows Up in 2011 (Wealth Daily, 12/14/11) The Most Telling Chart of 2011 (Wall Street Daily, 12/30/11) By Prieur du Plessis, on December 30th, 2011 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money One comment so far
 Don Coxe has updated his popular webcast on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Click through … [...]
This post highlights charts of U.S. private, government and total debt in both nominal terms and as a percentage of GDP. Click through for a disconcerting picture … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Just What is A Leveraged Buy Out (LBO)? (Investing School, 2/1/12) The Great Deleveraging Myth (GreenLightAdvisor Views, 1/17/12) The Great Deleveraging Myth (Wall Street Sector Selector, 1/17/12)
I am very excited to announce my new talk radio show “Investment Postcards Live!” on Overseas Radio Network. The show will be about global financial markets, covering the economy, stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities and gold. The content will be quite similar to my “Words from the Wise” blog posts that some veteran readers may still remember. Read on … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Why Most of the Investment Advice You’ve Heard is Wrong (Investment U, 1/20/12) Why This Market Truism Just Isn’t True (Investment U, 12/5/11) The Most Important Investment You Can Make Right Now (Money Morning, 3/1/12) |
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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)
Laugh out Loud: EU debt whack-a-mole
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