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Jonathan Burton of MarketWatch recently conducted an excellent interview with Jeremy Grantham, chairman of GMO. In short, the 72-year-old veteran expects another decline in U.S. stocks and that prices could stay low for years while the U.S. economy muddles through at possibly 2% a year. He particularly fancies dividend-paying stocks in emerging markets, as well as natural resources and agriculture (including timber and fertilizer companies). A few topical quotes are provided in this post. […]
Italy’s credit rating has been downgraded by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s and Greece is still trying to persuade its international lenders to release €8 billion of aid. Martin Wolf, FT’s chief international commentator, analyses the latest eurozone problems with Daniel Garrahan. […]
The September edition of Donald Coxe’s Basic Points research report (subtitled “The Deficient Frontier”) has just been published. His investment recommendations, as summarized in this document, are listed in the post. […]
In a three-part Bloomberg interview, Jim Chanos, hedge fund manager and founder of Kynikos Associates, discusses China, investment strategy and the European debt crisis. Part 1: Chanos on China Source: Bloomberg, September 20, 2011. Part 2: Chanos on investment strategy Source: Bloomberg, September 20, 2011. […]
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. […]
The Fed continues to believe that “there are significant downside risks to the economic outlook, including strains in global financial markets” and therefore announced another unconventional action, Operation Twist. Asha Bangalore provides the detail in this guest contribution. […] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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