By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB.Regarding the public sector strike currently fully underway, a few inconvenient truths may perhaps have escaped the general notice.I am being nearly daily asked about the impact of this...
Read MoreSource: Steve Kelley, Comics.com, August 26, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreThe yield on the US 10-year Treasury Note sank from a high of 3.97% in April to touch 2.49% recently.Source: StockCharts.comBut just what is the bond market trying to tell us? My analysis indicates that more than 75% of the...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Dian Chu, market analyst, trader and author of the Economic Forecasts and Opinions blog.As I’ve been saying for some time that the bond market is screaming for an imminent burst, Dr. Marc...
Read MoreDespite the the stock market averages taking a nosedive over the past few, strategist Doug Kass said on Tuesday he “just can’t be that negative now”.That’s largely because Kass thinks the doom-sayers – such as economist David...
Read MoreThe ECRI Weekly Indicator for the week ended August 13 came in at 120.8 compared to the previous week’s downward adjusted 122.0. The closely watched ECRI WLI Smoothed Annualised Growth Rate came in at -10.0% compared to the...
Read MoreSource: Gary Varvel, Gocomics.com, August 24, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreBy Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB.Congested highways into Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban even after 09h00 on workdays, and again on the way out even before 16h00 tell a story about dismal productivity...
Read MoreBill Gross, co-founder and co-CIO of PIMCO, is to my mind one of the shrewdest money men around. His monthly newsletter therefore always makes for thought-provoking reading.The following are a few excerpts from the September...
Read MoreSince the 1990s, Bob Doll, BlackRock Vice Chairman and Chief Equity Strategist for Fundamental Equities, has published a series of economic and market predictions at the beginning of each year. Typically, these predictions...
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