In this WSJ interview, Jason Trennert of Strategas Research Partners says Uncle Sam relies too much on short-term borrowing.Source: The Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Asha Bangalore, vice president and economist of The Northern Trust Company.Public debt of many countries has ballooned in the last three years as the financial crisis has unfolded. In...
Read MoreSource: The Market Oracle, August 23, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreLast Thursday was a so-called 90% down-day for American stock markets (and many other bourses also recorded downward dynamics). A 90% down-day is defined as a day when downside volume equals 90% or more of the total upside plus...
Read MoreOn this week’s WealthTrack, Consuelo Mack interviews Artio Global Investors’ Riad Younes. They discuss why global financial imbalances are disrupting the U.S. and European markets and helping emerging markets. Younes also shares...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Dian Chu, market analyst, trader and author of the Economic Forecasts and Opinions blog.After state-owned CNOOC was blocked from the Unocal acquisition in 2005, China has instead turned...
Read MoreIn this video, Max Keiser sits down with Gerald Celente of the Trends Research Institute, discussing pertinent economic trends.Part 1: Part 2:Part 3:Source: YouTube, August 20, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to...
Read MoreThe ECRI Weekly Indicator for the week ended August 6 came in at 122.4 compared to the previous week’s 121.7. The closely-watched ECRI WLI Smoothed Annualised Growth Rate came in at -9.8% compared to the -10.3% of the previous...
Read MoreRobin Griffiths of Cazenove Capital joined CNBC for a technical outlook to the markets. He has been very accurate with his calls over the years and is always worth listening to.Source: CNBC, August 17, 2010.Did you enjoy this...
Read MoreThe comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ.As seen in the chart below, the S&P 500 is now down 4.25% after violating its uptrend line (green line). The sell-off has been on low volume, commensurate with the...
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