While the Federal Reserve is credited with bringing back the economy from the edge of collapse, it did so by literally “printing money” and injecting more than one trillion dollars into the system. Who got the money, and what...
Read MoreSource: Market Oracle, July 31, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreAs expected, the ISM Manufacturing PMI for the US slowed from 56.2 in June to 55.5 in July. The number is rather flattering, though, as new orders declined from 58.5 to 53.5, production decreased from 61.4 to 57.0, imports fell...
Read MoreIn this video clip, Marc Faber, author of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, discusses China’s economy. Faber, speaking with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack”, also talks about Chinese stocks and...
Read MoreAlthough the Markit Manufacturing PMIs for emerging economies generally point to growth slowing in the manufacturing industries in the respective countries, these economies are still in expansion mode. The manufacturing industry...
Read More“The economy is in the process of slowing down,” said David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates, via Yahoo Finance – Tech Ticker. “Whether or not we have a ‘double-dip’, it’s going to be...
Read MoreThe Euro Zone Manufacturing PMI of 56.7% for July released by Markit yesterday was even better than the earlier flash estimate of 56.5% − a number that surprised on the upside. Despite all the gloom and doom about the prospects...
Read MoreSource: Jeff Danziger, GoComics.com, August 1, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreI have had numerous comments on my previous article ECRI WLI: Slowdown or double-dip recession. They all centred on the following:• When the ECRI WLI smoothed annualised growth rate reaches extreme levels a recession follows...
Read MoreJohn Embry is chief investment strategist at Sprott Asset Management and always worth listening to when it comes to gold bullion. The following are excerpts from his recent article published in Investor’s Digest of Canada...
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