The major stock market indices added to their gains this week – obtaining comfort from the Fed’s policy statement that the “juice” was not about to be removed anytime soon – and hit 18-month highs before closing down...
Read MoreAs one would expect during a bull market, small caps have been a leading performer since the low of March 9 last year, with the Russell 2000 Index gaining 96.7% compared with the S&P 500 Index rising 70.9%. Considering the...
Read MoreStephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li and Paul Gordon from Beijing about the US calls for a stronger yuan. China is conducting stress tests to gauge the effect of yuan appreciation on...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Asha Bangalore* of The Northern Trust Company. Foreign central banks’ holdings of US Treasury securities and agency debt at the Federal Reserve continue to advance. During the week ended...
Read MoreDon Coxe has updated his popular webcast on Friday, March 19 – good news for his followers. You can access the recording here or from the sidebar of the Investment Postcards site (the column on the right-hand side) by...
Read MoreSource: Mike Thompson, Comics.com, March 19, 2010. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreGovernment bonds have been trading sideways since the middle of last year as market participants wax and wane about the prospects of the nascent economy recovery. Also, it has not quite been the one-way traffic for yields many...
Read MoreThe markets have created their own gold standard because of uncertainties regarding other asset classes, Marc Faber, author of The Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, told CNBC on Thursday. “I think we already now have a gold standard...
Read MoreDavid Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates, yesterday made the following observation: “To be sure, the Case-Shiller index has yet to roll over. But it has slowed, and being a three-month...
Read MoreThe comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. We remain cautiously optimistic with the trend up, internals strong, the Russell 2000, the NASDAQ and now the S&P 500 at new recovery highs. Skeptics remain the...
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