What are the US economic reports telling us? Is the economy facing a “double-dip” recession? “The more plausible, bad scenario is not a double dip but just a very slow recovery … [where] the unemployment rate comes down but only...
Read MoreYourself … Your buyer … Your appraiser … And … your country’s tax assessor … Source: Casey’s Daily Dispatch, March 5, 2010. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape...
Read MoreThis week on Wealthtrack, Consuelo Mack, sits down with Bruce Berkowitz. He is Morningstar’s Domestic Equity Fund Manager of the Decade and portfolio manager of the five-star Fairholme Fund. Berkowitz explains how he has beaten...
Read MoreDifferent economists will come to different conclusions regarding Friday’s payrolls report. Asha Bangalore (Northern Trust) summarized the report as follows: “The positive aspects of the February employment report – steady...
Read MoreCharlie Rose sits down with Elizabeth Warren, the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where she teaches contract law, bankruptcy and commercial law. In the wake of the 2008-9 financial crisis, she has also...
Read MoreThis post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Brett Arends (The Wall Street Journal): The Oracle’s tips for the rest of us, March 1, 2010. Every few...
Read MoreDon Coxe has updated his popular webcast on Friday, February 5 – 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: Robert Ariall, Comics.com, March 2, 2010. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreWith the Dow Jones Industrial Index yesterday having broken into positive territory for the year to date and the S&P 500 Index having accomplished this a few days ago, the jury is out on the near-term direction of the...
Read MoreThe ISM non-manufacturing and ISM manufacturing surveys were released on Wednesday and Monday respectively. The results are summarised below. What follows is a graphic overview of these numbers in the context of the US economy....
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