Silver slides
As with other risky assets, the two-week rally in silver reversed course yesterday. As a matter of fact, the price ($15.67) declined to below its 200-day moving average ($16.00), having already breached the 50-day line in...
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Prieur’s readings (February 24, 2009)
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Martin Wolf (Financial Times): The world economy has no easy way out of the mire, February 23, 2010....
Read MoreJapan – GDP – exports – manufacturing – autos – Toyota
This post is a guest contribution by Rebecca Wilder, author of the of the News N Economics blog. Forget the Eurozone for just a minute. Japan’s problems are big: Toyota is a major exporter/employer. Last year 48% of all new...
Read MoreStimulus plan – one year later …
Source: Clay Jones, Slate.com, February 22, 2010. Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreDonald Coxe – Investment Recommendations (February 2010)
The February edition of Donald Coxe’s Basic Points research report (subtitled “Hard Rocks and Hard Shocks”) has just been published. His investment recommendations, as summarized in this document, are listed in the paragraphs...
Read MoreQ4 earnings in perspective
With most of the S&P 500 companies having reported financial results for Q4 2009, the chart below, courtesy of The Chart Store (via The Big Picture), shows how S&P 500 earnings declined by 92% from their Q3 2007 peak...
Read MoreIs the credit malaise really over?
Interestingly, the Fed raised the discount rate last week as bank credit for the week contracted by a further $9 billion, According to David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates, “this...
Read MoreStiglitz on Wall Street’s animal spirit
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses with Paul Maidment where capitalism went wrong and what its future iterations might be like. Click here for a transcript of the discussion. Source: Forbes.com, February 22,...
Read MorePrieur’s readings (February 23, 2009)
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. • Todd Harrison (Minyanville): A five-step guide to contagion, February 10, 2010. It is widely accepted...
Read MoreRobin Griffiths: Stocks likely to double dip after May
Stocks could continue to push higher until May, but after that there is a serious risk of a double dip, Robin Griffiths, star technical strategist from Cazenove Capital, told CNBC. Source: CNBC, February 22, 2010. Did you enjoy...
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