A second term for Ben?
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What does breadth say about where stocks are heading?
“Where breadth goes, the market usually follows,” goes an old market saying. Breadth indicators are useful tools to assess the inner workings of the market’s rallies or corrections, and are used to identify strength or weakness...
Read MoreSouth African growth prospects
By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist FNB. We have completed an economic downswing and are now embarked on a new economic upswing of rising economic activity and incomes. But it could well be an upturn that disappoints a bit, at...
Read MoreJeremy Grantham: Lessons learned from the past decade
Jeremy Grantham has become a familiar and very popular face on this site. For those treasuring his insight, wisdom and prescient calls, the co-founder and chairman of Boston-based GMO has just published the Q4 edition of his...
Read MoreEl-Erian: Bank curbs likely to spread to other countries
Washington’s efforts to clamp down on big banks are likely the first in a line of global moves to curb risk-taking in the financial sector, Pimco’s Mohamed El-Erian said. Speaking the day after President Obama proposed sweeping...
Read MoreWhat has changed since the December FOMC meeting?
This post is a guest contribution by Asha Bangalore* of The Northern Trust Company. The outcome of the Fed meeting of January 26-27 in terms of the federal funds rate is nearly certain. A federal funds rate will be left...
Read MoreMarc Faber: White House should let markets work
The US administration’s interventions in the market will not solve problems and will bring about unintended consequences, Marc Faber, author and publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, told CNBC on Friday. President...
Read MoreFace to face with Jing Ulrich on China
In this very topical three-part video interview, Ben McLannahan, Asia Lex Writer of the Financial Times, sits down with Jing Ulrich, Chairman of China Equities and Commodities at JPMorgan, to discuss the outlook for Chinese...
Read MorePicture du Jour: Are they spending and borrowing?
The two graphs below come courtesy of Investment Tools (via the Dow Theory Letters). Commercial and industrial loans outstanding The trend of loans is still strongly southwards. Also, the rate-of-change indicator (green line in...
Read MoreThe case for commodities in 2010 (and beyond)
This post is a guest contribution by Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of US Global Investors. The biggest emerging economies have ambitious plans that require a greater share of the world’s limited commodities....
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